6 October 1, 2019 Water Polo Wins Bronze at Haddadi Among FIBA Champions Cup All-Star Five Asian Age Group Championships (Tasnim) – Hamed 2019 after a dominating perfor- Haddadi from Iran has been mance on both ends of the floor BANGALORE, India (Dis- named among the All-Star Five to wrap up his second appearance patches) – Iran water polo team of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup in the competition. has claimed a bronze medal at the 2019. Joining Kirk in the All-Star Five 10th edition of the AASF Asian Age Haddadi helped Naft Abadan of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup Group Championships in Bangalore, finish in third place at the compe- 2019 are Wael Arakji of Riyadi, tition, held in , Thailand. teammate Daiki India. Alvark Tokyo’s was Tanaka, of Naft Iran defeated Uzbekistan 11-4 named the Most Valuable Player Abadan, and Kevin Murphy of and finished in third place in the of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup Muharraq. round-robin format. won the title, followed by in the tournament. Team USA Renew 4X400m Mixed Iran started the competition with Relay World Record at Worlds two loses against Japan and Ka- zakhstan but defeated India, Sri Lanka and before beating Uzbekistan. Hertha Rout 10-Man Cologne 4-0, Freiburg Move 3rd COLOGNE, Germany (AP) - Sub- run of play in the 23rd minute. stitute Vedad Ibisevic has scored two Ibisevic came on for Davie Selke in goals with his first two touches of the the 57th and scored a minute later, five ball in Hertha Berlin’s 4-0 rout of 10- minutes before he grabbed his second man Cologne in the Bundesliga. goal with his next touch. Hertha were given a helping hand Belgian defender Dedryck Boyata by VAR when Cologne defender completed the rout with his first Jorge Meré was sent off minutes be- Bundesliga goal in the 83rd as Hertha fore the break. Referee Soren Storks climbed to 10th and left Cologne in had shown Mere a yellow card for a 17th place after six rounds. late challenge on Vladimir Darida, Both teams posed together for a DOHA (Dispatches) -- The Unit- relay gold medal in the history of but changed it to red after consulting photo before the game to mark “Di- ed States have improved their own the biennial track and field gala, video replays. versity Day,” while Cologne players world record to win the 4X400 me- beating the world record of 3:12:42 Cologne had made a good start but also wore jerseys that had the spon- ters mixed relay title at the 2019 ath- they set on Saturday in the heats. Javairo Dilrosun scored against the sor’s name in rainbow colors. letics world championships. Jamaica achieved a national re- The American quartet clocked cord of 3:11.78 to take the silver three minutes, 9.34 seconds to while finish third with an Pedersen Wins Gold in Men’s Elite Race at Road Worlds claim the first ever mixed gender Asian record of 3:11.82. HARROGATE, England (AP) - he had gone too soon as Pedersen Mads Pedersen has won the men’s swept past him to win by a com- Doubles Defeat Doesn’t elite race at the Road World Cham- fortable margin. pionships in a surprise victory amid Gianni Moscon came in fourth Dent Djokovic’s Comeback heavy rain in northern England. ahead of three-time former world The 23-year-old Dane beat Mat- champion Peter Sagan. teo Trentin and Stefan Kung as the Organizers announced early Sun- race - 261 kilometers (162 miles) day that the route would be cut by in the cold and wet Yorkshire Dales 19 kilometers to 261 kilometers, - came down to a much-reduced bypassing the key climbs of But- sprint on Parliament Street. tertubs and Grinton Moor as flood- Trentin was first to open up as ing struck roads made famous by Denmark’s Mads Pedersen was the unlikely winner of the 2019 world they came past Bettys Cafe Tea the 2014 Grand Depart of the Tour road race in Harrogate Rooms but the Italian soon realized de France.

Mercedes One-Two Win Down to Teamwork - Hamilton Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, returns to Stan Wawrinka, of Switzerland, during round SOCHI, Russia (AFP) - fourth consecutive victory in four of the U.S. Open tennis championships Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019, in New York. Lewis Hamilton paid tribute Sunday’s race, the champions TOKYO (AP) -- Novak Djokov- der in his U.S. Open fourth-round ic’s return from injury had a stut- match against Stan Wawrinka, who on Monday to the respect and rediscovered their unity and tering start at the Japan Open, with was leading 6-4, 7-5, 2-1. team-work that enabled Mer- sense of purpose to take full defeat Monday in the opening round The fourth-seeded pair of Mate cedes to secure him victory in advantage. of doubles. Pavic and Bruno Soares beat a Yet for the No. 1-ranked Djokov- rusty Djokovic and Filip Kraji- an unexpected one-two for the Referring to his relationship ic, playing at the tournament for novic 6-2, 4-6, 10-4 in sweltering Silver Arrows in the Russian with team-mate Valtteri Bot- the first time, the result was less heat on the Colosseum show court Grand Prix. tas, the defending five-time important than emerging from the at a revamped Ariake Tennis For- match unscathed. est Park. The venue will stage the In stark contrast to the ra- champion said: “We work Djokovic had not played since Olympic tennis tournament next dio feuds, claims of a bro- together so it’s all about re- retiring with an injured left shoul- year. ken drivers’ agreement and spect, having respect and, I reliability problems that un- think that respect has been Spain Court Dismisses Fraud Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas celebrate with the Mercedes team did rivals Ferrari’s bid for a after the Formula One Russian Grand Prix in Sochi there since day one. Case Against Messi MADRID (AFP) - Spain’s Na- known” by the plaintiff. Runner Killed While Finishing 50km Race in Southeast Kansas tional Court on Monday said it The complaint had been filed in INDEPENDENCE, Kan. (AP) -- A meters) southwest of Kansas City, had dismissed a complaint against June by Federico Rettori, an Ar- Barcelona’s Lionel Messi filed by a gentine national living in Majorca runner has been killed by lightning as Missouri. former employee of the Argentine who formerly worked for Messi’s he was about to finish a 50 kilometer KSN-TV reports that Race Direc- footballer’s foundation, who had ac- charity. (31.07 mile) race in southeast Kansas. tor Carolyn Robinson says many cused him of fraud, embezzlement In it, he named the Barcelona Organizers of the FlatRock runners and officials tried to give and money laundering. striker, the charity, his father Jorge In dismissing the case, the judge and brother Rodrigo and “all the race said in a Facebook post that Stanley CPR and first-aid, but were wrote that the complaint “was people, as yet unidentified, who in 33-year-old Thomas Stanley, of An- unsuccessful. Robinson says his based on an account put together one form or another administered dover, was struck while competing wife was presented the medal he from stories in the press, without or managed the funds at the Leo in the race at the Elk City State Park, would have received. The couple bringing even a single element Messi Foundation,” the document that was personally and directly said. which is about 150 miles (240 kilo- had three children.