6 March 6, 2018 Iranian Judoka Wins Gold in Clippers Rally to Hand Nets 9th Straight Road Prague European Open 2018 Loss, 123-120 TEHRAN (Press TV) - Iranian the host nation’s Lukas Krpalek judoka Javad Mahjoub has dis- and booked his place in the final. played remarkable athletic skills at Mahjoub could overcome his the Prague European Open 2018 in strong Belarusian opponent Aliak- the Czech Republic, and deservedly sandr Vakhaviak in the title clash, received a gold medal at the presti- and finished as the champion. gious sporting event. The Prague European Open 2018 On Sunday, Mahjoub prevailed began on March 3, and wrapped up over Fedir Panko from Ukraine in the next day. his first over 100-kilogram weight The tournament attracted 354 ju- class contest. dokas from 42 nations, including He defeated French contestant Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Co- Hamza Ouchani in the next bout, lombia, Great Britain, the Islamic and progressed to the semi-final Republic of Iran, Kazakhstan, the round. Netherlands, Ukraine and the Unit- The Iranian judoka then downed ed States. Iranian judoka Javad Mahjoub LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 04: Los Angeles Clippers Center DeAndre Jordan (6) drives the ball into the basket against Brooklyn Nets Forward DeMarre Carroll (9) during the game between Andy Murray Deposed as British Number One the Brooklyn Nets and the L.A. Clippers on March 04, 2018, PARIS (AFP) - Two-time Wim- 3. Marin Cilic (CRO) 4,870 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, CA. bledon winner Andy Murray has 4. Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) 4,635 LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Sindarius Thornwell blocked Joe lost his status as Britain’s number 5. Alexander Zverev (GER) Clippers were reeling, on the Harris’ 3-point attempt before one for the first time since 2006 af- 4,540 verge of losing to a Brooklyn team the buzzer to seal the victory. ter he was overtaken by Kyle Ed- 6. Dominic Thiem (AUT) 3,810 that hadn’t won a road game since It was the ninth consecutive mund in the ATP rankings released 7. David Goffin (BEL) 3,280 Jan. 21. The Nets dropped 3-point- road loss for the Nets, and 11th on Monday. 8. Juan Martín Del Potro (ARG) ers from all over the floor, and af- in their last 12 overall. Brooklyn Edmund has moved up to 24th 3,200 (+1) ter leading by as many as 15, Los got 27 points from reserve Caris place as he reaps the benefit of 9. Kevin Anderson (RSA) 3,080 Angeles found itself down by eight LeVert, who hit 5 of 7 3-point- reaching the Australian Open (-1) with just over three minutes left. ers, and DeMarre Carroll had 20 semi-finals, while former world 10. Jack Sock (USA) 2,650 ‘’It just seemed like we had a points. number one Murray, out injured 11. Stan Wawrinka (SUI) 2,475 lot of moments where we could The Nets connected on 8 of 15 since January and recovering from (+1) have just given up in that game,’’ 3-pointers in the fourth quarter, a hip operation, drops eight places 12. Lucas Pouille (FRA) 2,455 Clippers guard Austin Rivers 19 of 45 3-pointers on the night to 29th. (+3) said. and rallied to lead 118-110 with Juan Martin del Potro moves up 13. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 2,380 Andy Murray has lost his status as British number one for the first time Instead, Rivers helped bring 3:11 to play on LeVert’s 3-point- one place to eighth after he beat 14. Pablo Carreño (ESP) 2,315 since 2006, with Kyle Edmund taking over from the injured Scot it home. He scored 14 of his 27 er. big-serving Kevin Anderson 6-4, 15. Tomáš Berdych (CZE) 2,275 points in the fourth quarter - in- ‘’Tough loss,’’ Nets coach Ker- 18. John Isner (USA) 2,205 (+1) Selected 6-4 to win the Mexican Open on (+2) cluding the go-ahead 3-pointer ry Atkinson said. ‘’We climbed 19. Fabio Fognini (ITA) 2,190 24. Kyle Edmund (GBR) 1,642 Sunday. 16. Roberto Bautista (ESP) 2,255 with 33.5 seconds remaining - to back, showed a lot of grit, had (+1) (+1) 1. Roger Federer (SUI) 10,060 (+7) lead the Clippers to a 123-120 an opportunity. But credit to the 20. Nick Kyrgios (AUS) 2,125 29. Andy Murray (GBR) 1,460 pts 17. Diego Schwartzman (ARG) victory Sunday night. Clippers. (Austin) Rivers makes (-4) (-8) 2. Rafael Nadal (ESP) 9,460 2,220 (+1) Lou Williams got the last of his an unbelievable shot. We had 21 points with a 15-foot jumper some opportunities and they Coleman, Dibaba Steal Show at Dramatic World Indoors with 8.9 seconds left, and rookie didn’t go down. indoor championships. 100 metres in 2017, has now run A night of remarkable drama at the three quickest times ever at the No Rivals, No Problem as Bayern Arena Birmingham saw the great shorter distance. Genzebe Dibaba win her second The peerless Ethiopian Dibaba, Eye Bundesliga Record gold in three days in the 1,500 who had lifted the 3,000 metres BERLIN (AFP) - Bayern Mu- ter playing RB Leipzig away on metres while Czech Pavel Maslak title on Thursday, had her work won his third 400 metres crown cut out to achieve the double in the nich are 20 points clear in the March 18, a sixth league title in after a sensational double disquali- metric mile but produced another Bundesliga and could be con- a row will be theirs. fication. solo tour de force. firmed champions for the sixth It would equal their own Yet it was the 21-year-old Ameri- Stretching her pursuers to break- straight season within a fortnight, league record, set in 2013/14 can Coleman, winner of two silvers ing point by powering for home but veteran coach Jupp Heynckes when Bayern won the Bundes- at last year’s world outdoor cham- with almost a kilometre left, the is demanding they stay focused. liga with seven games to spare pionships in London, who hogged 27-year-old kept Britain’s silver A 4-0 thumping of Freiburg under the leadership of Pep centre stage, following up his medallist Laura Muir and Dutch on Sunday means Bayern only Guardiola. world record of 6.34 seconds set defending champion Sifan Hassan last month with an emphatic win in have to extended their giant lead This season only mathematical Christian Coleman of the U.S. celebrates winning the Men’s 60m final at bay to win convincingly in four 6.37 seconds. minutes 05.27 seconds. by two points over the next two doubt remains, but Heynckes BIRMINGHAM, England (Re- Usain Bolt as the fastest man in ath- It was the joint second fastest It made her only the fourth athlete weeks to be confirmed league insists there will be no let-up in uters) - Christian Coleman looked letics, sweeping in a blur to a ma- sprint in history, ensuring that the ever to win five individual gold champions. their bid for silverware. every inch the natural successor to jestic 60 metres victory at the world Atlanta flyer, the fastest man at medals in the championships. If they are 22 points clear af- It is not the first season Bayern find themselves streets ahead of their league rivals. Kovalev Stops Mikhalkin to Defend Light Heavyweight Title “Now it’s down to experi- NEW YORK (AP) - Back on track stoppage of Cuba’s Sullivan Barrera. Promoter Kathy Duva said she ence and also Jupp Heynckes after two straight powerful perfor- Maybe Kovalev-Bivol is the match hoped Kovalev would fight again at will not tolerate any nonsense,” mances, Sergey Kovalev looks ready to make. MSG in July, though it was too early Bayern’s chairman Karl-Heinz for a bigger test. Kovalev (32-2-1, 28 KOs) took to consider the opponent. Rummenigge told FCB.tv. He wasn’t interested in talking some punches but simply walked Bivol (13-0, 11 KOs) was dominat- about another fight with Andre through them and opened the cut in ing the fight and a little over a min- Bayern were five points adrift Ward. the sixth round. Then in the seventh, ute from winning an easy decision in the league when Carlo Ance- How about a match with another referee Steve Willis halted the ac- when he caught Barrera with a hard lotti was sacked last October, rugged Russian? tion and sent Mikhalkin to the cor- right to the head to set up the knock- but Heynckes, 72, took over, Kovalev powerfully defended his ner after a flurry of punches to his down. Barrera was able to get up in tightened discipline and turned WBO light heavyweight title, open- face, and the physician said the fight time but the referee stopped the fight things around. ing a deep cut under fellow Rus- needed to be halted. at 1:41 of the round. sian Igor Mikhalkin’s right eye that He had to work longer and harder Bivol outlanded Barrera 243-75 in Having thumped Besiktas forced the fight to be stopped with than his November victory over Sla- total punches, according the final stats, 5-0 in the last 16, first-leg of 35 seconds left in the seventh round. va Shabranskyy, whom he stopped in his second defense of the title he was the Champions League, Bay- ‘’Krusher’’ won his second con- in two rounds in the same arena to Dmitry Bivol, of Russia, punches Sullivan Barrera, of Cuba, given when Ward retired. He wasn’t ern could still repeat their 2013 secutive fight since his back-to-back take back one of the titles Ward va- during the eighth round of a WBA light heavyweight title boxing bothered by a cut near the right eye in treble of European, German losses to Ward, dealing punishment cated upon retirement. match Saturday, March 3, 2018, in New York. the second round that the ringside doc- to his former amateur teammate in Mikhalkin (21-2) had a bloody tor checked a couple of times in the Cup and league titles won under the first defense of the title he re- U.S. debut, winning just one round nine knockouts and it became clear in 2016 and then was stopped in later rounds but never affected him. Heynckes. gained in his last bout. on one judge’s card. he wouldn’t get another - though the eighth round last June in the re- Barrera (21-2) was offered a fight The Bundesliga leg of the 2013 That followed an earlier victory at Mikhalkin landed some clean Kovalev did say he felt some of the match. first with Kovalev but chose in- treble was wrapped up with six Madison Square Garden for WBA shots, as ‘’Krusher’’ either wasn’t body shots. He certainly seems ready for some- stead to take less money for a shot games to spare and Bayern’s 175-pound champion and fellow seeing the straight lefts from the at Bivol, perhaps counting on his Kovalev has fought two relative thing tougher - though he didn’t captain Thomas Mueller sees no Russian Dmitry Bivol, who re- southpaw or simply wasn’t respect- unknowns since he lost his three seem interested in hearing that Ward experience over his 27-year-old op- mained unbeaten with a 12th-round ing his power. Mikhalkin has only belts in a close decision loss to Ward teased a possible third fight. ponent. difference this time around.