6 May 3, 2018 Benzema Scores Twice to Iran Table Tennis Team Beats Send Real Into Champions U.S. in World Championships League Final TEHRAN (Press TV) - The Iran tional table tennis team was beaten men’s national table tennis team 1-3 by Lithuania in a Group G en- has captured a hard-fought vic- counter on Tuesday evening, after tory at the group stage of the 2018 suffering the same result at the World Team Table Tennis Champi- hands of Puerto Rican opponents onships in Sweden. in the morning. The Iranian squad edged past the The Iranian sportswomen United States 3-2 in a Group H at claimed their second game of the the Halmstad Arena in the western tournament by routing their Cuban Swedish city of Halmstad on Tues- rivals 3-1 on Monday. day, after conceding a 2-3 defeat to The Iran women’s national ta- Kazakhstan the previous day. ble tennis team fell to a 0-3 loss The Iran men’s national table against Spain on Sunday. tennis team snapped up a 3-0 win The 2018 World Team Table Real Madrid’s French forward Karim Benzema (right) scores against Bayern against Puerto Rico in its opening Tennis Championships started on Munich’s German defender Mats Hummels during the UEFA Champions match on April 29. April 29, and will finish on May The 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships kicked off in League semi-final second-leg football match in Madrid, Spain, yesterday. Meanwhile, the Iran women’s na- Halmstad, Sweden, on April 29, and will wrap up on May 6, 2018. 6, 2018. MADRID (AFP) — Real Ma- out a host of star players, with Javi drid are within touching distance Martinez, Arturo Vidal, Arjen Rob- Cavaliers Stun Raptors in Overtime of a third consecutive Champions ben, Jerome Boateng, Kingsley Co- League triumph after Karim Ben- man and Manuel Neuer all injured. WASHINGTON (AFP) - is sure to raise the specter of zema scored twice to eliminate Bay- Martinez was fit enough to make LeBron James notched a triple- playoffs past for the Raptors, ern Munich yesterday and book their the bench. double and the Cleveland Cava- who fell to the Cavs in six place in the final. Kimmich had given Bayern the liers roared back to stun the games in the Eastern Confer- Bayern, who trailed 2-1 after last lead after 28 minutes at the Allianz Raptors 113-112 in overtime in ence finals two years ago and week’s opening leg in Germany, Arena and here he did it in three, Toronto on Tuesday in game one were swept by Cleveland in looked capable of inflicting this slamming home after Sergio Ra- of their NBA playoff second- the second round last year. season’s latest European come- mos poked Corentin Tolisso’s cross round series. James, who said he was back when Joshua Kimmich scored straight to his feet. It was a heart-breaker for “burnt” after the Cavs clinched early and James Rodriguez levelled Real were rattled, their fans the Raptors, who had led all a seven-game first-round win shortly after the hour. tetchy, and if Bayern had held on night only to see James knot over Indiana on Sunday, made But Benzema’s double in be- for longer the pressure might have the score at 105-105 with 30.9 just 12 of 30 shots from the tween, the first a header, the second told. Instead, the home side were seconds left in regulation. floor but still recorded the 21st a simple finish following a dreadful level by the 11th minute, Benzema Toronto, the Eastern Confer- playoff triple-double of his ca- error from Bayern goalkeeper Sven peeling free of David Alaba at the ence top seeds for the first time reer with 26 points, 13 assists Ulreich, proved enough as Real back post and heading in. LeBron James #23 of the Cleveland Cavaliers dribbles the ball as Jonas in franchise history, missed and 11 rebounds. hung on for a 2-2 draw, and a 4-3 Marcelo and Toni Kroos both Valanciunas #17 of the Toronto Raptors defends in the second half of their last 11 shots of regula- JR smith scored 20 points win on aggregate. weaved their way into Bayern’s Game One of the Eastern Conference Semifinals during the 2018 NBA tion and Cleveland made them and Korver added 19. Tristan Benzema’s two goals here were six-yard box, but failed to pick a Playoffs at Air Canada Centre on May 1, 2018 in Toronto, Canada. pay, taking the lead for the first Thompson came off the bench another feather in the cap for coach final pass, while at the other end, time on Kyle Korver’s three- to add 14 points and 12 re- Jordan Clarkson scored 11 attempts on their final posses- Zinedine Zidane, who had decided Vazquez was enduring a torrid time pointer to open overtime. bounds for the Cavs and Jordan points apiece in the second as sion before overtime. to start the French striker, despite at right back. The Raptors wouldn’t regain Clarkson chipped in 16 points. the Cavs sliced the deficit from Jonas Valanciunas delivered only one goal in his previous 12 After another ball was threaded the lead. Kyle Lowry convert- The well-rested Raptors got as many as 14 to three points at a big game in defeat, with 21 games. inside the winger’s left shoulder, ed a three-point play to pull off to a fast start, with Lowry halftime. points and 21 rebounds. DeRo- It was another brave call from Re- Robert Lewandowski unleashed Toronto within 113-112 with and DeMar DeRozan’s com- Toronto were up by five head- zan added 22 points and Lowry al’s coach, who now stands on the and James should have scored but 57 seconds remaining. bined 19 points in the first ing into the fourth but went had 18 points and 10 assists for brink of history himself, with Carlo was unable to adjust his body to the After Cleveland were called quarter matching the Cavs’ to- stone cold down the stretch. the Raptors, who host game Ancelotti and Bob Paisley the only follow-up. for a shot-clock violation To- tal as Toronto led 33-19 after The Raptors connected on two on Thursday. other managers to have ever won A breathless opening 45 minutes ronto had a last chance, but one period. just five of 25 shots in the final “We’ve taken care of busi- Europe’s premier competition three ended with Bayern wanting a pen- Fred VanVleet missed a poten- Cleveland charged back into period and after James’s jump ness tonight and now we want times. alty as the ball struck Marcelo on tial game-winner. the game with a 38-point sec- shot tied the score at 105-105 to get game two as well,” Zidane sprung a surprise by drop- the arm but referee Cuneyt Cakir The heartbreaking defeat ond quarter. Smith and reserve Toronto failed to convert four James said. ping Casemiro to the bench and waved away the appeals. bringing the more mobile Mateo Real were certainly the more re- Kovacic into midfield while Lucas lieved to hear the half-time whistle Malaysian Badminton Players Banned Over Betting, Fixing Offences Vazquez played in the unfamiliar but they were given a gift shortly role of right back. after the restart. KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) over a significant period and a sig- It meant no place again in the Tolisso’s backpass was misjudged – Malaysian shuttlers Tan Chun nificant number of tournaments” starting line-up for Gareth Bale, and under hit but Ulreich still had Seang and Zulfadli Zulkiffli have dating back to 2013, BWF said in who was named as a substitute the chance to clear. Instead, the received 15- and 20-year bans af- a statement. for the fifth time in six knock-out keeper got his feet in a tangle and ter being found guilty of offences Zulkiffli has committed more matches. ended up in a heap on the floor, pre- relating to “betting, wagering and code of conduct violations than Bayern, meanwhile, were with- senting Benzema with an open net. irregular match results”, Badmin- Tan and had been proven to influ- ton World Federation (BWF) said ence the results of four matches, it on Wednesday. added. Mancini Willing to Be Next Tan and former junior world “In addition, Tan has been fined champion Zulkiffli were banned $15,000 while Zulkiffli has been Italy Manager from any involvement in bad- fined $25,000 by a BWF Ethics minton, including administrative, Hearing Panel,” BWF said. coaching, officiating, and develop- “The suspensions begin from 12 mental functions. January 2018 – the date on which An independent panel came to both players were provision- Zulfadli Zulkiffli was crowned world junior men’s singles champion in 2011 the conclusion that both players ally suspended by the Badminton “engaged in corruption offences World Federation.” New F1 Rules ‘to Make Overtaking Easier’ LONDON (Dispatches) - Formula 1 has introduced rule changes for the 2019 season aimed at making overtaking easier and promoting closer racing. The modifications to the cars have been based on research aimed at find- ing ways of making it less difficult for one car to follow closely behind another. ROME (Dispatches) – Roberto Zenit Saint Petersburg, had held “The studies indicated a likelihood of a positive impact on racing and Mancini is willing to become the next talks with Italian soccer officials overtaking,” the FIA said. Italy manager but no deal has yet on Monday.