6 October 9, 2019 Iran Beach Soccer Beats Real Madrid Top Oman in Two Friendlies La Liga as Barca MUSCAT, Oman (Dispatches) The international beach multi- – Iran national beach soccer team sport event is being organized by Thrash Sevilla has defeated Oman in two friendly the ANOC and hosted by the Qatar matches in Muscat. Olympic Committee (QOC). Team Melli defeated Oman 2-1 More than 1,300 athletes from and 6-3 as part of preparation for around 90 countries are expected the Association of National Olym- to participate in the event. pic Committees (ANOC) World Men’s Beach Soccer Beach Games in Qatar. Group A: Brazil, Switzerland, Iran has been drawn in Group C UAE and Morocco along with Ukraine, Senegal and Group B: Italy, Spain, Mexico Paraguay. and Solomon Islands Abbas Hashempour’s team will Group C: Iran, Paraguay, Senegal face Ukraine on October 11 and and Ukraine play Senegal and Paraguay on Oc- Group D: Russia, Japan, Uruguay tober 13 and 14, respectively. and El Salvador China Reach Men’s Team Final of Gymnastics Worlds STUTTGART (Xinhua) -- Chi- and Sun Wei (84.899/5th) man- MADRID (Dispatches) -- Real over, but an error from goal- na have qualified for the men’s aged to reach the men’s individ- Madrid go into the international keeper Alphonse Areola on his team final at the 2019 World Ar- ual all-around final, where Rus- break as leaders of La Liga after full debut gave Granada a life- tistic Gymnastics Championships, sia’s Nikita Nagornyy (87.333) a 4-2 win at home to Granada in line from the penalty spot which finishing runners-up in the quali- led the way ahead of compatriot Spain’s Matchday 8. Darwin Machis duly converted. fication round. Artur Dalaloyan (86.531). Zinedine Zidane’s side were When Domingos de Sousa With 258.354 points, China Zou Jingyuan finished fourth qualified behind leaders Russia (14.958) on the pommel horse, able to put their midweek added a second for the visitors (259.928), but ahead of Japan with Britain’s Max Whitlock Champions League disappoint- in the 77th minute there were (258.026) who finished third. (15.266) finishing first. 2017 all- ment against Club Brugge be- nerves around the Santiago Ber- The United States finished sev- around gold medal winner Xiao hind them against a side who nabeu stadium until James Ro- enth out of eight qualifiers with missed the final after an unsuc- traveled to Madrid second in the driguez assured the home side 250.359 points. cessful performance in which he table. of the win with a 92nd minute Xiao Ruoteng (85.831/3rd) dropped off the apparatus. Karim Benzema’s second min- goal. ute opener put Madrid on track FC Barcelona continued their AC Milan Set to Sack Coach Giampaolo -- Reports after a pass from Gareth Bale, improved form with a 4-0 win MILAN (AFP) - AC Milan are first seven games, including a and Eden Hazard’s first goal for at home to Sevilla, with goals the club on the brink of half- from Luis Suarez, Arturo Vidal, set to sack coach Marco Giam- 2-0 loss to city rivals Inter. time made it 2-0. Ousmane Dembele and Lionel paolo after a dreadful start to the Milan went on to lose their next When Luka Modric added a Messi in a game where sum- season, according to multiple re- two matches against Torino and third for the home side in the mer signing Antoine Griezmann ports in Italy on Tuesday. Fiorentina before last weekend’s 61st minute it looked to be game didn’t play a single minute. The former European giants are 2-1 victory at Genoa. 13th in -- three points Former coach Lu- above the relegation zone. ciano Spalletti is the 18-time Rublev Upsets Coric in 1st Giampaolo, 52, replaced Genn- Italian champions’ first choice Round of Shanghai Masters aro Gattuso during the summer, to replace Giampaolo, according but the former Sampdoria boss to Gazzetta Dello Sport and Sky has lost four of his seven games in charge of AC Milan. has suffered four defeats in his Sport Italia. Qatar’s World Cup Challenge Magnified by Track Worlds Issues DOHA, Qatar (AP) -- By day, Juma Marzouq approves Qatar’s master- plans for the vast stadium infrastructure for the 2022 World Cup. By night, Marzouq goes into fan mode, tackling the challenge of filling soccer arenas in this tiny nation. Marzouq has seen encouraging signs since Qatar’s breakthrough on the field in February, when it won the Asian Cup for its first major soccer title. The urban planning expert last week glanced around the near-full stands of Al Sadd’s 15,000-seat stadium for the visit of Saudi Arabian side Al Hilal in the semifinals of the Asian Champions League, a small victory for the hosts. Andrey Rublev, of Russia watches his shot as he plays against Borna ‘’We have a new generation coming to the stadiums,’’ Marzouq said. Coric of Croatia in their men’s singles match at the Shanghai Masters It isn’t always like this at soccer - or any other sport in Qatar - despite tennis tournament at Qizhong Forest Sports City Tennis Center in the ruling family’s thirst for bidding for elite events. Shanghai, China Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019. Almost 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) from Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, far less boisterous scenes played out at Khalifa Stadium for most of the 10 Spectators sit in nearly empty seats the World Athletics Champion- SHANGHAI (AP) - Unseeded semifinal at the U.S. Open last days of the world track and field championships that ended Sunday. Or- ships in Doha, Qatar, Monday, Sept. 30, 2019. Andrey Rublev of Russia upset month, posted a 6-2, 6-1 first- ganizers were left trying to explain away the thousands of empty seats. Borna Coric of Croatia 6-4, 7-6 (4) round victory over Jan-Lennard in the first round of the Shanghai Struff of Germany. Di Francesco Leaves Sampdoria After Eight Games in Charge Masters on Tuesday. It was a 36th win of the season ROME (AFP) - Coach led Roma to the The 12th-seeded Coric was run- for the 11th-seeded Berrettini. Di Francesco has left Sampdoria 2017-18 Champions League semi- ner-up in Shanghai last year, los- He has won 30 of those matches by mutual consent after only eight finals after a run which included an ing to Novak Djokovic in straight since defeating Struff on April games in charge, the struggling Serie incredible comeback against Bar- sets in the final. 22. A club has announced. celona in the last eight after losing Two Americans - 16th-seeded Second seed Roger Federer, The 50-year-old, who was sacked the first leg 4-1. John Isner and Reilly Opelka - third seed Daniil Medvedev and by Roma in March, had seen his According to Italian media re- are through to the second round. wildcard recipient Andy Mur- Sampdoria outfit slump to the bot- ports, former Inter Milan and Fio- Isner ousted Alex De Minaur of ray all play their second round tom of the Italian top flight after six rentina boss and the Australia 7-6 (1), 6-4, and Opelka matches later. defeats in their first seven matches 67-year-old , who defeated Dusan Lajovic of Serbia A number of outside court this season. took over from Di Francesco as in- The Genoa club sit three points terim coach at Roma last term, are 6-3, 6-4. matches have been suspended by Di Francesco has been dismissed after losing six of seven Serie A from safety after Saturday’s 2-0 in contention for the vacant Samp- Italy’s Matteo Berrettini, who rain. Scheduled stadium matches games with Sampdoria loss at Verona. doria job. reached his first Grand Slam have proceeded under the roof.