Iranian Girl Weightlifters to Compete in World Championships for 1St Time
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6 December 15, 2020 Messi Fires Anxious Barca to Iranian Girl Weightlifters to Compete Victory Over Levante in World Championships for 1st Time Iran Weightlifting Federation will send junior girls to the 2021 IWF Junior World Championships for the first time. Iran Weightlifting Federation vice-president Maryam Monazami said that the girls are training with strict anti-coronavirus health pro- tocols. “We’re going to dispatch the girls to the prestigious event for the first time. We are sure they can win Barcelona’s Argentinian forward Lionel Messi kicks the ball during medals in the competition,” Mon- the Spanish league football match between FC Barcelona and Levante azami said. UD at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on Dec 13, 2020. The 2021 IWF Junior World Championships will be held in Jed- BARCELONA (Reuters) - Lio- a late VAR review for a possible dah, Saudi Arabia on March 5-18, nel Messi dragged a nervous Bar- handball against Samuel Umtiti 2021. celona to a 1-0 win at home to Le- plus a last-gasp volley from Le- As a like-for-like substitute event vante in La Liga on Sunday to cool vante player Son which landed in for the 2020 IWF Junior World tensions after a chaotic week at the the hands of keeper Marc-Andre Championships, (Bucharest, Ro- Catalan club. ter Stegen. mania) which was canceled due to Barca had dominated the game The win lifted Barca up to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the 2021 but failed to keep their compo- eighth in the standings on 17 competition will be a Gold Level sure in front of goal until Messi points after 11 games, closing the TEHRAN (Dispatches) – Iran’s the 2021 International Weightlift- Championships for the first time in Qualification event for the Tokyo latched on to a through ball from gap with leaders Real Sociedad junior girls are to participate in ing Federation (IWF) Junior World the history of the country. 2020 (2021) Olympic Games. Frenkie de Jong and thumped it in and second-placed Atletico Ma- off the far post in the 76th minute. drid to nine points. The Argentine punched the air “We always find it hard against AC Milan Fight Back to more in relief than celebration, Levante as they work so hard, having fired blanks in Barca’s re- they have a deep squad but we cent painful defeats by Cadiz and played well, we were better de- Draw 2-2 at Home to Parma Juventus. fensively than in recent weeks MILAN Reuters) - Serie A saw a first-half goal disallowed Barca were still made to sweat and we created many chances,” leaders AC Milan have main- while Parma scored from two of to gain all three points, surviving said Barca left back Jordi Alba. tained their unbeaten league re- their three shots on target. cord in dramatic fashion when Milan, who have gone 23 Serie Theo Hernandez scored twice, A games unbeaten since losing Shiffrin Wins Emotional including an injury-time equal- to Genoa in March, stayed top iser, as they fought back from two with 27 points from 11 matches, World Cup Giant Slalom Race goals down to draw 2-2 at home but saw their lead cut after the to Parma. five teams behind them all won. Milan, again missing talis- Inter Milan are second with AC Milan’s French defender Theo Hernandez shoots to score an manic forward Zlatan Ibrahi- 24, followed by Napoli and Ju- equalizer during the Italian Serie A football match AC Milan vs movic through injury, hit the ventus (23), Sassuolo (22) and Parma on Dec 13, 2020 at the San Siro stadium in Milan. woodwork four times and also AS Roma (21). PSG Lose at Home to Lyon, Surrender Top Spot to Lille PARIS (Reuters) - A lacklus- Lille have 29 points from 14 tre Paris St Germain dropped games, leading second-placed down to third in Ligue 1 after Lyon on goal difference with Tino Kadewere earned visitors PSG on 28 points after their Olympique Lyonnais a 1-0 vic- fourth defeat of the season. tory at the Parc des Princes. Olympique de Marseille are The French champions, whose fourth on 27 points with two United States’ Mikaela Shiffrin speeds down the course during an forward Neymar sustained a games in hand, in a tight top alpine ski women’s World Cup giant slalom in Courchevel, France, possible ankle injury in stop- five separated by three points. Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. page time, were never in the Following their 5-1 win in the COURCHEVEL, France (AP) and I was ...,’’ Shiffrin said, her mix as they surrendered top Champions League against Is- -- An emotional Mikaela Shiffrin words trailing away. ‘’It’s crazy spot to Lille, who claimed a tanbul Basaksehir, PSG strug- won her first World Cup ski race to be back here.’’ no-nonsense 2-1 win at home Paris Saint-Germain’s Brazilian forward Neymar (second right) fights gled early on and had only two since the death of her father nearly She was greeted in the finish for the ball in front of Lyon’s Portuguese goalkeeper Anthony Lopes (left) against Girondins de Bordeaux chances through Alessandro a year ago. area by Brignone, who won the during the French L1 football match between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) Shiffrin protected her first-run overall World Cup title last season earlier. and Lyon (OL), on Dec 13, 2020 at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris. Florenzi. lead in Monday’s giant slalom after Shiffrin stopped racing to be and finished 0.82 seconds ahead with her family in Colorado. of Federica Brignone. Former Brignone was in third place af- Federer Still Not 100% Fit, a Doubt for Australian Open world champion Tessa Worley ter the morning run and had a fast BERN (Reuters) - Roger Fe- am still not today. It will be tight was 1.09 behind in third place in second run going. After a mistake derer said his recovery from two for the Australian Open,” local the sun-splashed French Alps. at a left-hand turn, she slid and re- surgeries on his left knee earlier media quoted Federer as saying It was Shiffrin’s first victory covered her balance with much of this year has taken longer than late on Sunday at an awards cer- since January -- one week before her left arm scraping the snow. expected and he is unsure whether emony in Switzerland. the death of her father. Television microphones in the he will be ready for the Australian “The second knee operation The American skier was at first finish area picked up Brignone la- Open. was a huge damper, but in the subdued after crossing the line menting her ‘’stupid’’ error. Federer, who turns 40 in August last six months there has been and seeing she had secured her Marta Bassino’s bid for a third next year, has not played a com- steady progress. 67th World Cup win. straight giant slalom victory petitive match since losing to “Let’s see how the next two When Shiffrin’s name was an- ended when she skied out in her Novak Djokovic in this season’s months will unfold. I’ve been nounced over the loudspeakers at second run just before Shiffrin semi-finals at Melbourne Park. doing a lot of physio and physi- the post-race podium ceremony, started. The winner of 20 Grand Slam cal work lately, now let’s see er, who has won the Australian Swiss athlete since 1950 at Sun- she knelt in the snow and ap- World Cup leader Petra Vlhova singles titles, a record he shares how tennis is doing.” Open six times. day’s ceremony and said it was peared to be sobbing. crashed in the morning run in a with Rafa Nadal, said in October The Australian Open is sched- “It’s a race against time for the an “incredible” honour. She conducted a television in- tricky section four gates from the he was practicing pain-free and uled for Jan. 18-31 but there have Australian Open. I’m curious to “I hope there is still something terview minutes later and initially finish. expected to return to the circuit been reports it could be pushed see whether it will start on Feb. to see from me next year,” he was unable to compose her words. Shiffrin tied Marcel Hirscher for at the first Grand Slam of the back to a Feb. 8-21 window due 8,” Federer said. added. “But if that was it, that ‘’It’s pretty hard to explain. third on the all-time World Cup year. to COVID-19 protocols. “Of course, it would help if I would have been an incredible Ninety-five percent of me felt win list, trailing only Lindsey “I would have hoped that I Even with a three-week delay it had a bit more time.” ending for me at these Sports that I couldn’t do it and then just Vonn with 82 and Ingemar Sten- would be 100% in October. But I might not be enough for Feder- Federer was voted the best Awards.” a small bit of me at the right time mark with 86..