6 July 9, 2017

Alipour Wins Gold at Taftian Claims ’s Third Gold in IFSC Climbing World Cup Asian Athletics Championships a time of 10.25 secs. He defeated the 22nd Asian Athletics Champi- defending champion of Qatar Femi onships. Seun who came second with 10.26 Niadoost came third with a time of secs. 3:48.53 in the event. Yang Chun-han from Chinese The gold medal went to Ajay Ku- Taipei claimed the bronze medal, mar Saroj who clocked 3:45.85. clocking 10.31secs. Jamal Hairane from Qatar claimed Iran’s discus thrower Ehsan Had- the silver medal with a time of dadi and shot putter Ali Samari have 3:46.90. previously won two gold medals in Iran’s discus thrower Ehsan Had- the competition. dadi, shot putter Ali Samari and The 2017 Asian Athletics Champi- sprinter Hassan Taftian have previ- onships are the 22nd edition of the ously won three gold medals in the Iranian speed climber Reza Alipour Shenazandifard Asian Athletics Championships. It competition. is underway from 6 July to 9 July The 2017 Asian Athletics Champi- (Dispatches) - Iranian The IFSC Climbing World Cup 2017 at the Kalinga Stadium in onships are the 22nd edition of the speed climber Reza Alipour Shena- Villars 2017 started in Switzerland Bhubaneswar, . Asian Athletics Championships. It zandifard has put on impressive dis- on July 7, and finished the yester- TEHRAN (Dispatches) - Iran’s the 22nd Asian Athletics Champi- Meanwhile, Moslem Niadoost is underway from 6 July to 9 July plays at theInternational Federation day. Hassan Taftian has seized the gold onships. from Iran also has claimed a bronze 2017 at the Kalinga Stadium in of Sport Climbing (IFSC) Climbing The tournament is being held in medal in the Men’s 100 meters at Taftian won the gold medal with medal at the men’s 1500m final of Bhubaneswar, India. World Cup Villars 2017 in Switzer- women’s lead, women’s speed, land, and finished as the champion men’s lead and men’s speed sec- to snatch the gold medal. tions. Vettel Fastest in Final Austrian GP Practice On Saturday, the 23-year-old is a race in its “Vertical World’s Fastest Man” purest form. Two contestants face SPIELBERG, Austria (Reuters) – nated the first two practice sessions took part in the men’s lead com- each other while moving up the Ferrari’s Formula One leader Sebastian but can start no higher than sixth after petitions, and set 5.63 seconds to ice in this disciple, and the faster Vettel looked a good bet for pole posi- his team revealed that his car needed claim the top position of the chart climber wins. tion after posting the fastest time in final an unscheduled gearbox change, in- at the prestigious sporting event, Lead climbing, on the other hand, practice for the Austrian Grand Prix on curring a mandatory five place grid the Islamic Republic of Iran Moun- emphasizes on strength and tech- Saturday. drop. The triple world champion’s taineering and Sport Climbing Fed- niques. Climbers go up the ice The German, 14 points clear of Mer- Finnish team mate Valtteri Bottas was eration website reported. alone and try to reach a specific cedes’s Lewis Hamilton after eight third fastest, 0.423 off Vettel’s pace, Russia’s Stanislav Kokorin end point within a given amount of races, was 0.269 seconds quicker than with compatriot Kimi Raikkonen clocked 6.11 seconds to land in the time. his British rival, who suffered a front fourth for Ferrari. Dutch teenager Max second spot and collected the silver To practice the sport at the highest right brake failure that sent him off at Verstappen was fifth fastest at his Red medal. Vladislav Deulin, another level of competition, it takes ath- Turn Three. Bull team’s scenic home circuit with contestant from Russia, got the letes with strategic insight, power, Mercedes said the relevant parts Australian team mate Daniel Ricciar- bronze medal. precision and full commitment. would be replaced for qualifying. Vet- do, winner of the dramatic previous tel’s time was the fastest lap yet of race in Azerbaijan, sixth. the Red Bull Ring, with a time of one The two Haas cars of Kevin Mag- minute 05.092 seconds on ultrasoft nussen and Romain Grosjean were Nadal Advances to Fourth tyres. seventh and eighth, followed by the Ferrari’s Formula One leader Sebastian Vettel looked a good bet for Hamilton had held the previous re- Toro Rossos of Daniil Kvyat and Car- pole position after posting the fastest time in final practice for the Round at Wimbledon cord, set on Friday. Hamilton domi- los Sainz. Austrian Grand Prix on Saturday. Manchester United Agree Fee for Everton’s Lukaku MANCHESTER (Dispatches) making him the club’s second - Manchester United have agreed most expensive signing after a fee with Everton for the transfer last year’s world record deal for of Belgian international striker French midfielder Paul Pogba. Romelu Lukaku subject to medical Lukaku, who also attracted in- and personal terms, the Premier terest from former club Chel- League side said on Saturday. sea, scored 25 league goals in “MUFC is delighted to an- 37 matches for Everton in the nounce a fee has been agreed last campaign, four behind Tot- with Everton for the transfer of tenham Hotspur’s Golden Boot- Romelu Lukaku, subject to a winning striker Harry Kane. medical & personal terms,” the The striker, who has also scored club said on its verified Twitter 20 goals for Belgium, rejected a Two-time champion Rafael Nadal advanced to the fourth round at feed. new contract at Everton in March Wimbledon with a straight-set win over Russia’s Karen Khachanov British media reported that the and will reunite with United (Xinhua) - Rafael 34 in the world, half an hour to get fee for the 24-year-old would Lukaku wants to leave Everton this summer and United have stolen a manager Jose Mourinho, under Nadal has defeated big-serving a service hold on the board, in the be around 75 million pounds, march on Chelsea. whom he served at Chelsea. Karen Khachanov in straight sets first game of the second set. to reach the fourth round at Wim- The Russian managed to find Coleman to Run Only 100 ‘Injury Cheats Should Be bledon. his form in the third set, forcing The 10-time French Open cham- it into a tie-break but made three at World Championships Shamed On Court’ pion fired 41 winners to beat the unforced errors to see the chance Russian 6-1, 6-4, 7-6 (3) on Cen- slip off his hand. 9.82 seconds in June, and LONDON (Reuters) – There is only one way to treat petulant players, tre Court to move into the last 16 “I played some good shots, from his coach decided to concentrate on such as Australia’s Bernard Tomic, who call for a medical time out to treat a for the first time since 2014. the forehand and the backhand,” the shorter race after a lengthy col- fake injury — expose them to public humiliation. legiate season. That is the theory of Bill Norris, the ATP’s former Director of Medical “For a while I played fantastic, said Nadal. “Happy with almost With 48 races indoors and out, Services who spent 35 years patching up the broken and sore bodies of in the first set and a half, it was a everything. But in the third, I Coleman had run more often this year than Usain Bolt, Justin Gatlin top players from Ken Rosewall and Arthur Ashe to Roger Federer and great level,” Nadal said. “Then it started to play a little bit shorter.” and Andre De Grasse combined, Rafael Nadal. was a little bit tougher.” Since losing the 2011 final to HSI Sports Management’s Emanuel Tomic was fined $15,000 by the International Tennis Federation on Nadal reduced the powerful Novak Djokovic, Nadal has been Hudson told media. Thursday after admitting he was “bored” and had faked an injury during 21-year-old to a mere bystander in knocked out before the quarter- Coleman, who has not competed a listless first-round defeat at Wimbledon. the first 30 minutes of the match, finals for four straight years by a since the U.S championships, want- “This young man (Tomic) not trying in his match at Wimbledon is not a ed to make his European profes- good thing,” Norris, who turns 75 next month, told media in a telephone moving energetically on the grass player ranked outside of the top sional debut in the 100 at the Mo- interview from his home in Boca Raton, Florida. “If I got called out to on a sweltering late afternoon. 100. He missed Wimbledon last naco Diamond League’s meeting on It took Khachanov, ranked No. year with a wrist injury. July 21, Hudson said. court (and realized) some guy just wants to buy time, it is gamesmanship. “We have requested a lane for him American Christian Coleman in the men’s 100 meters, but as of today have not been given a spot,” Fiji Qualify for 2019 World Cup After Beating Tonga LONDON (Reuters) – American Hudson said by telephone. World LONDON (Reuters) – Fiji secured qualification for the advantage. However, Leone Nakarawa crossed for the the Samoans 30-26 last week in Nuku’alofa to give Christian Coleman will run only the record holder Bolt has already been 2019 Rugby World Cup after battling back from seven visitors with Ben Volavola converting and slotting two both teams five points from three games. Fiji travel to 100 meters at the world champion- announced for the meeting’s 100m points down in the second half to beat Tonga 14-10 in their further penalties to give Fiji the four points to qualify Samoa next week for the final game of the tournament ships in London next month, his man- in his last competition before the Pacific Nations Cup clash in Nuku’alofa on Saturday. with a game to spare. where the second Oceania spot will be decided. agement company said. Aug. 4-13 world championships. Coleman had qualified for the 100 Coleman will be in Monaco to The Fijians, as the top-ranked Oceania side, will join Qualification was decided over results from the Pacif- The second-placed side will join England, France, and 200 with runner-up finishes at train and run with the U.S. 4×100 Australia, Wales, Georgia and either Canada or Uru- ic Nations Cup from 2016 and 2017. The Fijians won Argentina and the United States in Pool C. The third- last month’s U.S. championships. meter relay team. “If not the Mo- guay in Pool D in Japan. The game was locked 3-3 at both of their games last year, beating Tonga 23-18 and placed team then face a playoff against a European The 21-year-old, who set the fast- naco 100, we will go to worlds as halftime before Tongan prop Siegfried Fisiihoi scored Samoa 26-16 in Suva to notch up eight points. Samoa side, with the loser of that game entering the repechage est time of the year in the 100 by is,” Hudson said. an early second half try to give the home side a 10-3 beat Tonga 30-10 last year in Apia, while Tonga beat tournament.