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Iranian Greco-Roman Wrestlers Crowned in 2018 Cadet World 6 July 10, 2018 Iranian Greco-Roman Wrestlers Crowned Iranian Referee Still Hopeful to Officiate in 2018 Cadet World Championships FIFA World Cup Final TEHRAN (Press TV) - The claimed the bronze medal. national Iranian cadet Greco- In the 60-kilogram weight class, Roman wrestling team has put in Iran’s Shahin Eidi Badaghi Mofrad impressive displays of grappling failed to prevail over Serhat Kirik skills at the 2018 Cadet Wrestling from Turkey and claimed a silver World Championships in Croatia, medal. and been crowned as the champion The bronze medal went to of the prestigious international Azerbaijani athlete Adam Hajizada sports event after more than two and French wrestler Gagik Mishai decades. Snjoyan. The young Iranian sportsmen Iranian cadet wrestler Hossein tallied 130 points to be awarded the Afrasiyab Ghasemi bagged a top team prize of the tournament bronze medal in the 65-kilogram in the Croatian capital city of category. Zagreb on Sunday night. They had Muslim Imadaev from Russia snatched two gold, two silver and Members of the national Iranian cadet Greco-Roman wrestling team won the gold medal after defeating two bronze medals. pose for a photograph after clinching title at the 2018 Cadet Wrestling Armenian rival They were followed by World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, on July 8, 2018. Shant Khachatryan in the final representatives from Russia, who contest. Iranian football referee Alireza Faghani notched up 108 points to claim the Amirbek Sultonov from won the bronze medal. Iran’s Mohammad Aziz Naghousi TEHRAN (IFP) - Iranian For the time being, 13 teams second spot. Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan’s Din Sajjad Javid Abbaspourragani also got a bronze medal in the football referee Alireza Faghani of referees have remained in the Wrestlers from Turkey and Mukhamed Koshkar shared the also collected a silver medal for 80-kilogram section. still has a good chance to be 2018 World Cup with only four Georgia sat in the third and fourth bronze medal. the Islamic Republic of Iran after Karen Khachatryan from appointed as the main judge matches left. Now, it’s up to places with 91 and 89 points In the 92-kilogram medal bout, failing to defeat Uzbek wrestler Armenia beat Georgian opponent of the FIFA World Cup’s final the Fédération Internationale de respectively. Mohammad Ghorbanali Nosrati Abror Atabaev in the final Giorgi Tsopurashvili and received match thanks to his excellent Football Association (FIFA) to Amirhossein Khounsari claimed overcame Aleksei Mileshin from competition of the 48-kilogram the gold medal. performance during the decide about the arrangements the gold medal in the 55-kilogram Russia. weight division. The 2018 Cadet Wrestling World international tournament. of the referee teams in the class after defeating Giorgi Pertaia American Jacob John Kaminski Indian contestant Arshad Arshad Championships started on July 2, The Iranian referee Faghani upcoming matches. from Georgia. and Osman Ayaydin from Turkey and Kazakhstan’s Iskhar Kurbayev and concluded on July 8, 2018. and his assistants Mohammad- If Faghani is given a match Reza Mansouri and Reza in the semi-final stage in the Sokhandan have already shined coming days, it means his career France Eye World Cup Final But Belgium Have Henry Factor in the three important matches in the 2018 World Cup will come showpiece in Moscow. goals in their group matches they officiated during the World to an end but in case he is not Former Arsenal and Barcelona but have now hit their stride, Cup underway in Russia, i.e. given a match, we will see him forward Henry, who was part of dominating Uruguay after beating Germany vs Mexico, Serbia vs definitely judging one of the two the squad that won the World Cup Argentina. Brazil, and France vs Argentina. final matches next week. on home soil 20 years ago, is now France will start the semi-final in The three Iranian referees Originally a player in the lower alongside Belgium coach Roberto Saint Petersburg as favorites, with have fulfilled all expectations Iranian leagues, he became a Martinez and eyeing the chinks in an impressive mix of youth and but the changes to the table referee and joined the FIFA-elite France’s armor. experience allied to tournament of the remaining matches are list just one year after making his A slick Belgium side boasting nous after they reached the Euro decreasing their chance for top-flight debut. the talents of Kevin De Bruyne, 2016 final. judging the final match, a report In his career, the Iranian referee Eden Hazard and Romelu Lukaku With Hugo Lloris impressing in by Al-Alam news website said. has officiated the finals of the are the only team to have won all goal and a solid midfield of Paul Europeans view themselves 2014 AFC Champions League, their matches in Russia and are Pogba and N’Golo Kante, the one as the owners of football in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, 2015 the top scorers, with 14 goals. potential weakness for France world and now the last four teams Club World Cup and the 2016 Confidence is sky-high after could be their inexperienced entering the final stage are from Olympics. France football team to take on Belgium on Tuesday. they ousted Neymar’s Brazil in defense. Europe. This, according to Al- Faghani was at the 2014 World the quarter-finals but they will Belgium’s Thomas Meunier Alam, has given the Europeans Cup, but was named as a fourth ST. PETERSBURG (AFP) - downfall from the dugout of come up against formidable will miss the game after picking the upper hand in choosing the official for the opener between World Cup favorites France are opponents Belgium. opponents in France as they try to up a second yellow card but referees of the final matches. Brazil and Croatia. targeting the final in Russia two The European neighbors meet in reach a first ever World Cup final. France will be buoyed by the decades after their 1998 triumph Tuesday’s first semi-final in Saint Didier Deschamps’ side, with return of defensive midfielder with one of their greatest players, Petersburg for the right to play Antoine Griezmann and Kylian Blaise Matuidi, after sitting out a Croatia ‘Stopped Messi’ So Can Thierry Henry, plotting their England or Croatia in Sunday’s Mbappe up front, struggled for suspension of his own. Cope With Kane: Dalic Vettel Wins British GP, Hamilton Fight Back LONDON (Dispatches) -Ferrari’s car intervention. Sebastian Vettel passed the Mercedes of The decision promoted Bottas, Valtteri Bottas to win a British Grand who had run second from the start, Prix full of action as Lewis Hamilton to the lead ahead of Vettel, while it fought up from the back of the field to gained Hamilton two places on the take second. track, propelling him to third ahead Hamilton drove superbly to recover of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and from a first-lap collision with Vettel’s Raikkonen. team-mate Kimi Raikkonen, and It was a gamble that paid off for the the result hinged on two late-race Briton - winning him crucial points in safety cars, when world champion his title fight with Vettel and limiting Hamilton’s Mercedes team took a the damage that could have been strategic gamble. caused after the first lap - but failed Croatia beat Messi’s Argentina 3-0 on their way to topping group D Unlike rivals Ferrari and Red Bull, with Bottas, who ran out of tyres and Mercedes chose not to pit both their was passed by Vettel, Hamilton and MOSCOW (Dispatches) - stop Messi and Christian Eriksen drivers for fresh tyres at the first safety Raikkonen before the end of the race. Hamilton started on pole but lost the lead off the line with wheelspin... Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic so hopefully we can stop Kane.” has said his side has already Having not scored in an “managed to stop Messi” and so England shirt for nearly three Federer Downs Mannarino to Stay in Hunt for 9th Wimbledon Title can cope with England’s Harry years, Manchester City forward Kane in Wednesday’s semi-final. Sterling has been criticized by LONDON (Reuters) – match of it. The teams meet in Moscow some supporters and pundits. Champion Roger Federer’s The world number 26 became to compete for a place in the However, ex-England and pursuit of a record ninth the first man to reach break points 15 July final after Dalic’s side Manchester United pair David Wimbledon title gathered against the 36-year-old at the All overcame hosts Russia on Beckham and Gary Neville Saturday. have voiced their support for the momentum on Monday as he England Club this year, but failed Dalic identified top-scorer 23-year-old and Dalic also rates reached the quarter-finals with a to convert any of them as Federer Kane and Raheem Sterling him highly. 6-0 7-5 6-4 win over Frenchman made it to at least the last eight of as threats in a team with “no The 51-year-old coach, who Adrian Mannarino. the grasscourt major for the 16th glaring weaknesses”. has only been in charge of the Federer was in blinding form time. “But we believe in our national side since October, was during the first set, which blazed He will next play either another strengths,” he said. “We don’t asked about England’s strengths by in 16 minutes, but after the Frenchman, Gael Monfils, or fear England.” and weaknesses and said: “I Swiss missed four break points in South African eighth seed Kevin “Kane is top scorer - he’s not wouldn’t say there are any easy to stop.
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