Infantino Offers Condolence Over Death of Iraj Danaeifard
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I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y DECEMBER 20, 2018 SPORTS 15 Infantino offers Ali Gholizadeh doubtful for condolence AFC Asian Cup SPORTS TEHRAN — Iran international midfielder deskAli Gholizadeh looks set to miss his country’s 2019 AFC Asian Cup due to a foot injury. over death of The Charleroi midfielder suffered an ankle sprain after a duel with Antonio Milic in Anderlecht match on Dec. 9. Iraj Danaeifard Gholizadeh left Belgium to join the Iranian delegation in Doha after consulting with SPORTS TEHRAN — FIFA Presi- World Cup. the doctors. deskdent Gianni Infantino ex- Danaeifard equalized the match in the “Ali went to Qatar to be tends his deepest sympathies to the family second half and secured Iran’s first ever World treated in a world-renowned and friends of Iranian football player Iraj Cup point, and their last for 20 years till a center, where his national Danaeifard who passed away last week. famous win over the United States. team is currently staying to Danaeifard died of a cardiac arrest in After the Asian Cup in Kuwait in 1980 he prepare for the Asian Cup,” Shiraz’s Namazi Hospital at the age of 67. announced his retirement from international Pierre-Yves Hendrickx, Gen- “I wish to extend my deepest sympathy football with 17 caps and 3 goals for Iran. eral Secretary of Sporting to Danaeifard’s family and Iranian football Danaeifard played for Iranian football Charleroi told dh.be. fans. Our thoughts and prayers go out to giants Taj from 1970 to 1972. He also Gholizadeh must be fit two weeks before the start of the his family,” said Infantino in a letter to Iran played for Iranian football clubs Oghab tournament. Football Federation President Mehdi Taj. and Pas. Iran national football team have been drawn with Iraq, Yemen Danaeifard was the scorer of the first In 1980, he moved to the United States and Vietnam in Group D of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. official goal for Iran national football team and started playing for the NASL team, the The competition was scheduled to take place from Jan. 5 to in the FIFA World Cup. Tulsa Roughnecks. He remained in the club Feb. 1 in the UAE. He scored against Scotland at the 1978 until 1984 when the league folded. Siamand Rahman decided Branko Ivankovic praises Iranian not to go for world record: celebration of Yalda Paralympic SPORTS TEHRAN — Persepolis football team Year) have their roots in ancient traditions,” Ivankovic desk TInternational Committee Paralympic (IPC)’s website has pub- head coach Branko Ivankovic praised told Tehran Times. lished an article about the world’s strongest powerlifters who the Iranian festival Yalda Night, saying the feast brings “These kinds of traditions have always brought the secures slots for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. the Iranians together. Iranian families together and make sense of friendship,” The world’s strongest Paralympian Siamand Rahman decided “Yalda,” a Syriac word which means birth was incor- the Croat added. not to go for the world record this time but still easily won the porated into the Persian language. A celebration of the Persepolis are going to win the Iran Professional men’s over 107kg after clearing the bar at 285kg. Winter Solstice according to the solar calendar which League (IPL) for the third time in a row, Ivankovic said, Rahman finished first at the Asia-Oceania Open Pow- this year falls on Friday, Dec. 21, considered the shortest “I’ve already said Persepolis want to win all the trophies. erlifting Championships which took place in Kitakyushu, day of the year. We’ve previously won IPL twice and want to defend it Japan in September. “Iranians have preserve their customs and traditions for the third time. We’ve won Super Cup and we want to The 30-year old Paralympian broke the 300kg barrier in the for thousands of years. Yalda and Nowruz (Persian New win Hazfi Cup and AFC Champions League.” men´s over 107kg at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, lifting an unprecedented 310kg. Al Somah: This is Syria’s time to shine (Source: Paralympic.org) Omar Al Somah has urged his Syrian netted over 100 times in four seasons with tralia might not be important, but we always teammates to make the most of a once Saudi Arabia’s Al Ahli club. play to win in every match.” in a generation opportunity and produce “We started a new era, a more serious one. Unable to play matches on home soil, Iranian woman cyclist Dehghan a performance to remember at the AFC Everyone knows the importance of the Asian Syria have struggled somewhat in friendly Asian Cup UAE 2019. Cup and we are not there just to participate, matches staged in West, East and Central joins MEXX–Watersley The Qasioun Eagles have never survived we want to compete for the title. Asia during their build-up to the Finals, with the group stage at the Continental Finals, “The team has developed and become recent wins in Bahrain and Kuwait their TEHRAN — Mandana Dehghan from Iran joined the Nether- but the current Syrian side is one with ample better since the World Cup Qualifiers, espe- first since Stange’s appointment in January. land’s MEXX–Watersley International Women’s Cycling Team. reason to believe they are capable of going cially with the new coach. Everyone noticed But, with four international goals to his She is the first ever female Iranian rider to join a European team. to the knockout stage and beyond. that during the friendly matches. name in 2018, there have been few complaints Mandana has joined MEXX–Watersley from the UCI Wom- Prolific striker Al Somah and 2017 AFC “The team is complete, no one is missing, the World Cup. They have developed from about Al Somah’s individual contribution, en’s Team, Al Asayl Cycling Team. Player of the Year Omar Khribin are the and we promise our fans that we will play the match we played against them, but also and the goal machine said there are no ex- She finished in 7th place in the 2018 Asian Games held in spearheads of a talented Syrian squad, which in a way to make our country proud and our team has developed a lot, it is not the cuses for his team come January. Jakarta, Indonesia. went within 180 minutes of qualifying for happy, and we will not settle for less than same side who played against Australia in “Our team is complete, we are not missing “MEXX–Watersley is happy to announce we have signed the 2018 FIFA World Cup before losing a the semi-finals.” Malaysia and Sydney (in September 2017),” anything,” he declared. “We thank the Syr- Mandana Dehghan. We are proud to support her to develop play-off thriller to reigning Asian champions Syria’s Matchday Three clash with the he explained. ian Football Association who hired a good as a rider in 2019,” the Dutch club announced on its website. Australia 3-2 over two legs. Socceroos is the one which leaps off the page “Our schedule will be against Palestine, international coach who has a modern style Syria are set to face the Australians again when assessing Group B, which also features then Jordan, then Australia, so our concen- of play and has developed the team a lot in in the UAE but Al Somah isn’t interested Jordan and Palestine. tration will be on the first match, then after a short time.” in looking back, preferring to focus on a Head coach Bernd Stange has said Syria’s that the second match, and we hope we will “As I said, we are not going to play just Mohammad Naderi close to competition he believes his side are capable World Cup exit will serve as extra motiva- go to the match against Australia with six for participation, but also to compete for of winning. tion in that clash, but Al Somah stressed points, and already qualified. the title.” joining Persepolis in January “The match against Australia in the the important of remaining focused on one “The coach knows the team, and the most Syria’s AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 cam- World Cup qualifiers is from the past, game at a time. important thing is to qualify to the second paign begins against Palestine on January 6. PLDC — Iranian center back Mohammad Naderi has been re- it is gone,” said the star striker, who has “Everyone saw the Australian team in round. At that stage, the result against Aus- (Source: the-afc) portedly linked with a move to Persepolis football team. The 22-year-old defender currently plays in Belgian club K.V. Kortrijk. India said no to Iran friendly match, says coach Constantine Persepolis should pay 70,000 euros to the Belgian first division India national team head coach Stephen Constantine has who are playing in the Asian Cup,” said Constantine. team to sign him on loan. claimed that he turned down a request from Iran head “We couldn’t manage more matches, but it wasn’t for Iranian media reports suggest that the player’s agent has coach Carlos Queiroz for a friendly match between the the lack of trying,” he said explaining how such practice reached an agreement with Persepolis and the 22-year-old two sides ahead of the AFC Asian Cup 2019. matches are scheduled. “Most of the times, it is the coaches player will most likely join the Iranian giants in the January India will make an appearance in the Asian Cup at who let know if they are interested.