6 APRIL 21, 2015 Iran Coach to Host 2015 to Be Appointed in Olympic Council of Coming Days TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Iranian Bas- Davaloo said that the federation ketball Federation (IBF) plans to ap- will appoint the new head coach by point its new head coach by the end the end of the week. Meeting of the week. Iran will have to participate in the Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah Iran is without a head coach since 2015 FIBA Asia Championship for will chair Tehran’s meeting. the 2014 , where Men which will be held from Sep- Each year 64 guests attend the Team Melli finished in second tember 23 to October 3. OCA, 36 of whom are the main place under the tutelage of Memi The competition will also serve as members of the Executive Board. Becirovic. the Olympic qualification. On the sideline of 17th edition IBF acting president Ramezan Ali of Asian games in , the President of Iran National Olym- pic Committee Kiumars Hashemi Former NBA Star met with President Sheikh Ahmad to ex- Marbury Honored change views and ideas. Hashemi made an offer to host 2015 OCA on China’s Stamp Executive Board meeting in Iran and OCA approved Iran as 2015 executive board host in an official letter issued by Sheikh Ahmad af- ter the Asian Games. Indonesian capital has been officially named as the host of the next edition of the Asian Olympic Council of Asia logo Games, taking place in 2018. It has TEHRAN (MNA) – Iran will host eign guests on 20-21 May. time in its history. The meetings are been confirmed during the Olympic 2015 Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Iran will be hosting the OCA Ex- to be held on 20-21 May in Tehran. Council of Asia (OCA) General As- executive board attended by 64 for- ecutive Board meeting for the first Olympic Council of Asia President sembly last month. Arsenal Set to Win Gonzalo Higuain Transfer Ahead of Juventus LONDON (FNA)- Arsenal are set to Higuain is set to leave Napoli at the Juventus have apparently been hold- The £57,000-a-week ace would Postage stamps named in Stephon Marbury’s name and face are clinch the signing of Gonzalo Higuain end of the season after failing to settle ing talks with Higuain’s brother about cost £28.9 million to sign, and Ar- unveiled in after moving ahead in the race for his in Naples, and a host of top teams a switch, but reports say Arsenal are senal have signifcant funds for new BEIJING (China Daily) -- For- “I am truly humbled. Never did I signature, according to reports. have been linked with his services. in pole position to do business. players. mer NBA star Stephon Marbury has imagine in all of my 38 years of liv- a statue in front of the arena of Bei- ing that I - a kid who grew up 7,000 jing’s Wukesong Stadium, three Chi- miles away from Beijing and a kid Lewis Hamilton Wins Bahrain Grand Prix nese Basketball Association titles and who came from the projects of Co- MANAMA (Anadolu Agency) - The British pilot points and Sebastian Vettel is in third spot with 65 Drivers and constructors standings now he has a postage stamp named in ney Island - would have a stamp of of the Formula 1 Mercedes car, Lewis Hamilton, was points. Top 5 drivers: his name and face. myself. I can never have dreamed Marbury keeps winning in Bei- it.” crowned the Bahrain Grand Prix winner Sunday. The upcoming race, Spanish Grand Prix, will 1. Lewis Hamilton (Great Britain) - 93 points jing. Fresh off winning his third Marbury has applied for a Chi- Hamilton won his third Grand Prix of the sea- be held on May 10. 2. Nico Rosberg (Germany) - 66 son at the Bahrain International Circuit in the Top 10 drivers in Bahrain: championship in the Chinese bas- nese “green card”, or permanent 3. Sebastian Vettel (Germany) - 65 ketball league, Marbury was hon- residence permit. “I’m applying Sakhir Desert with 1:35:05.809 degree. The vic- 1. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 4. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) - 42 tory in Bahrain is Hamilton’s 36th champion- 2. Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) ored with a postage stamp in a cer- for a Chinese green card,” Marbury 5. Felipe Massa (Brazil) - 31 ship in his career. 3. Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) emony at the National Museum of wrote last Friday in his Weibo ac-

Meanwhile, Ferrari’s Finnish driver Kimi Rai- 4. Valtteri Bottas (Williams-Mercedes) China on Saturday. count, Chinese version of twitter. kkonen came in second; he was 3.3 seconds be- 5. Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) Constructors standings: The 38-year-old left the NBA China started to grant permanent hind Hamilton. 6. Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull-Renault) 1. Mercedes - 159 Knicks in 2010 and reinvented him- residence permits to foreigners in Mercedes’ German driver Nico Rosberg came 7. Romain Grosjean (Lotus-Mercedes) 2. Ferrari - 107 self in China, where he was named 2004. Since then, about 5,000 for- in third place. 8. Sergio Perez (Force -Mercedes) 3. Williams - 61 one of its 10 “model citizens” in 2014 eigners have received permits. Hamilton has raised his points to 93 in the driv- 9. Daniil Kvyat (Red Bull-Renault) 4. Red Bull - 23 and honorary citizen of Beijing. Marbury, who left a 20 million ers’ standings. Rosberg follows him with 66 10. Felipe Massa (Williams-Mercedes) 5. Sauber - 19 “I’m still trying to wrap my head US-dollar NBA contract behind six around the fact that people will be years ago to play basketball in Bei- able to buy a stamp of me to mail jing, is now a settled superstar in packages anywhere in the world,” China. He led Beijing to their third Lazare Adingono Confirmed as said Marbury, who plans to give a and second straight Chinese basket- speech at the National Museum of ball league title last month and was Morocco Head Coach China in Beijing. voted the CBA finals MVP.

RABAT (FIBA) - After months to the final of the AfroBasket 2007 ended their Olympics hope. country in 2011 and 2013, Cam- of rumours, Lazare Adingono has where they lost to hosts . When everyone expected to see eroon never reached the podium Afghan Skipper Steps finally been confirmed as the head places again. coach of AfroBasket 2015-bound In Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire in 2013, Morocco. Adingono helped Cameroon beat Down Over Poor Form The Cameroon native replaces Morocco in the Fifth-Place Game. KABUL (DAWN) - Mohammad Said Bouzidi, who coached Mo- While Cameroon claimed fifth, Nabi has stepped down as captain rocco in the three-team FIBA Morocco, who forced then defend- of the Afghanistan national Africa Zone 1 qualifier against ing champions to play their team after more than two years in Libya and neighbouring Algeria best in the tournament opener, the job, citing his own poor form in February. came in eighth. and the team’s performance. Adingono, who is currently Adingono is well known in the “I have served Afghanistan’s coaching Angolan side Petro de Maghrebe region, leaving a posi- national team as captain for more , will start working with tive impression in Morocco after than two years. I tried my best to the North African country in June. leading hosts AS Sale to a third- bring victories to our team and the “We are bringing him because place finish at the 2011 edition of nation,” he wrote in his letter to the we want to rebuild our basketball the African Clubs Champions Cup. Afghanistan Cricket Board. programmes,” Nour Amri, the “Coach Adingono will be working “Given the recent performance of Technical Director of the Moroc- with us on a full-time basis until the team and particularly my out of ohammad Nabi says he would co Royal Basketball Federation, 2019, and he will be supervising form status, I would like you to ac- continue to play as a team player said to FIBA.com. our national teams,” Amri ex- cept my resignation as captain and and advise the new captain. Adingono has built quite a name plained. allow me to continue to play as a Lanka before falling apart against team player.” for himself on the African conti- Lazare Adingono (CMR) - AfroBasket 2013 Even though rumours linking Australia and New Zealand. nent. Adingono to the Moroccan national Afghanistan made their World “We performed very well in the The former assistant coach at A year later, Adingono had a sec- Adingono at the helm of Camer- surfaced last year, no official con- Cup debut under Nabi’s captaincy World Cup. For the first time in the Canisius College first came to ond chance to qualify the country oon at AfroBasket 2009, he was firmation was made at the time. this year, making their mark with a history of Afghanistan cricket we prominence when he guided a tal- for the 2008 Beijing Games, but replaced by Joseph Touomou and Even Cameroon captain Gas- historic one-wicket win over Scot- won a game,” he told a press con- ented Cameroon team which in- defeats to Croatia and Puerto Rico they finished fourth. ton Essengue congratulated land. ference on Monday. cluded , Gaston in the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Although Adingono had two Adingono for the new job back The tournament debutants were “I will continue to play with the Essengue and Brice Vounang, Tournament in Athens, Greece, more coaching stints with his in September. also impressive when losing to Sri team and advise the new captain.”