6 April 16, 2017 Persepolis Among Top 10 in Club Asia Ranking (Tasnim) – ’s Perse- by Jeonbuk from South Korea and Shahrdari Varamin Claim polis are ninth in the current Club Saudi Arabia’s Al-Hilal. Asia Ranking, released by football- Iran’s Esteghlal are 15th with database.com. 1525 points and Tractor Sazi sit Persepolis are champion of Iran 18th with 1502 points. Professional League and represents Real Madid has moved up three the Persian Gulf country in the AFC spots to lead the Club World Rank- Asian Taekwondo Titletogether Shohadaye Modafe Ha- Champions League. ing with 2044 points. Branko Ivankovic’s team sits ninth Persepolis rank 202 in the Club ram Sari, Sahrdari Varami and in the ranking with 1533 points. World Ranking, while Esteghlal sit Moghavemat clubs from Iran, Al-Ahli of Saudi Arabia lead the in 220th place and Tractor Sazi are Iraq’s Police and Electric Club, table with 1616 points, followed 257th. Aryana of Afghanistan as well as Oman and Pakistan taekwondo teams. Linked On February 20, 2016, Shah- With Panathinaikos rdari Varamin taekwondo club TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian in- Rezaeian had reportedly reached claimed the title at the 6th edi- ternational defender Ramin Rezaeian an agreement with Club Brugge but tion of Asian Taekwondo Clubs has been linked with a move to Greek his agent said that he will likely join Championships in Sharjah, the giant Panathinaikos. an Eredivisie team. United Arab Emirates, having According to Sport24.gr, follow- The 27-year-old player was forced ing the eye-catching performances to leave Persepolis after a row collected five gold and three sil- of and Masoud with the team’s head coach Branko ver medals and tallied 50 points. Shojaei, the Greek football teams Ivankovic. Kazakhstan snatched one gold, have shown interest in signing the Rezaeian has made 17 appearanc- one silver and one bronze med- Iranian player. es for Iran national football team als to accumulate 37 points, and Panathinaikos has already linked and scored two goals. with Iranian players He was under contract with Perse- finish as the vice champion. and . polis until mid-2018. Al-Nasr taekwondo club came third with 13 points. Iran’s Shahrdari Varamin won the Asian taekwondo Clubs Championship for the third time in a row. In the final round of the 5th Tottenham Keep Up Chelsea Chase TEHRAN (Press TV) - Iranian On Friday, the defending cham- the Omani team 3-2 in the third- Asian Clubs Championships on With 4-0 Rout of Bournemouth men’s Shahrdari Varamin tae- pion beat the opposite side 4-1 in placed match. February 15, 2015, Shahrdari kwondo club have clinched the the title showdown at Seyed Ra- The 7th edition of Asian Tae- Varamin club defeated Islamic title at the 7th edition of Asian soul Hosseini sports hall of Sari, kwondo Clubs Championships Azad University to stand atop Taekwondo Clubs Champion- situated 275 kilometers north of kicked off in Sari, northern Iran, the podium. ships, defeating Shohadaye the Iranian capital city of Tehran. on April 13, 2017, and finished Moghavemat club from Iran Modafe Haram Sari in an all- Iran’s Moghavemat finished the following day. also overcame Iraqi al-Basra and Iranian final contest. in third place after overcoming The continental meet brought landed in the third place. Tractor Sazi Move Second in Iran Professional League

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Tractor Sazi of Tabriz have defeated Padideh dium thanks to Hadi Mohammadi’s 9th minute goal. 1-0 to go provisionally into second place in the Iran Professional League Moreover, Sanat Naft were held to a 1-1 draw by struggling Siah- (IPL). jamegan and Naft Tehran drew 2-2 with Foolad. Tractor Sazi edged past Padideh 1-0 in Mashhad’s Samen Sta- Esteghlal are third with 48 points with one game in hand as well. LONDON (Euronews) - Totten- flick. Kane, starting for the first ham Hotspur claimed a 12th consec- time since injuring his ankle last Lyon, Besiktas Charged as UEFA Investigates Crowd Violence utive Premier League home win with month, wrapped up Tottenham’s a 4-0 rout of Bournemouth on Satur- seventh successive league win after BRUSSELS (Dispatches) - UEFA through the city centre with flares The game could not begin on time charges, Besiktas three. day to keep the pressure on leaders 48 minutes, turning Simon Francis has decided to launch an official ahead of the tie. as fighting between the fans took Lyon are charged with setting off Chelsea. all too easily and firing low past investigation into the violence at Locals accuse the Turks of start- 45 minutes to bring under control of fireworks, blocking stairways, Two goals in three minutes from Boruc. It is the third season in a Thursday night’s Europe League ing the trouble, but there have also with tear gas and police charges. insufficient organization and a pitch Mousa Dembele and Son Heung- row England forward Kane has match between hosts Lyon and Be- been criticisms about the stadium Besiktas fans in the top tier threw invasion after a late winning goal. min put the hosts in complete con- reached the 20-goal mark – a feat siktas. management, with questions asked objects onto the home fans below, Besiktas’ three charges relate to trol inside 20 minutes and Harry previously only achieved by Alan Thousands of French Turks made about why so many visiting fans and armed Lyon fans also broke the setting off of fireworks, the Kane grabbed his 20th league goal Shearer, Ruud van Nistlerooy and the journey to Lyon’s new stadium were allowed to crowd into one into the visitors area to start fights. throwing of objects and crowd dis- of the season shortly after halftime Thierry Henry. Substitute Vincent for the first leg, and many paraded area, forming a bloc. Lyon have been hit by four UEFA turbances. as Spurs cut Chelsea’s lead to four Janssen rounded off the action with points. Chelsea travel to Manches- a fourth goal in stoppage time, the ter United on Sunday. Dembele Dutchman’s first Premier League Vettel Puts Ferrari on Top in Bahrain Practice struck after 16 minutes, slamming strike from open play since joining in a shot from six meters after last year. Bournemouth are seven shutdown” on his car with half an a scooter, was an arresting sight -- Christian Eriksen’s corner reached points above the relegation zone hour to go. and also typical of a driver with him at the far post through a crowd before the later kickoffs and prob- The German was pushed into the ‘Iceman’ tattooed on his left arm. of players. Son fired through the ably need one more victory to guar- pits by marshals and returned to “Walking through the desert in legs of keeper Artur Boruc after antee a third season of top-flight the track 15 minutes later. 37C heat. In full race suit. Hel- racing into the area from Kane’s football. “It was not the best day for us, met on. Only the Iceman is cool we still need to improve the car... enough to do it,” the official for- Golden State Warriors Seek On one lap it was OK. (on a) mula1.com website observed on long run we might be quite a bit its Twitter feed. Redemption After Last behind, but I am sure we can im- While Raikkonen built up a prove for tomorrow,” said Vettel. sweat, Vettel settled in at the top Year’s Finals Collapse Hamilton ran off the track after of the timesheets with a best lap being baulked by Nico Hulken- of one minute 32.697 seconds. He NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Golden State Warriors enter the NBA playoffs this weekend looking for redemption after last season’s shocking defeat in the berg’s Renault. did 1:31.310 in the cooler eve- Finals, where the team blew a 3-1 lead to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the best- Ferrari Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany drives during “These drivers are just so dan- ning conditions, with Raikkonen of-seven series. the first practice session of the Bahrain F1 Grand Prix. gerous,” the Briton said over the fourth after an engine change. Despite the unprecedented championship series collapse, expectations for LONDON (Reuters) - Ferrari’s pipped Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas team radio, with both drivers later Champions Mercedes had been the Warriors to win the title this year are sky high, and for good reason. Sebastian Vettel was fastest in Bah- by 0.041 under the evening flood- summoned to see the stewards. more focused on longer runs with In the offseason they added one of the league’s premier scorers, former league Most Valuable Player Kevin Durant, who quickly adapted to the rain Grand Prix practice with the lights. Ricciardo was third in the eve- heavier fuel loads in the searing team’s fast-paced and unselfish brand of basketball. joint Formula One championship Hamilton, the triple champion ning with Ferrari’s Kimi Raik- afternoon heat, with Bottas only Despite an injury to Durant late in the season that kept him sidelined leader comfortably quicker than who won the previous race in konen fourth after his afternoon 14th. for 19 games, the team finished with NBA’s best overall record, ensuring his Mercedes rival Lewis Hamilton China after Vettel’s success in the session went up in smoke, with They speeded up in the evening home court advantage throughout the playoffs. despite problems in the second ses- Australian opener and shares the the Finn abandoning his smoking and did more laps than anyone. Durant returned to the starting lineup earlier this month and has shown sion. overall lead with 43 points, was car and trudging off in the desert “It’s definitely tougher than be- no sign of lingering problems from the knee injury, boosting the Warriors’ odds of winning. Westgate Las Vegas Superbook on Thursday listed the heat. fore, driving in the heat with these The four times world champi- 10th and fifth respectively. Warriors as 1-2 favorites to bring Oakland their second championship tro- on lapped 0.400 faster than Red Neither had a trouble free eve- The solitary walk through the new cars. But I’m used to being in phy in three years. ESPN analyst and former NBA head coach Jeff Van Bull’s Australian Daniel Ric- ning, however, with Vettel suffer- arid landscape in overalls and a Finnish sauna, so it’s no prob- Gundy on Thursday anointed the Warriors the champions before the first ciardo in the afternoon and then ing what he called a “complete helmet, before being collected by lem,” commented Bottas. playoff game had even been played.