6 December 24, 2019 Kianoush Rostami Wins Silver Iranian Women Claim Two Medals at Belt at Qatar Weightlifting Cup World Championships NUR-SULTAN, has participated in the com- (Tasnim) – Fatemeh Fattahi and petition with six female wrestlers. Zahra Yazdani from Iran have Belt Wrestling is a form of claimed two medals at the 2019 wrestling that is one of the old- Belt Wrestling World Champion- est historically recorded sports. ships. It involves contestants aiming to Fattahi lost to Meerim Momu- knock each other over by grap- nova from in the final pling with a belt. (Tasnim) – Kianoush The competition is being held in match of the 60kg. The competitions is underway Rostami from Iran has claimed a sil- Doha, Qatar from December 19 to ver medal at the 6th Qatar Interna- 24. Yazdani also won a bronze med- in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan from tional Weightlifting Cup. Ali Miri, Ayoub Mousavi and Ki- al at the 55kg weight class. December 20 to 23. The 96kg weightlifter lifted anoush Rostami are participating in 178kg in snatch and 225kg in clean the men’s division and Elham Hos- and jerk and won the silver medal seini and Parisa Jahanfekrian are Barcelona on Top in Survey of Global Sports Salaries for a total of 403kg. competing in the women’s division. Fares Ibrahim Hassouna of Qatar The event is approved by the SYDNEY (AP) - Spanish giants In 2017 the top three teams in the won the gold medal with a total of International Weightlifting Fed- Barcelona and Real Madrid and Ita- survey were the Oklahoma City 404kg. eration (IWF) as an Olympic ly’s Juventus are the best-paid teams Thunder, Cleveland Cavaliers and Ali Miri from Iran claimed the qualification event in the silver in world sports according to the 2019 Golden State Warriors, while in bronze medal with 371kg. category. Global Sports Salaries Survey con- 2018 three NBA teams broke the ducted by the website sportingintel- average pay ceiling of $10 million ligence. per player. Lazio Beat Juventus 3-1 to Win The 10th edition of the survey This year, the Portland Trail Blaz- finds Barcelona atop the list with ers are in fourth place at just over Italian Super Cup in Riyadh an average basic salary of a first $10.4 million, Golden State is fifth team player of $12,800,000. That at $10.28 milllion and Oklahoma figure is down on last year when has fallen to sixth at $9.83 million Barcelona was also first with an Among teams ranked 21 to 30 average of $13.7 million, swelled this year, nine are from the NBA,

by the basic pay check of Lionel Barcelona’s Arturo Vidal celebrates after scoring a goal during a Spanish La Liga soccer match joined by soccer’s Bayern Munich Messi, which exceeds $65 million. between Barcelona and Alaves at Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Dec 21, 2019. at No. 22. Real Madrid retains second place the top 20 are PSG at No. 12 and performance bonuses and other ex- Juventus was ranked No. 32 in with an average of $11.6 million Manchester City at No. 13. tras. 2017 but leapt to tenth place last and Juventus, ninth on the list last The figures used in the survey Teams from the NBA fill the re- year with the signing of Cristiano year, is up to third with $10.54 mil- represent basic annual pay and do maining seven spots in the top 10 Ronaldo and other high-priced lion. The other soccer teams in not include signing-on bonuses, and take 15 of the top 20 places. players.

Lazio’s players celebrate with trophy after the final football match between Ju- Milan Humbled 5-0 at Atalanta, Worst League Loss in 21 Years ventus and Lazio at the King Saud University Stadium in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Dec 22, 2019. Stefano Pioli said. ‘’On a tactical ‘’Papu’’ Gomez but it wasn’t un- RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) in stoppage time with a free kick. level, a technical level and a physical til after the hour that the floodgates - Lazio beat Juventus 3-1 on Sun- That was conceded by Juventus level Atalanta was better than us. opened. day to win the Italian Super Cup midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur, ‘’This is a defeat which really hurts. Mario Pasalic scored against his for a fifth time amid a background who was shown a second yellow of protests and political outrage at card and sent off. We are responsible for our perfor- former team in the 61st and Jo- the game being held in Saudi Ara- It was the second time in three mance and today we played well be- sip Ilicic made it 3-0 two minutes bia. years that Lazio had beaten Ju- low our level. A game like this should later. Senad Lulic scored in the 73rd ventus in the Super Cup. The not be allowed to happen. We have to Ilicic doubled his tally as Milan minute for Lazio after Juve’s capital side had also won 3-1 put in performances on the pitch wor- fell apart and substitute Luis Muriel Paulo Dybala had canceled out when the two clubs met in Serie thy of the shirt that we wear.’’ sealed the humiliation five minutes Luis Alberto’s opener at Riyadh’s A two weeks ago in what was King Saud University Stadium. ’s only previous Atalanta moved into fifth place, after coming off the bench. Danilo Cataldi sealed the result defeat as Juventus coach. four points behind Roma and the fi- In a weekend of contrasting for- ROME (Dispatches) - AC Milan margin, with the last time coming in nal Champions League berth, head- tunes, Inter Milan beat relegation- have slumped to their biggest May 1998 against Roma. ing into the winter break. Milan are threatened Genoa 4-0 on Saturday to Espanyol Fire Second defeat in 21 years as it was humiliated ‘’We got our whole interpretation of 10 points behind Atalanta and down move level on points with Juventus Coach of La Liga Season 5-0 at Atalanta on Sunday. the match wrong, we faced it in the in 11th. at the top of the Serie A table head- It was only the fourth time Milan wrong way and it became difficult Atalanta broke the deadlock in ing into the winter break. The league had lost a Serie A game by a five-goal to change our attitude,’’ Milan coach the 10th minute through Alejandro resumes on Jan. Leclerc Signs New Contract With Ferrari Through 2024 LONDON (Dispatches) - Charles Leclerc holds and I can’t wait to get going again next signed a new contract with Ferrari through to season.” the end of the 2024 Formula One season on Mon- Leclerc went into 2019 as the No. 2 to Vet- day. tel, a four-time world champion, but quickly Leclerc joined the Scuderia at the start of last established himself by winning two races - in- season, after a year with Sauber, on a deal be- cluding on Ferrari’s home soil in Italy - and lieved to be to the end of the 2021 season. seven pole positions to the one victory and two Following a successful debut campaign with poles for Vettel. Pablo Machin only took over as Espanyol’s manager in October Ferrari, in which he finished fourth in the driv- Leclerc finished 24 points ahead of Vettel in BARCELONA, Spain (AP) -- Espanyol fired coach Pablo Machin on Monday with the ers’ standings and above teammate Sebastian the drivers’ standings. team in last place in the Spanish league. Vettel, Leclerc has been rewarded with a new “With each passing race this year, our wish to The Barcelona-based club did not say who will replace Machin and become their deal. extend our contract with Charles became ever third coach of the season. “This past season, driving for the most illus- more self-evident and the decision means he Machin replaced David Gallego in October when the team was already struggling. Under Machin, Espanyol did not improve and earned only five points of a possible 30. trious team in Formula One, has been a dream will now be with us for the next five seasons,” His last match was losing at second-to-last Leganes 2-0 on Sunday. That left Espan- year for me,” Leclerc said. “I cannot wait to Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto said. yol five points from safety. enjoy an even deeper relationship with the Next season, it will be 13 years since Ferra- Machin was also fired in his first campaign with Sevilla last season after impressing with Girona. team after what has been an intense and ex- ri’s last drivers’ champion, and 12 years since The Spanish league started its winter break on Monday. Play resumes in the first citing 2019. I’m keen to see what the future they last won the constructors’ championship. Charles Leclerc week in January.