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Andranik Teymourian Win Top Spot in 2017 Linked With Esteghlal (Tasnim) – Former Behcup Competitions Bolton Wanderers and Fulham mid- The Syrian squad ranked second, Behcup is a sport similar to put- fielder Andranik “Ando” Teymou- while Iran B team and Iraq shared ting in golf. The only difference is rian has been linked with a move to the third podium at the conclusion that balls are putted through a goal the Iranian popular football team, of the sporting event at Mashhad’s line and not into a hole. The objec- Esteghlal. Payam-e Noor University on Fri- tive of the sport is to guide a ball The 33-year-old player, who cur- day. positioned by an opponent, into the rently plays in Machine Sazi at Meanwhile, Iranian behcup play- goal line. the moment, had two stints with er Hossein Ltfi stood atop the po- The sport is played in a field mea- Esteghlal. dium in the individual division of suring 6 X 8m to 8 X 20m, with 10 Teymourian started his playing the tournament, and was followed golf or tennis balls and a club. Be- career with Oghab F.C. in Iran’s by Ali Mohammad Mirza – a rep- hcup matches are played in singles , and continued resentative from India. Iranian or as teams. his professional career playing for sportsman Davoud Nikbakht sat in A match is played for one to six F.C. Aboomoslem in the Iranian the third place. sets, where each set consists of 10 . The international Behcup Com- shots from each player. A player He represented Iran national petitions, the Peace and Friendship positioning the ball in the field is Andranik “Ando” Teymourian football team in 2006 and 2014 Cup, were staged in Mashhad on called the baller, who has 10 sec- The International Behcup Competitions, the Peace and Friendship World Cups. Fulham and Barnsley. January 6, 2017. The tournament ond to position the ball within the Cup, were staged in Mashhad, northeastern Iran Teymourian signed a two-year Ando has played in Iranian clubs attracted athletes from Afghani- playing area, and the player putting deal with FA Premier League club Tractor Sazi and Saipa and Qatari TEHRAN (Press TV) - Iran men’s tions, the Peace & Friendship Cup, stan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, India, the ball, called the cupper, has 15 Bolton Wanderers after the 2006 clubs Al-Kharitiyath and Umm national A Behcup team has deliv- in the country’s northeastern shrine Iraq, the Islamic Republic of Iran, seconds to hit a shot. Teams alter- World Cup and has also played at Salal. ered an outstanding performance at city of Mashhad, and finished as the Pakistan, Syria, Tajikistan, Turk- nate to take shots and position the the international behcup competi- champion of the contests. menistan and Uzbekistan. ball. Payet Returns to His Former Club NBA Results LONDON(GOAL) - The France has become its best-known footballing international star finds himself back export and, along with the fact it was in his home country - but the reason the first place the euro became legal should not give West Ham fans too tender, one of its great claims to fame. much concern A note on Lille’s Facebook page Dimitri Payet has been linked with reads: “COME BACK! He will be a January move from West Ham to return to Stade Pierre Mauroy to give Marseille – but on Saturday he will be the ceremonial kick off to Lille - Ex- in Lille. celsior. No, we’ve not forgotten you The Ligue 1 club are also in the Dimitri Payet.” throes of a takeover, which is ex- The 29-year-old spent two seasons pected to dramatically increase their at Lille after signing from Saint- spending power, but the France at- Etienne and scored 19 goals and tacker is in town to help Lille cel- claimed 30 assists over the course of ebrate a Coupe de France encounter 95 games. with AS Excelsior. Since moving to England, he has WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Re- NY Knicks 116 MILWAUKEE He will take a ceremonial kick off Dimitri Payet struck 18 times and produced 25 as- sults from the NBA games on Fri- 111 before the encounter at Stade Pierre sists in only 66 outings with West day (home team in CAPS) BOSTON 110 Philadelphia 106 Mauroy, which pits Lille against a some 9,500 kilometres away. lies in the Indian Ocean nearly 200 Ham, where he has established him- LA LAKERS 127 Miami 100 Cleveland 116 BROOKLYN side that hails from Reunion Island, Payet hails from the island, which miles to the east of Madagascar but self as a key figure. Memphis 128 GOLDEN STATE 108 119 (OT) WASHINGTON 112 Minnesota LA Clippers 106 SACRAMEN- 105 Australia Beat Pakistan to Sweep Test Series TO 98 Houston 100 ORLANDO 93. ISLAMABAD (DAWN) - Austra- tralia in Sydney 22 years ago. lia clinched a series clean sweep with David Warner was named man of Karolina Pliskova Crushes Alize an emphatic 220-run win over Paki- the match for his scintillating hun- stan in the third Test in Sydney on dred before lunch on the opening Cornet to Win Brisbane International Saturday. day, while skipper Steve Smith was The tourists were all out shortly announced as the official player of BRISBANE (Euro Sport) - Karolina Pliskova needed just over an hour before tea on the final day for 244 the series. to brush aside Alize Cornet to win the final of the Brisbane International on chasing 465 runs with paceman The tourists lost four wickets in Saturday. Josh Hazlewood and spinner Steve the first session after resuming at 55 The third-seeded Czech breezed through the opening set before com- O’Keefe both snaring three wickets. for one. pleting a 6-0 6-3 victory in 66 minutes as France’s Cornet failed to manu- Pakistan’s hopes of holding out The highest target successfully facture a single break point. for a draw evaporated with the dis- chased down in the fourth innings The victory earned Pliskova - who dropped just one set all week - her missals of leading series runscorer at the Sydney Cricket Ground was seventh WTA title and she will move into the top five of the world rank- Azhar Ali and veteran Younis Khan Australia’s 288 for two against ings. before lunch. South Africa in 2006. Pliskova said at her presentation: “It’s my third time here and I’ve en- Wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmed top- Azhar Ali lasted just six balls into joyed the whole week. I’ve been enjoying playing here and hopefully I’ll Australia’s captain Steven Smith, center, shakes hands with his scored with a fighting unbeaten 72 the final day before he was out in a be back next year.” off 70 balls. soft dismissal on his overnight score counterpart Misbah-ul-Haq. Australia completed a series clean of 11. stan runscorer in a series in Austra- runs from six innings. sweep after a 39-run win at the Gab- He tried to work Josh Hazlewood lia with 406 at 81.20. Younis Khan missed out on be- Real Madrid Smash Five Past Granada ba and an innings and 18-run vic- to the leg-side only to bunt the ball Babar Azam followed in Hazle- coming the first Pakistan batsman tory in Melbourne. back to the bowler for an easy re- wood’s next over, trapped leg be- to reach 10,000 Test runs when he It was Pakistan’s 12th straight de- turn catch. fore wicket for nine to end a disap- was caught in the deep off spinner to Equal Barcelona’s Record Run feat since their last Test win in Aus- Azhar finished as the highest Paki- pointing series with a total of just 68 Nathan Lyon for 13. Rooney Equals Record by Scoring His 249th Man United Goal (Dispatches) – FA Cup third Marcus Rashford completed round, Old Trafford - Manches- the rout with a brace, the last ter United 4 (Rooney 7, Martial as the result of an Ali Al-Habsi 15, Rashford 75, 79) Reading 0 howler. Wayne Rooney equalled Sir The victory was United’s Bobby Charlton’s Manchester eighth win on the bounce, their United goal scoring record as best run for eight years despite the Red Devils eased into the Jose Mourinho making nine Ronaldo netted as Real Madrid equalled Barcelona’s record fourth round of the FA Cup changes to the side that de- with a comfortable 4-0 victory feated West Ham United in the MADRID (Dispatches) - La Liga, cession without defeat - equalling a over Reading. premier League. Santiago Bernabeu - Real Madrid 5 record for Spanish teams which was Rooney was on hand to de- Rooney, the record scorer for (Isco 12, 31, Benzema 20, Ronaldo 27, only established by Barcelona last flect home Mata’s flick in the England’s national team, net- Casemiro 58) Granada 0 year. box to set the ball rolling and ted in the seventh minute at A first-half blitz put Real Ma- Cristiano Ronaldo paraded his equal Sir Bobby’s record of Old Trafford to equal the mark drid on course for a 5-0 win over four Ballon d’Ors on the pitch be- 249 goals. set by Bobby Charlton. Granada on Saturday afternoon fore the match but neither Ronaldo Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney warms up ahead of during the Anthony Martial extended The 31-year-old joined Unit- which puts them six points clear in or his teammates had to get out of English FA Cup Third Round match between Manchester United and the lead with a sumptuous fin- ed as an 18-year-old prodigy in La Liga. second gear to humiliate the woeful Reading at Old Trafford in Manchester, England ish into the far corner before 2004 from Everton. It was also their 39th game in suc- relegation battlers.