6 June 10, 2019 Ronaldo Can Stay at Iran Down Japan at VNL 2019 Top for Several Years: Tokyo (Dispatches) – Iran defeated Japan in straight sets (25-22, 25-21, 25-19) at the 2019 Vol- leyball Nations League Week 2 on Sunday. Portugal Coach Milad Ebadipour scored 14 points for Iran and Mayu Ishikawa had 14 points for Japan. Iran lost to Brazil 3-2 and defeated Argentina 3-1 in Tokyo. The 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men’s Nations League is the second edition of the FIVB Vol- leyball Men’s Nations League, an annual inter- national men’s volleyball tournament contested by 16 national teams. Iran now stands top in the VNL table with 16 points while France, Brazil and Italy rank next. Iran, Russia, and Canada will travel to Urmia, northwest Iran, to hold the Week 3 of the event in Pool 11. The competition is held between May and July 2019 and the final round will take place in the Credit Union 1 Arena, Chicago, . This is the first edition of the World League Soccer Football - UEFA Nations League Semi Final - Portugal v or the Nations League to have the Final Round Switzerland - Estadio do Dragao, Porto, Portugal - June 5, 2019 hosted in North America. Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates scoring their first goal

PORTO (Reuters) – Portugal Netherlands in Sunday’s Nations Italy Fight Back to Shock Australia With Late Goal coach Fernando Santos believes League final, is now only 12 PARIS (Dispatches) - Italy C favorites a first-half lead as that talismanic forward Cristiano short of his 100th international fought back from a goal down she tucked in the rebound after Ronaldo can continue playing at goal and could conceivably reach to beat Australia in stoppage her penalty was saved. the highest level for both club and 200 international caps, having time and pull off a big shock at The two sides are joined in country for at least three to four amassed 157 appearances in his the end of the best contest of the the group by Brazil and Jamai- years. 16-year international career. Women’s World Cup. ca, who meet in Grenoble later The 34-year-old does not quite Having remained largely free Juventus star Barbara Bonan- on Sunday (14:30 BST). have the pace of old but showed of injury, there indeed seems no sea struck both goals in the sec- The Azzurri celebrated joy- ond half for the Italians, who ously at the full-time whistle with his hat-trick in the 3-1 Na- reason why he cannot keep going have qualified for the finals for in France’s north-eastern city tions League win over Switzer- for several years, especially as he the first time in 20 years, win- of Valenciennes, having not land on Wednesday that he re- has already shown he can adapt ning it from close range in the played in a match at the World mains deadly around the penalty his game to fifth minute of added time. Cup finals since being elimi- area and has a knack of scoring Ronaldo scored 28 goals in all Australia captain Sam Kerr nated in the group stage in goals that matter. competitions in his first season had earlier given the Group 1999. He can also embarrass oppo- for Juventus this season. By his nents with his mesmerizing foot- standards, it was almost lack- work as Swiss fullback Kevin lustre —- the total was his low- Golovkin Brutally Knocks Out Rolls, Calls For Mbabu found out when he was est since 2008-09 when he was left on the floor by a Ronaldo still at Manchester United — al- Third Canelo Fight dribble. though he still added a Serie A Ronaldo, whose side faced the winners’ medal to his collection. (AFP) - Former bank for use later in the fight. unified middleweight champion And that’s just what he did to turned back finish off the Canadian in the Froome Shows Form as Boasson the clock on Saturday night fourth, first landing a chopping with a sensational fourth-round left hand to the top of the head Hagen Wins Dauphine Opener knockout of Steve Rolls in their that hurt Rolls. The wobbly- super middleweight fight at Mad- kneed Rolls staggered back- ison Square Garden. wards and then tried unsuccess- The 37-year-old Kazakhstan fully to get Golovkin in a clinch. fighter hit Rolls with a short left Golovkin worked his way out of that sent the Canadian crum- it and then slammed a short left bling face first to the canvas from a southpaw stance into the with one minute to go in the face of Rolls for the knockout. fourth in front of a crowd of Golovkin (39-1-1, 35 KOs) Kazakhstan’s Gennady Golovkin knocked out Canadian 12,357. made a number of key chang- Steve Rolls in the fourth round of their super middleweight fight at Golovkin, who was fighting Madison Square Garden. es heading into the scheduled for the first time in nine months 12-round fight. and coming off the first loss of mantling champion Anthony that snapped Golovkin’s head He split with long-time trainer his career, chose to fight the Joshua. back. Abel Sanchez and signed a lu- heavy underdog Rolls as he Golovkin made sure there was But Golovkin started to see crative six-fight deal with U.S. jockeys for a third fight against no repeat of that, using the first cracks in Rolls’ defense in the streaming company DAZN champion Saul ‘Canelo’ Alva- three rounds of the 164-pound third round. He stayed patient -- which may well smooth the way Norway’s Edvald Boasson Hagen showing good legs ahead of the Tour rez. fight to figure out how to break even holding off and not throw- to a third bout with Alvarez, an- Jussac (France) (AFP) - Norway’s round the back of Gilbert in the But in the back of everyone’s down the undefeated Rolls. ing punches despite getting other DAZN fighter. Edvald Boasson Hagen of Dimen- home straight in a trademark pow- mind was last week’s shocking Golovkin sized him up by win- Rolls in a vulnerable position. This was his first fight with sion Data won a sprint in a reduced erful last 150 metres. upset that saw un- ning a close first round. In the Golovkin’s the type of boxer new trainer Johnathon Banks peloton of the chief race contenders The day was marked by a long heralded and overweight Andy second, Rolls (10-1) hit him who can put those moments and he hopes also a new begin- after a short but challenging opening range attack that stubbornly clung stage of the Criterium du Dauphine on to a slender lead until the final Ruiz steal three titles by dis- with a left hook and a left jab away in his muscle memory ning for his career. on Sunday. 600 metres. It was the third win of the season At that moment Quick Step ace Italy, Belgium, for the 32-year-old, who got the Julian Alaphilippe put the hammer edge on Belgian pair Philippe Gil- down with Gilbert on his wheel bert of Quick Step and Wout Van and a win for one of the Belgian Win Euro Qualifiers; Aert of Jumbo. classics specialists looked a cer- In a race seen as form sharpen- tainty. France Lose ing for the Tour de France Chris “It shows I’ve got the legs,” OSIJEK, Croatia (AP) - Attack- feat. Froome, riding in the black and red Boasson Hagen told France Televi- minded Italy and Belgium won in World Cup finalist Croatia put of Ineos, finished in the reduced sion after his sprint. style while Germany made it two its campaign back on track with group of around 35 riders after the Earlier in the race, on the final wins from two games in 2020 Eu- a 2-1 victory over Wales, and 142km run over six lush, green, climb, Quick Step also tried to get ropean Championship qualifiers Northern Ireland rallied late for hills in the stunning Cantal region. away, but Froome, Michal Kwiat- on Saturday. its third straight victory. “I doubt I’ll be keeping the yel- kowski and the Ineos band were But Saturday was not an en- Russia thrashed San Marino low jersey for long,” Boasson Ha- onto them immediately. tirely good night for European 9-0 for its biggest win since the gen joked after the race, but his Monday’s second stage, a 180km Wales forward Gareth Bale, left, jumps for a header with powerhouses. In the biggest up- Soviet era. That surpassed the win is a good sign for his team with undulating run from Mauriac in the Croatia defender Borna Barisic during the Euro 2020 group E set, Turkey contained France’s previous post-Soviet marks of the Tour just three weeks away. Cantal region onto Craponne-sur- qualifying soccer match between Croatia and Wales at the Gradski offensive power to hand the 7-0 against Liechtenstein and “I got a bit lucky with the po- Arzon in the Haute-Loire offers Vrt stadium in Osijek, Croatia, June 8, 2019. world champion a shock 2-0 de- San Marino. sitioning,” he said after coming the peloton eight hills to negotiate.