Iranian Shooter Wins Bronze in World University Shooting Championships
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6 March 18, 2018 Iranian Shooter Wins Bronze in World Raptor Top University Shooting Championships Mavericks 122-115 TEHRAN (Press TV) - Iranian Malaysian capital city of Kuala female sports shooter Najmeh Lumpur, and recorded a score of Khedmati has put on a fine display 441.2 points to claim the bronze of skills at the 2018 International medal. University Sports Federation Two contestants from the Czech (FISU) World University Shooting Republic received the gold and Championships, and managed to silver medals, having accumu- take home a bronze medal. lated 553.5 and 551.2 points re- On Saturday, the 21-year-old spectively. 2014 Asian Games gold medalist The 2018 FISU World Univer- vied for the top honor in wom- sity Shooting Championships en’s 50-meter rifle 3 positions kicked off on March 14, and will individual competitions in the Iranian female sports shooter Najmeh Khedmati (file photo) wrap up on March 18, 2018. Toronto Raptors guard Fred VanVleet (23) drives past Dallas Mavericks forward Doug McDermott (20) during first half NBA basketball action in Toronto on Friday March 16, 2018. Historic 13th World Cup Win for Hirscher TORONTO (AP) — The To- Barnes with 5:43 remaining, tered a select club containing spite a costly mistake, and he did ronto Raptors are on top of the but four points from DeRozan only two others members as he not buckle on the second run as Eastern Conference and learn- cut it to 101-97 with 4:32 left. matched the number of wins he chased his place in skiing his- ing how to deal with the view. Toronto kept coming, pull- achieved by skiing legends In- tory. gemar Stenmark of Sweden in The Austrian was followed DeMar DeRozan made the ing within two on a pair of 1978-79 and Austrian Hermann home in his 58th career World game-winning basket in over- free throws by DeRozan and, Maier in 2000-2001. Cup success by Norway’s Henrik time and the Raptors rallied after a Dallas turnover, tying The victory was Hirscher’s Kristoffersen, quickest in the sec- to match the longest winning it at 106 on DeRozan’s jumper sixth in a World Cup giant slalom ond leg, at .23sec with France’s this season, he also won seven Victor Muffat-Jeandet at .26s. streak in franchise history, with 1:15 to go in regulation. slaloms. Hirscher arrived at the Swedish topping the Dallas Mavericks Each team turned the ball In 24 hours he could set a new ski resort of Are for the World 122-115 on Friday for their over before Barnes missed a outright record if he wins his fa- Cup finals this week already as- 11th consecutive win. jumper with 24 seconds left vored slalom, which brings the sured of his fifth giant slalom DeRozan scored 29 points and VanVleet grabbed the re- curtain down on the 2017/2018 crystal globe. He has also se- Marcel Hirscher won the Giant Slalom on Saturday in Are, Sweden, for season on Sunday. cured a record seventh overall and Jonas Valanciunas had 21 bound. After a timeout, DeRo- a record-equalling 13th World Cup victory in a single season Last month’s Olympic gold World Cup title in a memorable points and 12 rebounds as the zan let the clock wind down ÅRE (Sweden) (AFP) - Mar- to equal the record of 13 wins in a medallist in the giant slalom and season in which he secured his Raptors (52-17) won for the before driving and kicking to cel Hirscher took the season clos- single campaign. combined was half a second clear first Olympic title at his third 18th time in 19 games. Serge Ibaka, who missed a ing giant slalom on Saturday The 29-year-old Austrian en- of his rivals after the first leg de- Games. Kyle Lowry got the night off potential game-winning shot. to rest as the Raptors played DeRozan also missed before Stuttgart Beat Freiburg 2-1 in German Bundesliga the second game of the back- the buzzer, sending it to over- to-back. Toronto won at Indi- time. BERLIN (Dispatches) - Mario foot. Hence, it took the hosts eight ana on Thursday. Five of Dallas’ 12 turnovers Gomez’ brace has helped Stuttgart minutes into the second half to Delon Wright scored 15 came in the fourth quarter. to move 2-1 past Freiburg at the restore parity as Nils Petersen uti- points and Fred VanVleet had VanVleet and Dallas’ Dwight opener of the 27th round in Bundes- lized Nicolas Hoefler’s through liga. ball to chip the ball over Stuttgart 14, helping Toronto improve Powell each made a 3 in over- Stuttgart extended Freiburg’s custodian Ron-Robert Zieler. to an NBA-best 29-5 at home. time before DeRozan drove winless run to four games as Mario Stuttgart remained unimpressed Dallas had won three of four. for the tiebreaking basket with Gomez provided one goal each half and had the last laugh as Gomez Harrison Barnes scored 27 53 seconds left. to edge Christian Streich’s men on sealed his brace after volleying points for the Mavericks, Den- Valanciunas sealed it by the road. home Andreas Beck’s cross into The “Swabians” caught a fairy- the box with 73 minutes into the nis Smith Jr. had 19 and J.J. making five of six at the free- tale start into the clash as Gomez encounter. Barea 18. throw line in the final 10 sec- headed home Dennis Aogo free Freiburg pressed for the two-all “A lot of positives, just not onds. kick from the right wing to break draw but Stuttgart defended deep the W,” Mavericks coach Rick “We had it going there on the deadlock with just four minutes and protected their narrow lead to Carlisle said. a lot of cylinders,” Nowit- played. the end. Mario Gomez pulls away in celebration after his first of the night. Freiburg wobbled and were un- With the result, Stuttgart jump Up 84-78 to begin the fourth, zki said. “Just couldn’t close, able to respond whereas the visi- from the 10th to the 8th place for Stuttgart’s head coach Tayfun Kor- The following fixtures are sched- Dallas stretched its lead to couldn’t finish, which is dis- tors failed to overcome goalkeeper the moment meanwhile Freiburg kut said. uled for Saturday: Borussia Mon- 101-93 on a jump shot by appointing.” Alexander Schwolow for a second stay on the 14th position. “It was extremely hard for us. We chengladbach host Hoffenheim, goal despite promising chances “We played very well in the first did well in the second half but we Eintracht Frankfurt see Mainz, from Gomez and Christian Gentner half. The equalizer shocked us but are currently not able to work out Augsburg face Werder Bremen, within the first half. we assumed control again. We many chances. But no reproach to relegation threatened Hamburg en- FIFA Lifts Three-Decade After the restart, Freiburg came knew it would be tough. In the end, the team,” Freiburg’s head coach counter Hertha Berlin and Wolfs- out strong and started on the front it was a deserved victory for us,” Christian Streich said. burg take on runner up Schalke. Ban on Iraq Hosting Kasatkina Beats Williams; Osaka Ousts Halep at Indian Wells International Matches INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) It was, for both up-and-comers. beating the 37-year-old American end.’’ BOGOTA (AFP) - FIFA has lifted its three-decade ban on -- Daria Kasatkina has upset Venus Osaka put away Halep on her and advancing to the biggest final After losing the first set, Kasat- Iraq hosting international football, a move hailed by the coun- Williams 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 in a nearly third match point when the Roma- of her young career. kina was visited by her coach on try’s sports authorities on Saturday as a boost for its most three-hour baseline struggle and nian netted a backhand. Williams won her first four match- court. Philippe Dehaes told her, Naomi Osaka routed top-ranked Si- Ranked 44th, the Japan-born es at Indian Wells in straight sets, ‘’She’s 37, you’re 20. Make her popular game. mona Halep 6-3, 6-0 in 64 minutes to Osaka opened the tournament by including a 6-3, 6-4 victory over work a lot.’’ “We are allowing international matches to be staged in the set up a final between two 20-year- beating Maria Sharapova in the sister Serena in the third round. The When she wasn’t trading shots cities of Arbil, Basra and Karbala,” FIFA president Gianni olds. first round. She defeated No. 31 eighth seed was trying to reach the from the baseline, a nervy Kasat- Infantino told reporters after a meeting of the FIFA Council ‘’We are coming,’’ Kasatkina Agnieszka Radwanska and No. 5 final for the first time in seven ap- kina fooled Williams with drop said, smiling. ‘’Very soon.’’ Karolina Pliskova on her way to pearances in the desert, including a shots, including two that landed in Bogota. Kasatkina was two points from the final, dropping just one set in 15-year absence when she and her just over the net near the sideline. The three cities had been allowed to organize friendlies in defeat, trailing 4-5 and 0-30 in the six matches. sister boycotted the event. The Russian tossed up lobs over the the past year provided the security situation was “stable”. third set when Williams committed Kasatkina has defeated four top- Williams had 45 winners - 15 6-foot-1 American - some worked, Iraq will host Qatar and Syria for a friendly tournament four straight errors as the Russian 20 opponents at the same tourna- more than Kasatkina - and 63 un- some didn’t, but she remained un- tied it 5-all.