Iran Female Taekwondo Fighter Bags Bronze in Univesiade
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6 July 9, 2019 Iran Female Taekwondo Fighter Wilder Rematch Set for February, Says Fury Bags Bronze in Univesiade NAPLES, Italy (Dispatches) – ade 2019. Iranian female taekwondo fighter The team had 62 members at the Fatemeh Hessam on Monday re- latest event of Universiade in Tai- ceived a bronze medal of pumsae wan. They won 23 medals (8 gold, category at the 30th Summer Uni- 4 silver and 11 bronze medals) and versiade in Italy’s Naples. ranked 10th at the event. Hessam stood on the third place The 30th edition of Universiade jointly with South Korea and U..S of university students will be un- while Taipei ranked first and sec- derway until July 14 in Naples, ond respectively. Italy. Earlier, Koroush Bakhtiar won a The Universiade is an interna- bronze medal of pumsae category. tional multi-sport event, organized Iranian squad has so far received for university athletes by the Inter- 1 gold, 2 silver and 3 bronze med- national University Sports Federa- als. tion. The name is a combination of Deontay Wilder v Tyson Fury - WBC World Heavyweight Title Iranian team with 42 athletes took the wors “University” and “Olym- part in the competition of Universi- Iranian female taekwondo fighter Fatemeh Hessam piad” LONDON (Reuters) - Briton Tyson Fury has ford’s Alhambra Theatre. said his rematch with WBC heavyweight champion “This time I am going to knock him out,” he Deontay Wilder will take place on Feb. 22 next year. added. “This time I haven’t been out the ring for Brazil Beat Peru to Win Copa América Title The 30-year-old is the only boxer that Wilder three years, this time I haven’t been abusing too has faced and not defeated after the pair battled much alcohol.” RIO DE JANEIR (AP) — Bra- improved as a team. We still to a draw in December in Los Angeles. Fury Wilder is scheduled to defend his belt in a re- zil didn’t need Neymar to win an- have to improve more, but we controlled much of the fight only to be knocked match with Luis Ortiz and had tweeted in May that other Copa América title at home. are on the right track.” down twice, including once in the 12th round that he would be fighting Fury after his bout against With their injured star watch- Peru, which had been routed ing from the stands at a packed 5-0 by Brazil in the group stage looked to be the deciding blow. the Cuban. Maracanã Stadium on Sunday, and barely avoided early elimi- “The rematch has been confirmed and signed, Fury’s last bout came against Tom Schwarz in Brazil beat Peru 3-1 to win their nation, were trying to win their 22 February. June when he defeated the German inside two first South American title since first Copa América trophy since It’s on, the rematch,” Fury told an event at Brad- rounds in Las Vegas. 2007. 1975 and just their second over- It was Neymar’s replacement, all. It hadn’t returned to the final Everton, who led the team to since ‘75. Williams Eases Into Quarterfinals victory, scoring a goal and set- The victory helped Brazil to ting up another to give Brazil regain the confidence of some their ninth Copa América tro- supporters following their quar- at Wimbledon phy, and fifth at home. terfinal exit at the 2018 World Gabriel Jesus and Richarlison Brazil’s Dani Alves lifts up the trophy after winning the final soccer match of the Copa Cup in Russia. It will also ease also scored for Brazil, which America against Peru at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 7, 2019. some of the pressure on coach have won the title every time Tite, who had been criticized they hosted the tournament. close to Brazilian President Jair one last upset after eliminating for his selections and the team’s Everton was named player of Bolsonaro among the crowd of Uruguay in the quarterfinals and lackluster performances. the final and also finished as one nearly 70,000 at the Maracanã. two-time defending champion Brazil hadn’t made it past the of the tournament’s top scorers Brazilian fans had some rea- Chile in the semifinals. quarterfinals of the Copa Améri- with three goals. Brazil’s vet- son to worry after Gabriel Jesus “Brazil deserved the victory,” ca since beating Argentina 3-0 eran right back Dani Alves was was sent off in the 70th min- Peru coach Ricardo Gareca said. in the 2007 final in Venezuela. voted player of the tournament. ute because of a second yellow “We played better than we did It didn’t even get past the group Neymar and his son sat card, but Peru couldn’t pull off in the previous match. We have stage in 2016. Mexico Beat U.S. to Win Concacaf Gold Cup for 11th Time 62,493 fans at Chicago’s Soldier Field. “We did it and in an unforgettable set- Christian Pulisic had a good early ting. We’re very happy. The whole team chance but U.S. boss Gregg Berhalter was spectacular.” WIMBLEDON, England eighth Wimbledon title after said Mexico were the “better team”. Moments after new Chelsea signing (AP) -- Serena Williams eased losing last year’s final to An- “I think we lacked some calmness and Pulisic was denied in a frenetic open- into the Wimbledon quarter- gelique Kerber. She has never composure,” said Berhalter. ing, U.S. striker Jozy Altidore fired wide finals on Monday for the 14th lost a set in seven career meet- “When you talk about a step the team when one-on-one with the goalkeeper. time by beating Carla Suarez ings against Suarez Navarro. needs to take, we’re close but we weren’t Guardado headed a Jordan Morris ef- Navarro 6-2, 6-2 on No. 1 Court. Williams will next face fel- there tonight.” fort off the line after half-time before Williams won six straight low American Alison Riske, The Gold Cup, referred to as the Dos Santos produced the game’s deci- games from 3-2 in the first set who upset top-ranked Ash Concacaf Championship before 1991, sive moment with a clinical left-foot fin- to take control of the match. Barty earlier in the day. crowns the continental champions of ish. She raised both arms in cele- Also, Barbora Strycova North America, Central America and the The goal delivered Mexico their eighth bration after her fifth break of came from a set and break Caribbean. success since the tournament was re- the match gave her a 5-2 lead down to beat Elise Mertens Mexico now have 11 wins in the tour- branded in 1991. in the second set and served 4-6, 7-5, 6-2. Mertens led 5-2 Dos Santos won the game with his third goal for Mexico since his debut in 2009 nament’s history, five more than the Wolves striker Jimenez finished as the out the victory when Suarez in the second set but lost nine U.S., who claimed the biennial tourna- tournament’s joint-second leading scorer Navarro sent a backhand wide. straight games to go 4-0 down WASHINGTON (Dispatches) - Mexico United States. ment in 2017. on five goals alongside Canada striker Williams is looking for her in the second. extended their record number of Concacaf LA Galaxy midfielder Dos Santos “This was what we came here for,” said Lucas Cavallini - with the 28-year-old’s Gold Cup wins as Jonathan dos Santos’ latched on to a smart Raul Jimenez Mexico’s Andres Guardado. team-mate Jonathan David on six. strike gave them a narrow victory over the back heel to fire in off the bar in front of U.S. Win 4th Women’s Ferrari Lost Momentum After Bahrain Defeat - Wolff World Cup Title ROME (Dispatches) - Ferrari had come into the 2019 sea- LYON, France (Dispatches) — Megan Rapinoe stood on the field, son as favorite after showing strong pace in winter testing, arms outstretched, striking her now trademark victory pose symbol- but it is still without a win. izing the confidence of a U.S. team that celebrated and savored each The Italian outfit first stumbled in Australia when it got triumph at the Women’s World Cup after beating the Netherlands 2-0 its set-up wrong, but it then looked all set to bounce back Sunday night. in style in Bahrain when it delivered the fastest car and Rapinoe won the Golden Ball as top player and the Golden Boot Leclerc appeared on his way to a maiden win. as top scorer, and the United States backed up their brashness by However, with just more than 10 laps to go, Leclerc suf- winning while simultaneously making a strong statement for gender fered a short circuit within his injection system control unit equity. and his pace fell away – leaving the way open for Lewis “We’ve done exactly what we set out to do, done exactly what we Hamilton to take the victory. wanted to do, said what we feel,” Rapinoe said. “All of us, really. I Reflecting on the campaign and the dominance of Mer- know sometimes my voice is louder, but everybody is in this together. cedes, Wolff thinks that the Bahrain defeat proved espe- We’re such a proud and strong and defiant group of women.” The U.S. won their record fourth Women’s World Cup title and sec- cially costly for Ferrari – which has seen other opportuni- ond in a row, when Rapinoe converted a tiebreaking penalty kick in ties slip through its fingers too.