6 NOVEMBER 19, 2015 Iran Cycling Federation Iran Female Wushu to Negotiate With Athletes Shine, Collect Slovenian Strancar TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran Cy- Strancar represented Slovenia in cling Federation has negotiated with the Summer Olympics in 2000 in the mountain bike coach Primoz Sydney, where he participated in Strancar. cross country. World Gold Medals The federation has reached an ini- The Iranian Cycling Federation the indoor Istora Senayan sporting athlete Ji Fu Xu, and settled for the tial agreement with the 43-year-old will make a final decision about the arena in the Indonesian capital city bronze medal in the men’s 65-kilo- coach. coach over the next two days. of Jakarta, and collected the gold gram category of the Sanda section. medal in the women’s 60-kilogram Sanda (sometimes called Sanshou Iran’s Weightlifter Sanda section after she defeated her or Lei tai) has all the combat aspects Indonesian opponent Moria Mana- of wushu, but includes many more Behdad Salimi Undergoes lu. grappling techniques. Shahrbanou Mansourian beat her The 13th edition of World Wushu ACL Surgery Filipino opponent Hergie Bacy- Championships opened in Jakarta, TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Iran’s Super knee in late October in the training. adan in the final match of women’s on November 11, and will conclude heavyweight weightlifter Behdad Sa- The gold medalist at the 2012 Lon- 65-kilogram category of the Sanda on November 18. limi has had surgery to repair the torn don Olympics, will start his work section and won the gold medal. The international tournament ACL in his left knee on Wednesday. from Thursday with nine months Maryam Hashemi overpowered has brought together some 1,000 The 13th edition of World Wushu Championships opened in Jakarta, Indonesia her Czech rival Veronika Kohutova male and female wushu practitio- JAKARTA (Press TV) - Iranian fe- and captured three gold medals in the in the women’s 70-kilogram class of ners from 82 countries, including male wushu practitioners have shown prestigious sporting event. the Sanda section, and was awarded Australia, Brazil, China, Chinese excellent performances to impress the On Wednesday, Sedigheh Dari- the gold medal. Taipei, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, crowd at the 13th edition of World aeivarkadeh recorded impressive Earlier in the day, Ja’far Shirzadeh Russia, Turkey, the United States Wushu Championships in Indonesia, victories in her march to the final at Topraghlou of Iran lost to Chinese and Vietnam. AFC Player of the Year 2015 and AFC Women’s Player of the Year 2015 Nominees Announced KUALA LUMPUR (AFC) - Ahmed Khalil and Omar Ab- THE MEN’S NOMINEES (in at the AFC Annual Awards 2015 The Asian Football Confederation dulrahman have been named alphabetical order) gala night in New Delhi are: (AFC) has published the names as the three nominees for the Ahmed Khalil (UAE) • Diamond of Asia Award of the nominees for both the 2015 highly prized AFC Player of Omar Abdulrahman (UAE) • Member Association of the AFC Player of the Year and the the Year award. Zheng Zhi (China) Year Iran’s Super heavyweight weightlifter Behdad Salimi has had surgery 2015 AFC Women’s Player of the In addition, Australian ace THE WOMEN’S NOMINEES • Dream Asia Award to repair the torn ACL in his left knee Year awards. Elise Kellond-Knight as well (in alphabetical order) • National Team of the Year (men The surgery was performed by before the 2016 Olympic Games. With the clock ticking down Japan’s Aya Miyama and Rumi Aya Miyama (Japan) and women) orthopedist Dr. Sohrab Keyhani in Salimi is absent in the 2015 World to the November 29 AFC An- Utsugi find themselves in con- Elise Kellond-Knight (Austra- • Coach of the Year (men’s team, Tehran’s Kian Hospital. Weightlifting Championship sched- nual Awards extravaganza in tention for the equally coveted lia) women’s team) Salimi suffered an anterior cruci- uled for November 20 to 28 in New Delhi, China’s Zheng Zhi AFC Women’s Player of the Rumi Utsugi (Japan) • Player of the Year ate ligament (ACL) injury in his left Houston, Texas. along with the UAE duo of Year Award. Other awards to be given out • Women’s Player of the Year Junior Asia Cup: FIFA Appeal Committee Rejects Appeals Lodged by Joseph Pakistan thrash Oman 7-1 S. Blatter and Michel Platini Against Provisional Bans to top group ZURICH (FIFA) - The FIFA Joseph S. Blatter: the FIFA ongoing, meaning that the ad- ber 2015. The decision of the KARACHI (DAWN) - Pakistan taught a lesson to lowly ranked Oman Appeal Committee, chaired by Appeal Committee rejected the judicatory chamber may still adjudicatory chamber had been by inflicting a 7-1 defeat on them to stretch their unbeaten run in the eighth Larry Mussenden, has today re- appeal in full and confirmed in confirm, revoke or amend the passed following the initial de- junior Asia Cup hockey tournament in Kuantan, Malaysia, on Tuesday. jected in full the appeals lodged its entirety the decision (cf. art. provisional decision as stated in cision taken ex parte on 7 Octo- According to results, the triumph helped Pakistan top four-team group by Joseph S. Blatter and Michel 84 par. 2 of the FIFA Code of art. 84 par. 2 of the FIFA Code ber 2015 and after having heard B after beating Bangladesh and South Korea. Platini and confirmed in their en- Ethics) concerning provisional of Ethics. the party in this regard. Spearhead Mohammad Dilber shone for the greenshirts with a treble tirety the respective decisions (cf. measures taken ex parte by the Michel Platini: the FIFA Ap- The decisions taken by the including a goal on penalty corner, in the 3rd, 62nd and 65th minutes. art. 84 par. 2 of the FIFA Code adjudicatory chamber of the in- peal Committee rejected the ap- FIFA Appeal Committee were Abu Mohammad struck twice on PC in 8th and 28th minutes, while of Ethics) concerning provisional dependent Ethics Committee on peal in full and confirmed in its communicated to Mr Blatter and Bilal Qadir and Mohammad Atiq scored one goal apiece in 15th and 34th measures taken by the adjudica- 7 October 2015. entirety the decision (cf. art. 84 Mr Platini today, 18 November minutes. Earlier, Oman surprised the fraternity by slamming the equaliser through tory chamber of the independent However, for the sake of clari- par. 2 of the FIFA Code of Eth- 2015. Shafi Al Shatari three minutes after Pakistan drew blood. Ethics Committee. ty, the procedure of the adjudica- ics) confirming the provisional According to article 67 of the In the other matches, Bangladesh shocked South Korea 2-0, India sent The decisions taken by the tory chamber of the independent measures taken by the adjudica- FIFA Statutes, the decisions may China packing 4-1 while Japan held holders Malaysia to a two-all draw. FIFA Appeal Committee are as Ethics Committee regarding the tory chamber of the independent be appealed before the Court of All the eight teams will now play the quarter-finals after a days rest on follows: provisional measures is still Ethics Committee on 20 Octo- Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Thursday. Football Fans Unite to Sing Shock as All Black legend French Anthem in London Jonah Lomu dead at 40 LONDON (Anadolu Agency) - Thousands of English football fans joined French supporters in singing France’s Wellington (AFP) - Rugby great Mayhew, a former medic with the knowledged had a unique status. national anthem Tuesday in a display of unity ahead of a game in London. Jonah Lomu, a pioneering global All Blacks, revealed Lomu’s fam- “I am so, so devastated to hear superstar whose speed and power ily were “going through a terrible of the passing away of @JONA- In France’s first major sporting event since Friday’s attacks in Paris, the lyrics of Le Marseillaise were projected terrorised opponents, died unexpect- time”, before he broke down in HTALILOMU,” England’s Jonny on giant screens in Wembley stadium to help spectators pay tribute to the victims. edly on Wednesday aged 40 after tears. Wilkinson tweeted. “The greatest The England-France friendly saw fans hold up red, white and blue cards to form a giant French Tricoleur flag a long battle with kidney disease, Lomu played 63 Tests and scored superstar and just a fabulous hu- during the anthem, which was sung shortly after wreaths were laid next to the pitch by Prince William and team prompting an outpouring of tributes 37 tries for New Zealand, rising to man being. Deeply saddened.” managers. for “a legend of the game”. stardom at the 1995 Rugby World France’s Thierry Dusautoir said The stadium then fell silent as the crowd and players observed a minute’s silence in memory of those killed in Lomu had for decades struggled Cup in South Africa. “you inspired a generation of rugby with the kidney illness that cut At his peak, the 1.96 metre (six players around the world”, while Daesh-backed attacks in Paris, Ankara and Beirut. short his playing career, but close foot five inch) Lomu weighed 120 Welshman Jonathan Davies hailed The game kicked off a few minutes behind schedule. acquaintances said his sudden kilograms (265 pounds) and could “a true legend and a gentleman”. France’s fixture against Germany was one of the targets of suicide bombers on Friday. Three militants deto- death still came as a shock. cover 100 metres in 10.8 seconds. Lomu’s death was most keenly nated their explosives outside the Stade de France, killing a bystander. He passed away at his Auckland He combined the speed of a back- felt in his homeland, where New Other European scheduled friendlies were called off following the attacks, including Tuesday’s scheduled home, family spokesman John line player with the power of a Zealand Rugby chief Steve Tew Belgium-Spain game that was cancelled Monday. Mayhew said, after returning from forward, creating a new template said: “We’re all shocked and a trip to Britain. for wingers and attracting a global deeply saddened at the sudden Tuesday’s match between Germany and the Netherlands was cancelled by police in Hannover 90 minutes be- “It was totally unexpected, Jonah audience for the newly professional death of Jonah Lomu. Jonah was fore kick-off due to security concerns. and his family arrived back from the sport of rugby union. a legend of our game and loved “We have concrete information that someone wanted to ignite explosives in the stadium,” Hannover’s police UK last night and he suddenly died Fellow legends paid tribute on by his many fans both here and chief Volker Kluwe told German press agency DPA. this morning,” Mayhew told TV3. social media to a player they ac- around the world.”