6 October 3, 2017

Nadal & Guardiola Concerned Queiroz Names Team for FIFA by Catalan Vote Clashes World Cup Warm-Up Matches Nadal Guardiola keepers. Saeid Aghaei, , Ehsan Haji Safi, Seyyed Jalal Hos- seini, Vouria Ghafouri, Hossein Kana’anizadegan, Milad Moham- madi, and will join the Ira- nian outfit as defenders. Ahmad Abdollahzadeh, , , , , Akbar Imani and will be playing as midfielders. Moreover, , MADRID (Dispatches) - Spain’s sadness”. , Saman Ghod- world number one Rafael Nadal and The 16-time Grand Slam champion dos, , Alire- Manchester City manager Pep Guar- grew up in Mallorca but is also a Cata- za Jahanbakhsh, Kaveh Rezaei and diola have spoken out following Cata- lan speaker, and a 10-time champion have been selected lonia’s independence referendum on at the Barcelona Open. to play as forwards during Team Sunday, which was marred by vio- He said: “I want to cry when I see Melli’s upcoming matches. lence. a country where we have known how The Iran men’s national football Catalan medics said 844 people were to co-exist and be a good example to team will play against Togo at Teh- hurt in clashes at a poll the Spanish the rest of the world get to a situation ran’s on October 5, government and courts declared ille- like this. before taking on the Russia nation- gal. Catalonia’s leader Carles Puigde- Tennis star Nadal told reporters he mont says the region has won the right Iran’s national football team (file photo) al football team at Kazan Arena in was “stunned” and “felt like crying”. to break away from Spain after almost Kazan five days later. Guardiola said: “The images don’t 90% of voters chose independence. (Press TV) - Head squad for the forthcoming fixtures On Sunday, the 64-year-old Por- Team Melli defeated Uzbekistan lie, there were people who wanted to Guardiola, 46, was born in Barce- coach of Iran’s national football against Togo and Russia as part tuguese picked Alireza Beiran- 2-0 at Azadi Stadium on Jun 13, vote and they’ve been attacked.” lona and played for and managed the of preparations for the 2018 FIFA team has announced vand, Alireza Haghighi, Hamed and qualified for the 2018 World Officers from the national police and club. He said: “There are more than the names on the final roster of the World Cup. Lak and Rashid Mazaheri as goal- Cup in Moscow. paramilitary Civil Guard seized ballot 700 hurt - people who were going to papers and boxes at polling stations. vote, not rob a bank. In the regional capital Barcelona, po- “Spain will try to hide the reality, but Napoli Maintain Perfect Start as Juventus Held lice used batons and fired rubber bul- the rest of the world’s media will show MILAN (Reuters) - Napoli have 2-0 up inside 24 minutes, but Mat- lets during pro-referendum protests. it. The images are clear and everybody The situation led to Barcelona’s La knows what has happened. continued their 100 percent start tia Caldara and Bryan Cristante Liga game at home to Las Palmas be- “We don’t want them to think that to the season and stretched their scored either side of the interval to ing played behind closed doors. we don’t like Spain. lead at the top of Serie A to two earn the hosts a point. Nadal, 31, spoke out before the ref- “Spain is an incredible country, points with a 3-0 win over Cagliari Massimiliano Allegri’s side erendum to condemn it but, talking in with its literature, sport, cities. But at the Stadio San Paolo. have been joined on 19 points Beijing ahead of this week’s China you need to understand that there’s a Marek Hamsik handed the by Inter Milan, who defeated Open, said he had watched events of population who want to decide their hosts an early lead by scoring his Benevento 2-1 away thanks to a the weekend unfold “with concern and future.” first goal of the campaign with Marcelo Brozovic double. a low, angled shot in the fourth Juventus retain second place minute. in the table thanks to a superior Africa Football Body Top-scorer Dries Mertens then goal difference. netted his ninth goal in all com- Lazio will go into the inter- Names 3 Countries to Replace petitions this season by slotting national break in fourth place, home from the penalty spot five five points adrift of Napoli, after minutes before the interval. beating Sassuolo 6-1 at the Sta- Kenya as CHAN Host Kalidou Koulibaly rounded off Napoli’s Dries Mertens in action with Cagliari’s Joao Pedro and dio Olimpico. NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has Filippo Romagna during their Serie A match at Stadio San Paolo in the win with a close-range fin- Luis Alberto and Marco Parolo confirmed that Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia and Morocco will be considered ish two minutes into the second Naples, Italy on Sunday. both scored braces for Simone period. number of points as Napoli but draw away at Atalanta. Inzaghi’s side, while Stefan de to replace Kenya as the new host for the 2018 African Nations Championship Second-placed Juventus had lost their perfect Serie A record Federico Bernardeschi and Gon- Vrij and Ciro Immobile com- (CHAN). started the day on the same when they were held to a 2-2 zalo Higuain put the champions pleted the rout. Kenya was dropped as the host on Sept. 23 during a CAF congress in Accra, Ghana, despite winning the bid back in 2014 because it fell behind Hamilton Worried by Ferrari’s Pace schedule to deliver on the required stadia.

the German after finishing second Ferrari said they did not yet know Lewis Hamilton behind Red Bull’s Max Verstap- the extent of the damage to the Muguruza, Stephens Make pen, while Vettel fought from the gearbox. back to come fourth. A spokesman said that if only the Early Exits at China Open Asked if Ferrari’s pace concerned gearbox casing was damaged, the BEIJING (Reuters) - World number one served up another shock when she beat him, Mercedes driver Hamilton team could replace that without a Garbine Muguruza fell at the first hurdle at Sloane Stephens 6-3 6-0 to send the U.S. said: “Yeah, definitely. We have penalty, but that would not be the the China Open on Monday, with the Span- Open champion crashing out in the first some work to do.” case if the unit also needed inter- iard forced to retire during her first-round round of a tournament for the second He could be helped by a grid pen- nals. match against Czech Barbora Strycova. week in a row. alty for Vettel in Japan next week- Hamilton gained six points on Muguruza looked sluggish throughout Stephens, who is seeded 15th in Bei- end. Vettel in Malaysia and said the and was broken in the first game before jing, was eliminated in the first round Vettel was involved in a bizarre result was “pretty good consider- losing the first set 6-1. She was trailing of last week’s Wuhan Open by China’s crash with Williams driver Lance ing the pace deficit we had in the 2-0 in the second when she decided she Wang Qiang. Stroll on the slowing down lap, race”. could not continue. Peng Shuai had to dig deep to get past which smashed his left-rear sus- Mercedes struggled for speed “I got a virus in Wuhan and I did not American Shelby Rogers, but the Chinese LONDON (Dispatches) - Lewis despite extending his championship pension, and will get a five-place in Malaysia but Hamilton’s title practise in Beijing. I thought an extra edged out her opponent 7-6(3) 3-6 7-5 in Hamilton is worried about the pace lead in Malaysia. grid penalty in Suzuka if the gear- hopes were aided by reliability day’s rest would help, and didn’t want to an epic match lasting two hours and 48 of rival Sebastian Vettel’s Ferrari Hamilton is 34 points ahead of box needs changing. problems for Ferrari. pull out,” Muguruza said.“ But I couldn’t minutes. perform today.” Shuai faces Romanian Monica Nicules- Bayern Misery Continues as Hertha Fight Back to Draw American qualifier Christina McHale cu in the second round. BERLIN (Reuters) - Bundesliga goals by Ondrej Duda, after a sen- champions Bayern Munich wasted a sational solo run past four players FIFA Fines Germany for Nazi two-goal lead for the second straight from Genki Haraguchi, and Salomon week to draw 2-2 at Hertha Berlin Kalou. Chants at World Cup Qualifier on Sunday in interim coach Willy Sa- The result left Bayern, who fired ZURICH (AP) - FIFA has fined the German soccer federation 32,000 gnol’s debut following the midweek Italian Ancelotti a day after their 3-0 Swiss francs ($33,000) because fans chanted Nazi slogans at a World Cup sacking of Carlo Ancelotti. Champions League group stage loss qualifying game in the Czech Republic. Goals from Mats Hummels in the at Paris St Germain, in second place FIFA says ‘’improper conduct’’ charges against Germany included fans 12th minute and Robert Lewan- on 14 points, five off leaders Borus- encroaching on the field and setting off fireworks. dowski after the break looked set to sia Dortmund who beat Augsburg German officials said the offensive fans did not buy tickets through offi- get Bayern back on track after last 2-1 on Saturday. cial channels for the Sept. 1 game in Prague. Germany’s next away World week’s 2-2 home draw with VfL Hoffenheim are behind Bayern on Cup qualifier is Thursday in Northern Ireland. Wolfsburg and Champions League goal difference after losing 3-2 at About 200 German supporters chanted slogans during their team’s 2-1 rout in Paris on Wednesday. Freiburg on Sunday to end their un- win and verbally abused one of the scorers, Timo Werner. Yet Hertha needed just five minutes beaten run this season. up, scored a goal in each half through Poulsen to beat bottom club Cologne FIFA also fined the Czech federation 5,000 Swiss francs ($5,150) for in the second half to level through RB Leipzig, last season’s runners- Lukas Klostermann and Yussuf 2-1 and move up to fourth on 13. crowd disorder.