6 AUGUST 27, 2015 Persepolis Earns 11 Medals for Iran First Win in Iran at World Transplant Professional League TEHRAN (Persian League) - Teh- It was Persepolis’ first win after ran’s Persepolis football team defeated five weeks in IPL. Foolad in the Iran Professional League Elsewhere, IPL leader Sepahan Games (IPL) thanks to a brace from Mehdi defeated Saipa 2-0 thanks to a brace Taremi on Tuesday. from Ehsan Hajsafi in the 50th and Also, Masoumeh Borji in table Persepolis striker was on target 90th minutes. tennis and Masoumeh Rezaei in twice in the 51st and 57th minutes Gostaresh Foolad defeated Ma- petanque received silver medals in the match held in Ahvaz’s Ghadir lavan 1-0 courtesy of Shahram and three other Iranian athletes won Stadium. Goudarzi’s first minute goal. the bronze medal namely Moham- mad-Hadi Khoshnoodi in Bowling, Iran’s Hajsafi on Elham Mohammadi in Table Ten- nis, and Elham Roshan Cheragh in Verge of Joining Track and Field. This was Iran’s Bochum first appearance in cycling and pet- anque competitions. Meanwhile, the 13-year-old ath- TEHRAN (MNA) – By the end On the second day of the 20th World Shah Moradi, and Bahareh Beigi lete Shah Moradi, who is the young- of the 2nd day of World Transplant transplant Games, 6 Iranian athletes in table tennis event as well as Mo- est member in Iran’s team, became Games, Iranian athletes won 6 gold, won gold medal; Keyvan Tishegaran, hammad Javad Hefzi in cycling were the world champion in U18 table 2 silver and 3 bronze medals. Sedigheh Safari, Mohammad-Reza Iran’s gold medalists. tennis competitions. Mirshamsi Takes Charge of Iran Beach Soccer Team TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Mohammad Hossein Mirshamsi has been appointed as new head coach of the Iranian national beach soccer team. Mirshamsi replaced Brazilian coach Marco Octavio, who parted company with Iran Football Federation by mutual consent. Octavio coached Iran in two Beach Soccer World Cups and led the team to the quarter-final twice. Ehsan Hajsafi TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Iranian in- Hajsafi said. The Brazilian coach also inspired Iran to win Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup in Dubai in 2013. ternational winger Ehsan Hajsafi Hajsafi, who currently plays for Iran also claimed the title of the Friendship Cup Belarus 2015 in late July under leadership of Octavio. is set to join VfL Bochum in the 2. Iran’s Sepahan, is able to play as Bundesliga. left back, defensive midfielder, The Iranian 25-year-old player playmaker and winger. Algerian Keeper Joins Turkey’s Antalyaspor traveled to Germany on Wednesday In 2009, Hajsafi was selected by to undergo medical examination. Goal.com as the most promising ANKARA (Hurriyet Daily tekin Gencer welcomed M’Bolhi “I’ve reached an initial agreement player in Asian football. News ) - Algerian international at the club’s Hasan Subasi training with German club. I need to com- Hajsafi has represented Iran at the 2011 goalkeeper Rais M’Bolhi signed ground. plete a medical test and participate AFC Asian Cup, 2014 FIFA World Cup on Aug. 25 a three-year deal with Antalyaspor were promoted to the in their training for one week,” and the 2015 AFC Asian Cup. Antalyaspor, following an unsuc- top flight of Turkish football at the cessful spell in the U.S.’s Major end of last season and signed Cam- League Soccer. eroonian striker Samuel Eto’o over FIBA President Explores M’Bolhi, 29, was released by the summer. Philadelphia Union on Aug. 24, af- “I will show a high-level perfor- Lithuanian Basketball ter having not played since April. mance at Antalyaspor,” M’Bolhi He made nine starts in two seasons said. “I received many offers from Phenomenon with the U.S. club. Turkey and other countries but I VILNIUS (Xinhua) -- Horacio Muratore, the president of FIBA, met with Antalyaspor Chairman Gül- Algerian keeper joins Turkey’s Antalyaspor chose Antalyaspor.” Lithuanian prime minister on Tuesday, concluding his first visit in Lithu- ania. Muratore is on a mission to introduce five strongest basketball countries First Ever AFC Coaching Convention to raise with upcoming changes in FIBA, its development and new Olympic se- lection scheme for basketball teams. Lithuania, a small Baltic country with 3 million people, is the fourth Standards Across Continent strongest basketball nation in the world, after the United States, Spain and Argentina and followed by France. the continent. The AFC Coaching According to Muratore, during his visit, he wanted to see Lithuanian Convention is part of the AFC’s basketball phenomenon. strategy to bridge the gap be- “It is really incredible that a small country with a population of just 3 tween Asia and the world’s best million inhabitants is having such a huge success in basketball,” Mura- football teams. tore told reporters after meeting Loreta Grauziniene, Lithuanian Speaker AFC Technical Director Andy of the Seimas, Lithuanian parliament, at the start of his visit on Monday. Roxburgh added: “I would like During his visit, FIBA president was accompanied by Arvydas Sabonis, the president of Lithuanian basketball federation and the most famous to congratulate the AFC Presi- former basketball player of Lithuania. dent and Executive Committee While exploring Lithuanian basketball infrastructure and organizational for having approved this initia- structure, Muratore visited the basketball academy established by Saru- tive: having a common coaching nas Marciulionis, another legendary Lithuanian basketball player, as well convention for all AFC Member as Sabonis’ basketball center. Associations will help educate The president of FIBA also met with Algirdas Butkevicius, Lithuanian coaches and give them more rec- prime minister, on Tuesday. ognition. I look forward to tak- “Lithuania is small on geographical map, but really considerable on the basketball map,” said Butkevicius. ing this work further with my Muratore expressed his belief Lithuanian national basketball team will AFC Coach Education Panel col- win one of the two tickets to Rio Olympics during EuroBasket 2015, the First ever AFC Coaching Convention to raise standards leagues.” European basketball championship, this fall without attending the quali- across continent The AFC Coach Education Panel fying tournament. Kuala Lumpur (AFC) - The first ers – and promote the credibil- by all of us and I am happy to will now start working on the con- “I’m already convinced Lithuanian team is capable of winning the first steps towards an Asian Football ity of the coaching profession in see there is real commitment to tents of the convention and a draft or the second place in the European championship finals in Lille, France,” Confederation Coaching Conven- Asia. design a successful future for will be submitted to the AFC Tech- Muratore was quoted as saying by Lithuanian national radio LRT. tion have been taken at a meeting AFC Technical Director Andy Asian football.” nical Committee for its approval. “Speaking of the teams at the third, fourth and fifth places, they will of the newly appointed AFC Coach Roxburgh said: “A well organ- The convention will set higher The AFC Executive Committee have to attend a qualification tournament,” reminded the FIBA president. The 39th edition of EuroBasket will take place from Sept. 5 to 20, in Education Panel. ised AFC Coaching Convention and unified standards for the approved the AFC Coaching Con- France, Croatia, Germany and Latvia. The convention will benefit all will ensure increased coaching training of coaches at all levels of vention concept, including the need Lithuania, a small Baltic state, has won European basketball champion- AFC Member Associations, as it standards across the continent. the game which will, in the long for an AFC Coach Education Panel, ship gold medals in 1937, 1939 and 2003. Lithuanian national men team will raise the standards of coach- Creating and implementing the term, lead to improvements in at its meeting on July 11, 2015, in has also won Olympic bronze medals in 1992, 1996 and 2000 as well as ing – and therefore also play- convention will require efforts the quality of football throughout Bahrain. bronze medals in World basketball championship in 2010..