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Under-Fire Weightlifting Chief Steps Aside for Corruption Probe Decision Comes After Board’S 13-Hour Emergency Meeting in Doha 42 Friday Sports Friday, January 24, 2020 Under-fire weightlifting chief steps aside for corruption probe Decision comes after board’s 13-hour emergency meeting in Doha DOHA: International Weightlifting Federa- The IWF executive board agreed to ap- lowed by “comprehensive discussions” and between 2008 and 2017 were not asked to tion (IWF) president Tamas Ajan agreed late point independent experts to assess the al- the decision to carry out “a detailed plan of undertake any doping tests while a doctor Wednesday to relinquish his duties for 90 legations, a move it claimed would act action”. “Consistent with the principle at the for the Moldovan team was caught on hid- days while an independent investigation into “decisively” to restore the governing body’s heart of the IWF’s successful and widely- den camera explaining how urine samples allegations of corruption and doping viola- battered reputation. “This work is expected welcomed recent anti-doping reforms, the could be manipulated. Beyond doping, the tions are carried out. to be completed during a 90-day period, IWF will now convene a group of independ- report accused the IWF of transferring $5 Ursula Papandrea, the president of USA starting immediately,” it said. ent experts to assess the validity of the ARD million in funding from the International Weightlifting, will take over veteran Ajan’s allegations,” the IWF said. Olympic Committee into two Swiss accounts role in an acting capacity until April, said an ‘Unjust attack’ Papandrea will head a commission to overseen only by Ajan. IWF statement issued late Wednesday in Hungarian Ajan, 81, who has been at the identify experts in fields including anti-dop- Ajan claimed he had been the victim of Doha after a 13-hour emergency meeting of IWF since 1976 serving 24 years as general ing and financial reporting. “The experts will “an unjust attack” by ARD. “It should be the organization’s executive board. secretary and the past 20 as president, be appointed by the IWF executive board,” stressed that yes, there are two bank ac- German broadcaster ARD alleged in a claimed the documentary’s allegations were said the statement and will report to the next counts, but neither is secret,” said Ajan in an documentary earlier this month that a “cul- unfounded. “They are not supported by the IWF Congress in Bucharest in March. interview with Hungarian TV. “This film has ture of corruption” had been established in relevant documentation or by people in- The documentary by journalists at Ger- completely ruined my life and 50 years of the Olympic sport with prominent volved in the relevant decisions,” he was man broadcaster ARD including Hajo Sep- my work. A large part of my work has been weightlifters rarely subjected to drugs tests quoted as saying in the statement. pelt, who broke the story on Russia’s state about doping prevention,” he added. “That’s and cash being taken by doping controllers The IWF said analysis of the ARD allega- doping scandal, claimed that half of the 450 why it was a blow to the gut for them to to accept manipulated urine samples. tions was considered at the meeting, fol- world championship or Olympic medallists claim we had done nothing.” —AFP Pakistan seek to Spotlight on retain T20 top spot Williamson as India against Bangladesh LAHORE: Pakistan are seeking to hold on to the top world ranking and also prove again the coun- begin NZ tour try is capable of hosting international cricket when they take on Bangladesh in a Twenty20 series WELLINGTON: New Zealand will be looking to put their Test hu- starting today. miliation in Australia behind them when they switch formats today to start a five-match Twenty20 series against India with the spot- If the host team lose just one of the three light on Kane Williamson’s leadership. matches scheduled they will slide to second be- The series launches a six-week tour by Virat Kohli’s men with hind England or India in the rankings after holding three one-day internationals and two Tests to follow. However, in the top spot since January 2018. But they also a Twenty20 World Cup year it is form in cricket’s shortest format want to show the security situation has improved that will command considerable attention. enough for the team to start regularly hosting India have just completed a successful three-match ODI series home internationals. against Australia and Kohli’s immediate concern on arriving in New Following an attack in 2009 by Islamist mili- Zealand was the tight schedule his side faced. “It’s definitely getting tants on a convoy ferrying the Sri Lanka team to closer and closer to landing at the stadium straight, that’s how com- a fixture in Lahore, Pakistan became a wilderness LAHORE: Bangladesh cricketers exercise at the Gaddafi Cricket Stadium in Lahore yesterday, ahead pressed the game has come,” he said on the eve of the first match in for the national side who had to play home fixtures of the T20 cricket match of a three-match series between Pakistan and Bangladesh. —AFP Auckland before switching his attention to the plight of rival captain in the Middle East. Williamson. There has been intense debate in New Zealand whether That ended in December when Sri Lanka re- Ahmed as they won eleven consecutive Malik, but they need all the experience they can get. captaining the side in all three formats put too much pressure on turned to give Pakistan their first home series in a Twenty20 series-before losing three on the trot. Bangladesh, who last toured Pakistan in 2008, the 29-year-old, the New Zealand batting talisman who had below decade. The first priority for skipper Babar Azam A poor finish in the 50-over World Cup in Eng- are coming off the back of an impressive series in par innings of 34, 14, nine and a duck against Australia last month. is to stay top of the world in the shortest interna- land, where they failed to reach the semi-finals, India, where they won one of their three matches. Kohli, who also leads all three Indian sides, said leadership was tional version of the game. resulted in the sacking of Sarfaraz and head They also have a 2-1 advantage against Pakistan not always determined by results. “It’s also about how you can get “The focus is to continue the number one coach Mickey Arthur, to be replaced by Azam in the last three Twenty20 internationals. the team together and get the guys functioning under you as well, ranking,” said Babar yesterday. “We can hang on and Misbah-ul-Haq respectively. “We have been good,” said Bangladesh skip- which I think Kane has done wonderfully well,” Kohli said. “He has to that only if we win all three matches, so it is a The team remained in a slump in Australia late per Mahmudullah. “We want to do well in Pak- the respect of his team-mates and he has the trust of his team- do-or-die situation and we have planned for that,” last year, losing 2-0 in the Twenty20s and by the istan.” Mahmudullah said security fears had been mates, is what I can see, and he’s also a very, very smart cricketer.” he told a press conference. same margin in two Tests. Now the selectors have left behind in Bangladesh. “We feel good in Pak- Williamson, described by former New Zealand skipper Brendon Pakistan’s rise started in 2016 under Sarfaraz recalled veterans Mohammad Hafeez and Shoaib istan... so the focus will be on cricket.” —AFP McCullum as a “reluctant leader”, said he was always open to doing what is best for the team. “I do feel fortunate to be leading such a great group of guys that share a similar passion, which is to keep scoring the growth of the game over the past two finals, with other matches to be played at cricket moving this team forward,” Williamson said. “If those (leadership) Women’s Cricket decades. When Christchurch previously hosted Test venues in Wellington, Hamilton, Tauranga and discussions are to eventuate and collectively there’s a thought that the women’s final in 2000 it was played on a rural Dunedin. NZ captain Sophie Devine said the allo- it would be best for the team, then my stance is whatever is right WCup 2021 to grace ground 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the city. cation of games to prominent Test grounds was a and fits the group.” For the 2021 edition it will be played at an up- milestone for women’s cricket. “Last time New New Zealand head into the series with injuries in the pace bowl- NZ Test grounds graded Hagley Oval, one of New Zealand’s princi- Zealand hosted the World Cup in 2000 it was all ing ranks and short of recent Twenty20 matches, but they do have pal Test venues, which has recently received out at Lincoln University, which is a great venue but the advantage of home wickets where they have excelled against WELLINGTON: Next year’s Women’s Cricket approval to erect lights to host night fixtures. The the opportunity to... play at some of the best cricket India in recent years. —AFP World Cup final will be played at Christchurch’s tournament opener will be at Auckland’s Eden Park, grounds, not only in New Zealand but in the world, Hagley Oval, it was announced yesterday, under- which hosted the 1987 and 2011 Rugby World Cup is a really special opportunity,” she said. —AFP.
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