6 June 12, 2017

Serbia Gain Valuable Iran Wrestlers Win 3 Medals in Win Over Iran in FIVB Volleyball World League

Tbilisi GrandTEHRAN (Press TV)Prix - Iranian came another representative from freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestlers Turkey in the final contest, and was have exhibited satisfactory displays awarded the top honor. at the Tbilisi Grand Prix of V. Bala- Iranian Greco-Roman wrestler vadze & G. Kartozia in Georgia, and Mosayyeb Akbari also snatched the scooped three medals, including one bronze medal in the 59-kilogram gold, in the international tournament. weight division. On the opening day of the compe- Additionally, Greco-Roman wres- titions at Tbilisi Sports Palace in the tler Amir Hossein Hosseini defeated Georgian capital, Iranian freestyle his rival in the third-place contest of wrestler Mojtaba Gelij emerged tri- the 98-kilogram weight class, and umphant in his first bouts against picked up the bronze medal. Georgian and Turkish rivals at The Tbilisi Grand Prix of V. Bala- the 97-kilogram weight class, and vadze & G. Kartozia opened in marched into the final bout. Georgia on June 10, and will con- The Iranian sportsman then over- clude the next day. The photo shows a view of the Pool D1 - Group 1 match between Iran (players in dark blue) and Serbia at the 2017 FIVB World League in China, Qatar Face Elimination as Iran Look to Russia Azadi Volleyball Hall, western Tehran, Iran, on June 10, 2017. HONG KONG (Reuters) – The a place in Russia and have eight TEHRAN (Dispatches) – Iran 3-2 on Friday, will play Argen- slim World Cup qualification hopes points from seven games, won the was defeated against Serbia 3-1 tina on Sunday. of both China and Qatar could fi- previous match between the teams (20 – 25, 23 – 25, 25 – 16, 16 – 25) The FIVB World League is nally end this week while Iran could prior to Lippi’s arrival as coach in Pool D1 of the 2017 FIVB Vol- the premier annual men’s vol- become the first Asian nation to in November. China sit on five leyball World League. leyball tournament with a total book their place in next year’s finals points and retain a mathematical In the match held in the full- of 36 participating teams in in Russia. possibility of taking second place packed Azadi’s 12000 spec- 2017. Carlos Queiroz’s team take on in the group from South Korea, Uzbekistan in Tehran on Monday but Lippi and his team need Uli tators, Amir Ghafour put the The 36 teams have been split evening knowing a win over the Stielke’s side to slip up in Doha most points on the board for into three groups of 12 teams Central Asian nation will ensure when they take on a Qatar team Iran, 13. and will play the preliminary the Iranians qualify for the World who also need to win. Serbian Uros Kovacevic round in a pool format over Cup for the second time in a row, The Qataris, who will host the scored 18 points for his team three weeks, before the best the first time the country will have 2022 finals, have just four points on Saturday. teams gather for the finals in secured a place at back-to-back and cannot finish in one of the top Iran, who defeated Belgium each group. tournaments. two spots that guarantee an auto- The Iranians lead Group A by Lippi knowing his side must win zhou on Wednesday evening. “If matic berth in Russia. They can, four points from South Korea with to retain any possibility of qualifi- we lose to Syria both at home and however, climb up to third, which the Uzbeks in third, a further point cation for the nation’s first World away, then we deserve to be elimi- secures a place in a series of play- National Water Polo Team adrift of Iran with three games re- Cup since 2002. nated. If we don’t want to give up offs. In Group B, Japan can put maining. The Chinese sit in fifth “It is totally within our capabili- now, no matter what we have to daylight between themselves and Defeats Australia 9-7 and take on fourth-placed Syria in ties to defeat Syria,” said Lippi take down Syria.” second placed Saudi Arabia with TEHRAN (Dispatches) - Iran’s showdown, while Australia’s the Malaysian city of Malacca on after seeing his side beat the Phil- The Syrians, who have defied the victory over already eliminated Tuesday with coach Marcello ippines 8-1 in a friendly in Guang- odds to remain in contention for Iraq in Tehran on Tuesday. national junior water polo team has University of New South Wales bagged its third win in a row at the Magpies and the Singaporean Singapore Water Polo Challenge, national men’s water polo squad Usain Bolt Wins Final 100m Race in Jamaica in Emotional Farewell overcoming Australia’s University will meet in the third-place play- KINGSTON (DISPATCHES) to a rare attack of nerves. of New South Wales Magpies. off. - Usain Bolt marked an emotion- “The run, it was just OK. I The young Iranian sportsmen, The Singapore Water Polo al farewell at a sell-out stadium must say it was OK. I don’t who had trounced counterparts Challenge kicked off on June 8 in Jamaica by winning his final think I’ve ever been that ner- from the host nation 4-3 in their and will run through June 11, 100m on home soil. vous running a 100m,” he said. second fixture at the internation- 2017. The 30-year-old will bring Bolt clocked 10.03 seconds al event the previous day, defeat- Iran’s national junior water down the curtain on his illus- to win before a lap of honor in ed their Australian opponents 9-7 polo team, the Singaporean na- trious career when he retires in front of a raucous crowd who on Saturday and the third day of tional men’s water polo squad, August after the World Cham- danced, waved flags and blew the tournament. Serbia and Australia’s University pionships in London and began their vuvuzela horns while fire- The Iranian team is scheduled of New South Wales Magpies his goodbye in front of 30,000 works lit the sky. to take on Serbia in the final have taken part in the event. adoring fans in Kingston. The 100m and 200m world re- An eight-time Olympic gold cord holder returned to kiss the medallist, Bolt easily won the finishing line before flashing England Win U20 World Bolt’s final race in Jamaica was at the same track where he launched ‘Salute a Legend’ race in his his signature ‘lightning bolt’ his international career at the world juniors in 2002 first 100m of 2017 but admitted pose. Cup for Biggest International Hamilton Equals Senna Pole Record in Canada Title Since 1966 OTTAWA (Dispatches) - Lewis presented with one of Senna’s old LONDON (Dispatches) - Eng- the slightest of contacts - but New- Hamilton produced a stunning lap helmets, a gift from the late Bra- land won their biggest international castle keeper Woodman’s strong to set pole position at the Canadian zilian’s family for equalling his title since 1966 by beating Venezu- palm kept out Penaranda’s effort. Grand Prix and equal his hero Ayr- record. ela 1-0 in the Under-20 World Cup In the first half Ronaldo Lucena ton Senna with the 65th of his career. Hamilton, who is 25 points be- final. hit the post with an audacious Hamilton ended the session 0.330 hind Vettel in the championship It was England’s first appearance long-range free-kick that had seconds quicker than title rival Se- after finishing seventh in Monaco, in the final of a global tournament Woodman well beaten, while Tot- bastian Vettel of Ferrari. was clearly elated following the since their World Cup victory 51 tenham midfielder Josh Onomah The Briton produced a series of session, in which he showed a su- years ago. saw a powerful effort strike the blistering laps on a track where he periority that was completely un- Everton forward Dominic Cal- underside of the Venezuela bar af- has won five times in nine races. expected. vert-Lewin’s first-half goal was ter the break. As a result of his latest per- Ferrari and Mercedes have been enough for victory thanks to New- After the match, England for- formance, he is just three poles closely matched all weekend but castle goalkeeper Freddie Wood- ward Dominic Solanke, due to join behind all-time holder Michael Hamilton was in a league of his man’s second-half penalty save. Liverpool from Chelsea on 1 July, Schumacher. own once the top 10 shootout Lewis Hamilton grew up idolizing three-time champion Senna, who was Woodman denied Adalberto was awarded the Golden Ball giv- After the session, Hamilton was started. killed at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix Penaranda from the spot after the en to the player of the tournament. Malaga forward was fouled by Previous winners of the award Injured Sharapova to Miss Grasscourt Season Kyle Walker-Peters. include Diego Maradona, Lionel With 17 minutes to play, the ref- Messi, Luis Figo, Paul Pogba and LONDON (Reuters) – Former world number one Maria Sharapova will miss the grasscourt season, including this month’s Wimbledon qualifying tourna- eree pointed to the spot to signal a Sergio Aguero. ment, after failing to recover from a left-thigh injury she suffered during last month’s Italian Open. penalty before immediately refer- Woodman was awarded the “After an additional scan, the muscle tear that I sustained in Rome will unfortunately not allow me to compete in the grass court tournaments I was ring to the video assistant referee. Golden Glove, given to best goal- scheduled to play,” Sharapova, who is on a comeback trail after serving a 15-month doping ban, said on her official Facebook page. The decision stood - there was keeper of the tournament.