6 September 27, 2020

Celtics Top Heat 121-108 Five Iranians Nominated for to Win Game 5 in East ACL MD6 Player of the Week TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Five Irani- OPTA rating. an players have been shortlisted for Persepolis pair Shojae Khalilza- the 2020 AFC Champions League deh and Isa Alkasir, both of whom Matchday Six Player of the Week. scored and registered matching 7.5 Esteghlal football club star Me- OPTA scores. hdi Ghaedi received an impressive Al-Ain striker Kodjo Laba’s im- 8.6 OPTA rating following a goal pact was such that he made it into and an assist in match against Al- fourth place in OPTA’s rankings Ahli. for Matchday Six with a 7.6 score. Sepahan forward scored a goal Pakhtakor’s Jaloliddin Mashari- against Al-Sadd and received 7.7 pov, who registered a 7.6, scored OPTA rating. the Uzbek side’s only goal in a 1-0 A third man from Iran rounds out win over Shahr Khodro FC, while the top three as Ehsan Pahlevan’s Al-Sadd striker Hashim Ali also LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) -- He turned a blew a kiss to the Heat role as creator in Persepolis’s found the net in the Qatari side’s Tatum had 31 points and 10 rebounds, bench after the second of those 3’s, stunning 4-0 win over the UAE’s defeat to Sepahan for his 7.6 rating. Jaylen Brown added 28 points and the reminiscent of something Herro did Sharjah was recognized by OPTA. The winner will be decided by Celtics shook off a slow first half to top during his 37-point barrage in Game 4. The 27-year-old winger earned 7.7 the Asian football fans in a poll. the Miami Heat 121-108 in Game 5 of the The opening minutes didn’t go ac- Eastern Conference finals and stave off cording to plan for Boston, which elimination. missed 11 of its first 12 shots, commit- Messi Lashes Out at Barca The Heat lead the series 3-2, with ted four turnovers in that dismal stretch Game 6 on Sunday. to make matters even worse, and got Over Suarez Departure Daniel Theis had 15 points and 13 into a 17-5 hole very early. rebounds for the Celtics, who trailed But they weathered all that and, even BARCELONA (Reuters) - Lio- time, was harshly treated by Bar- by 12 early but outscored Miami 41- after shooting only 40% in the first nel Messi has launched his latest ca. 25 in the third quarter and never looked half, Boston trailed 58-51 at the break - attack on Barcelona’s hierarchy by New coach Ronald Koeman back. Kemba Walker scored 15 points, never leading, but never letting Miami criticizing the way the club treated called Suarez several days af- Marcus Smart had a 12-point, eight- get too far removed from view. strike partner Luis Suarez, who left ter getting the job to inform the rebound, eight-assist night and Gordon The Heat scored the first basket of for La Liga rivals Atletico Madrid striker, who had one year left on Hayward scored 10 for the Celtics. the third quarter. The next few minutes this week. his contract, that he was no longer Goran Dragic scored 23 points before were all Celtics. Captain Messi, who threatened wanted. fouling out with 4:27 left for Miami, They went on a 13-0 run over a to leave Barca last month and re- Bartomeu had left Suarez off a which got 20 from Duncan Robinson. stretch of only 3:06 to turn a nine-point cently hit out at president Josep list of players he considered not Jimmy Butler scored 17, Tyler Herro deficit into a 64-60 lead, and the game Maria Bartomeu’s leadership of for sale in the aftermath of the 8-2 Barcelona’s Argentine forward Lionel Messi controls the ball during the and Jae Crowder each had 14 and Bam changed just that fast. A separate 7-0 the club, said the Uruguayan, the defeat to Bayern Munich in the Spanish league football match between FC Barcelona and Real Socie- Adebayo 13 for the Heat - which could burst followed, Walker connected on club’s third-highest scorer of all Champions League in August. dad at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on March 7, 2020. get nothing to fall from 3-point range. a 3-pointer with 4:26 left for a 77-67 Miami was 7 for 36 from beyond the edge - Boston’s first double-digit cush- arc, now shooting 24.8% on 3’s in its ion of the night. last 13 quarters - after shooting 38.3% ‘’In all sincerity, first time I’ve Frankfurt Take First Win in New Season on those in the playoffs before that seen Celtics basketball in the last few It was also foul play that facili- were able to pin Frankfurt in their drought. games,’’ Stevens told his team during tated the Eagles opening the scor- territory. However, they lacked the Brown made back-to-back 3’s in the a time-out. ing in the 27th minute, as Dedryck penetration and ideas to overcome fourth quarter to turn an eight-point And it was good enough to ensure Boyata hacked down Andre Silva Frankfurt’s well-positioned de- lead into a 103-89 margin with 8:05 that Friday wouldn’t be the last time inside the box, with the Portuguese fense. left, and things weren’t in doubt again. he’d see Celtics basketball this season. stepping up and converting the re- Even though Hertha were on the sultant penalty. front foot, it was the visitor who Hertha responded well but both tripled the lead out of the blue in Hamilton Beats Verstappen to Dodi Lukebakio and Matheus the 70th minute when Rode had Cunha squandered promising op- time and space to curl the ball from Pole by 0.5s at Russian GP portunities. the edge of the box into the top left Instead, goals were scored at the corner. other end of the pitch, as Lucas Hertha were able to score a con- Tousart’s foul on Sebastian Rode solation goal in the 76th minute allowed Daichi Kamada to curl the with the assistance of Martin Hin- subsequent free-kick into the path teregger, who cleared a square pass of Bas Dost, who nodded home from Torunarigha into the wrong Andre Silva (3rd L) of Frankfurt takes a scoring penalty kick during from close range in the 36th min- goal. a German Bundesliga match between Hertha BSC and Eintracht ute. Bruno Labbadia’s men gained Frankfurt in Berlin, capital of Germany, Sept. 25, 2020. Hertha’s head coach Bruno Lab- momentum but Frankfurt stood badia made changes and fielded firm and protected its lead until the BERLIN (Dispatches) -- Ein- Both sides played with many , Arne Maie final whistle. tracht Frankfurt took their first win fouls, with Frankfurt playmaker and Jhon Cordoba after the restart. With the result, Hertha Berlin of the season after beating Hertha Filip Kostic unable to continue af- The substitutions made an impact suffered their first defeat whereas Berlin 3-1 away from home in the ter a foul from on Hertha’s performance, as the Eintracht Frankfurt took its first second round of the Bundesliga. only 15 minutes into the match. hosts increased the pressure and win of the season. SOCHI, Russia (Dispatches) - Hamil- which was struck by the closely follow- ton also faces a post-qualifying investiga- ing Leclerc – and his right front wheel. IOC, Tokyo 2020 Organizers Agree on Measures to Simplify Olympics tion for a track limits violation – along When the session restarted, Mercedes with Nicholas Latifi, Romain Grosjean sent Hamilton out on soft tyres, which TOKYO (Dispatches) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Tokyo Other measures include the reduction of stakeholder personnel attending the and Kevin Magnussen – in Q1, and is the means Bottas will start on the opposite 2020 Organizers agreed Friday on about 50 simplification measures to reduce the Games by 10 to 15 percent, streamlining transport services, adjusting spectator ac- only driver in the top three who will start strategy on the medium tyres along cost for the postponed Olympic Games. tivities at competition venues and hosting a number of pre-Games meetings online. the race on the unfancied soft rubber as with Verstappen, who headed the pack The most familiar and important event to be affected will be the traditional IOC Coordination Commission Chair John Coates described the measures as a result of his Q2 near-miss. urgently getting to the line to complete ceremonies in the athletes’ village to mark the arrival of each NOC team. Re- a “milestone” and an “important step” towards delivering a safe and successful In that session, where spots of rain a final run with 2m15s on the clock af- garded as one of the most memorable occasions for the participating athletes, the Games in 2021. were reported early on, Mercedes sent ter Vettel’s crash. ceremonies will be canceled, although Chef de Mission will have an opportunity “The ‘Tokyo Model’ will not only deliver a Games fit for a post-corona world, both of its cars out on the medium Verstappen was also running softs to be greeted by the Village Mayor. but it will also become a blueprint that will benefit future Organizing Committees tyres, as Red Bull did with Verstappen, and looked to be improving on his pre- Tokyo 2020 delivery officer Hidemasa Nakamura told reporters at a news con- for many years to come,” the Australian said. but both Hamilton and Bottas were vious Q2 best on the mediums, but he ference that the ceremony was canceled as a countermeasure against the CO- But these are just one-quarter of over 200 simplification measures to be talked forced to do second runs on the harder abandoned his run so he will take the VID-19. about and more challenges are lying ahead of the IOC and Olympics organizers. rubber as the former had his time de- start on the harder rubber, which is ex- The opening and closing ceremonies will not be downscaled as previously re- Tokyo 2020 President Mori Yoshiro added: “We will continue to work hard on leted for a track limits violation at the pected to be a better race tyre in what vealed but the measures did mention that “simplifying the overall contents” of simplifications towards next year and ask for the continued cooperation of all final corner and the latter’s first effort will be one-stop event. the opening and closing ceremonies are under “on-going consideration.” those involved in the Games.” was underwhelming. Hamilton, who slide wide at Turn 2 Bottas was then able set a time good on his out lap as he ran down the queue Pacquiao Wants McGregor Fight Next Year: Statement enough to get him through to Q3, but of cars desperately trying to make it Hamilton had to abort his second run into the top 10 shootout, crossed the MANNILA (Dispatches) - Philippine boxing Pacquiao’s special assistant Jayke Joson said, told AFP in Los Angeles that the eight-divi- when Vettel crashed at Turn 4 and the line with barely a second remaining on icon Manny Pacquiao wants to fight Irish mixed adding negotiations are ongoing. sion world champion was mulling a possible session was suspended. the clock. martial arts star Conor McGregor in the ring next The fight could be staged in the Middle East comeback fight with McGregor, though the The Ferrari driver appeared to clip But he was able race around and get year, an aide said in a statement Saturday. after the coronavirus pandemic abates, the aide two camps were a “long way” from agreement. the kerb on the inside of the right through with the fourth fastest time in “For the sake of all the Filipino Covid-19 vic- said, adding Pacquiao would donate a portion of Earlier Friday, McGregor, 32, said on Twitter hander and the rear quickly got away Q2, which was headed by Ricciardo, tims, Senator Manny Pacquiao will be fighting his prize earnings to Filipino Covid-19 victims. he was “boxing Manny Pacquiao next in the from him, spinning into the wall on the with the last lap set and knock out a UFC superstar Conor McGregor next year,” Pacquiao’s promoter Sean Gibbons earlier Middle East.” outside and knocking his front wing – frustrated Charles Leclerc as a result.