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Sept. 2, 2021 Brazilian former football star Pele said on Twitter that he was undergoing routine exams in hospital and that he was “in very good health”, denying a 7 report of a more serious health issue, Reuters reported. Djokovic takes first unsteady step toward calendar slam Sports Desk 5-1, courtesy of doubles by Abbasi and Olad-Qobad, and a Tavakkoli strike. ead coach Mohammad Nazemasharieh released Iran is pitted against the defending champion Argentina, Iran’s 16-man squad for the FIFA Futsal World Serbia, and USA in Group F of the World Cup, which was HCup in Lithuania, starting September 12. postponed by a year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Alireza Samimi, Sepehr Mohammadi, Baqer Moham- The 12-time Asian champion will kick off its campaign madi, Hamid Ahmadi, Mohammadreza Sang-Sefidi, against Serbia on September 14 at the Avia Solutions Hossein Tayyebi, Farhad Tavakkoli, Alireza Rafieipour, Group Arena in the capital city of Vilnius. Mohammad Shajari, Moslem Olad-Qobad, Ali-Asghar Nazemasharieh’s men will then take on USA on Septem- Hassanzadeh, Mohammad-Taha Nematian, Mehdi Javid, ber 17, before squaring off against Argentina in the final Seyyed Ahmad Abbasi, Ahmad Esmaeilpour, and Farhad group fixture three days later. Fakhim will represent the country at the event, ISNA re- Top two of the six groups plus four of the best third- ported. placed teams will progress to the round of 16. The Asian powerhouse on Tuesday claimed a second Iran made history in 2016 by becoming the first Asian consecutive friendly victory over Belarus – after an 8-2 side to reach the last-four of the World Cup, beating Portu- win on the preceding night – beating the European host gal in the shootout for the third spot in Colombia.
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