6 NOVEMBER 30, 2015 Russia’s Lovchev Iran Receives Two Medals in Breaks Weightlifting Karate1 Premier League World Records jad Ganjzadeh overwhelmed his competitors in the march to the fi- nal bout of the men’s over 84-ki- logram kumite division at the indoor Budokan Arena in Japan’s Okinawa Island. He emerged tri- umphant in the last competition against Azerbaijani competitor Shahin Atamov and claimed the gold. Zabihollah Poursheib conceded a 1-6 defeat to his Japanese rival Ryutaro Araga in the final en- counter of the men’s minus 84-ki- Aleksei Lovchev of Russia competes in the men’s +105 kg weight class logram kumite class and was during the 2015 International Weightlifting Federation World awarded the silver medal. Championships at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, The Karate1 Premier League Texas, the United States, on November 28, 2015. opened in Okinawa, Japan, on TEHRAN (Press TV) - Russian ning total of 475 kilograms. Tal- November 28, and will wrap up weightlifter Aleksey Lovchev has akhadze claimed the silver medal on November 29. The interna- established new world records in with 454 kilograms in the total lift. tional sporting event has report- the clean and jerk and aggregate in Seim seized the bronze with a total edly attracted 207 karate fight- the 2015 International Weightlifting of 438 kilograms. Iranian karate practitioner Sajjad Ganjzadeh ers from 38 countries, including Federation (IWF) World Weight- With the outstanding results, lifting Championships in the United Lovchev managed to break the TOKYO (Press TV) - Iranian picked up two medals, including League in Japan. Azerbaijan, Chinese Taipei, Iran, States. world records previously held male karate practitioners have one gold, at the Karate1 Premier On Sunday, Iran’s karateka Saj- Japan, New Zealand and Serbia. On Saturday, the 26-year-old by the retired Iranian Olympic pocketed all three available gold weightlifter Hossein Rezazadeh. medals in the over 105-kilogram Rezazadeh set a world record of Ahmed Khalil: Iran’s Ali Karimi Was My weight category at the George 263.5-kilogram lift in the clean R. Brown Convention Center in and jerk at the 2004 Summer Role Model Houston. Olympics in Athens, Greece. His Lovchev raised 211 kilograms total mark of 472.5 kilograms was NEW DELHI (Persian League) it I will be the second Al Ahli helped UAE club Al Ahli reach overhead to claim the snatch gold 17.5 kilograms more than Latvian - Al Ahli and UAE striker Ahmed player who has won this award the final of this year’s AFC medal. Georgian sportsman Lasha silver medalist Viktors Scerbatihs. Khalil, who has been named the because Ali Karimi has won it Champions League where they Talakhadze, 21, took the silver “When I was little I used to watch 2015 AFC Player of the Year, with in 2004 when he was playing for had beaten by Chinese champi- with a lift of 207 kilogram. Gor Rezazadeh on television, lifting the UAE and Al Ahli striker be- the team,” Khalil told reporters ons Guangzhou Evergrande in Minasyan from Armenia elevat- enormous weights. He was an ex- coming the only the third person in a press conference. the final. ed 203 kilograms to pick up the ample to me and I never imagined bronze. I would one day take his records,” to have received the senior and “Ali Karimi was my role mod- He was instrumental in the The Russian athlete topped the Lovchev said. youth individual accolades hav- el and I always had a dream to UAE’s clinching third place at clean and jerk podium with 248 “I could never have done it with- ing also won the 2008 AFC Youth play alongside him but unfortu- the AFC Asian Cup 2015. The kilograms. Estonia’s Mart Seim out the support of my parents. My Player of the Year prize, revealed nately because of our age differ- 24-year-old forward is also cur- finished second and won the silver father is my coach and he intro- his childhood dream. ence this has never happened,” rently the second leading goal- with 248 kilograms. Talakhadze duced me to weightlifting. My “I hope I win this year’s award he added. scorer (10 goals) in the ongo- scooped up the bronze with a lift mother passed away in 2012 and but both of my rivals, Omar AFC Young Player of the Year ing FIFA World Cup 2018/AFC of 247 kilograms. I dedicate this victory and the re- Abdulrahman and Zheng Zhi and AFC U-19 Championship Asian Cup 2019 Joint Prelimi- Lovchev clinched the world cords to her,” the Russian sports- overall title after recording a win- man said. are fantastic players. If I win MVP in 2008, Ahmed Khalil has nary Round 2 qualifiers. Ahmed Khalil AFC Futsal Team of the Year 2015: Tasisat Daryaei Mexican Basketball NEW DELHI (AFC) - Tasisat Dary- Tasisat skipper Vahid Shamsaee aei became the first Iranian club side scored twice and set up another for Suspended by FIBA to be named the AFC Futsal Team of Reza Sangsefidi another as the hosts MEXICO CITY (Xinhua) -- The That stems from a conflict be- the Year, with the Tehran-based club’s progressed to the semi-finals in a pul- Mexican basketball federation has tween the government and several triumph in the 2015 AFC Futsal Club sating 4-3 win over the two-time tour- been suspended by world governing national sport federations, which Championship earning them the cov- nament winners. body FIBA because of the national are facing an inspection by a gov- eted accolade. After a convincing 7-3 final win government’s interference in how the ernment agency to see how money Having opened the group stage at over Iraqis Naft Al Wasat,Tasisat re- sport is run. is spent. the Nagshe Jahan Stadium in Isfa- newed acquaintances with Qadsia in The decision casts into doubt The International Olympic Com- han with a resounding 8-1 victory the title decider and defeated the Ku- Mexico’s participation at next mittee opposes political interfer- (pictured) over Al Khaleej SC of the waitis 5-4 in a hard-fought finale to year’s Olympic Games, despite the ence in national sports bodies and UAE, Tasisat advanced to the last become the first Iranian club to claim central American nation having se- recently suspended Kuwait from eight after running out convincing the continental title since 2012, when cured a place at July’s World Olym- the Olympics. 9-1 winners in their first encounter Sanaye Giti Pasand lifted the trophy pic qualifying tournament after The Mexico issue will be re- with Qadsia, to set up a quarter-final but missed out on that year’s AFC they reached the semifinals of Sep- viewed by the IOC executive board Tasisat Daryaei became the first Iranian club side to be named the AFC showdown with defending champions Futsal Team of the Year award to AFC tember’s FIBA Americas Champi- in meetings Dec. 8-10 in Lausanne, Futsal Team of the Year Nagoya Oceans. Futsal Championship winners Japan. onships in Mexico City. Switzerland. AFC Futsal Player of the Year 2015: Vahid Shamsaee Fury Dethrones World Heavyweight marking the third time the Asian Champion Klitschko futsal icon has won the individual accolade. DUSSELDORF (The Hindu) - Tyson Fury clinched three World heavyweight champion titles after beating The evergreen 40-year-old Wladimir Klitschko in 12 rounds of boxing on Saturday night in front of 50,000 spectators at the Esprit-Arena. Klitschko suffered surprisingly the fourth loss of his career to lose the WBA (World Boxing Association), IBF (pictured, left) - the AFC Futsal (International Boxing Federation) and WBO (World Boxing Organisation) titles to contender Tyson Fury, who Player of the Year in 2007 and made use of his speed and arm length to seal the win following a unanimous decision (115:112, 115:112, 116:112) 2008 - claimed both the Most after 12 rounds, reports Xinhua. The 39-year-old Ukrainian title defender remained too passive throughout the Valuable Player and Top Scorer fight and was unable to close the distance to Fury, whose arm range remained an insoluble problem for Klitschko. Awards at this year’s AFC Futsal Fury dictated the pace from the start meanwhile Klitschko lacked in ideas to threat the agile 27-year-old con- Club Championship to be named tender from Manchester in any way. As the fight progressed, Klitschko sustained cuts under both eyes. The title the 2015 AFC Futsal Player of defender never gained a foothold into the fight although he got more active in the last three rounds. the Year ahead of Tasisat team- In the 12th and last round, Klitschko pressed frenetically for the knockout but Fury, who was visibly exhausted, mate and recipient of last year’s remained calm and killed the clock. I was very well prepared. I didn’t believe he would make it but I lacked in speed today. He was incredibly fast. His range played a major role. I really tried but it did not work out,” said award Ali Asghar Hassan Zadeh Vahid Shamsaee’s dethroned Wladimir Klitschko after the fight. “A dream comes true. I’m speechless. It’s difficult to fight abroad and fellow Iranian Mohammad and to go to the scorecards. Even In the last round I wasn’t even sure if I had on it,”, said Tyson Fury. NEW DELHI (AFC) - Vahid Club Championship triumph Naser Safari, who found the net With the unanimous decision by the three judges, Fury remains unbeaten in the 25th fight to clinch the WBA, Shamsaee’s virtuoso display in earned the inspirational Iranian seven times as Iraq outfit Naft Al IBF and WBO belts meanwhile Wladimir Klitschko suffered his fourth loss, after 22 victories in row, in the 68th Tasisat Daryaei’s AFC Futsal the AFC Futsal Player of the Year, Wasat reached the semi-finals.