6 January 28, 2021 Iranian Athletes to Take IOC Urges Olympians to Part in Online Asian Take COVID-19 Vaccines Shooting Championship “Vaccines are one of many tools available in the toolbox, to be used at the appropriate time and in the appropriate way. The IOC continues to strongly sup- port the priority of vaccinating vulnerable groups, nurses, med- ical doctors and everyone who is keeping our societies safe,” it said. The IOC said it supported vaccines being provided first TEHRAN (Dispatches) – Ira- Kuwait in three fields the rifle, to “vulnerable groups, nurses, nian athletes are scheduled to air pistol, and flying targets. medical doctors and everyone participate in the online Asian In the field of pistols and air shooting competitions which will pistol, Javad Foroughi, Vahid who is keeping our societies kick off on Thursday. Golkhandan, Sajjad Pourhos- safe.” The Asian shooting competi- seini, Hanieh Rostamian, Gol- “When vaccinations are made tions will be held virtually with noosh Sebghat Elahi and Mina available to a broader public, the presence of Iranian athletes Ghorbani will compete against the IOC calls for Olympic and and the event will be hosted by their rivals. LAUSANNE (Reuters) - The IOC President Thomas Bach The IOC said a toolbox of Paralympic teams to be vacci- International Olympic Com- consulted National Olympic COVID-19 countermeasures nated, given their role as am- Man City Hammer West mittee (IOC) has urged teams Committees (NOCs) as well as has been developed, which in- bassadors of their NOCs and competing in Olympic and Para- the World Health Organization cludes immigration procedures, given the role of sport ‘to pro- Brom to Go Top lympic Games to be vaccinated (WHO) as the preparations for quarantine measures, testing, mote safe sport as a contributor against COVID-19. the Tokyo Games and the 2022 personal protective equipment, to the health and wellbeing of According to news released Beijing Winter Games enter the contact tracing and also vacci- individuals and communities’,” on the IOC’s official website, final stretch. nations. read the IOC statement. Inter Win Milan Derby in ROME (Reuters) - Inter had a relatively full squad have moved into the semifinals of to choose from. the Coppa Italia with a 2-1 come- Milan created a genuine back victory over AC Milan , as chance minutes into the game as Zlatan Ibrahimovic put the Ros- pulled back for soneri ahead before being sent Rafael Leao to drill just inches off, while Christian Eriksen came wide, before Brahim Diaz failed off the bench to score the winner to get on the end of Ibrahimov- Ilkay Gundogan has scored seven Premier League goals this season - his deep into stoppage time. ic’s pass. best ever scoring season in the top five European Leagues It was the second clash be- The Rossoneri went ahead in tween the city-rivals this season the 31st minute as Ibrahimovic MANCHESTER (Dispatches) raised and several players seemed as AC Milan won the first tie collected the ball on the edge of - Manchester City have climbed to to stop, and Riyad Mahrez pow- 2-1 in with Ibrahimov- Inter Milan’s Danish Christian Eriksen (right) scores a free the box, taking a few touches the top of the Premier League by ered in a fourth before the break. ic’s double. kick during the Italian Cup quarter final football match between Inter before drilling through Aleksan- handing West Brom another home Raheem Sterling got in on the act hammering. in the second half as City ended a The Diavolo missed Mario Milan and AC Milan on Jan 26, 2021 at the Meazza stadium in Milan. dar Kolarov’s legs and seeing No team in Europe’s top five day on top of the table for the first Mandzukic, , and a suspended , while the ball go in off the post. divisions has conceded as many time this season. goals at home as Sam Allardyce’s City were without Kevin de Albion and they were ruthlessly Bruyne, Sergio Aguero and Ga- Nadal Supports Australian Open COVID-19 Measures exposed again by a brilliant at- briel Jesus - introduced at 5-0 - SYDNEY (Reuters) - Tennis legend Last week, some players took to so- tacking display. and had no out-and-out forward Rafael Nadal has urged his fellow com- cial media to complain about the con- For the second week running in their team, and still could have petitors to take a “wider perspective” on ditions in quarantine and the impact of City were the beneficiaries of a scored more goals in an 11th COVID-19 safety measures ahead of the not being able to train in the lead up contentious offside call but there straight win. Australian Open, as players and staff re- to the event. can be no doubt that they would Phil Foden had already had a mained quarantined on Wednesday. However, world No 2 Nadal told have routed the hosts regardless. shot turned on to the post when All players arriving in Australia CNN that many people had it much Ilkay Gundogan continued his the superb Gundogan controlled were required to undergo two weeks’ worse under the pandemic, and to be quarantine along with their support able to play in an international tourna- inspired run in front of goal with a pass over the top, swivelled and staff. However, cases detected on ment should be considered a privilege. two excellent strikes, Joao Cance- clipped the ball into the far corner three charter flights forced 72 players “I feel very sorry for all of them but lo scored while an offside flag was in one fluid movement. into an even stricter lockdown during when we came here, we knew that the which time they were unable to train. measures were going to be strict be- So far, nine positive cases have been cause we knew that the country is do- Two Russian Tennis directly linked to the event, with 281 ing great with the pandemic,” Nadal Spain’s Rafael Nadal people considered close contacts. said. Players Banned for Life for Match-Fixing Cyclocross Worlds to Go Ahead as Planned Despite Virus LONDON (AP) - Two Russian tennis players were banned from the OSTEND, Belgium (AP) - The cyclocross world championships will go ahead sport for life on Wednesday for match-fixing, including incidents when this weekend despite the spread of a variant of the coronavirus, Ostend Mayor they played together as doubles partners. Bart Tommelein said. The International Tennis Integrity Agency said Alija Merdeeva was Following discussions with the International Cycling Union and Flemish found guilty of two counts of match-fixing. Sofia Dmitrieva was authorities, Tommelein said the city will be able to host the event with extra found guilty on six counts of match-fixing and was also charged with sanitary measures. failing to cooperate with an investigation. All attendees will have to undergo a mix of PCR and rapid tests in addition to The case focused on ‘’multiple incidents,’’ the ITIA said, including the usual anti-COVID-19 measures. Riders, media and organization staff will two matches they played together as doubles partners. The ITIA didn’t be separated to limit contacts. say which tournaments were affected. According to Belgian media, at least 15 people have recently been infected Merdeeva and Dmitrieva toured the world playing low-level pro with the South African variant of COVID-19 in various healthcare institutions tournaments, often in Africa, Turkey and Eastern Europe. Merdeeva’s in the city. highest ranking was 928th in the world and Dmitrieva’s was 1,191st, Cyclocross is immensely popular in the Dutch-speaking Flanders region but though they both achieved slightly more success in doubles. races will take place without fans because of the pandemic. More than 20,000 International Tennis Federation records show that Merdeeva and people have died with the virus in Belgium. Dmitrieva teamed up to play doubles at two tournaments in Kenya The road world championships are also scheduled to be held in Belgium this year. in 2019.