Iran U-17 Footballers Overpower Mexico 2-1 to Face Spain In

6 October 18, 2017 Italy to Face Sweden Iran U-17 Footballers Overpower Mexico in World Cup Playoffs 2-1 to Face Spain in Quarterfinal After Mexico were down by two Roberto De la Rosa found the back goals, they played quick short passes of the net off a rebound from the top to unsettle Iran’s defence, who were of the box after the Iranian keeper playing with five defenders. managed to block Diego Lainez’s left- Each time Iran’s defense fell apart, it footed shot. Daniel Lopez, who was was keeper Gholamzadeh who came the livewire in the middle, initiated the up with some smart saves, especially move. in the second half, to deny the Ameri- The second half was more lively as cans a chance to score goals. both the teams went on the attacking Iran, knowing that Mexico are good mode and both the goalkeepers made in the attack, adopted a cautious ap- some good saves. proach to keep their rivals attacking Mexico strikers Lopez and La Rosa moves at bay and waited for opportuni- worked in tandem and with good sup- ties to punish Mexico’s weak defence. port from their midfielder, they kept Iran earned a penalty in the 7th min- attacking but the Iran keeper made ZURICH (Dispatches) - Italy will face Meanwhile, the Central Americans’ ute when Mexico defender Adrian smart saves. Sweden in the European playoffs next coach Jorge Luis Pinto has said that Vazquez brought down Mohammed Iran also had their share of exchang- Iran’s Mohammad Sharifi (no. 8) celebrates with Younes Delfi after month to qualify for the World Cup. FIFA’s decision to schedule the World Ghaderi while going for the ball inside es and scoring chances but could not scoring his side’s opening goal against Mexico. The four-time World Cup champions Cup qualifier between Australia and the box and referee Anthony Taylor breach keeper Lopez as he came out of were drawn Tuesday to play away first Honduras with just five days in between MARGAO, India (Dispatches) - Iran fense to score through Mohammed had no hesitation in awarding the pen- his charge twice to block Younes Delfi against the Swedes in a two-leg playoff. the two matches was “inhumane”. played a tactical game to outwit Mexico Sharifi (7th) and Allahyar Sayyad alty, which Sharifi converted success- and Sayyad’s shots from close. In other pairings it was: Northern The first match in the intercontinental 2-1 and set up a clash with Spain in the (11th). fully. Mexico could have scored another Ireland vs. Switzerland; Croatia vs. playoff for a spot at the finals in Russia quarterfinals of the FIFA U-17 World Mexico though attacked from the Mexico’s defense was exposed again goal but luck was not on their side as Greece; and Denmark vs. Ireland. next year is scheduled to take place in Cup on Tuesday. word go and created several chances, four minutes later as Sayyad placed Jairo Torres’ shot from a difficult angle The eight teams were the best run- Central America on Nov. 10, with the Iran will now travel to Kochi for they were either off the target or failed the ball into the net, past the advancing off a free kick hit the left post. ners-up in the nine European qualifying second leg in Sydney five days later. the quarter-final tie with Spain, who to surpass the rival keeper Ali Ghol- keeper Cesar Lopez. Iran’s Younes Delfi, who received groups. There are no direct flights from Aus- scored the last-minute winner in their amzadeh. Unfazed by the set back, Mexico kept a yellow in the 80th minute, the sec- The first legs will be played from Nov. tralia to Honduras and the Honduran pre- quarterfinals against France in However, Mexico managed to reduce on attacking with a series of moves and ond in the tournament for rough tack- 9-11, with the return games from Nov. team’s logistics manager told local Guwahati. the margin in the 37th minute through after missing couple of close chances, le, will miss the quarterfinal match 12-14. The four winners will take part newspaper La Prensa they have to fly Iran exploited the rival’s weak de- Roberto De la Rosa. they managed to find the net. against Spain. in the World Cup draw on Dec. 1 at the to Los Angeles before connecting on a State Kremlin Palace in Moscow. flight heading Down Under. Froome Faces Dumoulin Duel in 2018 Tour Route Full of Surprises PARIS LONDON (Reuters) - will want to do that. They will be Mahrez Snatches Draw for Tom Dumoulin should be Chris more or less equal in the time tri- Froome’s main rival as the Briton als. That’s something very excit- Struggling Leicester targets a record-equaling fifth ing.” title in the 2018 Tour de France, There will be many challenges the route for which was unveiled on the course, however, with on Tuesday. 21.7 kilometers on cobbles on Dutchman Dumoulin won the the ninth stage to Roubaix, where Giro d’Italia this year before the Queen of the Classics, also Froome claimed a fourth Tour known as the “Hell of the North” triumph, both relying mainly on finishes each year. their time-trialling qualities. That will be followed by a rest Next year’s Tour will feature a day before the riders tackle three 35km team time trial in Cholet punishing stages in the Alps with and could be decided in a hilly a summit finish at top of the icon- 31km individual effort against the ic Alpe d’Huez. clock on the penultimate day in Chris Froome of Britain competes. The course is full of surprises, the Basque country. with a 1.9-km gravel path at the “A contest between Chris director Christian Prudhomme “We’re looking at a new gen- top of the Plateau des Glieres in Froome and Tom Dumoulin, said. “It would force one of the eration that wants to entertain. I the first Alpine stage, which will Leicester City’s Algerian midfielder Riyad Mahrez (R) celebrates two riders with similar qualities, two to try something different in think that if Christopher Froome take the peloton from Annecy to scoring his team’s first goal during the English Premier League wouldn’t displease me,” Tour order to surprise the other. is up against Tom Dumoulin they Le Grand Bornand. football match between Leicester City and West Bromwich Albion. LEICESTER (Dispatches) - Riyad had given West Brom the lead earlier All Eyes on Hardwood in NBA for Possible Anthem Protests Mahrez’s first Premier League goal of in the second-half with a stunning long the season has secured Leicester a 1-1 range freekick but whilst they also saw WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The start NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has draw with West Brom but it was not their run without a win extended to six of a new NBA season always commands said he expects players to stand during enough to lift the 2016 champions out of games they are in mid-table four points the bottom three. better off than Leicester. attention, given a thirst for gravity-defy- the U.S. national anthem, which has The Algerian international -- who It took 35 minutes for either side to ing dunks and sweet shooters, but this long been a league rule. The NBA also had missed a sitter earlier in the match fashion a chance on goal Danny Simp- year many may tune in simply to see if sent out a memo warning players of po- -- struck 10 minutes from time but the son’s fierce effort being parried away players will defy rules and kneel during tential punishment if they didn’t stand draw extended the Foxes winless streak by West Brom goalkeeper Boaz Myhi- the national anthem. for the anthem. No NBA players have to six which was the same run that saw ll, who was making his first appearance The gesture has become common tested the mandate but several teams, Claudio Ranieri sacked months after in the Premier League in over a year. across the National Football League and including the Los Angeles Lakers and delivering them their remarkable title Early in the second-half Ahmed is intended to call attention to what pro- New York Knicks, have stood together triumph. Hegazi got Myhill into all sorts of testing players see as a pattern of racism and locked arms during the national an- Ranieri’s replacement in the dugout trouble, his under-hit backpass forcing in the treatment of African-Americans them ahead of their preseason games. Craig Shakespeare said the players de- the goalkeeper to charge from his area by U.S. police. But it has been exac- The reigning champion Golden State served a win for all the effort they were bringing down Jamie Vardy in the pro- erbated after U.S. President Donald Warriors have been the most vocal team putting in. cess for which he was booked by Mike Trump said last month that players who in the NBA in advocating for racial Belgian international Nacer Chadli Dean. Dwight Howard #12 of the Charlotte Hornets, right, links arms with did not stand during the anthem should equality and condemning the rhetoric teammates during the national anthem before the game against the Boston be fired, prompting many NFL players of Trump and are viewed by many as a Celtics at TD Garden on October 2, 2017 in Boston, Massachusetts. to kneel and lock arms in solidarity. favorite to show some form of protest.

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