6 December 19, 2019 6th Wrestling World Club Iranian Skiers Bag Four More Championships Kicks Off in Iran Medals at Murat Dedeman FIS Cup TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian skiers have claimed four more medals at the Murat Dedeman FIS Cup underway in Palandoken in Erzurum, Turkey. Atefeh Ahmadi seized a gold medal in the women’s slalom with a time of 1:37.35. Her countrywoman Fo- rough Abbasi claimed a bronze and silver medal went to Turkey’s Sila Kara. In the men’s slalom, Luka Tiriel Abramovic from Turkey won the BOJNOURD, Iran (Dispatches) Sarzamin, as the representatives gold with 1:26.35, and Iranian ski- - The 6th Freestyle and Greco- of Iranian wrestling, several club ers Morteza Jafari and Porya Saveh Roman Wrestling World Club teams from China, Kyrgyzstan, Shemshaki climed silver and bronze Championships 2019, started on Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, medals, respectively. Wednesday in Northeast Iran city and India will compete in the Iranian skiers had won two silver of Bojnourd. Freestyle and Greco-Roman and two bronze medals in the compe- These competitions, which are wrestling events. tition’s first day. being held in the gym of Boj- The 6th Freestyle and Greco- nourd University, will be fol- Roman Wrestling World Club lowed by a wrestling tournament Championships 2019, which Clippers Overpower Suns 120-99 involving 2 Iranian and 3 foreign began on Dec.17 with the entry teams. of the teams participating in the (AP) -- The Los Angeles Clippers are one player short of In addition to Iran’s big market Greco-Roman Wrestling Cham- finally fielding their entire team. And it can’t come too soon for Paul George and teams, Atrak North Khorasan, pionships, will continue until De- Kawhi Leonard. Sina Sanaat Izeh, Sirjan Ghar cember 21 in Bojnourd. George scored 24 points, Leonard added 20 and the Clippers returned home after two weeks away to beat the Phoenix Suns 120-99 on Tuesday night. They were only missing JaMychal Green after having George and Leonard in Lorenzo Offered Yamaha and out of the lineup since the season began. “We can start to get into a rhythm with everybody on the floor,” Leonard said. “We can see what our rotation is.” MotoGP Test Role for 2020 The Clippers went 4-2 on their recent road trip, which matched their longest of the season. Leonard didn’t play in the finale, a loss Saturday at Chicago. But he came back strong at Staples Center, teaming with George in a domi- nant third quarter that saw the Clippers stretch their lead from five points to 21 by the time it was over. The two superstars combined to score 18 points in a 32-16 run that sent the Clippers into the fourth leading 90-69. “We just couldn’t figure out the Clippers’ zone,” Suns coach Monty Wil- liams said. “We were a bit tired, playing in three time zones in four days. Our starting group just passed it around and was hoping for something to happen.” Lou Williams added 20 points for the Clippers, scoring their first 11 of the fourth - including three 3-pointers. “When he gets it going there is no shot that he can’t make,” Clippers coach Doc Rivers said. “That was a good stretch for us. Lou’s offense allowed us to keep Paul and Kawhi off the floor and give them some rest.” Ivica Zubac had 12 points in helping the team win its 12th in a row over the Suns in Los Angeles. Phoenix Suns forward Kelly Oubre Jr., right, blocks a shot by Los Angeles Clippers center Ivica MADRID (Dispatches) - Lorenzo Tech3 rider in the form of Johann Zubac during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019. Kelly Oubre Jr. scored 19 points and Deandre Ayton added 18 points and 12 retired from racing at the end of the Zarco would take over as Yamaha rebounds in his return from a 25-game NBA suspension for Phoenix, which ter testing positive for a diuretic. He showed little rust in notching his second 2019 Valencia Grand Prix following test rider in 2020, with Valentino lost its fourth in a row. double-double of the season while playing 24 minutes. a difficult sole year on the Honda, in Rossi’s now ex-crew chief Silvano “He still has to get in his rhythm, so I’m not going to judge him too hard,” Ayton also twisted an ankle, although he said it was fine after the game. which his struggles to adapt to the Galbusera set to work with him. Oubre said. “At the end of the day, he’s one piece of this puzzle.” “At first I was like, this court is like a soccer field,” Ayton said. “Then I RC213V and various injury prob- However, Yamaha took this offer Ayton played on opening night, scoring 18 points against Sacramento, and started to get my second wind.” lems meant he didn’t even manage off the table when Zarco agreed to a top 10 finish. ride in place of the injured Takaaki then sat out as punishment for violating the league’s anti-drug program af- Ayton calmed his nerves on the 1 1/2-hour bus ride to the arena. He spent nine years as a Yamaha Nakagami for the final three races rider in MotoGP, making his debut of the season on the LCR Honda. with the brand in 2008, and won Yamaha boss Lin Jarvis con- Chief Apologizes for Anti-Racism Monkey Posters all three of his premier class titles firmed in Valencia that the testing on the M1 in 2010, 12 and ‘15. program had been reviewed, and ROME (Dispatches) - Serie A has three monkeys with painted faces Yamaha introduced a European from 2020 there would be a global apologized after imagery of monkeys and it remains to be seen whether test team for the first time this test team formed of the Japanese was used in artwork for an anti-rac- they will be displayed at Serie A year, helmed by former Tech3 rid- test team, while hinting at there ism campaign. headquarters in Milan as sched- er Jonas Folger. still being a European rider in use. The league received heavy criti- uled. However, Yamaha confirmed lat- Lorenzo said on Servus TV in cism from Italian clubs AC Milan The issue comes fewer than three er in the year it would not continue Austria this week that he will be and Roma as well as anti-discrim- weeks after clubs pledged to com- with Folger despite claims from back in the paddock in 2020, but ination organizations for the post- bat Italian football’s “serious prob- him that he still had a contract. was coy to specify in what capac- ers. lem”. It then looked likely another ex- ity. “I realized it was inappropriate,” Milan said they “strongly dis- said the league’s chief executive agree” with the use of monkeys, Luigi De Siervo in a statement. while Roma expressed their “sur- Latest Tokyo Olympic Ticket Artist Simone Fugazzotto had de- prise”, adding: “We understand the fended his creation by saying “we league wants to tackle racism but are all monkeys”. we don’t believe this is the right Lottery: 1M Offered; 23mn Sought The ‘No To Racism’ posters show way to do it.” TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo’s Olympic tickets continue to be very hard to find — particularly in Japan. Organizers on Wednesday said there were 23 million tickets requested Van Nistelrooy, Stekelenburg Join Dutch Staff for Euro 2020 in the latest lottery for Japan residents only. The bad news is that only 1 BRUSSELS (AFP) - Ex- mediately. million tickets were available. Which means that almost everybody went internationals and “After all the great years with the away empty handed. will join the na- KNVB youth teams, this is of course Next summer’s Olympics have generated unprecedented demand. Or- tional team’s coaching set-up for Euro an excellent opportunity to work at ganizers said 3.57 million tickets had been awarded to Japan residents 2020, the Dutch Football Association the highest level,” said Stekelenburg, in previous lotteries. Organizers confirmed for the first time the demand (KNVB) announced. who coached the Dutch under 19 side. was almost 20 times over supply — about 60 million tickets requested. Former Manchester United striker After friendlies against the United And now Japan residents are running out of chances. Van Nistelrooy, 43, will be released States and Spain, Koeman’s side face The next ticket offering in Japan will be early next year, but will be open from his role as PSV Eindhoven’s Austria, Ukraine and one of the four to Japan and non-Japan residents on a first-come, first-served basis. youth coach for the competition. playoff winners in in Overall, organizers say about 7.8 million tickets are available for all “It is a wonderful opportunity for Group C. events. Organizers have said that at least 70% of the tickets will go to me as an assistant coach to be part of Forward is a doubt Japan residents. Large blocks also go to sponsors, international sports the staff of the Orange for this final for the Netherlands’ first major finals federations, national Olympic committees, and the International Olympic tournament,” van Nistelrooy said in a appearance since 2014 after he was Committee. KNVB statement. ruled out for up to six months with Millions are also sold outside Japan by official Olympic tickets resell- Stekelenburg, 47, starts his role Ruud van Nistelrooy scored 35 goals in 70 international appearances for the Netherlands a knee injury suffered last weekend ers, which can charge a 20% handling fee on every ticket. They can also alongside boss im- playing for club Lyon. take advantage of fluctuations in currency exchange rates.