6 SEPTEMBER 8, 2014 Kovac: Every Victory Gives FILA, International Wres- tling Federation, Renamed More Confidence United World Wrestling pionship just two months ago, were the FILA Bureau supported the idea of overpowered by France 3-1 (19-25, FILA President Nenad Lalovic on the 25-17, 25-15 and 25-21) in the first organization’s rebranding and approved match on Saturday. his proposal to give the organization a In the last Group D match on Sat- new name - United World Wrestling. urday Puerto Rico in a unforgettable On February 12, 2013, the Ex- game brought down Italy 3-1 (19- ecutive Committee of the Interna- 25, 25-19, 25-23, 25-22) for their tional Olympic Committee (IOC) first win in Poland. at its meeting in Lausanne did not After the Saturday matches, France include wrestling in 25 Olympic kept their top spot in Group D with sports of 2020. To mend the situa- 10 points from their four matches fol- tion, FILA took extraordinary mea- lowed by Iran (8 points), the US (6 sures, in particular, elected its new points), Italy (5 points), Belgium (4 President Nenad Lalovic who re- points) and Puerto Rico (3 point). placed Raphael Marinetti. United World Wrestling (UWW) logo Iran’s last match will be against the As a result, the IOC Executive Com- Puerto Ricans on Sunday afternoon. TASHKENT (ITAR-TASS) - FILA, mittee at a meeting in St. Petersburg on Iran had earlier in the tournament de- the international wrestling federation, May 30 voted for including wrestling feated two powerhouses. On has officially changed its name into in the list of recommended Olympic Every Victory Gives Iran More Confidence their first match, they defeated Italy 3-1 United World Wrestling (UWW) at the sports, and on September 8, 2013, wres- TEHRAN (FNA) - Once again setter blocking four gium match at FIVB World Cham- (25-16, 23-25, 25-21 and 25-22), and FILA congress in Tashkent on Sunday. tling returned to this list, outdoing soft- strengthening from blocks, Iran’s Na- times. The scoring department was pionship. then overpowered the US 3-2 (25-23, The organization’s charter has also ball/baseball and squash on the results tional Volleyball team managed to de- topped by and Mo- “We had hopes to get at least one 25-19, 19-25, 18-25 and 17-15). been approved. of the IOC voting at the 125th session feat Belgium 3-1, and booked their tick- jtaba Mirzajanpour, with 13 points point today, it would have been an- The Asian champions were over- In Croatia’s Dubrovnik on June 14, of the organization in Buenos Aires. et for the second round of FIVB Men’s apiece, but Belgium’s Sam Deroo other match if we had won that first powered by France 3-1 (25-18, 14- World Championship in Poland. was the most prolific scorer overall, set, but it doesn’t matter now. A pos- 25, 25-19 and 29-27) in their third Iran’s National Volleyball team be- with 15 conquests. itive point is being able to get back match on Thursday. came the second Pool D team to se- “We didn’t start well, but we won. in the third set, but at the end they The 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men’s Neymar Strikes But Brazil cure a place in the next round of FIVB I’m happy that our game looked were stronger than us,” Belgians’ World Championship matches are Men’s World Championship after much better than against France,” coach Dominique Baeyens said. underway in Poland from August Fail to Win Over Media beating Belgium 3-1 (25-23, 25-15, Iran’s coach continued. “Sometimes individual perfor- 30 to September 21, 2014. Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - With Ney- 21-25, 25-20) Saturday evening. “We won’t need extra motivation mances can make the difference, Hosts Poland, Argentina and Serbia mar back in their ranks and scoring “In some moments we were a bit for Sunday’s game against Puerto but we can’t find that in our team. from Pool A, Three-time defending the only goal, Brazil gave Dunga a win- lucky, but today we played better than Rico, even being already into the It’s my job now to make clear to my champions Brazil and Germany from ning start in his second spell in charge the last game,” Slobodan Kovac said. next phase, because every victory players that we have to fight and do Pool B, Olympic champions Rus- -- although a 1-0 friendly success over Iran got pumped up with a total gives my team more confidence and everything to beat France,” the Bel- sia, Bulgaria, Canada and China ad- Colombia left media unimpressed. of 16 killing blocks, with Seyyed we need that for next opponents,” gium coach added. vanced from Pool C and France, Iran Fielding seven of the side whipped Mohammad Mousavi adding five he stressed. Before Iran’s victory, the US who from Pool D have booked their spots 7-1 by Germany in their World Cup of them in a total of 12 points and It was just the second Iran-Bel- won the 2014 World league cham- for the next round of the competition. semi-final almost two months ago, Dunga could point to a win and a clean sheet as positives to take from Federer, Djokovic Both Lose in US Open Semifinals Friday’s encounter in Miami, but ob- servers back home were critical. NEW YORK (AP) -- Instead of No- pecting nothing, actually.’’ There was “little samba or salsa,” vak Djokovic vs. Roger Federer for the Chang refused to let Nishikori with the match only remarkable for U.S. Open title, first-time Grand Slam think that way. “the same old song-- the talent of finalists Kei Nishikori and Marin Cilic ‘’He might not have prepared the best Neymar,” complained sports daily will vie for the championship after a pair way he knows how. But just because you Lance. Brazilian forward Neymar cele- of semifinal surprises Saturday. haven’t done that doesn’t mean that you Rio daily O Dia was even blunter in brates after scoring against Colom- First, Japan’s Nishikori became the don’t give yourself the opportunity to come its assessment after a win over oppo- bia during an international friendly first man from Asia to reach a major out and play,’’ Chang said. ‘’That’s why I nents reduced to ten men following a in Florida, on September 5, 2014 singles championship match by stay- told him, ‘you get past the first round, the red card for Juan Cuadrado just after the Neymar’s strike from a late freekick ing fresher than Djokovic in stifling second round, anything can happen.’’’ interval for fouling, inevitably, Neymar. at least ensured the Selecao pushed heat and winning 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3. This unforeseeable U.S. Open final “Brazil remain the same -- they only their horror show against the Ger- Then, Croatia’s Cilic used every bit shows that’s true. have Neymar,” grumbled the paper, mans a little deeper into the distant of his 6-foot-6 (1.98-meter) frame to In the quarterfinals Thursday night, though it could not fault the team’s memory file to edge out opponents deliver stinging serves and flat ground- Federer dropped the first two sets effort and pinpointed some periods of whom they had also beaten in the strokes during a quick-as-can-be 6-3, against Gael Monfils and faced two “good football.” World Cup quarter-finals. 6-4, 6-4 victory over Federer. match points, but escaped. Globo joined the chorus of under- “The Selecao is not just one player,” ‘’It’s fairly simple, I think: Marin Kei Nishikori, of Japan, reacts after defeating Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, There would be no such comeback whelmed observers. Neymar noted afterwards, though he played great and I maybe didn’t catch during the semifinals of the 2014 U.S. Open tennis tournament. against Cilic, who worked to improve his “Little has changed -- (they) suf- added: “The important thing was to my best day,’’ Federer said after his Slam trophies, including two months ago and No. 5 Milos Raonic, yet appeared game while sidelined after testing posi- fered” to drag out the win. win.” 1-hour, 45-minute loss. ‘’That’s pretty at Wimbledon, when Djokovic edged Fe- much more lively as the temperature tive for a stimulant in May 2013. He said “Starting a new era under Dunga Having taken the captain’s armband much it in a nutshell.’’ derer in a five-set final. neared 100 degrees (37 Celsius) than he ingested the substance accidentally via (sacked after a World Cup quarter- on his return he added: “I am very So much for No. 1-seeded Djokovic ‘’It’s exciting for the game to have Djokovic, a guy widely considered as a glucose tablet; the International Tennis final loss against Holland in 2010 be- happy the coach has this confidence facing the No. 2-seeded Federer in a different faces from time to time,’’ the fit as they come. Federation sought a two-year ban but it fore replacing Luiz Felipe Scolari six in me” to lead the squad. matchup between men who have com- 33-year-old Federer said. ‘’It’s definite- ‘’Just wasn’t myself,’’ Djokovic said. eventually was reduced to four months. weeks ago) there were few on-field “But everyone has to remember this bined to win 24 Grand Slam trophies. In ly refreshing to some extent. It’s big for Especially in the pivotal third-set Cilic had only played one previous improvements as Brazil’s game plan is a group.” what some will see as signaling a genera- Croatia; it’s big for Japan.’’ tiebreaker. He missed a pair of back- major semifinal, at the 2010 Australian still lacks alternatives” to Neymar, Tasked with overhauling the five- tional shift in tennis, Monday’s final will Cilic, forced to sit out last year’s U.S. hands. He double-faulted. He missed Open, while this was Federer’s 36th. Globo complained. times world champions, Dunga be No. 10 Nishikori against No. 14 Cilic. Open during a doping suspension, is a forehand, and another to end the set, And Cilic came into the day with a 0-5 Neymar’s absence through injury picked just 10 of the 23-man squad ‘’That’s going to be a sensational day the first man from Croatia to get this far then smacked a ball in anger. Up in the head-to-head record. against Germany derailed the side not which ultimately disappointed at a for both of us,’’ said Cilic, who at 25 is at a major since his coach, Goran Ivan- stands, Nishikori’s coach, 1989 French But this one went the other way. just in terms of creativity but also psy- home World Cup. a year older than Nishikori. isevic, won Wimbledon in 2001. Open champion Michael Chang, rose Wasn’t even close. chologically, the hosts falling apart in He said the result was secondary For the first time in nearly a decade - That’s nothing compared to Japan’s wait. to his feet and pumped his fists. Cilic hit serves at up to 132 mph (213 that game as they suffered their worst to the performance, which he judged since Marat Safin beat Lleyton Hewitt As it is, Nishikori was the first man Making Nishikori’s performance all the kph) and finished with 13 aces, including ever World Cup loss. satisfactory. at the Australian Open in January 2005 from his country to reach a Grand Slam more impressive is that as recently as a three in the final game. That he would - a major final will be contested with- semifinal since 1933. few weeks ago, he was swinging a racket serve effectively was no surprise. What China Provides 2nd Largest out at least one of Federer, Djokovic ‘’Very happy to make history,’’ said Ni- while seated in practice, unable to run truly stood out, though, was the way or Rafael Nadal, who didn’t attempt shikori, who moved to Florida at age 14. because he had a cyst removed from the Cilic managed to hang with Federer in to defend his 2013 U.S. Open title be- He weaved his way through a pair bottom of his right foot in August. exchanges from the baseline. Registrations for Rio 2016 Volunteers cause of a right wrist injury. ‘’He played,’’ Federer said, ‘’with of five-setters totaling more than 8 ‘’I didn’t even know if I should come RIO DE JANEIRO (Xinhua) -- But one of the eye-catching details That trio won 34 of the past 38 Grand no fear.’’ 1/2 hours while No. 3 Stan Wawrinka to New York,’’ he said, ‘’so I wasn’t ex- China has provided the second larg- is that China, which is far away from est number of registrations for the Brazil, has provided the highest num- 2016 Rio Olympic and Paralympic ber of overseas registrations with U.S. and Spain Stay On Course for World Cup Showdown Games volunteer program which 3,204 Chinese. While 2,595 Russians MADRID (Reuters) - Holders the Argentina and Greece v Serbia re- “Overall, I was pleased because it’s Aiming to win their second world started on Aug. 28. and 2,318 people from Britain have United States and hosts Spain remained gional derbies offering more thrills in our sixth game in eight days,” U.S. title after the 2006 triumph in Japan, According to the official website so far registered their interest. on course to reach the basketball World the fiercely competitive tournament. coach Mike Krzyzewski told report- the Spaniards left plenty in the tank. of the Rio Olympics, one week after “The eye-catching detail is the im- Cup final after powering into the last Fast-flowing basketball from the ers after guard Stephen Curry led the “We managed to put on a very good registration for the volunteer pro- pressive number of candidates from eight where they were joined by France preliminary group stage made way charge with 20 points. display tonight and now we have an- gram opened, by Sept 4, more than countries that have hosted the most re- and Slovenia on Saturday. for physical battles in the first knock- “I am not unhappy with our team re- other meeting with France,” Spanish 60,000 people from over 160 coun- cent Olympic and Paralympic Games, The U.S. beat Mexico 86-63 in Bar- out round, with the U.S. scoring their ally, I wish they knew each other bet- guard Juan Carlos Navarro told Ca- tries and regions had registered as illustrating the inspirational effect that celona to book a quarter-final meet- lowest tally of the campaign and win- ter but you can’t force that maturing dena Ser radio. candidates for one of the 70,000 po- hosting the events has on the local pop- ing with Slovenia who overcame the ning by their lowest margin. process.” European champions France are sitions offered to work at the Olym- ulation,” noted by the Rio organizing Dominican Republic 71-61. The champions were still too strong Spain too were in control from missing their entire top echelon, pic and Paralympic Games. committee in its release. Spain breezed past Senegal 89-56 for a battling Mexican side and con- start to finish against surprise pack- including four-times NBA cham- Among the people already regis- The US has provided the second in Madrid to set up a clash with the tained them to just 38 points in the ages Senegal as versatile center Pau pion Tony Parker of the San Antonio tered, Brazil as the host country has highest number of foreign registra- French who edged out Croatia69-64. opening three quarters before taking Gasol capped another effervescent Spurs, and their lack of depth told in naturally provided the largest num- tions with 2,874. The remaining four last-16 games their foot off the gas in the final pe- performance with 17 points and five the first quarter when Croatia built a ber with 37,903 Brazilians (62% of The volunteer registrations opened played on Sunday, with the Brazil v riod. rebounds against the west Africans. 15-7 lead. the total). on Aug. 28 and will close on Nov. 15.