6 June 20, 2020

Napoli Beat Juve 4-2 to Shojaei Voted ’s Greatest Win Coppa Italia Trophy Player in (Dispatches) – Irani- sists, particularly in his debut sea- an player has been son where he created eight goals voted as the Asia’s greatest player for his teammates. in Spanish football. A serious injury robbed him of In a poll conducted by the-afc. the entire 2011-12 campaign, and com, 61 percent of participants his time in Spain finished in the voted the Iranian midfielder. Segunda Division with Las Pal- While was the mas, but his tally of more than first Iranian player to shine in La 100 appearances in the top tier Liga, Shojaei wasn’t far behind, outlines his quality as a player. and the duo created a unique The Iranian defeated his compa- Napoli players celebrate after winning the final match between Napoli Team Melli influence in northern triot Nekounam, Wu Lei (CHN), and Juventus, at Rome’s Olympic Stadium, June 17, 2020. Spain. Takashi Inui (JPN), Paulino Al- ROME (Dispatches) - SSC But the situation has im- Often used as an impact player cántara (PHI) and John Aloisi Napoli have won their sixth proved with strict health pro-

Iranian football player Masoud Shojaei was selected by the Asian Football off the substitute’s bench, Shojaei (AUS) to be named as the Asia’s Coppa Italia trophy after beat- tocols in place and all matches Confederation as the greatest player in the Spanish league ‘La Liga’. was a reliable contributor of as- Greatest Player. ing Juventus FC 4-2. being played behind closed The final, played in an empty doors. Stadio Olimpico in Rome, was Four postponed games will Djokovic Puts Positive Spin on U.S. Open Plan decided on penalty kicks after take place first this weekend a hard-fought but scoreless involving teams at the epicen- PARIS (AFP) — World No. 1 “We are very glad that it is hap- match. tre of the COVID-19 outbreak. Novak Djokovic appeared to row pening, of course, and it is very back on skepticism over plans to important that we provide op- The Napoli scorers were Lo- Atalanta host Sassuolo in stage the U.S. Open, saying on portunities, we provide jobs, we renzo Insigne, Matteo Poli- Bergamo on Sunday, and In- Thursday he was “extremely hap- provide opportunities for players tano, Nikola Maksimovic and ter Milan are at home against py” the Grand Slam had escaped to compete. Arkadiusz Milik. Sampdoria. the coronavirus cull that claimed “Because at the end of the day, Leonardo Bonucci and Aaron On Saturday, Torino host Wimbledon and much of the sea- this is what we do! As tennis pro- Ramsey scored for the Bianco- Parma and Cagliari travel to son. fessionals we love the sport; we neri. Hellas Verona. Djokovic had initially voiced are passionate about it. We miss unease over the United States competing and traveling and, at “We deserved this Cup,” Na- Next week all teams will Tennis Association’s intention to the end of the day, we miss be- poli goalkeeper Alex Meret have 12 games left to play keep the event starting on Aug. ing on tour. So I think this is very told RAI public broadcaster. with Juventus at Bologna on 31 at Flushing Meadows despite positive news.” “We are thrilled; we gave ev- Monday, and Lazio travelling New York being the hardest-hit The 33-year-old said he hoped erything from the first minute to Atalanta on Wednesday. city by the coronavirus crisis. the stringent restrictions, includ- to the last.” Maurizio Sarri’s Juventus He described health protocols as ing the existing ban on South This was the 12th time the fell in the Italian Cup final to “extreme” and “impossible.” American players traveling to Djokovic at a charity event in Belgrade at the weekend two sides met in a Coppa Ita- Napoli on penalties midweek, Organizers, however, have been compete, would be eased before encouraged by the positive noises organizing their events,” the events considering what the U.S. the Grand Slam gets underway. lia final. The last time was in having also lost the Italian Su- coming from the three-time U..S Serb said in reference also to the went through as a country during “Let’s hope that in the next two May 2012, when Napoli won perCup to Lazio in December. Open champion on Thursday. French Open, rescheduled now to this pandemic. months some of those restrictions the trophy with a 2-0 win. The “Ronaldo, (Paulo) Dybala “I’m extremely happy and excit- start in late September. “So a lot of people, including will loosen up a bit and that we previous 11 matches ended in and our great soloists lack that ed to see that all the tournaments, “I think that a lot of people were myself, were quite skeptical on will have a great, great tourna- five Juve victories, four Na- little bit of brilliance, but I especially Grand Slams, are skeptical, especially for the U.S. whether it would happen or not. ment.” poli wins, and two draws. consider it quite normal in this The match was televised live period,” said Sarri. across the five continents in “I didn’t say anything to the Budapest to Host UEFA Super Cup Final in Sept over 200 countries, including players, we were all very an- BUDAPEST (Dispatches) - The any men’s international cup be- China. gry and disappointed and I UEFA Super Cup final will be held fore,” MTI said. This was a fact that Juven- think it’s better to be silent at the Puskas Arena in Budapest Hungary has won several stag- tus’s Serie A supremacy faces right now.” on September 24, Hungarian news ing rights for prestigious Euro- a stiff test with the champions Sarri’s woes have been com- agency MTI reported. pean football events in recent just one point ahead of Lazio pounded with Brazilian de- The UEFA Super Cup is an an- years. In 2019, the Groupama as the Italian league kicks off fender Alex Sandro tearing a nual match between the reigning Arena was the final venue for again this weekend following knee ligament against Napoli champions of the two European the Women’s Champions League a three-month shutdown. and Sami Khedira picking up major football competitions, the and Budapest will co-organize A return had looked unthink- a potentially serious tendon UEFA Champions League and the men’s European Football able back in April as Italy problem. the UEFA Europa League. Championship and the 2021 U21 counted their daily coronavi- Argentine forward Gonzalo “The decision of the Execu- Continental Competition, MTI rus deaths in the hundreds for Higuain and captain Giorgio tive Committee of the European said. nearly 35,000 victims in the Chiellini are also not yet at full In this Aug 14, 2019 photo, Liverpool’s Brazilian midfielder Fabinho Federation (UEFA) is of histori- In March, Budapest received country. fitness. (center) celebrates with the UEFA Super Cup trophy after Liverpool won cal significance, as Hungary has the rights to host the finals of the the UEFA Super Cup 2019 football match between FC Liverpool and FC never held a one-match final in 2022-23 Europa League. Chelsea at Besiktas Park Stadium in Istanbul. French League Votes to Keep 20-Team 1st Division Next Season World 100m Champion Provisionally Suspended for Missing Doping Test PARIS (AP) - The French league league to examine whether the first (Dispatchers) - Reign- or filing failure in a 12-month ing world 100m champion Chris- period. voted on Friday to keep a 20-team division could be played with 22 tian Coleman of the United States However, the world 60m record first division next season, despite a teams next season to include pro- was provisionally suspended by holder said in a lengthy letter court’s decision to suspend the rel- moted Lorient and Lens. the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) posted on social media that the egations of Amiens and Toulouse to Having also consulted the French for missing doping test. test on December 9 was “a pur- the second division. Soccer Federation the LFP said He will be banned from com- poseful attempt to get me to miss The league said in a statement that 22 teams is not feasible be- petitions until an independent a test.” that there were 23 votes for a 20- cause it impacts on player health Disciplinary Tribunal hears and He said he was not informed of determines the case under the the test ahead like previous ones team league and two abstentions. with too many games, as well as World Athletics Anti-Doping he had, and the testers did not try The proposal needs to be upheld at on television rights and the con- Rules or the World Athletics In- to reach him, as he was doing the league’s general assembly on tractual obligations of broadcast- tegrity Code of Conduct. Christmas shopping in a nearby Tuesday. ers. AIU issued the charge fol- mall five minutes away. On June 9, France’s highest ad- The league has signed a lucra- lowing a missed doping test by Coleman faced similar tempo- Christian Coleman ministrative court maintained the tive new TV rights contract with Coleman on December 9, 2019. rary ban by the U.S. Anti-Doping league’s decision to cancel the broadcaster Mediapro worth a na- Should the charge stand, the Agency in August after missing the decision to backdate his first With his case dropped, he was rest of the domestic soccer season tional record 1,153 billion euros American sprinter, already with doping-tests on June 6, 2018, missed test to April 1, 2018, the able to compete in the two whereabout violations, will January 16, 2019 and a filing first day of that testing quarter, World Championships, where he amid the coronavirus pandemic. per year ($1.29 billion). face a ban up to 24 months for failure on April 26, 2019. so that the three tests were not in grabbed two golds in 100m (9.76 But it suspended relegating The season is set to start on Aug. missing three doping tests and/ But he successfully appealed a 12-month period. seconds) and 4X100m relay. Amiens and Toulouse, asking the 23.