6 May 18, 2017

Peyman Hosseini Wins Medal Tally at Islamic Beach Soccer World Solidarity Games Rises to 37 Cup Best Goal Award (Press TV) - Iranian Later in the tournament, Mahdi sportsmen and sportswomen have Es’haghi defeated Azerbaijani rep- continued to put in sparkling per- resentative Gashim Magomedov formances at the ongoing 4th edi- in the final competition of men’s tion of Islamic Solidarity Games minus 54-kilogram weight section, in Azerbaijan, and earned 13 more and collected the gold medal. medals to lift the Islamic Repub- The 4th Islamic Solidarity Games lic’s medal tally to 37 at the multi- started in , Azerbaijan, on national and multi-sport event. May 12 under the motto “Solidarity On Tuesday, Iran’s 22-year- is Our Strength.” The tournament old weightlifter Seyyed Ayoob will wrap up on May 22, 2017. Mousavijarahi edged Uzbek con- Athletes from 54 Muslim coun- testant Farkhodbek Sobirov in the tries around the world are repre- men’s 94-kilogram weight catego- senting their nations over 10 days ry at the Weightlifting Arena in the of competition across 20 different TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Iran’s Brazil was crowned cham- Azerbaijani capital city of Baku, sports, which include 23 disciplines beach soccer team goalkeeper pion after thrashing Tahiti 6-0 and received the gold medal with on top of the podium, and clinch Samir Nabiyev from Azerbaijan (athletics and para-athletics, aquat- Peyman Hosseini has won the in the final. an aggregate of 381 kilograms. the yellow metal. threw 13.95 meters and collected ics – diving, aquatics – swimming, Goal of the 2017 FIFA Beach 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer Sobirov’s overall register marked His compatriot Hossein Bagheri the gold medal. aquatics – water polo, basketball Soccer World Cup award. Goal of the Tournament short- 380 kilograms and finished in finished in the second place with a Furthermore, Alireza Ghaleh 3×3, football, gymnastics – artistic, Hosseini’s superb goal list (in no particular order) which was voted for by fans Peyman Hosseini: (Iran) the second place, while Rovshan score of 451.1 points, and claimed Nasseri and Ali Mohammadyari gymnastics – rhythmic, wushu, ta- as the Goal of the Tournament WINNER Fatullayev secured the aggregate the silver medal. placed second and third respec- ble tennis, handball, judo and blind among the 10 selected, was Azeez Abu (Nigeria) Omani contestant Hamed Said al- tively in the men’s shot put F56 bronze medal with 376 kilograms. judo, – Greco, wrestling announced on FIFA’s official Paolo Palmacci () Iran’s female sports shooter Gol- Khatari shot a total of 440.3 points, class, having recorded 10.49 and – freestyle, shooting, tennis, vol- website. Daniel Cedeno (Ecuador) noush Sebghatollahi also collected and landed in the third spot to take 10.37 meters. leyball, boxing, zurkhaneh, karate, The goal was the first of Bruno Xavier (Brazil) a silver medal. away the bronze. Azerbaijani shot putter Olokhan taekwondo and weightlifting) in 16 the tournament in the open- Gabrielle Gori (Italy) Sebghatollahi claimed the top po- Iranian discus thrower and Lon- Musayev got the gold with 11.86 world-class sporting venues. ing match between Iran and Dejan Stankovic (Switzer- sition at the end of the individual don 2012 Olympics silver medalist meters. Turkey is on the top of the medal Mexico which the Iranians land) women’s 10-meter air pistol con- Ehsan Haddadi threw 60.54 meters Furthermore, Nahid Kiyanichan- count table with 115 medals (43 won 3-2. Bruno Novo (Portugal) tests in the Baku Shooting Center and received a silver medal. deh got the gold medal in the wom- gold, 40 silvers and 32 bronzes). Hosseini also helped Iran Rodrigo (Brazil) with 239.3 points. Iraqi athlete Mustafa al-Saamah en’s minus 53-kilogram weight Azerbaijan has claimed the sec- win third-place match. Takasuke Goto () Afaf el-Hodhod, a representative was awarded the gold medal with a division after she managed to over- ond spot with 81 medals (41 gold, from Egypt, accumulated 236.3 throw of 60.89 meters, and Saultan come her Turkish opponent Zeliha 24 silvers, 16 bronzes), while the points to finish in the second place al-Dawodi earned the bronze, hav- Agris in the final encounter of the Islamic Republic of Iran is on the Sharapova Vows to and clinch silver. ing thrown 58.63 meters. category at the Baku Sports Hall. third with a total of 37 medals (ten Nigar Nasirova from Azerbai- In the men’s shot put F57 com- Iranian taekwondo practitioners gold, twelve silvers and 15 bronz- ‘Rise Up Again’ After French jan settled for the bronze, having petitions, Javid Ehsani Shakib Fatemeh Madahi and Tayebeh es). racked up 211.5 points overall. and Javad Dalakeh had a throw of Parsa also earned the bronze medal Uzbekistan, , Alge- Open Snub Additionally, Pourya Norouziyan 13.74 and 13.06 meters to land in in the women’s minus 46-kilogram ria, Egypt, , Iraq and Saudi PARIS (Reuters) - Maria Sharapo- pened and turn her attention to pre- scored 454.6 points in the men’s the second and third slots respec- and minus 57-kilogram weight Arabia have earned the 4th to 10th va said on Wednesday she remains paring for Wimbledon, where she is 50m rifle 3 position event to finish tively. classes. places respectively. fully committed to making a successful already one of the bookmakers’ fa- comeback from her doping ban follow- vorites for the title. ing a decision by the French Open to “She’s smart and savvy,” Shriver, Iran Beat Mongolia at deny her a wild card entry. who won 21 grand slam women’s Leeds United Offer Taylor Sharapova was widely expected to doubles titles, said on ESPN. “She be fast-tracked into the year’s second needs to take a step back and recon- AFC U-20 Futsal New Contract grand slam tournament, which she cile that her return to major tennis is Goalkeeper Ross Turnbull is one of six has won twice, but the French Ten- going to have to wait and not be bit- Championship players to be released by Leeds. nis Federation (FFT) took the unex- ter about it. First-team players Jordan Botaka and pected decision on Tuesday to refuse “It’s a chance to be above it all and TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran defeated Mongolia 6-0 in Group D Billy Whitehouse also leave, while un- her entry. complimentary.” at the inaugural AFC U-20 Futsal Championship on Wednesday. “If this is what it takes to rise up Sharapova tested positive for heart der-23 players Jack Vann, Michael Taylor Having not played on Matchday One, the Iranians proved again, then I am in it all the way, ev- disease drug meldonium at last too hot to handle for a Mongolian side which only 24 hours and Alex Purver depart. eryday,” Sharapova said on Twitter year’s Australian Open. earlier had been celebrating an opening day defeat of the New one-year deals have been offered on Wednesday. The Russian said she had taken the United Arab Emirates. to Eoghan Stokes and Tom Pearce and op- “No words, games, or actions will drug “legally” throughout her career Iran, whose senior side won the 2016 AFC Futsal Cham- tion have been taken up on the contracts ever stop me from reaching my own to treat medical conditions and had pionship, raced into a 5-0 lead before half-time as Sahand Charlie Taylor made his debut for of Conor Shaughnessy and Romario Vie- dreams. And I have many.” not realized it had been added to Rezapour’s brace, as well as goals from Mohammad Taheri, Leeds in August 2011 ira. Sharapova’s return from a WADA’s banned list a few weeks be- captain Touhid Lofti and Hamzen Kadkhoda, put the game (Dispatches) - Championship Meanwhile, for Taylor, who has been 15-month ban has split opinion in fore the tournament began. tennis circles, with some players She was initially banned for two beyond a beleaguered Mongolia at Bangkok’s Hua Mark In- club Leeds United have offered Charlie at Leeds since the age nine, any club he arguing she is being given special years but the Court of Arbitration for door Stadium. Taylor a new two-year deal, despite the left- signs for would have to pay Leeds a fee treatment after receiving wild cards Sport reduced the suspension to 15 Mahdi Karimi bagged a sixth for Iran in the second half. back’s likely move away from Elland Road. related to his development as he is under for tournaments in Stuttgart, Madrid months on appeal after finding she The talented West Asians are one of the favorites to advance The 23-year-old is out of contract but, the age of 24. and Rome. was not an “intentional doper”. to the tournament’s knockout phase. amid interest from West Brom, Leeds’ It has been reported that the Baggies Accepting the decision to bar her The five-times Grand Slam cham- Iran will play the UAE on Thursday. contract offer means a transfer fee can be have offered £3.5m in compensation for from the French Open without rancor pion, one of the sport’s biggest The 2017 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship is the first edi- awarded at tribunal. the player, who became the subject of would give the Russian a chance to names, is guaranteed a place in the tion of the AFC U-20 Futsal Championship, the biennial in- rise above the furore, according to for- Wimbledon qualifying event but will Winger Pablo Hernandez, 32, has had internal disciplinary proceedings from ternational futsal championship organized by the Asian Foot- mer world number three Pam Shriver. need a wild card to get straight into his contract extended by a year after 38 ball Confederation (AFC) for the men’s youth national teams Leeds after refusing to play in the club’s Shriver said Sharapova needed to the main draw at the All England of Asia. appearances last term. final league match of the season. come to terms with what had hap- Club. North Korea- Asian Cup Qualifier Postponed Again KUALA LUMPUR (Dis- political tension on the Korean Association of Malaysia (FAM) I have received we need to bring patches) - North Korea’s match Peninsula” for the latest post- to lodge an appeal against the our own food due to the possibil- against Malaysia in 2019 Asian ponement. decision. ity of sabotage. Cup qualifying has been post- The first delay followed ris- FAM president Tunku Ismail “Another big concern is the is- poned a second time amid new ing diplomatic tensions between Sultan Ibrahim wanted the game sue of refereeing because if there missile tests by the host nation. North Korea and Malaysia dur- to be moved to a neutral venue are decisions going against the The Asian Football Confedera- ing an investigation into the “for the sake of the players’ safe- North Koreans, there is the pos- tion says the June 8 game, itself death of North Korean leader ty”. sibility that the safety of match postponed from March 28, could Kim Jong Un’s estranged half- “I’m very concerned about the officials will be affected and that be played on Oct. 5. brother in Kuala Lumpur. safety assurance regarding the will surely put them under pres- Still, the AFC did not commit The AFC had initially decided accommodation provided and sure.” to playing in Pyongyang. A neu- that the June 8 game would be the food,” Tunku Ismail posted The teams are in a four-nation tral venue could be ordered. played in Pyongyang, North Ko- on the FAM’s Facebook page Asian Cup qualifying group that The Asian soccer body cited rea’s capital Members of the Malaysian football team standing as their national anthem is last week. also includes Lebanon and Hong security risks caused by “geo- But that prompted the Football played prior to their friendly football match against the Philippines in . “According to the information Kong.