6 October 8, 2019 Iran’s Karate Athletes Win Juventus Win 2-1 to End World Title in Moscow Inter’s Perfect Start TEHRAN (Dispatches) - Iran’s medals while Zabihollah Poorship National Karate Team has won grabbed the third gold medal in the prestigious Karate-1 Premier the men’s competitions for Iran. League which was held in Moscow, Sadjad Ganjzadeh at +84 kg Russia. men’s division was the winner of The Iranian squad won the world Iran’s only silver while Bahman competitions after clinching 3 Asgari Ghoncheh brought home a gold medals, one silver as well as bronze medal. a bronze. A sum of 642 karate athletes Sara Bahmanyar and Rozita Ali- from 85 countries took part in this pour were two Iranian female Ka- round of Karate-1 Premier League rate fighters who bagged two gold in Moscow, Russia. Juventus players celebrate their victory at the end of the Serie A soccer match between Inter Milan and Juventus, at the San Siro stadium in Gladbach Rout Augsburg 5-1, Move Top of Bundesliga Milan, Italy, Oct 6, 2019. BERLIN (AP) - Borussia Mon- couldn’t stop a grateful Plea from MILAN (AP) - Juventus have “We should not forget that Juven- chengladbach have moved top scoring. ended Inter Milan’s perfect start to tus have been on this course for a of the Bundesliga with its fourth Augsburg had a penalty appeal the season with a 2-1 win at San Siro long time,” said Conte, who led the straight win as they routed Augs- turned down through the VAR be- to move top of Serie A. Bianconeri to the first three of their burg 5-1. fore the break after Andre Hahn Gonzalo Higuain came off the eight successive titles. “There was Patrick Herrmann scored twice went down under Yann Sommer’s bench and scored the winner 10 a gap created that is so big, so vast, for Gladbach, which effectively challenge. The visitors did pull minutes from time as Inter coach that today we need to be honest and decided the result in the first 13 one back in the 81st through Flo- Antonio Conte’s first match against say it will be hard to remove that minutes by racing into a three- rian Niederlechner on a rebound his former club ended in defeat. gap in one or two years. goal lead. after Sommer saved Fredrik Jen- ‘’I don’t want to get carried sen’s effort. away,’’ Gladbach’s new coach Herrmann set up Breel Embolo Messi Scores 1st Goal of Season Marco Rose said. ‘’We have 16 for Gladbach’s fifth two minutes points and are leaders in a very later. as Barca Beat Sevilla 4-0 close league. But we still have a Gladbach are one point ahead of lot of work ahead of us.’’ Gladbach’s Stefan Lainer, left, and Augsburg’s Ruben Vargas, right, second-place Wolfsburg and two Marcus Thuram surged forward challenge for the ball during the German Bundesliga soccer match points clear of Bayern Munich and cut the ball back for Denis between Borussia Moenchengladbach and FC Augsburg in Mo- and four other teams after seven Zakaria in the second minute, enchengladbach, Germany. rounds. Bayern were stunned Herrmann scored in similar fash- Plea again to make it 3-0 in the Plea the fourth goal in the 39th. 2-1 at home by Hoffenheim on ion in the eighth - when Alassane 13th. Koubek tripped over his own Saturday, the seven-time defend- Plea pulled the ball back - and A mistake from Augsburg feet as he attempted to control ing champion’s first defeat of the Herrmann combined with ‘keeper Tomas Koubek gifted Felix Uduokhai’s back pass and season. Salah Escapes With Twisted Ankle - Reports clash at Manchester United on Oc- “Salah suffered a twisted ankle tober 20. in the challenge, and while there Salah hobbled off in added time is no timescale set on his return, during the 2-1 win over the Foxes Liverpool are hopeful there is no on Saturday after being caught long-term damage.” on the left ankle by a lunge from After Salah had been withdrawn, Barcelona’s Lionel Messi, center, celebrates with teammates after Hamza Choudhury. Liverpool struck late through scoring his side’s fourth goal during Spanish La Liga soccer match The England under-21 interna- James Milner’s penalty to open up between Barcelona and Sevilla at the Camp Nou stadium in Barce- tional was booked, but Liverpool an eight-point lead at the top of the lona, Oct 6, 2019. boss Jurgen Klopp believed he Premier League. BARCELONA (AP) - Lionel Sevilla in the Spanish league. should have seen red for a chal- And next up they can rub more Messi has ended his mini-scoring The soccer great thrust his fin- lenge he branded “dangerous as salt into Manchester United drought as Barcelona finds its win- ger in the air before pumping his hell”. wounds with the Red Devils al- ning stride. fist in celebration after scoring in Salah had already been excused ready 15 points behind their rivals Messi curled a left-footed free the 78th minute. Messi had gone from Egypt’s friendly against down in 12th. kick over the wall and into the net scoreless in his previous four ap- Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah suffered a twisted ankle but no Botswana on October 14 with “Salah has not yet been ruled in for his first goal of the season to pearances after being sidelined for long-term damage against Leicester Pharaohs head coach Hossam El or out of that fixture, with it being wrap up Barcelona’s 4-0 win over five games with injuries. LONDON (AFP) - Mohamed ter according to reports on Monday, Badry saying his star player “must too early in the healing process for Salah sustained a twisted ankle in but the Egyptian could still return rest”. the medical staff to make a deci- Liverpool’s late victory over Leices- for the Premier League leaders’ The Liverpool Echo reported: sion,” added the Echo’s report. Hungarian, Russian Swimmers Osaka Returns to Top Three After Seeing Off Barty in Beijing Stay Atop at Swimming World Cup PARIS (AFP) - Naomi Osaka’s win over world number one Ashleigh Barty BUDAPEST (Xinhua) -- Hun- Jakabos also secured the sil- in Beijing at the weekend lifted the Japanese player back into the top three in garian swimmers have owned the ver in the women 200m freestyle the new WTA rankings released on Monday. second day of the FINA swimming (1:59.82) as she has been van- It meant back-to-back WTA Tour titles for the 21-year-old, who won the World Cup here, with Russian swim- quished by Russian Veronika An- Australian Open in January, but then failed to match those high standards mers tailing them, just as the first drusenko (1:59.58), Canadian Aly at the next three Grand Slams. day’s performances. Ackman was third (2:00.77). French Open winner Barty retains top spot and even extends her lead Hungary won the gold medal in In the women 100m back- following the failure of Karolina Pliskova to get past the first round in the mixed 4x100m freestyle relay stroke, Hosszu came “only” third China. with the help of Katinka Hosszu (1:00.69), as the gold went to Kira Osaka’s rise to three means Elina Svitolina, quarter-finalist in Beijing, and Zsuzsanna Jakabos with a time Toussaint from the Netherlands of 3:29.08, a split-second before (59.56), followed by Mariia Kame- slips to four. the Russians (3:29.10) and the neva (59.86). US Open champion Bianca Andreescu, who lost a thrilling quarter-final Dutch swimmers (3:29.43). The longest final was the men to Osaka last week, also climbs a place to number five pushing Simona The gold for the men 200m but- 1,500m freestyle, it brought the Halep down to six. terfly also went to Hungary swim- victory of Florian Wellbrock ATP Rankings as of October 7: mer thanks to Bence Biczo, who with a time of 14:57.83, he tri- 1. Ashleigh Barty (AUS) 7,096 pts Naomi Osaka’s win over Ashleigh Barty in Beijing sees her climb back into the WTA top three swam under 1:58.67, beating Rus- umphed over Czech rival Jan 2. Karolína Plíšková (CZE) 6,015 sian swimmer Daniil Pakhomov Micka (15:03.19), while Hungar- 3. Naomi Osaka (JPN) 5,621 (+1) 12. Sloane Stephens (USA) 2,818 (1:58.69) and Czech competitor ian swimmer Gergely Gyurta came 4. Elina Svitolina (UKR) 5,525 (-1) 13. Angelique Kerber (GER) 2,775 Sebastian Lunak (1:58.71). third (15:11.04). 5. Bianca Andreescu (CAN) 5,041 (+1) 14. Madison Keys (USA) 2,767 (+1) Hosszu and Jakabos also were Russians dominated one of the 6. Simona Halep (ROU) 4,962 (-1) 15. Sofia Kenin (USA) 2,615 (+1) on top of the women 400m med- favorite final, the men 100m free- 7. Petra Kvitová (CZE) 4,776 16. Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) 2,580 (-2) ley, Hosszu gaining the gold with style. Vladimir Morozov got the 8. Kiki Bertens (NED) 4,495 17. Petra Martic (CRO) 2,517 4:34.37, Jakabos getting the sil- gold (47.99), Vladislav Grinev had 9. Serena Williams (USA) 3,935 18. Marketa Vondroisova (CZE) 2,390 (+3) vers (4:41.73), whereas Mireia the silver (48.57) and the bronze 10. Belinda Bencic (SUI) 3,848 19. Elise Mertens (BEL) 2,290 (+4) Belmonte from Spain came third went to Japan’s Katsuhiro Matsu- 11.