6 February 23, 2021 Raptors Turn Back 76ers 110-103 Iranian Athletes Preparing for World for 4th Straight Win Deaf Wrestling Championship TEHRAN (MNA) – Iranian deaf Greco Roman wrestlers have started their training sessions to prepare for the upcoming international wrestling championships. The cadet and junior deaf wrestlers held the first session of their 10-day training camp in the western city of Sanandaj, Kordestan province, on Sunday. The Iranian athletes will prepare themselves for the World Deaf Wrestling Championship, TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Pascal it wasn’t pretty,’’ Nurse said which will be held in Trabzon, Turkey, in May- Siakam and Fred VanVleet each of his 6-foot-10, 260-pound June. had 23 points and the Toronto center. ‘’I thought he put his Raptors beat the Philadelphia body on him just enough. He 76ers 110-103 for their fourth got called for some, but that’s straight victory Sunday night. OK.’’ Dodig, Polasek Win Australian Open Men’s Doubles Title Chris Boucher scored all 17 of Ben Simmons paced Phila- MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Hantuchova and dedicated the his points for the Raptors in the delphia (20-11) with 28 points Ivan Dodig and Filip Polasek title to his newborn daughter. final 14 minutes, hitting five and nine rebounds. have won their first Grand Slam The duo dominated the final 3-pointers over six minutes in The 76ers led 55-52 after an title together, taking down de- at Rod Laver Arena, breaking a 19-10 stretch that pulled the 18-point first half by Simmons, fending Australian Open men’s their opponents’ serve once in Raptors ahead for good. who had missed two games doubles champions Rajeev Ram each set during the 88-minute ‘’They got me open and I shot with a stomach virus after scor- and Joe Salisbury 6-3 6-4 in the contest. with confidence. Then when I ing 42 points in a loss at Utah. final. Such was their domination made them I felt good about Philadelphia shot 39% for the It was the first Grand Slam that they created 15 breakpoint taking the next one,’’ said game. triumph for Polasek, 35, who opportunities in the match Boucher, who also had a big The Raptors had erased an came out of retirement in 2018, while not allowing Ram and fourth-quarter block of Phila- early 14-point deficit by hit- while Croatia’s Dodig won his Salisbury a single look at their delphia center Joel Embiid. ting five 3-pointers - four by second men’s doubles title after own serve. Coming off a 50-point out- Van Vleet - in a span of 2 1/2 winning the 2015 French Open The defeat denied Ram, 36, a burst against Chicago on Fri- minutes. with Marcelo Melo. double at Melbourne Park this day night, Embiid had 25 Boucher’s big shooting spurt Polasek became only the sec- year after he paired with Barbo- points and 17 rebounds for the late in the game was less ex- ond Slovakian player to win a Croatia’s Ivan Dodig (right) and partner Slovakia’s Filip Polasek pose ra Krejcikova to win the mixed 76ers, who lost their fourth pected. Grand Slam after Daniela with the championship trophy in Melbourne on Feb 21, 2021. doubles title on Saturday. consecutive road game. But he VanVleet and Boucher hit five made only six of 20 shots from 3s each and the Raptors shot 14 the field, and the Sixers went 5 for 34 from behind the arc. Inter Dominate Milan Derby in for 21 in the fourth quarter. Toronto Raptors guard Fred Toronto coach Nick Nurse VanVleet (23) shoots over United teammate in the dro Tonali. gave much of the credit for Philadelphia 76ers forward To- quarterfinals last month. But just as Milan were starting to the defense on Embiid to Aron bias Harris (12) during the sec- Both sides had a relatively full pin them back, Inter scored a second Baynes. ond half of an NBA basketball squad to choose from, as Christian with a well-worked team goal in the ‘’We kind of had to have game Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021, in Eriksen got the nod in midfield for 56th minute, as Eriksen’s through- him in there. When we didn’t, Tampa, Fla. Inter, while Ibrahimovic led Mi- ball released Perisic to pull back for lan’s starting line-up and goalkeeper Martinez to tap in from close range. marked his Lukaku added a sensational third Barcelona’s Wining Ended by 200th Serie A appearance. 10 minutes later when the hitman Inter started strong and broke the sprinted from midfield before beat- Last Minute Penalty deadlock in under five minutes, as ing Donnarumma with a ferocious Lukaku’s square ball was blocked strike. by Simon Kjaer, but the Belgian fol- With the win, Inter now have a lowed up to float a cross for the un- four-point lead over Milan at the top marked Martinez to steer in a twist- of the Serie A table. FC Inter’s Romelu Lukaku scores during a Serie A football match ing header. Elsewhere, Napoli dropped to sev- between AC Milan and FC Inter in Milan, Italy, Feb. 21, 2021. For Milan, Theo Hernandez saw his enth after a 4-2 defeat away to Ata- weak right-footed strike whistle past lanta. The Partenopei have been dec- ROME (Xinhua) -- The highly-an- della Madonnina in recent years, not the post, while at the other end Ivan imated by injuries lately, and striker ticipated Milan derby turned out to be only because it was a head-to-head Perisic forced Donnarumma into a Victor Osimhen was stretchered off a lop-sided one, as swept for the top spot, with only one point one-handed save, and Martinez’s in stoppage time after a clash of aside city rivals AC Milan 3-0 on Sun- separating the two teams, but also follow-up ballooned over the bar. heads. day, with Lautaro Martinez bagging because of the clash between Zlatan The Rossoneri had an aggressive Also on Sunday, 10-man Beneven- a brace and Inter goalkeeper Samir Ibrahimovic and Romelu Lukaku, as start after the break, but Handanovic to held Roma 0-0, while Parma Handanovic playing heroics. the Swede was suspected of racially performed a series of saves to deny shared spoils with Udinese in a 2-2 It was the most eye-catching Derby insulting his former Manchester attempts from Ibrahimovic and San- draw. Cadiz, who beat Barcelona 2-1 earlier in the season, get a last-minute draw BARCELONA (Dispatches) - Lio- - was all they had to show despite Man City Stay 10 Points Clear of Man United, Leicester nel Messi scored on his club-record controlling 81% possession and hav- LONDON (Reuters) - Manchester City have chalked up yet another It was their 13th Premier League win in a row, and 18th in all com- 506th appearance but Bar- ing 20 shots. victory to maintain their stranglehold of the Premier League title race petitions, equaled a club-record 11 successive away wins and kept celona could only bounce back from For the Argentine, who is out of but pursuers Manchester United and Leicester City both secured impor- them 10 points ahead of the pack at the top. their Champions League defeat by contract at Barca in the summer tant wins to enhance their top-four bids on Sunday. Manchester City’s English midfielder Raheem Sterling (left) jumps Paris St-Germain with a draw against and whose future at the Nou Camp Raheem Sterling’s header after 75 seconds was enough for City to to head home the opening goal of the English Premier League foot- Cadiz. remains a key point in the club’s win 1-0 at Arsenal - a result much more comfortable than the narrow ball match between Arsenal and Manchester City at the Emirates Sta- Messi’s first-half penalty after Pe- upcoming presidential elections, it scoreline suggests. dium in London on Feb 21, 2021. dri was felled and cancelled out by was a milestone day as he passed Alex Fernandez’s last-minute pen- former team-mate Xavi to set a new alty. club record for Barca appearances in Cadiz’s equaliser, from their only Spain’s top flight. Mathieu Van der Poel’s Team Out of UAE Tour After Positive Coronavirus Test shot on goal, ended Barca’s seven- Inspired Cadiz goalkeeper Jeremi- DUBAI (Dispatches) - Ma- ers RCS. Riders will be tested match-winning run in La Liga. as Ledesma, who was instrumental thieu van der Poel is out of the on 25 and 26 February. Barcelona could have moved to in their 2-1 win over Barca in De- within six points of leaders Atletico cember, was again hugely influential UAE Tour, following a positive Tour de France winner Tadej Madrid if they had overcome Cadiz, as he made a string of saves to keep coronavirus test for an Alpecin- Pogacar has taken the lead after who brought their four-game losing out Messi and Antoine Griezmann. Fenix team member. finishing fourth in Monday’s in- run to an end with their late dramat- Frenkie de Jong and Pedri both The Dutchman, who led af- dividual time trial. ics at the Nou Camp. also had goals disallowed before the Apart from Ruben Sobrino bun- break and Ousmane Dembele was ter winning stage one, did not The 22-year-old Slovenian, dling an awkward shot wide just lively for the hosts, but Cadiz earned start Monday’s second stage, who rides for UAE Team Emir- minutes after Messi gave Barca the their point with a stoic defensive dis- because his team withdrew to ates, won last year’s Tour in lead, Cadiz rarely threatened. play. “safeguard the race bubble”. spectacular fashion by winning But the hosts were left frustrated as Clement Lenglet’s foul on Sobrino Messi’s penalty - coolly taken after ultimately proved decisive to give “Those who came into contact an individual time trial on the Mathieu van der Poel (L) won Sunday’s opening stage of the UAE Tour but Pedri was sandwiched in a tackle away the late penalty, with Fernan- are self-isolating,” said organiz- his team pulled out of the race Monday following a positive Covid-19 test penultimate stage of the race. between Salvi and Isaac Carcelen dez converting.