6 DECEMBER 15, 2015

Khaledan Subdues Olympic Champion Lopez to Join Russian Tennis Player (MNA) – Winning his Austria, Germany, , Bul- second match at F50 Fu- garia, Azerbaijan, the Netherlands, tures International Championship, Slovakia, Czech, Ukraine, , ’s Bimeh Razi Iran’s Shahin Khaledan came closer Zimbabwe, Canada, Turkey, Aus- TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Gre- to the main draw of the tournament. tralia, Switzerland, Georgia, Swe- co-Roman wrestling team Bimeh Following the qualifying matches den, the US and Latvia. Razi has reached an agreement with of Turkey F50 Futures event, the Hosted by Turkey, F50 Futures two-time Olympic Champion Mijaín member of Iran’s national tennis tournament began on December 14 team Shahin Khaledan overcame and will come to an end on Decem- López. the Russian rival and will be able to ber 20, 2015 and the Iranian roster The Cuban 130kg wrestler will enter the main draw of the tourna- includes Anusha Shahgholi, Shahin come to Tehran next week to final- ment by going past Christoph Lang Khaledan as well as Mohsen Hos- ize the deal. of Austria in his third match. sein Zadeh who will play against Bimeh Razi is preparing to com- Also, the Iranian player in the their rivals for two weeks. pete at the Greco-Roman World main draw Anoosha Shahgholi will Iranian representatives are pre- Wrestling Clubs Cup, which will be meet Franjo Raspudic of Croatia. paring to take part in Asia/Oceania held at Khorramshar, Iran, on De- The present teams in the qualify- Zone Group III event which will be ing draw of the competitions in- held in Tehran’s Enghelab Sports cember 17–18. clude Italy, Iran, Austria, Belarus, Complex on 11-16 July 2016. A total of nine teams have an- nounced their readiness to take part at the event. Iran’s Weightlifter Salimi Expected Bimeh Razi claimed the title of the Freestyle World Wrestling Clubs Cup in late November, overpow- to Start Training Next Two Weeks ering USA’s Titan Mercury 7-1 in Mijaín López. Tehran’s Azadi Stadium. Mohsen Ghahremani Hangs Up his Whistle Chinese Twins Win Women’s TEHRAN (Persian League) - Doubles of Dubai World Referee Mohsen Ghahremani has announced his retirement at the Superseries 2015 end of Tractor Sazi and Esteghlal match. On Sunday, Tractor Sazi and Es- DUBAI (Xinhua) -- Chi- played overall a great sea- teghlal played out a goalless draw. nese twin shuttlers Luo Ying son in 2015.”After losing the Behdad Salimi The 41-year-old referee was sus- and Luo Yu won the women’s first set 14-21, the Luo twins pended for eight months on Janu- doubles super series here on managed to turn the tables TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian su- He had surgery to repair the torn ary 12, 2013 due to big mistakes Sunday, beating Christinna and won the two following per heavyweight weightlifter Behdad ACL in his left knee in November. Salimi will start his preparation for “I will begin my preparation next in the Sepahan – Persepolis match. Pedersen/Kamilla Rytter Juhl sets 21-9 and 14-4. Pedersen the Rio 2016 Olympic Games next two weeks and I hope I will get bet- Ghahremani said he is not going from Denmark in the final. felt not well so the Danes re- to reveal the reasons for retire- two weeks. ter as soon as possible,” Salimi told The Danes retired in the tired early in the third set. ment at the moment. Salimi missed the 2015 World the Tasnim news agency. “Next month, I will announce third set as Pedersen suffered The Danish team started Weightlifting Championship after Salimi won the gold medal by my reasons for retirement,” from stomach problems. with an aggressive play and he suffered a serious knee injury in hoisting 455 kg in total in the Lon- Referee Mohsen Ghahremani has Ghahremani said. The 24-year old Luo Ying/ harmonized well. “That was the training in late October. don 2012 Olympic Games. announced his retirement at the Mohsen Ghahremani has Luo Yu, world No. 1, said our plan,” said Juhl. The Luo end of Tractor Sazi and the victory was the result sisters, one head shorter than Esteghlal match. brought an end to his career after 15 years. of their hard work “as we the Scandinavians, respond- Beats Club ed with a clever zig-zag play Peshawar Sign Andy Flower as Mentor and short shuttles close to the America to Advance at net which effectively irritat- for PSL ed the duo Pedersern/Juhl. Club World Cup In the second set, the Chi- nese players changed their tactic and switched to a more aggressive style, increas- ing pressure with smashes close to the net. By switch- ing shooting frequencies be- tween slow shuttlecocks and fast shuttlecocks, the Chi- nese equipe broke the Danish defense. “After we lost the first set, we adapted our tactics to our opponents,” said Luo Yu, adding that they took during Zou Zheng (25) of ’s Guangzhou Evergrande holds the Chinese national flag as he celebrates with teammates after winning their Club World Cup quarterfinal the breaks important pieces soccer match against Mexico’s Club America during in Osaka, western Japan, of advice from their coach. A fantastic exchange lead- OSAKA (China Daily) - - Paulinho minute, taking a pass from Gao Lin ing to 9-5 lead in set 2 was scored in the final minute of stoppage and beating Club America goal- time on Sunday as China’s Guang- keeper Moises Munoz with a shot a major psychological boost zhou Evergrande beat Mexico’s Club from 15 meters. Andy Flower for China, leading then to America 2-1 to set up a semifinal with Oribe Peralta gave Club America a win the second set 21-9. The European champions Barcelona in 1-0 lead 10 minutes after the break ISLAMABAD (thehindu) - Former England coach Andy Flower has been signed on as the batting consultant and Danes looked increasingly the Club World Cup. on a header off a Dario Benedetto mentor of the Peshawar franchise in the upcoming Pakistan Super League. exhausted at the start of the Paulinho’s header off a corner cross. And if the Peshawar franchise gun for England’s discarded batsman Kevin Pietersen in the players draft this third set, desperately trying kick in the 93rd minute allowed After taking the lead, the CON- month it could be the first reunion between the two since Flower had to step down as head coach after the Ashes to find a way to break the Luiz Felipe Scolari’s team to secure CACAF champions had numer- a showdown with tournament fa- ous chances to seal the win but 2013-14. Chinese tag team play. But vorites in Yokohama. Guangzhou goalkeeper Li Shuai Pietersen has already made his intention of participation in the PSL clear via a video message and is said to be the Luo sister quickly led “My goal is to win against Bar- made several spectacular saves and among a top favourite for the five franchises in the T20 competition. 5-0, then 7-2 and eventually celona,” Scolari said. “My job is to the momentum shifted to Scolari’s The PSL is due to be held in Dubai and Sharjah in February and the Peshawar franchise has announced former won set three 14-4 as Peder- convince my players of the possibil- players. Pakistan bowling coach Muhammad Akram as their head coach and Flower as their batting consultant and mentor. sen had to retire. ity to win. Today my players fought “I’m not happy with this result,” Pietersen was unceremoniously dumped by the England and Wales Cricket Board and team management after Luo Ying said she and her hard and won so we should have a Club America coach Ignacio Am- the Ashes post public fallout particularly with Flower and has since said that: “Flower had it in for me since he giant dream for the next match.” briz said. “I have to take responsi- twin sister are now eager to took over.” Club America dominated for most bility. We lost our focus in the last The discarded England batsman alongside West Indian Chris Gayle and Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi are among the prepare for Summer Olympic of the second half until substitute five minutes and the victory slipped top draw in the PSL players draft due to be held later this month. Games in Rio 2016. Zheng Long equalized in the 80th away.”