Here from Iran to score Hajar goals

Iranian director Jafar Panahi’s 2006 film ‘Offside’ is about the struggles of a group of Iranian girls who try to watch a Fifa World Cup qualifier despite a ban on women watching men’s sports in stadiums. Hajar Dabbaghi, the first woman from Iran to play for an Indian club, signed up with Gokulam Kerala football club and scored a goal in the AFC Women’s Club Championship. Majid Bishkar and Jamshid Nassiri, eminent Iranian footballers, have wowed fans in India before