6 April 15, 2018 Discus Thrower Hadadi Juventus Set to Unleash Fury on Seventh Wins Gold in U.S. Straight Title Bid (Distiches) - Iranian discus MILAN (AFP) - Massimiliano Allegri protested a penalty awarded in the final thrower and 2012 Olympics silver warned that Juventus will unleash fury minute. medalist Ehsan Haddadi has featured dazzling in their quest for a seventh straight It produced yet another night of Serie A title after another shattered Champions League disappointment performances at the USSD competitions in the Champions League dream. for the Turin giants who have had United States, and snatched a gold medal. “We start again with our heads many with five consecutive European The 33-year-old Iranian sportsman finished high, even very high,” said coach final defeats between 1997 and last in the first spot and struck the yellow medal Allegri after the bitter disappointment year’s to Real Madrid in Cardiff. with his best throw of 68.85 meters in Chula of winning 3-1 on the night at Real But this one could be the bitterest Vista city, located just 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) Madrid only to lose their quarter- with the club facing UEFA disciplinary from downtown San Diego. final 4-3 on aggregate, after Cristiano action for Buffon’s rant against the Haddadi recorded 59.40 meters in his first Ronaldo’s 97th-minute penalty. English referee who he said had “a “There’s no use crying about it. rubbish bin” instead of a heart, and attempt, and threw 67.99 meters in the second. We’re disappointed but we need to get Juventus president Andrea Agnelli “I am so delighted to have once again recorded that out of our system because we’re who demanded the removal of UEFA a throw beyond 68 meters after six years. It back in league action on Sunday chief refereeing officer Pierluigi was a great contest and I hope to extend my “Now we have to be furious in , Collina. success in future competitions and the Diamond to bring home the seventh Scudetto The first to deal with this Juventus League,” he said. and the fourth Italian Cup in a row.” fury will be Sampdoria on Sunday, “Currently, I am training under the tutelage The Italian champions returned to a team sitting eighth, four points Turin from Spain on Thursday after off the Europa League places, who of Mac Wilkins. Fortunately, I could get a the nightmare of referee Michael inflicted one of just two defeats on satisfactory result through his training. I am Oliver waving a red card in captain the champions this season back in now in an acceptable mental state,” Haddadi Gianluigi Buffon’s face after he angrily November. added. The Iranian discus thrower is preparing for Iranian discus thrower and London 2012 Olympics silver medalist Ehsan Haddadi the 2018 International Association of Athletics Salah Targeting Another Federations (IAAF) Diamond League. Premier League Record Vettel Snatches Pole From Teammate Raikkonen in SHANGHAI (AFP) - Sebastian admitting to being a bit wobbly Vettel set a blistering new lap on some turns in cold qualifying record for Ferrari as he stormed conditions. to pole position for Sunday’s “I was a bit beaten up, but knew Chinese Formula One Grand Prix that if I could get a tidy lap and ahead of champions Mercedes. have a little bit of margin, I can Vettel clocked 1min 31.095sec push it. It was really good,” Vettel at the Shanghai International said. Circuit in final qualifying on Hamilton, who has more wins in Saturday ahead of teammate Kimi Shanghai than anyone else with Raikkonen. five, was more than a half-second Valtteri Bottas was third fastest off Vettel’s pace, and admitted he and his Mercedes teammate and couldn’t explain why. defending world champion Lewis A Ferrari win in Shanghai Hamilton fourth. would prompt more questions With 29 Premier League goals to his name already this season, Egypt “The car was really amazing, for Mercedes after Vettel took international Mohamed Salah is targeting more records with Liverpool. it just kept getting better. So I’m Sebastian Vettel’s blistering lap ensured back-to-back front row lockouts the first two races of the season really happy,” Vettel said. for Ferrari for the first time in 12 years in Australia and Bahrain to open LONDON (Dispatches) - Saturday’s home game against The German’s flying lap ensured a 17-point lead in the standings Mohamed Salah has set his sights Bournemouth - and is confident back-to-back front row lockouts for Ferrari for the first time in 12 years despite Vettel over Hamilton. on breaking the Premier League of overtaking Suarez, Ronaldo and record for most goals in a single the Premier League’s all-time top season. scorer Shearer. Egypt international Salah has “I’m very proud to see myself Valverde Accepts Blame Karlovic Beats Kyrgios been a revelation since returning fighting to break the record for the to English football in a €42million Premier League,” Salah said. for Barca’s Shock for ATP Semis Age transfer from Roma in July, scoring “I’m thinking about each game. 39 goals in all competitions. That’s my target, I want to score, I Champions League Exit Salah tops the Premier League’s want to help the team to win again. Milestone scoring charts with 29, although “It’s still five games to go, there’s he is being hunted down by a big chance, let’s see.” Tottenham’s Harry Kane - the Salah has become the first player winner of the Golden Boot in each to win the Premier League’s Player of the last two seasons - who has of the Month award three times in 25. one season after six goals in four Alan Shearer, Cristiano Ronaldo games earned the March honor, and Luis Suarez share the record while he has claimed the Liverpool for most goals in a Premier League prize six times this term. season, the trio each managing to “I feel good to win it again,” reach 31 strikes. Salah said. “We had good results Salah has five matches in the month so that’s the most remaining this term - starting with important thing.”

Croatia’s Ivo Karlovic, 39 -- shown here at the Australian Open earlier Australian Mare Winx Eases this year -- is the oldest ATP semi-finalist since Jimmy Connors a Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde has told his team to dry their tears quarter century ago to Record-Equalling 25th and get on with winning the Spanish league LOS ANGELES (AFP) - ’s four at San Francisco a quarter-century 39-year-old Ivo Karlovic became the ago has so old a player reached an ATP Straight Win oldest ATP semi-finalist since Jimmy last four. CANBERRA (Reuters) - galloped to her 18th Group One BARCELONA (AFP) - Barcelona Atletico Madrid in La Liga. Connors in 1993 by rallying past Karlovic could become the oldest Australian champion mare Winx triumph as she beat Gailo Chop need to put their painful Champions “Looking back is useless,” said Australian Nick Kyrgios on Friday at the ATP finalist since Ken Rosewall cruised to a record-equalling by three and three-quarters League exit to Roma behind them Valverde. U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championships. won the 1977 Hong Kong title at 25th consecutive victory with a lengths. Happy Clapper was and concentrate on winning the “We need to get things back World number 88 Karlovic blasted age 43. dominant performance at Sydney’s third. 18 aces to defeat the 22-year-old Karlovic, who wasn’t broken after Spanish league, their coach Ernesto up and running and get the fans Randwick racecourse on Saturday. Black Caviar’s run included 15 Valverde has said. behind us and try and get the two Aussie fourth seed 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 in his first service game of the match, Winx’s win in the A$4 million Group One wins from 2008 until Lionel Messi and his teammates titles still open to us this season 92 minutes, advancing to a Saturday beat the 24th-ranked Aussie for the ($3.11 million) event of the her retirement in 2013. matchup against US eighth seed first time in five tries, having lost were dumped out of Europe after that we have not yet won either,” Sydney autumn carnival put her Winx is now just four wins Tennys Sandgren, who advanced to to Kyrgios at last year’s Miami and level with Black Caviar in the behind Irish hurdler Hurricane Roma beat them 3-0 Tuesday, said Valverde, who must pick up his first ATP semi-final by rallying past Cincinnati Masters and in 2015 at but the Catalan giants remain 11 his players ahead of their Liga tie Australian record books. Fly, the now retired gelding Argentina’s Guido Pella, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3. Kuala Lumpur and the Australian Ridden by jockey Hugh which won 22 Group One races points clear of second-placed with Valencia Saturday. Not since Connors reached the last Open. Bowman, the six-year-old earlier this century.