6 December 12, 2019 Reeling Knicks Drop 10th Iran to Participate at FINA World Men’s Straight, 115-87 to Trail Blazers Junior Water Polo Championships TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran will take part at 20th FINA World Men’s Junior Water Polo Champi- onships. The competition will be held in Kuwait from December 12 to 20. A total of 20 teams will compete in the tournament. Iran has been drawn in tough Portland Trail Blazers guard CJ McCollum, front left, dribbles the ball on New York Knicks guard Damyean Dotson, right, as guard Dennis Smith Jr., back left, closes in during the second half of Group C along with host Kuwait, an NBA basketball game in Portland, Ore., Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019. The Blazers won 115-87. Montenegro, USA and Italy. NEW YORK (Dispatches) - In the wake In Portland, New York faced Carmelo The team will be headed by Me- of an easy win, the Portland Trail Blazers Anthony, who played for the Knicks agreed they needed the rout for their own from 2011-17. hdi Panamtash in the tournament. morale. When the Blazers picked up Anthony Damian Lillard had 31 points, includ- on Nov. 19, the 10-time All-Star had ing eight 3-pointers, and Portland handed been out of the game for more than a Napoli Sack Ancelotti Hours After 4-0 Champions League Win the wretched New York Knicks their 10th year. But he has fit in well with Portland straight loss, 115-87 on Tuesday night. as a starter, averaging nearly 16 points LONDON (Dispatches) - Napoli He did not appear to know an “Anytime you have that type of win, and six rebounds a game. have sacked manager Carlo Ance- announcement was imminent af- and the way that we did it, I think we Anthony finished with 16 points. should feel good about it, especially in a “We were locked in, since this morn- lotti less than three hours after he ter the win over Genk, when he game that we feel we should have won,” ing, since shootaround, we were locked guided them into the Champions said: “I’ll speak to president De Lillard said. in,” Anthony said. “Dame came out and League knockout stages. Laurentiis tomorrow and we’ll Hassan Whiteside added 17 points and led us, Hassan played great, but I thought 15 rebounds as the Blazers ended a two- overall defense was what got us going. The Serie A club had not won make the best decision for Na- game skid. Portland led by as many as We were talking, we were active, a lot of in nine games in all competitions poli. 32. energy on the defensive end.” “Those kind of games feel good,” Portland was coming off a 108-86 de- until Tuesday’s 4-0 success at “As far as I’m concerned, with coach Terry Stotts weighed in. feat at home to Oklahoma City on Sun- home to Genk. certain players coming back and Julius Randle had 15 points for the day, with the team still reeling from the Ancelotti was in his second sea- the right conditions in place, this Knicks, who have won just four games, loss of Rodney Hood, who tore his left fewest in the NBA. They have one vic- Achilles tendon in a loss to the Lakers son in charge of Napoli but they team can still target fourth place. tory on the road. on Friday. Hood will miss the rest of the sit seventh in the league after that “The win tonight is a weight The Knicks opened their four-game season. poor run. off our shoulders and can give West Coast trip in disarray after coach Lillard’s step-back 3 put the Blazers up David Fizdale was fired on Friday, just 32-22 at the end of the first quarter. Lil- They are the only team to beat the players a big boost for the fu- hours after he ran practice. Mike Miller lard had 17 points in the opening period. Carlo Ancelotti Liverpool in 90 minutes this sea- ture.” was named interim head coach, and New Portland led by as many as 21 in the son, defeating the Reds 2-0 in players all returned home. Liverpool legend Bob Paisley But a tweet later that evening York lost 104-103 at home to Indiana the half and was up 60-41 at the break behind next night. 25 points from Lillard. September. Ancelotti, who won the Premier and current Real Madrid boss simply read: “SSC Napoli has “In an 82-game schedule you may have The Knicks were 2 of 15 from 3-point Last month the manager and League and FA Cup Double with Zinedine Zidane. taken the decision to part ways some nights where it won’t go in, and we range in the first half and 7 of 38 for the found ourselves in that,” Miller said. game. Napoli players were in a high- Chelsea in 2009-10, has been Ancelotti won two Champions with first-team coach Carlo An- profile dispute with president Au- linked with the vacant managers’ Leagues with AC Milan and one celotti. relio de Laurentiis. jobs at Arsenal and Everton. with Real Madrid, as well as do- “The friendship and mutual re- Russian Boxers to Boycott De Laurentiis ordered the team He is one of only three manag- mestic titles with Milan, Chelsea, spect between the club, president to attend a week-long training ers to win three European Cups/ Paris St-Germain and Bayern Aurelio de Laurentiis and Carlo Olympics If Sanctions Not Lifted camp but Ancelotti and his Champions Leagues - along with Munich. Ancelotti remain intact.” Pakistan Dominate Sri Lanka in First Home Test for Ten Years Sri Lankan skipper Karunaratne “Whenever I bowled a good leg-before soon after lunch to delivery, they supported me. trigger a collapse which saw the I was very excited that I was visitors lose four wickets within playing before the home crowd just 31 runs in the post lunch and got two wickets.” session. Usman Shinwari also claimed Karunaratne hit nine boundar- his first wicket when Kusal MOSCOW (Dispatches) - Rus- Separately, the speaker of Rus- ies in his 110-ball knock. Mendis edged him to wicket- sian boxers will only take part in sia’s upper house of parliament Naseem then had Fernando keeper Mohammad Rizwan for the Tokyo Olympics if doping sanc- said Russia could create an alter- caught at slip for 40, an innings 10, while Mohammad Abbas tions forcing them to compete as native to the Olympics. neutral athletes are overturned, the ‘’This ruling show the clear cri- laced with six boundaries and a bowled Dinesh Chandimal for general secretary of the Russian sis in international sports institu- six. two with a beautiful delivery. Boxing Federation said on Wednes- tions. I believe that Russia could It was his first Test wicket af- Pakistan, who in a surprise de- day. host its own games at home,’’ Umar Kremlev said he has spo- Valentina Matvienko said in com- Naseem Shah celebrates the dismissal of Oshada Fernando. ter he came away empty-hand- cision left out their key spinner ken with the Olympic boxing ments reported by the Interfax RAWALPINDI, Pakistan batted and closed the day at a ed from his debut in Brisbane Yasir Shah, had struggled for team and they ‘’unanimously’’ news agency. (AFP) - Test cricket made its precarious 202-5 after bad light against Australia last month. a breakthrough in the first ses- rejected the conditions laid out by There is a precedent. After the long-awaited return to Pakistan stopped play 20.5 overs early. He also had Angelo Mathews sion. the World Anti-Doping Agency as Russian Revolution of 1917, the punishment for manipulating dop- Soviet Union refused to compete after a deadly attack in 2009, At close Dhananjaya de Silva caught in the slips for 31. Naseem was the stand-out ing data. in the Olympics and hosted its with the home team led by fast was unbeaten on 38 and Niro- Mathews added 62 runs for the bowler in the morning as he The WADA sanctions, an- own Spartakiads - named after bowler Naseem Shah dominating shan Dickwella not out 11 as fifth wicket with De Silva. generated pace, hitting Ka- nounced on Monday, ban the use the ancient rebel slave Sparta- of the Russian team name, flag cus - with a strong socialist slant. Sri Lanka on Wednesday. Sri Lanka spoiled a good 96-run Naseem, who is also included runaratne on the helmet in the or anthem at a range of major However, the Soviet Union began Naseem, who is just 16, start given by skipper Dimuth in Pakistan’s squad for next 19th over. sports competitions over the next competing at the Olympics in grabbed 2-51 on the open- Karunaratne (59) and Oshada month’s Under-19 World Cup in Sri Lankan skipper, then on four years, including next year’s 1952 and Russians generally take Olympics. great pride in the country’s Olym- ing day of the first Test which Fernando (40). South Africa, said he was happy 42, fell down but showed no ‘’They said we won’t go with- pic achievements since then. marked a momentous occasion Pakistan struggled for wickets to play the lead role. further signs of discomfort, hit- out our flag and anthem,’’ Krem- If the sanctions aren’t over- in Pakistan cricket at Rawalpin- in the first session as Sri Lanka “I enjoyed a lot and the whole ting Shaheen Shah Afridi for lev said. ‘’We aren’t going for turned, Kremlev said Russian di stadium. reached 89-0 at lunch. crowd was supporting me,” he his eighth boundary to reach his medals, but for that feeling that I boxers would prefer to turn pro brought the highest honor home rather than compete at the Olym- Sri Lanka won the toss and Shaheen Shah Afridi trapped said. 24th Test fifty. for my country.’’ pics.