6 August 31, 2019 Iranian Shooter Sadeghian Volleballers Overpower at Earns Second Quota Place FIVB U-19 World Championship for Tokyo 2020 TEHRAN (Dispatches) – have defeated Bulgaria in straight sets (25- 22,25-22, 25-15) at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Boys’ U-19 World Champion- ship. Bardia Saadat scored 25 points for Iran and Georgi Tatarov led the Bul- garian team with 13 points. Iran will play the winner of Slovenia and Japan on Friday for the 5th place match. The 2019 FIVB Volleyball Boys’ U-19 World Championship is the six- teenth edition of the FIVB Volleyball Boys’ U-19 World Championship, contested by the men’s national teams under the age of 19 of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the sport’s global governing body. The tournament is being held in Tunisia from August 21 to 30. TEHRAN (Dispatches) – Sadeghian registered 628.3 Iranian shooter Armina Sade- points and qualified for the Shiri Wins Gold at National Inter State Seniors Championship ghian has secured quota place final. LUCKNOW, (Dis- seized the gold medal with a On Wednesday, Pirjahan Lucknow from August 27 to for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic In April, Iranian shooter patches) – Iranian discus throw of 57.85 meters. won the gold in the men’s 30. Games. Najmeh Khedmati earned thrower Behnam Shiri has Behnam Shiri (discus 400 meters hurdles, clock- The four-day champion- She earned her quota at a quota place for the Tokyo claimed a gold medal at the throw), Mehdi Pirjahan ing a personal best of 49.33 ships feature over 600 ath- the women’s 10 meters air 2020. 59th National Inter State Se- (400m hurdle), Hamid Reza seconds. letes from India besides other rifle final in the International She came fifth at the wom- niors Championships 2019 in Kia (triple jump) and Amir The competition, organized entries from countries like Shooting Sport Federation en’s 10 meters air rifle in the Lucknow, India. Zamanpour (1500m) repre- by Athletics Federation of Sri Lanka, Maldives, Iran, (ISSF) Rifle and Pistol World 2019 ISSF World Cup Rifle The Iranian athlete sent Iran in the tournament. India (AFI). is being held in and Bhutan. Cup in . and Pistol in , . Federer, Djokovic Hope for Van Dijk Wins UEFA Player Smoother 3rd Round at U.S. Open of Year Award NEW YORK (AP) - Roger Fe- so the five-time champion has MONACO (Dispatches) - Liv- Dutchman also won the De- derer is looking for a fast start. history against him as he seeks Novak Djokovicwants a quick a 21st Grand Slam title, which erpool’s 28-year-old Dutch Cham- fender of the Season Award for heal. would extend his men’s record. pions League-winning defender the 2018/19 UEFA Champions The former champions will be The No. 3 seed plays Daniel in action Friday for their third- Evans in the opening match on was named UEFA’s Men’s Player League Campaign. round matches at the U.S. Open. Arthur Ashe Stadium, and Ser- of the Year, during a ceremony in The Netherlands’ center back Federer has dropped the open- ena Williams follows. Djokovic Monaco. has transformed Liverpool’s de- ing set in his first two matches faces Denis Kudla at night, hop- for the first time in his 19 ap- ing the sore left shoulder that Virgil Van Dijk has now be- fense since joining them from pearances in Flushing Mead- required treatment in the second come the first ever defender to Southampton in January 2018, Novak Djokovic, of , returns to Juan Ignacio Londero, of Argen- ows. No man has done that and round is better as he continues win the award, beating football for a then world record fee of gone on to win the tournament, his title defense. tina, during the second round of the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019. icons Cristiano Ronaldo of Ju- 75 million Pounds. Liverpool ventus and Barcelona’s Lionel conceded just 20 goals in the Oliver Kahn to Replace Rummenigge as Bayern Chairman Messi, who have won the award Premier League last year, while The appointment of Kahn, who played for Bayern from 1994 five times between them. The keeping 20 clean sheets. until 2008, was approved by Bayern’s board late Thursday, just hours after club president Uli Hoeness, 67, officially informed the club that he is stepping down in November. Vettel Fastest in 1st Practice Current chairman Rummenigge, 63, will eventually hand the reins to Kahn on December 31, 2021, after showing his succes- Session for Belgian GP sor the ropes, while former Adidas boss Herbert Hainer is poised to replace Hoeness as club president in the November elections. Kahn, a former captain of both and Bayern who made more than 600 appearances for the club, will sign a five-year contract and will join the club’s board from January 1, 2020, serving a two-year apprenticeship before taking over from Rum- menigge. Oliver Kahn, former German national team and Bayern “It won’t be so formal, it will be part of a fluid process,” ex- goalkeeper, has been appointed a member of the club’s board prior to plained Hoeness in Friday’s press conference. taking over as chairman. Hoeness sees Kahn as the “perfect solution” to replace Rum- BERLIN (AFP) - Ex-Germany goalkeeper Oliver Kahn will menigge as the 50-year-old has served as “an important play- join Bayern Munich’s board in January to be groomed to replace er in the history of the club” after he won the Bundesliga title club chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, the Bundesliga giants an- eight times and was part of the team which won the Champions nounced Friday amid a backroom upheaval. League in 2001.

Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany steers his car during the Herrada Wins 6th Vuelta Stage, Teuns Takes Overall Lead first practice session ahead of the Belgian Formula One in Spa-Fran- ARES DEL MAESTRAT, his opponent from team Bahrain- corchamps, Belgium, Friday, Aug. 30, 2019. The Belgian Formula One (AP) -- A day after see- Merida. race will take place on Sunday. ing his older brother miss out on Jose Herrada was in the break- SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, World champion Lewis Hamil- a stage victory, Jesus Herrada away group on Wednesday but Belgium (AP) -- Ferrari driver ton spent the first half of practice came through with a strong late could not keep up with stage Sebastian Vettel posted the fastest stuck in the garage with a mal- charge on the final climb to win winner Angel Madrazo. time Friday in the first practice functioning throttle pedal, which the sixth leg of the Spanish Vuelta ‘’This victory is for my brother, for the Belgian Grand Prix. had to be changed. The champi- on Thursday, with Belgian rider who came close to taking the vic- Vettel was .214 seconds ahead onship leader was sixth fastest, Dylan Teuns coming in second to tory yesterday,’’ said Jesus Her- take the overall lead. rada, who couldn’t hold back of teammate Charles Leclerc and behind his Mercedes teammate Herrada moved past Teuns with tears after crossing the finish .933 seconds clear of Red Bull Valtteri Bottas and Red Bull about 200 meters (yards) to go on line. ‘’It was hard to get the break rival Max Verstappen in sunny driver Alexander Albon. the 198.9-kilometer (123.6-mile) going. Halfway through the stage conditions on the Spa-Francor- The session was briefly de- stage that finished on a mountain we didn’t know if we were going champs circuit in the Ardennes layed after part of the engine Herrada winning the Vuelta’s sixth stage top in Ares del Maestrat in east- to make it. When Teuns accel- forest. cover on Lance Stroll’s Racing ern Spain. The team Cofidis rider erated, I stuck to his wheel and It was the first Grand Tour win the leader’s red jersey on two Vettel’s last Formula One win Point car broke, sending debris finished seven seconds ahead of saved energy for the sprint.’’ for Herrada, who last year wore Vuelta stages. was at the same venue last year. onto the track.