6 November 7, 2020 Iranian Wrestlers Return to Competition Best Asian Team – Iran futsal (Tasnim) team remained unchanged in the lat- est Futsal World Ranking and Team Melli still is the best Asian team. Team Melli remained sixth in the world with 1609 points in the ranking. Brazil and Spain are first and second with 1810 and 1801 points, respectively. Argentina remains third with 1694 points. Russia and Portugal are fourth and fifth with 1642 and 1639 points, respectively. Japan and Thailand are 16th and 18th in the ranking with 1368 and TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Iranian training. Iran’s training 1325 points, respectively. wrestlers, following strict proto- center became a quarantine area. cols, have returned to competition “I am happy to be back again for the first time in eight months to wrestling camp,” said Olym- Nadal Claims His 1,000th ATP Tour Win with the return of the Iranian Pre- pic and world champion Hassan mier Wrestling League. Yazdani. PARIS (Dispatches) - Be- last month to tie Federer on Wrestlers, coaches, referees “We didn’t have training camp coming only the fourth man to 20 majors. But while 1,000 and organization staffs were the for about seventh months be- reach 1,000 match wins should fans cheered him at Roland only people allowed in the com- cause of the coronavirus and I have drawn deafening cheers Garros, none were at the Ber- petition hall. Everyone entering only followed my personal train- and a standing ovation for ten- cy Arena. the hall was required to pass an ings,” said Yazdani. nis great Rafael Nadal. “Of course it’s sad, the level antiseptic box and all partici- “Competing in the league pants received PCR tests before helped us to get more prepared. Instead, he reached his of energy is difficult to com- competitions and were placed in The federation has provided a milestone amid a cathedral- pare,” Nadal said. “So the quarantine after testing, united- quarantine place for our safety like silence Wednesday in a feeling, even if 1,000 (fans) worldwrestling.org reported. and nobody is allowed to leave 20,000-seater stadium left or 1,500 or 2,000 is not a lot.” typically the camp during the trainings. I completely empty because The 34-year-old’s first win means excitement, sold-out are- have only one goal and it is to of the coronavirus pandemic. came in May 2002 at the age nas and thousands of cheering win at world title at the 2020 There was only a fist-bump of 15, when he beat Para- fans. This time the story was World Championships.” something else. There were no federations in Iran are from Feliciano Lopez, after Top seed Rafa Nadal Earns his 1,000th win in an empty and silent stadium guayan Ramon Delgado in spectators at Azadi Sports Com- not allowed to start activities Nadal beat him 4-6, 7-6 (5), the court is empty.” “I know it is a very special the first round at Mallorca. plex, which seats 12,000. Refer- without the permission of the 6-4 in a subdued atmosphere The 34-year-old Nadal joins number, one thousand,” Nad- A year later, the 16-year- ees wore face shields and coach- ministry of , as well as the more worthy of a library towering company in Jimmy al said. “Even if it’s not the old Nadal stunned the ten- es wore masks. health ministry. Wrestling was study area than a sports arena. Connors (1,274), Roger Fe- same to celebrate something nis world by beating French After the United World Wres- the first contact that “The real feeling, the per- derer (1,242) and Ivan Lendl like this without a crowd.” Open champion Albert Costa tling bureau approved existing started its league and national sonal feeling is completely (1,068) as the only men’s It was the second milestone under floodlights in the sec- plans to host the 2020 Senior team training camps. Wrestling World Champion- “We tried hard to receive per- different,” Nadal said. “It 1,000-club members since the he reached in Paris this year, ond round at the Monte Carlo ships, the Iranian Premier Wres- mission and finally we succeed makes a big difference that Open era began in 1968. having won the French Open Masters. tling League was halted, and to hold league competitions wrestlers were invited to the and training camps under strict national training camp. All wres- protocols,” said 2000 Olympic Leipzig Battle Back to Win 2-1 as PSG See Red tlers and coaches were required champion and Iran wrestling to take PCR tests again before head Alireza Dabir. a precarious position. PSG made a bright start as Di Angel Di Maria had given Maria gave them a sixth-min- PSG an early lead, but he then ute lead, threading the ball past Philipsen Claims First Grand Tour missed a penalty and goals goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi with from Christopher Nkunku and the outside of his foot from Stage Win in Tough Conditions Emil Forsberg turned the en- close range after he was put counter on its head. through by Moise Kean. The outcome left Leipzig sec- That, however, was as good ond in the group on six points as it got for the visitors, who from three games, the same had Idrissa Gueye and Pres- tally as leaders Manchester nel Kimpembe sent off in the United who beat them 5-0 in second half for two bookable Paris Saint-Germain’s Brazilian defender Marquinhos (left) and Leipzig’s French the previous round but suffered fouls. midfielder Christopher Nkunku both jump to head the ball during the UEFA a shock 2-1 defeat at Istanbul It all started going downhill Champions League Group H soccer match RB Leipzig v Paris Saint-Germain in Basaksehir earlier in the day. for last season’s Champions Leipzig, eastern Germany on Nov 4, 2020. Third-placed PSG, who beat League runners-up after Gu- LEIPZIG, Germany (Reuters) Group H clash that kept them Leipzig 3-0 in last season’s lacsi superbly saved Di Maria’s - RB Leipzig fought back to beat on course for a last-16 spot while one-off semi-final in August, 16th-minute penalty given after Paris St-Germain 2-1 at home in putting the French side, who fin- have three points, level with Kean’s shot struck centre back a pulsating Champions League ished the game with nine men, in bottom of the table Basaksehir. Dayot Upamecano on the arm. Jasper Philipsen failed to finish his only previous Grand Tour appearance, the 2019 Tour de France

PUEBLA DE SANABRIA, UAE Team Emirates’ Philipsen, Miller Tops Wet FP1 at European MotoGP Spain (Reuters) - Belgian Jasper meanwhile, waited before attack- VALENCIA (Dispatches) - Jack Miller topped a wet first practice Philipsen won stage 15 at the Vuelta ing German Pascal Ackermann for the MotoGP European Grand Prix at Valencia, as Fabio Quartar- a Espana on Thursday after a gru- in the uphill finish and kept in aro was last and Yamaha stand-in Garrett Gerloff impressed in 16th. elling 230km hilly route from Mos front before crossing the line for Ahead of the first race in the final triple-header of the 2020 sea- to Puebla de Sanabria lasting over his first Grand Tour win, joyfully six hours in persistent rain and a punching the air before embrac- son, 32 points covers the top six in the championship, with Joan constant headwind. ing his team mates. Mir on the Suzuki leading Petronas SRTs Quartararo by 14 points. Overall leader Primoz Roglic “It’s amazing. I can’t describe KTM’s Pol Espargaro - who scored his and KTM’s first MotoGP of Slovenia retained his 39-sec- how happy I am with this victory. podium in a wet Valencia race in 2018 - led the early part of the ses- ond lead over Ecuador’s Richard It means a lot to me. I’ve been sion with a 1m47.855s, before Miller took over with a 1m45.191s. Carapaz as both riders crossed the waiting all the Vuelta for the right line along with Philipsen in an 84- moment and today this moment The Pramac rider was soon deposed by Ducati stablemate and Le man peloton, meaning no change was unexpected,’ he said. Mans winner in wet conditions Danilo Petrucci, who set a brace of to the general classification stand- Roglic was just glad the pun- session-best efforts culminating in a 1m43.235s. ings. ishing stage was over after tack- However, Miller ensured Pertucci’s stint at the top last just a few Italian rider Mattia Cattaneo ling unforgiving conditions, launched a solo attack from the made worse by the Vuelta being seconds when he fired in a 1m42.555s 10 minutes into FP1. 1m42.063s. breakaway group with 30km re- moved from its traditional place Miller continued to find time on his following tour with a This time would come under no threat through to the chequered maining and at one point had a in the calendar from the end of the 1m42.263s, which stood as the benchmark for the next 15 minutes flag, leaving Miller to end the session 0.467 seconds clear of the 90-second lead but was reeled in Spanish summer to winter due to or so before the Australian bettered his own leading effort with a field. during the final phase of the stage. coronavirus disruption.