6 May 16, 2017 Iran Bag 5 More Medals at Women’s U-23 Volleyball Islamic Solidarity Games Team Routs New Zealand also, claimed a bronze medal at Ganjzadeh Takes Iran’s the men’s 50-meter pistol shooting Fourth Gold at the event. The Iranian shooter finished in TEHRAN (Dispatches) – Sajjad third place with 200.9 points. Ganjzadeh has collected another Yusuf Dikec claimed Turkey’s gold medal for Iran in the 4th Is- 21st gold medal of the Games, lamic Solidarity Games. scoring 223.0 points. In Men’s Kumite +84kg, Ganjza- Oman’s Ismail Al Abri won the deh defeated Turkey’s Enes Erkan silver medal with 220.8 points. 5-3 in the final match. Bronze medal went to Egyptian Khanarinejad Takes Ring Ahmed Elasfar and Azerbaijan’s Bronze Asiman Gurbanli. Hadi Khanarinejad from Iran Narjes Andevari Emamgholine- claimed a bronze medal in the TEHRAN (Dispatches) - Iran The 2017 Asian Women’s U-23 jad in the 10-metre air rifle, karate men’s ring of the 4th Islamic Soli- thrashed New Zealand at the 2017 Volleyball Championship is a bien- fighter Nasrin Dousti and judoka darity Games in Baku on Monday. Asian Women’s U-23 Volleyball nial international volleyball tour- Saeid Mollaei have previously val Ilker Gulduren with an ippon mian took a silver medal at the The Iranian gymnast won the Championship on Monday. nament organized by the Asian won two gold medals for Iran. in the title challenge of the -81kg games. bronze medal by scoring 13.85. Sima Sedighi’s girls defeated Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Iran’s Mohadeseh Aghaei won weight class. She lost to Qatari Aldana saad The gold medal went to the Turk- the bronze medal in the Women’s Uzbekistan’s Davlat Bobonov Ammubarak in the final match of ish participant Ibrahim Colak who New Zealand in straight sets (28- with Thailand Volleyball Associa- Kumite +68kg after defeating her and Vladimir Zoloev from Kyr- the Women’s 25m Pistol. scored 15.25. 26, 25-22, 25-20) in Pool D at the tion (TVA). Indonesian rival. gyzstan won the bronze medal “I am very happy to win the sil- Bence Talas from Azerbaijan seized Mall Nakhon Ratchasima’s MCC The tournament will serve as the Mahsa Afsaneh also seized a jointly. ver medal since it was my first the silver medal with 14.85 points Hall. Asian qualifiers for the 2017 FIVB bronze medal after defeating her Narjes Andevari Emamgholine- international experience. It’s an More than 3,000 athletes from 54 Malaysian opponent Celine Lee jad in the 10-metre air rifle and important success since three countries of the Islamic Solidarity The Iranian team swept past Ma- Volleyball Women’s U-23 World 5-0 in women’s Kata. karate fighter Nasrin Dousti has Olympics athletes took part in the Sports Federation are competing laysian team in straight sets in its Championship held in Ljubljana previously won two gold medals event,” Rostamian said. in 21 sports at the Games which first match on Sunday. and Maribor, Slovenia with the top Mollaei Wins Gold for Iran. Tunisia’s Olfa Cherni won the run through May 22. Iran will play Vietnam on Tues- two ranked teams qualifying for And also, Saeid Mollaei claimed bronze medal in the event. The Baku 2017 Islamic Solidar- day in Pool F. the world championship. Iran’s third gold medal at the Rostamian Wins Silver ity Games started May 8 and will event. at 25m Pistol Ahmadi Wins Bronze last until May 22 in Azerbaijan’s Mollaei defeated his Turkish ri- Iranian shooter Hanyeh Rosta- Mohammad Ahmadi from Iran capital. Nekounam Shortlisted for Neymar Hat-Trick Keeps Spanish Title Race Alive Tractor Sazi Hot Seat Barca remain level on points with Real Madrid, but Madrid’s 4-1 win at home to Sevilla means that if they take a point from their visit to Celta Vigo on Wednesday they will go to the top of the table and be favorites to be crowned champions next Sunday. Barcelona had an early scare when Lucas Digne was lucky not to be shown a red card for bringing down Jese Rodriguez when Las Palmas looked to be clean through on goal, but goals from Neymar and Luis Suarez in the 25th and 27th minutes put Barca in the driver seat. Pedro Bigas gave Las Palmas hope in the 63rd minute, but Neymar’s second of the game just four minutes later made it 3-1 and his hat-trick with just under 20 minutes remaining sealed the win. Real Madrid also fulfilled their part of the bargain with a 4-1 win at home to Sevilla. Nacho Fernandez opened the scoring with a quickly-taken free kick but Sevilla fought back and were un- Neymar scored a hat-trick for Barcelona in a comfortable 4-1 win at Las Palmas. lucky to see Stefan Jovetic twice send shots against the woodwork. Cristiano Ronaldo doubled Madrid’s lead midway through the first half, but Jovetic then MADRID (Xinhua) - Neymar has scored a hat-trick for FC Barcelona as the gave Sevilla (and Barca) hope four minutes after the break. The game was in La Liga leaders won 4-1 in Las Palmas to ensure that the race for the title will go the balance for a while before Ronaldo netted his second in the 78th minute into the last weekend of the season. and Tony Kroos rounded off the victory with six minutes remaining. Javad Nekounam Juventus Waste Chance to Clinch Title With 3-1 Loss at Roma TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Ex- Naft Tehran 1-0 in the final Iran’s football team captain Ja- match of the Iran’s Hazfi Cup. ROME (Washington Post) — Ju- ized for Roma four minutes later. Since Serie A was founded in Lemina to bang the ball in. ventus wasted a chance to clinch a With two rounds remaining, 1929, no club has won more than Then De Rossi knocked in a vad Nekounam has been short- Nekounam has been Carlos record sixth straight Serie A title Juventus’ lead over Roma was five straight titles. close-range rebound from a head- listed to take charge of Tractor Queiroz’s assistant for a short with a 3-1 loss at rival Roma on reduced to four points. Napoli is Set to face Lazio in the Italian er by Kostas Manolas. Sazi of Tabriz football team. time. Sunday. third, one point further back, after Cup final on Wednesday and Real Juventus goalkeeper Gianlu- Stephan El Shaarawy put Roma its 5-0 rout of Torino earlier. Madrid in the Champions League igi Buffon appeared confused by The Tabriz-based football He is Iran’s most capped play- 2-1 ahead early in the second “You can’t always be at your final next month, Juventus is aim- Lichtsteiner’s deflection when team parted company with er with 151 matches. half with a long, low shot that maximum,” Juventus coach Mas- ing for a treble. he was beaten by El Shaarawy’s Amir Ghalenoei on Friday after Nekounam started his play- was deflected by Juventus full- similiano Allegri said. “We just Perhaps with those fixtures in shot, which deflected in off the far back Stephan Lichtsteiner. Radja have to stay as calm as possible mind, Allegri rested standout post. he failed to meet the club’s ex- ing career in Iran’s Pas and has Nainggolan added another for the and we’ll achieve our goal.” playmaker Paulo Dybala. Nainggolan, who had been a pectations. played for Osasuna seven years. hosts to hand the Bianconeri their It was the third straight match After a strong start from Roma, questionable starter due to a calf first league loss since a defeat to in Serie A that Juventus failed to Juventus fullback Kwadwo Asa- injury, then traded passes with Tractor Sazi finished in third He has also played for the Fiorentina in January. win, after draws with Atalanta moah hit the post seven minutes Mohamed Salah before evading place in Iran Professional UAE’s clubs Al-Wahda, Al- Mario Lemina was set up by and Torino. into a fast-paced first half. two defenders — including for- League (IPL). Sharjah, Iran’s Esteghlal and Gonzalo Higuain to give Juventus Juventus’ last two matches are Higuain met a long pass from mer Roma teammate Miralem the lead midway through the first against relegation-threatened Stefano Sturaro at the edge of the Pjanic — to beat Buffon inside Under leadership of Ghale- Saipa, Kuwaiti club Al-Kuwait, half but Daniele De Rossi equal- Crotone and Bologna. goalbox with a volley that enabled the near post. noei, Tractor Sazi also lost to and Qatar’s Al-Arabi. Nadal Beats Dominic Thiem to Win Fifth Title MADRID (Dispatches) - Rafael Nadal has beaten Dominic semi-final, has now won his 30th ATP World Tour Masters Thiem 7-6 (10-8) 6-4 to win his fifth Madrid Open title and move 1000 title, tying the all-time record with Serbia’s Djokovic. into the world’s top four. The former world number one was last inside the world’s The Spaniard has now won three straight titles, after his Bar- top four in October 2016 and struggled with a wrist injury last celona Open and Monte Carlo Masters victories, while his year, which forced him to pull out of the French Open and record on clay this year is 15-0. Wimbledon and end his season early. Nadal edged the Austrian in the tie-break of a tense first set Nadal told Television Espanola: “The truth is I was up that lasted one hour and 18 minutes.