6 July 1, 2020

Liverpool Can Stay on Esteghlal Held by Saipa, Sepahan Top Without Major Beat Gol Gohar: IPL Signings, Says Klopp TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Esteghlal behind to snatch all three points football team was held to a 1-1 against Machine Sazi. draw by Saipa in Matchweek 22 Babak Moradi gave Machine of the Iran Professional League on Sazi the lead in the 4th minute but Monday. Farshad Ahmadzadeh (16) and Esteghlal Masoud Luciano (63) scored for Fooald. Rigi was on target with a long- Foolad moved up to third place, range shot in the 15th minute but 12 points adrift of Persepolis. the team’s defender Farshid Ba- Sepahan also retained their gheri scored an own in the place in the second place af- last seconds of the first half. ter defeating Gol Gohar Sirjan Esteghlal dropped to fifth place 2-0. Mohammad Reza Hosseini with 37 points, 13 points behind scored in the 9th minute and Mo- IPL leader Persepolis with eight hammad Karimi made it 2-0 in Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp weeks remaining. the 35th minute from the penalty LONDON (AFP) - Liverpool “COVID has of course influ- In Ahvaz, Foolad came from spot. boss Jurgen Klopp does not be- enced both sides with ins and lieve he has to spend “millions” outs, that is completely normal, in the transfer market, saying it and it’s just not likely that it will F1 Drivers Discussing Taking a Knee in Austria is a tricky task to improve his be the most busy summer in the VIENNA (Dispatches) - Amid revealed a similar move is under Premier League winners. world,” Klopp told reporters. the ongoing activism against discussion between the F1 driv- Klopp’s side were last week “But maybe at a later point racism in recent weeks, F1 has ers ahead of the race in Austria crowned English champions for in the year, if the transfer win- launched the We Race as One cam- on Sunday. the first time in 30 years with a dow is still open, we will know paign targeted at improving inclu- “Some of the drivers have al- sion and diversity within the sport, ready been speaking [about tak- record seven games to go. more. But this squad... look at it. while Mercedes has switched to a ing a knee],” Norris told PA The coronavirus outbreak, The Liverpool boss said he black livery for the full 2020 sea- Sport. which put the Premier League had a “first 16 or 17” who could son as part of its anti-racism mes- “If we are going to do it, we on hold for three months, is all play at the same level. sage. should all do it as a grid. It will likely to have a significant im- “We cannot spend millions Prior to the start of the opening be discussed following the driv- pact on the football transfer and millions and millions be- round of Premier League football ers’ briefing with the Grand Prix matches this month, players took Drivers’ Association on Friday. market. cause we want to or we think a knee at kick off in a show of “We will do whatever we can But Klopp said even if he had it is nice to do,” he added. “We solidarity with the Black Lives to show that we care and respect a significant war chest, spend- never wanted that.” Matter movement. everyone. We will do what is ing it would not necessarily be Klopp’s last big buy was the McLaren’s Lando Norris has right when the time comes.” easy or the right thing to do. purchase of Alisson Becker for The club decided not to com- £65 million ($80 million) in pete with Chelsea for RB 2018. Pirlo to Take Charge of Juventus Leipzig striker Timo Werner Since then the outlay has been even though he had been heav- relatively small. Teenagers Har- U-23 Team ily linked with a move to An- vey Elliott and Sepp van den ROME (Xinhua) - For- titles with the Old Lady. cumbent Fabio Pecchia, and field. Berg have joined the club along mer Juventus player Andrea Pirlo retired from playing will be joined by former Fringe players Xherdan Shaqi- with Adrian and Takumi Min- Pirlo will return to the club in November 2017 after a teammate Roberto Baronio ri and Adam Lallana look likely amino, who arrived from RB as coach of their U-23 side in stint at New York City FC, as his assistant manager. to be among those who will be Salzburg for £7.25 million in the third-tier Serie C league, and began his coaching At the weekend, Juventus leaving the club. January. multiple Italian media out- qualifications shortly after- U-23 won the Coppa Ita- lets reported. wards. lia Serie C, their first piece Following a hugely suc- Sky Sports Italia journal- of silverware. But despite UEFA Insists ‘No Plan B’ cessful ten-year spell with ist Gianluca Di Marzio said the victory, Juventus have for Champions League AC Milan, Pirlo joined the former midfielder has elected to replace Pecchia Former Juventus player Juventus in 2011 and won accepted an offer from Ju- with managerial novice Pir- Andrea Pirlo four consecutive Serie A ventus to replace current in- lo ahead of the new season. Players Can Stay in Locker Rooms During Anthem: U.S. Women’s Soccer League WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The paign sparked by the death last U.S. National Women’s Soccer month of George Floyd, a Black League (NWSL) has said players can man, while in Minneapolis police choose to remain in the locker room custody. or express their individual views on “Kneel on the field. Stand with the pitch while the national anthem your hand over your heart. Honor is being played at the Challenge Cup. your feelings in the privacy of the The NWSL said the decision to locker room or at midfield. The UEFA is hopeful the Champions League final eight will go ahead in provide additional flexibility by NWSL is a league that was built Lisbon as planned despite new lockdown measures being introduced in revising pre-game ceremonies fol- on diversity and courage and those the Portuguese capital lowed discussions with players, principles will continue to drive us LAUSANNE (AFP) - UEFA in- and the local authorities”. club officials and other stakehold- forward.” sists there is “no reason to prepare UEFA announced earlier this ers. The month-long Challenge Cup a Plan B” for the final eight of the month that the latter stages of Every player from the North Car- in Utah, which kicked off on Sat- Champions League in Lisbon de- the Champions League would be olina Courage and Portland Thorns urday, will be played in empty spite Portuguese authorities rein- staged exceptionally as a straight took a knee during the anthem ‘Black Lives Matter’ before their Athletes from around the world stadiums amid the COVID-19 pan- troducing restrictions to curb the knockout competition from the and wore t-shirts with the slogan game on Saturday. have been joining the protest cam- demic. spread of coronavirus. quarter-finals onwards with all “We hope everything will be fine matches in Lisbon. and that it will be possible to or- Earlier this month, UEFA presi- Valencia Sack Coach Celades After Villarreal Loss ganize the tournament in Portugal. dent Aleksander Ceferin said: “For For the moment there is no rea- now things look well, and we hope MADRID (AFP) - Valencia have 15 since the restart following the a club statement said. no, who had led the club to back- fired coach Albert Celades after a coronavirus lockdown, dropping Former caretaker coach has to-back fourth-placed finishes. son to prepare a Plan B,” a UEFA everything will be fine until we or- run of bad results culminated with a to eighth in the league, eight points been called in again as a temporary But Celades has failed to last the spokesperson told AFP. ganize the final eight.” defeat by the club’s bitter lo- off the Champions League qualify- replacement for the sixth time. season after Sunday’s 2-0 loss at The spokesperson added that Eu- He added: “We are assessing the cal rivals Villarreal at the weekend. ing spots. Celades took over at the Mestalla Villarreal left Valencia with just ropean football’s governing body situation, not week by week but Valencia have picked up a mea- “Valencia have informed Albert last September after the surprise two wins in 13 matches in all com- is in “constant contact with the day by day, and we will adapt when ger four points from a possible Celades of his immediate release,” sacking of previous boss Marceli- petitions. Portuguese Football Federation the time comes, if necessary.”