Roozbeh Cheshmi struck a 120th minute match-winner, and the first goal of his season, in Esteghlal FC’s 1-0 win over Malavan in the Hazfi Cup final.

Cheshmi’s goal after a scoreless 90 minutes at Arak’s Imam Khomeini Stadium gave Esteghlal a record eighth title.

Esteghlal finished ninth in the 2024/25 Iran Pro League while Malavan closed two rungs above them in the 16-team league, won by Tractor FC.

First-time champions Mohammedan capped their fine run in the Bangladesh Football Premier League with a 6-1 defeat of Fakirerpool. Souleymane Diabate was the man of the hour, netting five goals including a first-half hat-trick to see his side end the season with 42 points from 18 matches.

The Malian had more reasons to celebrate when he emerged the league’s top joint scorer with 19 goals alongside Rahmatgonj’s Ghanaian striker Samuel Boateng, who fired a hat-trick in the fourth-placed team’s 4-1 win over Bangladesh Police.

Six-time champions Abahani Limited Dhaka, who finished runners-up seven points behind Mohammedan, beat Brothers Union 3-0. Third-placed and five-time winners Bashundhara Kings overcame Dhaka Wanderers 5-3 thanks to a hat-trick by Shekh Morsalin.

Gambia’s Pa Omar Babou and Piash Ahmed Nova both claimed a brace in Fortis’ 4-0 defeat of last-placed Chittagong Abahani, who finished the season with one win against 17 losses.

Chittagong and Dhaka Wanderers have been relegated. Their places in the 10-team league next season will be filled by second-tier Bangladesh Championship League winners Public Works Department SC and runners-up Arambagh Krira Sangha.

Round 11 of the Uzbekistan Super League saw FC Mash'al and five-time titleholders Bunyodkor play out a 1-1 stalemate. The latter’s Nurzhahon Muzaffarov scored an own goal in the 25th minute while teammate Sherzod Faiziev equalised three minutes into time added on.

The league proper resumes on June 13, with a fourh round match between Qizilqum Zarafshon and Khorezm Urgench scheduled this Friday.

Hosilot Farxor romped home to a 5-2 win over second-from-bottom FC Hulbuk in the Tajik League. Saidkhodzha Mukhammadsharifi grabbed a brace in Farxor’s win, which leaves them in ninth place with 12 points from 11 matches.

The other match of the week saw Regar Tadaz Tursunzade coming back from a goal down in the 21st minute to score in the 86th and 95th minutes to defeat Pandzhsher Dzhaloliddin.

Defending champions FC Arkadag maintained their textbook start to the Yokary Liga with a 3-0 win over Altyn Asyr and a 2-0 defeat of FK Merw in their following match.

The league leaders have scored 36 times in winning all 10 of their matches and are five points clear of second-placed Altyn Asyr, who have played two games more.

Asyr rebounded from their defeat to beat bottom club Kopetdag Ashgabat 3-1 in their next match. Third-placed FC Ahal and Sagadam drew 1-1 while Nebitchi Balkanabat beat FC Ashgabat 2-0.