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Paige Greco of Australia holds her gold medal after winning the Cycling Track Women’s C1-3 3000m Indi- vidual Pursuit at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in Izu, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan. (AP ) Sports Latest sports scores at — http://sports.arabtimesonline.com Greco earns fi rst gold of Paralympics

Reece Dunn of Britain competes in the men’s 100-meter butterfl y at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (AP)

Two more athletes test positive for COVID-19: organizers ‘Exempt players from quarantine’ TOKYO, Aug 25, (AP): Aus- tralian cyclist Paige Greco earned the fi rst gold medal FIFA, soccer bodies entitled to of the Tokyo Paralympics, winning the 3,000-meter pursuit on Wednesday on $200 mln as corruption victims the track at the velodrome. It was the first of 24 gold medals GENEVA, Aug 25, (AP): The US up for grabs on Wednesday as the Department of Justice declared FIFA Paralympics got underway in the and other soccer bodies to be victims middle of a pandemic that has seen of corrupt former offi cials and said Tuesday they should get more than new cases in Tokyo soar since the $200 million from cash forfeited in a Olympics opened just over a month sprawling investigation. ago. A fi rst amount of $32.2 million will Medals were also contested in be paid into a “World Football Re- swimming and wheelchair fencing mission Fund” overseen by the FIFA on Wednesday. Foundation charity, federal prosecu- Greco was born with cerebral tors said. palsy, which mostly affects the right China’s Bian Jing, (left), and Georgia’s Nino Tibilashvili compete for a gold FIFA’s charity supports projects in side of her body. It was her first medal in women’s sabre individual Category A at the Tokyo 2020 Paralym- schools, helps the sport recover after Paralympic Games medal, winning pic Games in Chiba, Japan. (AP) natural disasters, develops women’s her race in 3 minutes, 50.815 sec- and girls’ soccer, and the FIFA Leg- opening of the Paralympics. ends program that uses former players onds. “Right now, the government is “It feels amazing,” Greco said. “I as ambassadors. requesting people to telework and The forfeited money - in a case un- still can’t believe it. I keep looking (Bach) is coming back just for that,” down and seeing (the gold medal). sealed in 2015 that led to more than 50 Omi said, responding to a question people or corporate entities charged In this Sept. 25, 2015 fi le photo, the International Federation of Association It’s not really sunk in yet.” from an opposition lawmaker in par- - will now be under FIFA’s control Wang Xiaomei of China was sec- Football, (FIFA), logo is fi xed on a wall of its headquarters during a meeting liament. in Zurich though it mostly never be- of the FIFA Executive Committee in Zurich, Switzerland. (AP) ond and bronze went to Denise “When the government is making longed to the world soccer body. Schindler of Germany. those requests to the people, why is Greco took up cycling just over the Olympic leader, President Bach, SOCCER three years ago after competing in coming all the way to Tokyo. Anyone Serena pulls out of US Open track and field for seven years. with normal, common sense should Australian teammate William The money was typically linked to be able to think that he has already bribes and kickbacks from broadcasting WASHINGTON, Aug 25, (AP): Federer, Nadal and Novak Martin also won gold in the first come once and even visited Ginza.” swimming final of the Paralympics, and sponsor deals for continental com- Serena Williams added herself to Djokovic share the men’s record International Paralympic petitions in the Americas and national the list of big-name withdrawals of 20. taking the 400-meter freestyle in the from the U.S. Open on Wednes- Williams’ coach, Patrick Mou- S9 class in 4:10.25 seconds. Ugo Chile’s gold medalist Alberto Abarza Committee spokesman Craig deals for World Cup qualifying games. (right), Brazil’s silver medalist Gabriel Spence confirmed the IPC is in con- More than $150 million was to be day, pulling out of the year’s last ratoglou, also put up a post on Didier of France took silver and Grand Slam tournament because of social media, saying, “we’ve done Alex Tuckfield of Australia won Geraldo Dos Santos Araujo, and Rus- tact with two Paralympic athletes forfeited by Jose Hawilla, the Brazil- sia’s bronze medalist Vladimir Da- from Afghanistan who have left the ian marketing executive who has since a torn hamstring. everything we could” and adding: bronze. nilenko pose at the Medal Ceremony died. His group of agencies had close Williams hasn’t competed since “It is heartbreaking, but this is the country. He declined to speculate injuring her right leg in the first set only possible decision.” of the Swimming Men’s 100m Back- whether they might eventually reach relationships with South American PARALYMPICS stroke S2 during the Tokyo 2020 Para- soccer body CONMEBOL and North of her first-round match at Wim- Williams has won six singles Tokyo for the Paralympics. bledon in late June. championships at the U.S. Open, lympic Games in Tokyo. (AP) “There’s a lot of speculation America’s CONCACAF. In the first wheelchair fencing In separate statements, Paraguay- The American, who turns 40 most recently in 2014. In her five final, Li Hao of China won gold in ic better than many other countries, going on where these Afghan ath- based CONMEBOL said it was entitled next month, announced her de- appearances at the hard-court tour- the men’s individual saber. He with around 15,600 deaths nation- letes are,” Spence said. “I’m not to $71 million of the forfeited money cision to sit nament in New York since then, defeated Artem Manko of Ukraine wide since the start, but its vaccina- going to tell you where they are and Miami-based CONCACAF said out the U.S. she has made it to the final twice - tion efforts lag behind other wealthy because this isn’t about sport, this is its share was $70 million. Each soccer Open via a losing to in 2018 and 15-12 in the final. social me- Bianca Andreescu in 2019 - and Away from the competition, orga- nations. About 40% of the popula- about human rights and keeping body lost a succession of presidents tion has been fully vaccinated, people safe.” who resigned in the scandal. dia post. She nizers confirmed Wednesday that joins Roger two more athletes have tested posi- mainly elderly people. He added they were in a “safe That would leave $60 million for FIFA though it will control distribution Federer and tive for COVID-19 in the Paralympic Dr. Shigeru Omi, a medical advi- place.” Rafael Nadal Village. That brings to three the sor for the government, criticized Several reports say the two ath- of all the money, which Infantino said in sitting out International Olympic Committee letes - Hossain Rosouli and Zakia would be subject to “strict monitoring, the competi- the semifinals three other times, total of positive tests by athletes in auditing and compliance checks.” the village over the last two days. President Thomas Bach for return- Khudadadi - may have arrived in tion in Flush- including last year. Australia. It is unclear how much total cash ing Meadows, Her best-in-the-game and Organizers have confirmed nine ing to Tokyo to attend Tuesday’s has been recovered though the DOJ positive tests in the village over the where play Serena powerful have al- said “well over” the initial $32.2 mil- begins next lowed Williams to remain among last three days. The additional six, lion granted “has been seized and has Monday, raising questions about the title contenders at the biggest who are not athletes, are described been or is expected to be forfeited to what the future of tennis might tournaments, especially on hard as “Games-related personnel.” the United States in the Eastern Dis- look like without them. The draw courts and grass. Organizing committee spokesman trict of New York.” for the tournament is Thursday. This season, she was a semi- Masa Takaya said the athletes were The remission deal follows more This will be the first major tour- finalist at the in “from different sports and different than fi ve years after FIFA claimed tens nament since 1997 without any of February, before losing to even- countries.” But he gave few details of millions of dollars in restitution for Williams, Federer or Nadal in the tual champion Osaka there. At the and said the athletes have been itself from money held by prosecutors singles brackets. Williams made , played on red clay, placed in isolation. who secured dozens of guilty pleas her Grand Slam debut at the 1998 Williams lost in the fourth round to He was asked if there was a from soccer and marketing executives, Australian Open; Federer made his Elena Rybakina. mostly in the Americas. the following year; Nadal in 2003. At Wimbledon, Williams was COVID-19 cluster in the village. Some are still awaiting sentencing “Whether or not there is a cluster Williams has won 23 Grand serving while leading 3-1 in her in federal court in Brooklyn years after Slam singles titles, a record in the opening match when her left shoe should be based on the advice from admitting charges of fi nancial wrong- professional era. Only one player seemed to lose its traction while specialists,” he said. doing including racketeering con- in tennis history owns more, Mar- she was hitting a and her Japan is expanding its coronavi- spiracy. Indicted soccer offi cials have garet Court with 24. right leg flexed awkwardly. rus state of emergency for a second avoided extradition while remaining in week in a row, adding several more Brazil and Trinidad and Tobago. prefectures as a surge in infections Demanding that all players be re- players from 19 clubs would not be re- forced to quarantine on their return to fueled by the delta variant strains leased for World Cup qualifi ers, In- leased next week to fl y off to qualifi ers countries to resume club duties. the country’s health care system. fantino has asked British Prime Min- in 26 countries on England’s red list - Clubs face FIFA sanctions if they The Japanese capital has been ister Boris Johnson to lift quarantine including all South American nations. refuse to release players. The Span- under the emergency since July 12, requirements for footballers to allow The Spanish league also said it ish league hit out at FIFA’s “unilateral but new daily cases have increased them to travel next week to play for would support any of its clubs that decision” to grant two additional days more than tenfold since then to their countries. did not want to release players for in- for South American countries to play Infantino himself took advantage ternational duty with South American games in both September and Octo- about 5,000 in Tokyo and 25,000 of an exemption in place for the Eu- teams, over concerns about the lack of ber so three qualifi ers can be played nationwide. Hospital beds are ropean Championship so he could fl y recovery time to resume games with in each window, rather than the usual quickly filling and many people into London from Rio de Janeiro in their clubs. two. That means, regardless of any must now recover at home, includ- July and avoid the mandatory 10 days Unlike for other international fi x- quarantine requirements on their re- ing some who require supplemental Egypt’s Ibrahim Elhusseiny Hamadtou plays against Korea’s Hong Kyu of hotel quarantine in England. tures during the pandemic, FIFA is no turn, players would likely not be rested oxygen. Park in the Men’s Singles Class 6 Group E of the Table Tennis at the Tokyo The Premier League defi ed FIFA longer allowing exemptions for play- enough to play for their clubs when Japan has weathered the pandem- 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (AP) to decide on Tuesday that almost 60 ers to opt out of the trips if they are leagues resume.

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