6 July 30, 2020 Badminton’s China, Ajax Lead PSV in Race to Japan Opens Axed Because Sign Jahanbakhsh of Coronavirus ing two-year spell with the Seagulls. dent quoted Potter as saying: “Of The Iran international joined the course he will be frustrated because side from AZ Al- he wants to play and I understand kmaar in the summer of 2018 for a that. club record £17mn. “He’s great and does his best all the While PSV Eindhoven are also time, but he wants to play more like interested in the 26-year-old, Ajax any other footballer. director of football Marc Overmars “So that’s something we have appears to have stolen a march on to think about during the summer rival. break, we have to do what’s right for There has been no mention of how him and the club. But he is a good much Brighton would want in terms player and can help us. of a sale, but manager Graham Pot- “But again, from his perspective ter’s recent comments suggest the it is understandable that he wants to south coast club would listen to rea- play more.” Alireza Jahanbakhsh sonable offers. Jahanbakhsh has earned 50 caps for TOKYO (AFP) - Badminton’s Asia’s top tennis tournaments, Alireza Jahanbakhsh as the winger Speaking about Jahanbakhsh’s situ- (Tasnim) – Ajax have re- his country, scoring seven goals for prestigious China and Japan was cancelled for the first time. portedly made contact with Brighton’s looks set to move on from a disappoint- ation, the Brighton & Hove Indepen- the Persian Stars in the process. Opens were cancelled Wednesday Last week, the men’s ATP Tour by the Badminton World Fed- and women’s WTA Tour an- Atalanta Win 2-1 in Race for 2nd as Inter Beat Napoli 2-0 eration as it announced that four nounced all tennis tournaments September tournaments in Asia in China for the rest of the year MILAN (AP) -- Atalanta main- Kulusevski made only three sub- would not be played because of the had been cancelled, including tained their hopes of finishing second stitute appearances for Atalanta coronavirus pandemic. the Shanghai Masters and WTA in as they came from behind before moving to Parma on loan The Taipei Open from Septem- Finals in Shenzhen. to win 2-1 at Parma in the penulti- last year. The Sweden international ber 1-6, the Korea Open (Sept Badminton is massively popu- mate round of the season. impressed so much that Juventus and Alejan- signed him in January but loaned 8-13), the China Open (Sept 15- lar across Asia and the China dro ‘’Papu’’ Gomez scored in the him back to Parma for the rest of the 20) and the Japan Open (Sept 22- Open is one of only two top- second half after former Atalanta season. 27) were all axed. ranked World Super Tour 1000 midfielder Dejan Kulusevski had Atalanta were unbeaten since the “We are deeply disappointed to series tournaments on the calen- given Parma the lead on Tuesday. restart of Serie A and they leveled have to cancel tournaments, but dar while the Japan Open is one Atalanta remained a point behind in the 70th minute with a free kick feel that the wellbeing of every- of the five annual World Tour second-place Inter, which beat Na- from Malinovskyi. one involved is most important Super 750 events. poli 2-0. Inter visit Atalanta in their Gomez scored what was to prove at this time,” BWF Secretary In a normal year devoid of last match on Saturday. the winner six minutes from time, General Thomas Lund said in a the travel restrictions caused by Lazio are four points below Inter. nutmegging Jasmin Kurtic and driv- statement. the COVID-19 pandemic, both It host already-relegated Brescia on Atalanta’s Alejandro Gomez, center, celebrates after he scored his side’s ing into the bottom left corner. It “We share the disappointment would have attracted fields con- Wednesday before ending their sea- first goal during a Seria A match between Parma and Atalanta, at the was the Atalanta ’s first goal son at Napoli. Ennio Tardini stadium, in Parma, Italy on July 28, 2020 . since the two sides met in January. of many around the world who taining all the world’s top-ranked Juventus clinched a record-ex- spot and aiming to reach 100 league fired Parma in front two minutes It was a frantic final few minutes were looking forward to the re- men and women players. tending ninth successive Serie A goals this season. from halftime, following a through- that included Atalanta defender turn of badminton and appreciate Later events in Asia such as title on Sunday but high-scoring However, it was a lackluster start ball from Gervinho. The 20-year- Hans Hateboer clearing a shot off all of the continued support from the Super 500 Hong Kong Open Atalanta were targeting second from the visitors and Kulusevski old had earlier hit the post. the line. our fans and partners as we con- in November and December’s tinue to navigate the remainder World Tour finals in China re- of the 2020 season,” he added. main listed on the calendar, but The pandemic has upended the BWF cautioned that a deci- Italian GP Will Take Place Behind Closed Doors sports events around the world, sion on future events “will be ROME (Reuters) - After being with no spectators and with limited Prix at Portimao in October. doors, informing ticket holders of the from the postponement of the made in due course.” forced to call off the opening 10 races personnel at the circuits. Motorsport.com understands that decision on Wednesday. Tokyo 2020 Olympics to the Japan’s Kento Momota cele- of the season due to the COVID-19 F1 bosses have been optimistic about F1 was originally targeting the Ital- “The 2020 Formula 1 Italian Grand cancellation of Wimbledon. brates with the trophy after win- pandemic, F1 managed to get the 2020 getting fans to races by autumn. Tick- ian Grand Prix on 6 September as the Prix at the Autodromo Nazionale On Tuesday, the WTA Pan ning the China Open men’s sin- campaign underway earlier this month ets already on sale for September’s first race where a limited number of Monza from 4-6 September will take Pacific Open in Japan, one of gles final in 2019 in Changzhou in Austria. Russian Grand Prix in Sochi, while it fans would be able to attend. place behind closed doors, i.e. with- All races so far this season have is aiming to have tens of thousands of But Monza has now revealed the out spectators,” a statement from the been ‘closed events, taking place fans on-site for the Portuguese Grand race will take place behind closed circuit reads. Ferrari Chairman Elkann Backs ’s Akmal Has Three-Year Ban Halved on Appeal Binotto, Sets 2022 Target playing in August next year. Former Pakistan supreme court judge and independent adjudicator Faqir Mohammad Khokhar announced the appeal result, which had been reserved two weeks ago, after a short hearing in attended by Akmal and his lawyer. Akmal pleaded guilty in April to a charge of failing to report two match-fixing approaches and received a three-year ban for each of- fence, to run concurrently from February 20. The anti-corruption code of states that players must report all the corrupt approaches to the authorities. Despite the reduction, Akmal complained he had been unfairly treat- ed. Following a brilliant Test debut in 2009 when he scored a century in New Zealand, the talented Akmal was touted as a future great but his career has been punctuated by controversy before this year’s ban. Pakistan cricketer Umar Akmal (left) with his lawyer in Lahore Akmal was arrested in 2014 after a scuffle with a traffic warden in Ferrari’s Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc steers his car during the LAHORE, Pakistan (AFP) - Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal’s three- Lahore. Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix race at the Hungaroring circuit year ban from cricket for failing to report a match-fixing approach was And he was banned for three matches and fined over a spat with Paki- in Mogyorod near Budapest, Hungary, on July 19, 2020. on Wednesday reduced to 18 months on appeal, meaning he can resume stan head coach in 2017. BERLIN (Dispatches) - Misfiring “Today we are laying the foun- Ferrari have complete confidence in dations to be competitive and get Tour de France Tweaks 2021 Dates, Avoids Olympic Clash team boss Mattia Binotto but cannot back to winning when the rules expect to return to winning ways in change in 2022. I am sure of this,” PARIS (Dispatches) - The 2021 Tour That was before the Olympics were Formula One before 2022, company he added. de France will start a week earlier than postponed by one year, to open July chairman John Elkann said on Tues- Ferrari were runners-up last sea- originally scheduled, avoiding an overlap 23, 2021. The men’s road race, tradi- day. son but Mercedes have won an un- with the start of the Tokyo Olympics that tionally one of the first medal events, is The team is Formula One’s oldest precedented six successive drivers’ were postponed to next year. scheduled July 24. and most successful but the current and constructors’ titles and are fa- “The French stage race will finish on The 2020 Tour de France was also car is too slow and they are fifth vourites to make it seven this year 18 July, the weekend before the first originally scheduled a week earlier that overall after the season’s first three after a dominant start. weekend of the Olympics,” according normal to avoid an Olympic clash. The races. Sweeping technical and sporting an International Cycling Union (UCI) 2020 Tour was postponed to an Aug. 29 “The reality is that our car is not rule changes that were due to come press release . start due to the coronavirus pandemic. competitive. You’ve seen it on the in next year have been postponed The 2021 Tour was originally sched- Having the Tour end a week before track and you’ll see it again,” El- to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pan- uled to start July 2 in Copenhagen, set- the Olympics better allows top cyclists kann said in an interview with the demic, with teams continuing to ting up for a July 25 finish in Paris. to compete in both events. Gazzetta dello Sport. use this year’s cars next year.