6 NOVEMBER 18, 2015 Russia 2018/UAE Raul Lozano Named Iran 2019 Qualifiers: Volleyball Coach Guam 0-6 Iran Iran has already reached an agreement with Juan Manuel Cichello as assistant. He has pre- viously worked with his country- man Julio Velasko in the Iranian volleyball team. Lozano began his coaching ca- reer with Estudientes de la Plata of Argentina and also worked at several Italian clubs, including Rex Pordenone, Cedisa Salerno, and Milan Volley, as well as Ger- many’s Niemcy. The Argentine coach has also coached Spain, Poland and Ger- GUAM (AFC) - Guam’s hopes fouled in the box by John Matkin, many national teams. of finishing in the top two of Guam’s Thailand-based forward Lozano takes over the Iranian Group D in the 2018 FIFA World who was subsequently sent off team with a huge load of expecta- Cup/2019 AFC Asian Cup joint- for his transgression. tions on his shoulders, as his first qualifiers suffered another setback Iran needed just two minutes to goal will be to win the Olympic on Tuesday as the Matao crashed to make their extra-man advantage qualification at the World Olym- a 6-0 defeat to Iran. count when Ansarifard scored pic Qualification Tournament in Having taken an impressive number five before Tameri scored Japan where his new team will seven points from their first four a brace for the second match face Australia, Japan, Korea and matches, Guam’s qualifying drive against Guam when he found the has been derailed with the Match- net again in the 63rd minute. Raul Lozano second and third team from the day 7 loss to the Iranians marking Numerical parity on the pitch TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Poland’s Iranian national volleyball team. Poland’s former coach Andrea European qualifier as well as the the third successive Group D de- was restored in the 72nd minute Czarni Radom Coach Raul Lozano The 59-year-old coach replaced Anastasi also was among the can- second teams from the NORCECA feat for Pacific Ocean islanders. when Alireza Beiranvand was has been named as head coach of the Serbian Slobodan Kovac. didates. and South American qualifiers. Iran took their first step on the red carded after the Naft Tehran road to their second 6-0 victory keeper took down forward Shane over Guam following their iden- Malcolm but it was not to be World’s Oldest Surviving Olympian tical win in Tehran back in Sep- Guam’s day, with Ian Mariano’s tember when Mehdi Taremi, who missed penalty compounding the Passes Away at 103 scored twice in the triumph at home side’s disappointment. BEIJING (Xinhua) -- Guo Jie, the the final. the Azadi Stadium, put the visi- Undefeated Iran’s fourth win world’s oldest surviving Olympian Guo continued to compete in ath- tors 1-0 up with 12 minutes at the of the joint-qualifiers took the who had represented China in the letics after the Olympic Games. He Guam FA Field played. Group D leaders’ points tally to discus at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, also studied agricultural science Taremi’s Persepolis team-mate 14, three more than second-place Kamal Kamyabina doubled Iran’s Oman ahead of the Persian Gulf has passed away at the age of 103. and technology at the universities advantage on the half-hour mark Sultanate’s match with Turkmen- Guo died on Sunday and his fu- in Japan, and then went on to work to give Carlos Quieroz’s side a istan in Ashgabat later on Tues- neral was held Tuesday in Xi’an, in that field in Peking and Xi’an. two-goal cushion going into the day, while Guam are fourth in the the capital city of northwestern He returned to the sporting cir- second half, which could have five-team table below the Turk- China’s Shaanxi Province. cle in the 1950s and became a re- been more had Karim Ansarifard men on goal difference. “Guo’s death is a great loss to our searcher and coach at the Xi’an not hit the post from the penalty The group winners and four best physical education and scientific Institute of Physical Education. He spot five minutes after setting up runners-up (total 12 teams) will research,” said a statement issued retired in 1987. In his 80s, Guo Kamyabina for his first interna- advance to the 2019 AFC Asian by the Xi’an Institute of Physical organized a survey of old people in tional goal Cup finals and the final round Education, where Guo served as a Xi’an who usually did morning ex- Ramin Rezaeian became the of qualifying for the 2018 FIFA coach and instructor. ercises. He also wrote a book about third Persepolis scorer when the World Cup. “The IAAF is saddened to hear Former Chinese discus thrower Guo Jie the role of aerobic exercise in pre- defender made it 3-0 four minutes The next best 24 teams from after the interval with what was the preliminary stage of the joint that Guo Jie died on Sunday at the Born in Dalian in January 1912, in a national qualifier in 1935 and venting cardiovascular disease. also his maiden goal for Team qualifiers will compete in a sepa- age of 103. He had been the oldest Guo was good at several sporting set a national record of 41.07m. Leading up to the 2008 Olympics Melli before Masoud Shojaei rate competition for the remain- surviving Olympian,” said a state- events when he was young. But it He improved on that mark at the in Beijing, Guo carried the Olym- scored number four from the pen- ing slots (12 slots or 11 slots + 1 ment issued by the world athletics was the discus in which he excelled Berlin Olympics, making 41.13m, pic torch running along the streets alty spot in the 51st minute after slot for the host) in the 24-team governing body. and won a berth for the Olympics but it wasn’t enough to progress to of Xi’an. the Al Gharafa midfielder was 2019 Asian Cup. Nadal Makes Short Work of Estili: Malavan’s Wayward Wawrinka Financial Situation LONDON (DAWN) - Rafael strewn Wawrinka display to move Wawrinka blazed a forehand to ing the smashes today. So that’s Is Not Good Nadal’s late-season resurgence con- level with Andy Murray at the top fall 5-3 behind in the opener and good.” TEHRAN (Persian League) - Ma- tion campaign, Estili said, “Playing tinued at the ATP World Tour Finals of Ilie Nastase Group. Nadal wrapped up the set with an The 14-times grand slam cham- lavan Anzali’s coach said, “Unfortu- ace. pion has won 14 of his 18 matches nately, the club’s financial situation is Nadal failed to convert any of the since a disappointing defeat in the not good, and all these problems have seven break points Wawrinka of- US Open third round by Fabio Fog- made things hard for us.” fered up at the start of the second nini, reaching finals in Beijing and After Malavan’s friendly match set and then had to save two him- Basel as well as the semi-finals in against Esteghlal on November self in the next game, one with a Shanghai. 12th, Hamid Estili said, “I want to stunning lob. He will face Murray on Wednes- World number four Wawrinka of- day after the Briton also won his thank Esteghlal and Parviz Mazlou- fered precious little resistance after opening match against David Fer- mi for setting up this match.” that and his unforced error count rer earlier on Monday. The World Cup 98 goal-scorer (vs climbed to 35 as Nadal raced to Wawrinka will have to improve USA) said, “We will be in Tehran victory. dramatically against Ferrer if he is for a few more days, and we will “I think I played well. I think I to keep alive his hopes of emulat- play another friendly against a Di- played a solid match. I had one bad ing last year’s showing when he vision 2 team.” Hamid Estili game, the first one of the match. lost to compatriot Roger Federer in Estili added, “Unfortunately, the club’s financial situation is not against Turkmenistan, Oman, and Rafael Nadal But then immediately I was playing the semi-finals. well,” Nadal told reporters. “Was just a really bad day at the good, and all these problems have Guam is not hard. We have to pre- when he beat wayward French Open Nadal, back at the Tour Finals af- “I had a good week of practice office. Many little things, as I said, made things hard for us… We also pare for the next round of qualifica- champion Stanislas Wawrinka 6-3 ter missing out last year because of here. I think I played the way that I that were not good today. It was a have a few injured players, but our tion.” 6-2 to open his account on Monday. appendicitis surgery, dropped his wanted to play. I played aggressive. really bad match, bad behaviour main problem is financial. I hope Estili explained, “These breaks (in The Spaniard, who has climbed opening service game to love but I played with not many mistakes.” from me in the second set. our financial problems are solved the league, for Team Melli matches) back to fifth in the rankings after then broke Wawrinka’s as the first “But for the rest, all the shots “Hopefully I can put it back to- so the players can play with more are harmful to the clubs, but I hope falling to 10th in a miserable sum- nine points all went the way of the worked well: backhand, forehand, gether and get ready for the next focus.” that they ultimately help the nation- mer, took advantage of an error- receiver.