6 January 13, 2021 Juventus’ Ronaldo Sets Record Iran’s Tayebi Nominated for With 15th Goal Best Futsal Player in World Carlos Vagner Gularte Filho “Ferrão” (BRA) Barça (ESP) - BRAZIL N.T. Fabricio Bastezini “Gadeia” (BRA) Movistar Inter FS (ESP) - Kai- rat Almaty (KAZ) - BRAZIL N.T. Alex Rodrigo da Silva Merlim “Babalu” (BRA/ITA) Juventus’ Portuguese forward celebrates after scor- Sporting Clube de Portugal ing during the Italian Serie A football match Juventus vs Sassuolo on (POR) - ITALY N.T. Jan 10, 2021 at the Juventus stadium in Turin. Artem Niyazov (RUS) ROME (Reuters) - Juventus for- Serie A appearances this season, MFK KPRF Moscow (RUS) - ward Cristiano Ronaldo set anoth- a goal landmark he has reached RUSSIA N.T. er scoring record as he became the every year since the 2006-07 Jean Pierre Guisel Costa first player to net at least 15 goals campaign, during spells with in each of the last 15 seasons in Eu- Manchester United, Real Madrid “Pito” (BRA) rope’s top five leagues. and Juve. Movistar Inter FS (ESP) - The 35-year-old Portuguese The record applies to the top BRAZIL N.T. fired a low diagonal shot into the five leagues in the UEFA country TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Hussein which introduces the nominees Leandro Esteban Cuzzolino Rodrigo Hardy Araújo (BRA) bottom corner to seal a 3-1 win coefficient: Spain’s , Eng- for his side against Sassuolo in land’s Premier League, Italy’s Se- Tayebi from Iran was shortlisted for receiving the best awards (ARG) Magnus Futsal (BRA) - BRA- stoppage time. rie A, Germany’s Bundesliga and for the Best Futsal Player in the in the futsal world at the end Levante UD FS (ESP) - Ital- ZIL N.T. It took his tally to 15 goals in 13 France’s Ligue 1. World. of each year, has put the name service Pesaro C5 (ITA) - AR- Sergio Lozano Martínez (ESP) The 31-year-old player joined of the Iranian player among the GENTINA N.T. Barça (ESP) - SPAIN N.T. Benfica from Kairat Almaty of top 10 nominees to receive the Deives Moraes (BRA) Hossein Tayebi Bidgoli (IRN) Late Penalty Keeps Atletico Kazakhstan in August. best player award this year. Sport Club Corinthians Pau- Kairat Almaty (KAZ) - Sport The Futsal Planet website, Nominees: lista (BRA) Lisboa e Benfica (POR) Mineiro in Title Race RIO DE JANEIRO (Dis- when his sliding close-range patches) -- Hyoran Dalmoro has effort left Schwengber with no Sabalenka Reaches Abu Dhabi Final After 14th Straight Win converted a 100th-minute penal- chance. ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates wins at the indoor tournaments in ty as Atletico Mineiro kept alive The hosts regained their ad- (AP) -- Aryna Sabalenka reached the fi- Ostrava and Linz and has won her first their Brazilian Serie A title hopes vantage in the 67th minute nal of the Abu Dhabi Open on Tuesday af- five matches of the new season in Abu with a 2-2 draw at Bragantino. through , who ter winning her 14th straight match and Dhabi. The Belarusian is 8-4 in career Dalmoro sent goalkeeper headed in after a Claudinho will face Veronika Kudermetova for the tour finals and has won her last five. the wrong corner. first WTA title of the year. Sabalenka will rise to seventh in the way with the last kick of the But referee Caio Vieira point- Sabalenka had eight aces in her 6-3, rankings if she wins the title on Wednes- match after Sevilla loanee ed to the spot after deliberating 6-2 victory over Maria Sakkari. Kud- day. Guilherme Arana was brought with the video assistant referee ermetova defeated 18-year-old Marta ‘’She gave me zero chances to come down by Eric Ramirez. and Dalmoro held his nerve to Kostyuk 7-6 (8), 6-4. back,’’ Sakkari said of the match against had opened secure his team a valuable point. ‘’I’m really looking forward to this Sabalenka. ‘’I just couldn’t find a way. the scoring for the hosts by The result leaves Atletico in final,’’ Sabalenka said. ‘’I’m just focus- From the baseline she was dictating and nodding home a Helinho cross third place, just six points be- ing on the right things. This helps me playing really big.’’ at the far post on the stroke of hind leaders Sao Paulo with a to, first of all, not think about all these Kudermetova reached her first tour half-time. game in hand. Bragantino are wins, and secondly, to keep winning.’’ final after saving a set point in the tie- Jefferson Savarinho equal- 13th, six points clear of the rel- Aryna Sabalenka Sabalenka finished last season with breaker against Kostyuk. ized just after the interval egation zone. EFL Chief Warns Virus Breaches Could Lead to Football Suspension Tokyo 2020 Chief Promises to LONDON (AP) - Football risks provided hope for people during He warned if the EFL felt clubs Hold Olympics as Scheduled another suspension if clubs “con- the pandemic but would come had not taken appropriate action tinue to flout the rules” in place “under extreme governmental over breaches, it could impose its to limit the spread of coronavirus, pressure if we continue to flout own sanctions. the chief executive of the Eng- the rules and guidance in place”. From this week, players and lish Football League (EFL) has There were high-profile in- staff at EFL clubs will be tested warned. stances of virus protocols being twice a week. Elite sport has been allowed to breached by EFL clubs -- those The EFL announced on Tuesday continue despite a fresh national in the second, third and fourth Brentford’s next two Champion- lockdown designed to slow down tiers of the English game -- over ship matches had been postponed the rate of Covid-19 infections. the FA Cup third-round weekend. due to recent positive Covid-19 However, a number of on and Championship side QPR admit- tests, including for manager off-field incidents, along with ted they should not have allowed Thomas Frank. an increase in positive test rates former player Eberechi Eze to The Premier League has en- among players, means the pro- attend their tie against Fulham, countered its own problems with fessional game is under intense while fourth-tier Crawley’s exu- fixtures being postponed, while TOKYO (Dispatches) -- Tokyo Tokyo 2020 CEO Muto Toshiro scrutiny from the government berant celebrations after their some top-flight players were 2020 organizing committee chief Yo- said that sports are powerful and and the public. win against Premier League side heavily criticised for attending shiro Mori promised that the Olym- can impress people. “It is our duty EFL chief Trevor Birch, in a Leeds broke social-distancing or hosting gatherings over the pic and Paralympic Games will be to think about how we can hold the letter to clubs, said football had rules. Christmas and New Year period. held as scheduled this summer. games instead of wondering what Mori made the remarks when ad- is going to happen to them,” Muto dressing approximately 3,500 com- said. Formula E Accelerates on Virtual Grid With New Series mittee staff members in an online Mori later said on another occa- BERLIN (Dispatches) - For- ner earning a real-life test drive. event. “We are determined to pro- sion that the Olympics will never mula E is forging a link between The new Accelerate series is ceed with preparations as planned be postponed again, according to e-sports fantasy and racing real- an extension of Formula E’s for the Olympic and Paralympic Kyodo news agency. ity. Race at Home Challenge, a Games this summer,” the former He was quoted as saying that it is The electric-car champion- virtual championship launched Japanese Prime Minister said. “absolutely impossible” to put off ship, which bills itself as the during the first wave of the pan- He said that even there are “any the games again because many of- only track competition in the demic, which forced the can- doubts” in his mind, it will affect ficials who have played a key role world that allows fans to impact cellation of the Sanya ePrix on everything, Japan’s state broad- in the preparations are loaned from the outcome of races by hav- southern China’s Hainan Island caster reported. other organizations. ing them vote for driver bonus last February. “We will go through this dark Mori said that Japan will deter- points, has launched a six-round Accelerate will feature a full tunnel together with you. Spring mine whether to admit overseas e-sports competition in which 24-car virtual grid and run on will eventually come. The morning fans during the Olympics and every full-time entrant will re- the rFactor 2 gaming platform will come after a long night. Be- Paralympics based on the situation ceive a share of a $125,000 using simulations of real-world lieve that, do your best to give joy of the COVID-19 pandemic in the prize pool, with the overall win- FE street circuits. and hope to many people,” he said. coming months.