EghtesadOnline: The Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs has completed the requirements for the long-awaited offering of Tehran's two major football clubs, Esteghlal and Persepolis, on Iran Fara Bourse, says the minister.

EghtesadOnline: The planned privatization of Iran's two major football clubs, namely Persepolis and Esteghlal, is unlikely to be concluded in the current Iranian year (March 2019-2020), amid impediments to reforms in the clubs’ structure and problems related to their financial statements, the head of Iranian Privatization Organization says.

EghtesadOnline: Competitive sport has become a global billion-dollar industry due in large part to intellectual property rights and ever closer cooperation among the media, sponsors and sports organizations.