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Iran Fall Short Against Russia in 2019 FIVB World 6 October 2, 2019 Iran Fall Short Against Russia 34th Cycling Tour in 2019 FIVB World Cup of Iran to Kick Off TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran World Cup features 12 na- on Wednesday was defeated against Russia tional teams from the five 3-1 (25-21, 25-18, 24-26, 25-22) continental confederations at the International Volley- playing in Nagano, Fukuoka ball Federation (FIVB) Men’s and Hiroshima in a round- World Cup on Tuesday. robin format from October 1 In the match, held in Naga- to 15. no’s White Ring, Milad Eba- The Men’s World Cup dipour had 18 points for Iran kicked off for five match and Russian Yaroslav Podle- days in Fukuoka and Nagano snykh scored 18 points. before teams move to Hiro- The 2019 edition of the shima for the remaining six FIVB Volleyball Men’s match days. Djokovic Cruises Into Second Round in Tokyo TEHRAN (Dispatches) – The from Tabriz the largest city in 34th Cycling Tour of Iran, also Iranian Azerbaijan and it passes TOKYO (Reuters) – World num- vourite Go Soeda in the next round. ber one Novak Djokovic blasted past Canada’s Denis Shapovalov fired known as Azarbaijan cycling tour, through Lake Urmia, Urmia, qualifier Alexei Popyrin 6-4 6-2 on 16 aces in a straight sets victory is set to start on Wednesday in Jolfa, Meshginshahr, Sareyn and Tuesday to reach the second round over Serbia’s Miomir Kecmanovic, Tabriz, Eastern Azarbaijan Prov- Kaleybar, and then it finishes at of the Japan Open Tennis Champi- winning 6-4 6-4 in an hour and 21 onships in Tokyo. minutes. ince. Tabriz. Playing in his first singles match The 20-year-old did not drop Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan) 2019 Up to 15 teams from 11 coun- since retiring from his U.S. Open serve and needed only two break fourth-round match with Stan points to move into the last 16. is a UCI 2.1 Asian Tour and tries are to participate in this Wawrinka due to a left shoulder Japanese wildcard Taro Daniel the 34th edition of Tour of Iran tournament, including Iran, Ma- issue, the Serb showed he was stunned second seed Borna Coric (Azerbaijan) which will be held laysia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Bah- fighting fit as he fired seven aces 6-4 4-6 7-6(5), while compatriot and won 84% of points on his first Yasutaka Uchiyama took down in five stages on 2-6 Oct. 2019, rain, South Africa, Hong Kong, serve. French fourth seed Benoit Paire in three provinces of East Az- China, Belarus, Turkey and Bel- “Shoulder is good. I have not 6-2 6-2. arbaijan, West Azarbaijan, and gium. felt anything in the previous days, Seventh seed Taylor Fritz including today, in the match,” “I thought from the beginning to Djokovic, now into his 271st fell 6-3 6-4 to fellow Ameri- Ardebil and with a total length Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan) is the Djokovic said. “So I am very the end, I played really well and on week at number one having passed can Reilly Opelka, while Radu of 877 kilometers. most prestigious cycling tour in pleased to say that and to feel a consistent, high level and (with) Ivan Lendl (270) for third place in Albot and Gilles Simon ad- healthy. good intensity.” the all-time list, takes on local fa- vanced. The tour routes commence Iran. Ferrari Must Handle ‘Explosive’ Drivers With Care – Brawn Venus Williams, Simona LONDON (Reuters) – Sebastian been outperformed this season Vettel and Charles Leclerc are a by 21-year-old rising star Charles Halep Lose at China Open “potentially explosive combination” Leclerc, who has taken six pole po- who need to be handled with care by sitions and two victories. BEIJING (AP) — Former enovic in the round of 16. Ferrari, the team’s former technical The pair stood out in last Sun- top-ranked players Venus Wil- Halep, the reigning Wimble- director Ross Brawn said on Tues- day’s Russian Grand Prix for testy day. exchanges over the radio after Fer- liams and Simona Halep both don champion, lost 6-2, 6-3 to Brawn, now Formula One’s man- rari tried to swap their positions in have lost in the second round of unseeded Russian Ekaterina aging director for motorsport, was a failed bid to engineer a one-two the China Open. Alexandrovam, who earned the strategic mastermind through finish. a golden era for the Italian team Mercedes won the race one-two Williams lost 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 to just her second career win when Michael Schumacher racked instead, with five times champion ninth-seeded Belinda Bencic against a top-10 opponent. up five championships in a row Lewis Hamilton leading Valtteri from 2000 to 2004, adding to two Bottas, to end Ferrari’s run of three of Switzerland, who saved two Halep was playing on back- match points in the final set to to-back days after defeating won with Benetton. wins in a row. probably has to deal with a few in- between its drivers,” Brawn said in Vettel, 32, is a four-time world “Ferrari has clearly made a lot of ternal issues in terms of the balance a review of the weekend. outlast the seven-time Grand Sweden’s Rebecca Peterson champion, but the German has progress in recent weeks but it still Slam champion despite mak- on Sunday. ing 40 unforced errors in the The Romanian has been nurs- Qatar Worlds Highlight Track’s Many Nationality Switches match. She will next face the ing a back injury that forced DOHA, Qatar (AP) - Just as migrant built. winner of seventh-seeded Pe- her to retire at Wuhan last workers built Qatar’s stadiums, a for- Renato Canova, an Italian distance eign-born medalist is building its reputa- coach who formerly trained Qatar’s tra Kvitova and Kristina Mlad- week. tion in track. team and now works in Kenya, ar- Abderrahman Samba’s bronze in the gues athletes have the right to switch 400-meter hurdles Monday was the to escape tough competition for squad Former CONCACAF Head Sanz first Qatari medal at the world track places at home. championships and sparked joy in the In 2017, the IAAF froze all national- VIP enclosure, the one part of the sta- ity switches in track and field. One of Given Life Ban for Bribery - FIFA dium where local fans were dominant. its concerns was that athletes were be- ‘’Today when they say my name, ing traded by influential agents, with- everybody starts screaming,’’ Samba out much say over which country they said. ‘’I say to myself, ‘Just go, man.’’’ represented. Samba was born in Saudi Arabia and The IAAF has also fought to ensure competed for his father’s home nation naturalized athletes get full citizen- of Mauritania in Africa before getting ship rights. That didn’t always happen a Qatari passport in 2015, just five in the past, leaving them at risk of be- months after moving to the country. Jamal Hairane, of Qatar, Ngeno Kipngetich, of Kenya, Jamie Webb, of Great ing abandoned if their performances Such nationality switches are a sore Britain and Adrian Ben, of Spain, compete in a men’s 800 meter heat at the dropped. point for track’s international govern- World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019. There are signs that the pressure on ing body. ers, whether Bangladeshis on construc- New IAAF rules aim to prevent a re- some naturalized athletes leads them to For years the IAAF has been trying tion sites or service workers from the peat with a three-year waiting period to break the rules. Since June, two Africa- to shut down what its council member Philippines, relying on imported talent compete for a new nation. born athletes for Bahrain have been Hamad Kalkaba Malboum likened in is nothing new. In the Kenyan town of Iten, known banned for doping, including Olympic Enrique Sanz 2017 to a ‘’wholesale market for Afri- Qatar’s two-time Olympic high jump as the ‘’University of Champions’’ for marathon silver medalist Eunice Kir- can talent.’’ medalist Mutaz Barshim was born in training star distance runners, Qatar wa. A third was pulled from worlds for ZURICH (Reuters) – Enrique ganized by FIFA, CONCACAF, Qatar’s team has athletes originally the country, but sometimes Qatar and promised to build a stadium after natu- an investigation into missed drug tests. Sanz, the former general secre- the Caribbean Football Union from at least six other countries includ- other nations seem to behave like pro- ralizing Kenyan runner Stephen Che- It’s not only Arab nations fielding tary of North American soccer’s (CFU) and the South American ing Britain, Nigeria and Egypt. Qatar fessional soccer clubs rather than na- rono, later known as Saif Saaeed Sha- athletes who’ve switched allegiance. governing body CONCACAF, has Football Confederation (CON- offers athletes advanced training facili- tional teams. heen. The track was to bear the tartan The Netherlands has Sifan Has- been banned from any football- MEBOL) between 2012 and ties and a chance to shine. The new ar- The IAAF has reported Ashraf Amjad pattern found on local people’s cloaks. san, who arrived from Ethiopia as a related activity for life after being 2015. rivals generally don’t have prior ties to Al-Saifi was ‘’spotted’’ when winning Although Shaheen brought Qatar 15-year-old refugee and gained Dutch found guilty of bribery, FIFA said He was also fined 100,000 the nation. the Egyptian youth title in hammer onto the international track stage with nationality five years later.
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