6 August 24 , 2021 U21 Volleyballers Defeat Iran Runner-Up at Greco-Roman Cuba in Friendly Match Junior World Championships Iran won one gold, one silver and In the 63kg bronze medal match, five bronze medals in the compe- Iman Mohammadi defeated Manu- tition and became runner-up with el Stoica from Romania 9-0. 130 points. Muhammad Hussein Azarmdokht Russia won five gold medals, one beat Egyptian Emad Abouelatta 8-4 silver and one bronze and won the in the 77kg third-place match. title with 183 points. Muhammad Aziz Naghousi The Republic of Azerbaijan came emerged victorious over Ukraine’s third with 101 points. Mykyta Alieksieiev 11-5 in the 82kg and won the bronze medal. Amir Reza Dehbozorgi defeated Morteza Alghosi defeated Marcus Alimardon Abdellaev from Uz- Worren from Norway 5-3 in the TEHRAN – The U21 volleyball the game for Iran. bekistan 3-1 in a slow-paced 55kg 97kg bronze medal match. team of Iran defeated the U19 In this match, Behrouz final. Amir Muhammad Bayati defeated team of Cuba has in Tehran. Atai’s team defeated their ri- Saeid Esmaeili was defeated Nikolaos Ntounia from Greece 6-3 Before the start of the World val in the first, second, and U19 Championships, the Ira- third sets with scores of 25- against Russian Dinislam Bamma- to win a bronze medal in the 130kg. nian U21 team held its second 11, 25-17, and 25-20, respec- TEHRAN – Iran Greco-Roman place at Junior World Champion- tov 7-3 in 60kg final bout and won The competition was held in Ufa, friendly match against Cuba tively. ships. wrestling team has finished in second a silver medal. Russia. in Tehran at the House of Vol- With the agreement of the leyball. coaches of the two teams, the The match ended with a 3-0 game continued for another Afghanistan Flag to Be Displayed in Paralympic Ceremony victory for Iran. set, which also ended in Iran’s TOKYO (AP) — The tive of the Office of the U.N. ago. They are para-taekwon- on Sept. 5 and are facing a Amir Hussein Tokhteh, Me- victory with a score of 25-13. Afghanistan flag will be dis- High Commissioner for Refu- do athlete Zakia Khudadadi surge around Tokyo in COV- hdi Jelveh, Younes Ramezani, Iran’s U21 team had previ- played in Tuesday’s opening gees would carry the flag in and discus thrower Hussain ID-19 cases. Cases in the cap- Amir Hussein Sedaghat, Sina ously defeated Argentina’s Nikpour, Amin Khajeh Khali- national U19 team 3-0 in their ceremony of the Paralympics the National Stadium during Rasouli. ital have increased from four li and Mokhtarbush started first friendly match. even though the country’s ath- the opening ceremony. It’s the Parsons said 162 delegations or five times since the Olym- letes were not able to get to To- same stadium where the open- will be represented in Tokyo, pics opened a month ago. kyo to compete. ing ceremony of the Olympics which includes refugee ath- Organizers and the IPC Real Madrid, Barca Drop Points; Andrew Parsons, the presi- took place on July 23. letes. The IPC has said about say there is no connection dent of the International The two Paralympic athletes 4,400 athletes will compete between the Olympics or Atletico Struggle Hard for Win Paralympic Committee, said from Afghanistan were un- in the Paralympics. The exact Paralympics taking place in Rober Pier to score from close range Monday it will be done as a able to reach Tokyo after the number is to be released on Tokyo, and the rising cases after a free-kick. “sign of solidarity.” Taliban took control of the Tuesday. among the general Tokyo There was still time for more drama Parsons said a representa- country more than a week The Paralympics will close population. as Vinicius’ second of the game made it 3-3 with five minutes left and Levante keeper Aitor Fernandez was sent off in the 87th minute, meaning defender Ru- Murray Beats Noah Rubin After Kyrgios Withdraws ben Vezo had to go in goal for the last by winning 10 successive for 45 minutes and then the three minutes and six minutes of injury time. games. first couple of games because Vezo may have expected Real Madrid The three-time Grand Slam you’ve gone over a strat- to lay siege to his goal, but the defender champion was due to face egy with your coach about was relatively untroubled in those nine minutes. Australia’s Kyrgios, who the match you’re going to Atletico Madrid made it two wins pulled out because of a knee play and then obviously that MADRID (Dispatches) - Real Madrid from two games but found it harder injury. changes,” he added. were held to a 3-3 draw away to Levante than expected against Elche in the first on Sunday in a chaotic and entertaining game with fans back in the Wanda Met- Murray, who is set to com- The Scot, currently ranked game in Valencia, which highlighted that ropolitano Stadium since March 2020. pete at the U.S. Open from 114th, was beaten in the sec- Carlo Ancelotti’s side needs to tighten up New Atletico signing Rodrigo de Paul 30 August, will face Ameri- ond round of the Cincinnati in defense. was decisive in the win, after gaining possession in the middle of the pitch can Frances Tiafoe next in Masters last week - losing in Gareth Bale opened the scoring for Madrid in the fifth minute after good and then setting Angel Correa up to North Carolina. straight sets to ninth seed Hu- work from Karim Benzema, but Le- score the game’s only goal. Andy Murray is due to compete at the US Open, which “I didn’t know if I was go- bert Hurkacz following vic- vante turned things around at the start Correa has scored all three of At- begins on Monday, 30 August ing to play tonight. They said tory over Frenchman Richard of the second half thanks to Roger letico’s goals in the new season, once Marti, whose shot had enough power to again justifying Diego Simeone’s deci- LONDON (Dispatches) - uled opponent Nick Kyrgios if I was playing against a Gasquet. beat Thibaut Courtois, and Jose Cam- sion to start him ahead of Luis Suarez. Britain’s Andy Murray defeat- withdrew. qualifier then I wouldn’t play That was his first tourna- pana, who scored an excellent volley in Memphis Depay’s first goal for FC Barcelona saved a point for his side ed American lucky loser Noah Former world number one and then I drew a lucky loser. ment since pulling out of the the 55th minute. Vinicius Jr equalized in the 74th min- after they had been outplayed for 70 Rubin in the Winston-Salem Murray, 34, beat Rubin 6-2 It was tricky,” said Murray. Olympic singles in Tokyo ute, but the Real Madrid defense went minutes by Athletic Club Bilbao on Open first round after sched- 6-0 and clinched victory “It was obviously difficult with a minor thigh strain. missing four minutes later to allow Saturday. Bayern Edge Cologne in Juventus Held by Udinese, Roma Conquers Fiorentina BERLIN (Reuters) - Bayern Mu- ROME (Dispatches) - Goal- shake off the defender before drill- lessly and was inevitably sent off. nich clinched its first Bundesliga keeper Wojciech Szczesny’s howlers ing home. The home side broke the dead- win of the new season after beating fumbled Juventus’ 2-0 lead as the However, the Old Lady was er- lock in the 28th minute as Abra- resilient Cologne at home in a five- Bianconeri just snatched one point ror-prone after the break, as Szcz- ham cut inside from the left to sent goal thriller at the close of the second in a 2-2 draw with Udinese, and esny brought down Henrikh Mkhitaryan clear, who round. Cristiano Ronaldo saw his last-gasp in the box, and turned around to fire home, the The German record champions winner was ruled out. converted the penalty against his goal was given after it was initially established a two-goal lead early It was Juve’s first fixture old club. ruled out. in the second half, but Cologne after head coach Massimiliano Al- It was definitely a nightmare for Roma was also reduced to 10 bounced back with two quick goals legri returned. Ronaldo started his Szczesny, as the Polish shot-stop- men as Nicolo Zaniolo saw red within two minutes. Bayern had the new season on the bench, so Paulo per’s wayward pass was intercept- after his second bookable defense. Dybala donned the captain’s arm- ed, and was alert The Viola got back on level terms last laugh as ’s sec- band and partnered Alvaro Morata to tap in. on the hour mark as Nikola Milen- ond goal broke Cologne resistance. upfront. Ronaldo should have been the kovic collected a floated pass from Bayern took control from the Juve made a dream start just two hero of Juve as he came off the Erick Pulgar to sweep in. starting whistle but couldn’t do minutes into the game with a fan- bench to score a towering header The home side restored the lead damage to Cologne’s bulwark. Bayern Munich’s Polish forward Robert Lewandowski and Cologne’s German defender vie for the ball during the German tastic team move as Rodrigo Ben- in the dying minutes, but the VAR quickly as Abraham rolled across Hence, Julian Nagelsmann’s men tancur spread the play down the canceled it as the talisman was for Jordan Veretout to tap in at the could only produce half chances first division Bundesliga football match FC Bayern Munich v FC Cologne in Munich, southern Germany, on Aug 22, 2021. right, Juan Cuadrado fed back the marginally offside. back post. through and Thom- Uruguayan to roll across for Dy- Roma’s Tammy Abraham proved Roma sealed the win in the 80th as Muller. Cologne defended well, kept the wandowski, who made no mistake bala to score with the outside of his value as the new arrival’s two minute when Eldor Shomurodov The hosts came to their best Bavarians at arm’s length and took to break the deadlock from very his left foot. assists inspired the Giallorossi to won back possession, and the Uz- chance with 24 minutes played a goalless stalemate into halftime. close range in the 50th minute. The away side doubled the lead beat Fiorentina 3-1. bek’s smart pass found Veretout to when Niklas Sule danced through After the restart, Bayern assumed Bayern pushed forward and in the 23rd minute, Dybala was Fiorentina was dealt a blow in the complete a brace. Cologne’s box before testing control and turned the dominance made two, nine minutes later after involved again as La Joya’s long 17th minute as goalkeeper Bartlo- Also on Saturday, Napoli beat goalkeeper Timo Horn from close into a tangible reward as substitute Gnabry tapped home Muller’s dan- pass over the field found Cuadra- miej Dragowski rushed out of the Venezia 2-0, Bologna edged past range. Jamal Musiala assisted Robert Le- gerous cross to the far post. do, who took a few touches to box to charge down Abraham reck- Salernitana 3-2.