6 November 10, 2020 Medvedev Beats Zverev 6 Iranians Among AVC to Win His 1st Paris Committees Members Masters Final ment, for the next four years, Far- AVC has become one of the had Shahmiri will be a member largest continental volleyball as- of the referee committee, Mehdi sociations in the world, with its Eslami will be a member of the member federations increasing to Finance Committee, Masoud 65 from only 12 at the time of its Yazdanpanah will be a member set-up. of the Competition Committee, The first concept of the AVC Kasra Ghafouri will be a mem- was launched by the initiative of ber of the Coastal Committee, the late Mr. Nishikawa of Japan Mahmoud Afshar Doost has been in April 1952, and on May 6 of re-appointed as a member of the the same year, AVC was official- confederation’s Coaches Com- ly established with 12 countries mittee, and Gholamreza Norouzi participating. will be a member of the Medical The major tasks of AVC at the Committee of the confederation. time were the organization of the TEHRAN (MNA) – Asian Vol- members among them six Iranians The Asian Volleyball Confed- Asian Volleyball Championships Russia’s Daniil Medvedev returns the ball to Germany’s Alexander leyball Confederation (AVC) has are named. eration (AVC) was established and the Volleyball Tournaments Zverev at The AccorHotels Arena in Paris on Nov 8, 2020. announced its different committee According to AVC’s announce- on May 6, 1952, and since then at the Asian Games. PARIS (Reuters) - Russian holding comfortably. Zverev Daniil Medvedev has outclassed went 40-0 up on the Russian’s Real Madrid Recovery Halted by Three Valencia Penalties, Own Goal German Alexander Zverev serve at 6-5 to earn the first MADRID (Dispatches) - Real month, Zinedine Zidane’s side 5-7 6-4 6-1 in the Paris final to break points of the match. Madrid were thrashed 4-1 at strug- appeared to have turned a corner claim his third Masters title. Medvedev saved the first gling Valencia on Sunday as Carlos with wins over Barca, Huesca and The third seed, who also de- two by dictating the rallies, Soler scored a hat-trick of penal- Inter Milan. feated Zverev in the Shang- but he whacked a forehand ties to raise further doubts over La Yet this result puts the pressure hai final last year, returned long on the third and conced- Liga’s reigning champions. back on ahead of the international strongly throughout the match ed his second set of the tour- Madrid took the lead through break, with Madrid now fourth in to take his first title of the year. nament. Karim Benzema but presented the table, four points behind early Medvedev, 24, had more en- Zverev faced his first break Valencia with four gifts at Mes- leaders Real Sociedad. ergy in the deciding set and points in a fiercely contested talla, including three spot-kicks A disappointing night also got made the most of his opportu- third game in the second set, and an own-goal scored by Ra- worse when Benzema was forced phael Varane, to fall to another off late on with what looked like nities against an inconsistent which he won, but he dropped surprise defeat. a groin injury. Zverev, who had won five of serve in the ninth game when he “There is no justification, no “Everything happened to us,” their six previous meetings. sent a crosscourt backhand long. excuses,” said Zinedine Zidane. Zidane said. A double fault earned the Medvedev won his service “It’s a bad game and a bad day.” Valencia, meanwhile, started Valencia’s Carlos Soler scored three penalties in a 4-1 win over Real Madrid on Sunday. Russian his eighth ATP title game to love to level the This is the first time Madrid have the day in 17th after enduring a may prove a turning point in their ticularly having missed his first after two hours and seven match and send it into a de- conceded four goals since letting nightmare start to the campaign, season. attempt, which was retaken after minutes. cider. in five against Barcelona in Octo- on the back of a transfer window There was certainly an element the Belgian came off his line. Medvedev said he pulled off He broke to love, held serve ber 2018 and puts the brakes on which saw them sell five key of fortune in Valencia’s goals, Madrid were also without Case- the win by making his “oppo- after saving four break points their recovery that had followed a players and fail to replace any of all of them unusual and some of miro after the Brazilian tested pos- nent crazy”. and broke again thanks to a rocky start to the season. them. them bizarre. itive for coronavirus but a heavy Both players had a high first booming service return as he After back-to-back losses to Ca- A stirring victory though pushes But Soler did brilliantly to beat loss continues a worrying trend of serve percentage early on, moved 4-0 up. diz and Shakhtar Donestsk last Javi Gracia’s team up to ninth and Thibaut Courtois three times, par- defensive vulnerability. Mahrez-Led Algeria Set to Extend 20-Match Unbeaten Streak Roglic Seals 2nd Consecutive PARIS (AFP) - Riyad Mahrez- to coach Djamel Belmadi, call- captained Algeria are expected to ing him “a magician who has Spanish Vuelta Victory extend a 20-match unbeaten re- breathed a soul into our national cord when they host Zimbabwe team”. this week as 2021 Africa Cup of Algeria have hammered former Nations qualifying restarts after champions Zambia and edged an 11-month coronavirus-induced Botswana in Group H, giving break. them a two-point lead over Zim- The Desert Foxes have won 15 babwe, and it would be a shock and drawn five competitive and if they did not collect three more friendly internationals since they points in Algiers. last lost, away to Benin two years It will be the first competi- ago in the previous Cup of Na- tive test for Zimbabwe coach tions qualifying competition. Zdravko Logarusic, a Croat Manchester City winger whose contract with Sudan was Mahrez says much of the credit not renewed after he guided them Riyad Mahrez for the unbeaten streak must go in the first two qualifying rounds. MADRID (Reuters) - It was a the last competitive day. He won Swiss Bank Set to Pay $79mn in FIFA Corruption Settlements vastly different finish for Primoz four stages at the Vuelta this year, ZURICH (AP) — A Swiss bank implicated in FIFA corruption investiga- South American soccer officials. They included Julio Grondona, who Roglic at the Spanish Vuelta com- including the first. Last year he had tions said Monday it has agreed to a settlement in principle with the U.S. was FIFA’s former senior vice president and finance committee chair- pared to two months ago at the Tour one stage victory. Department of Justice and set aside $79.7 million to pay expected fines. man when he died in 2014. de France. Roglic has become the first rider Zurich-based Julius Baer said the agreement sees the bank “entering The bank said Monday it reacted to the investigations by “de-risking This time, Roglic was celebrat- to win the Vuelta’s overall stand- into a three-year deferred prosecution agreement” and financial settle- the business,” including by “discontinuing certain individual relation- ing a Grand Tour victory instead ings and the points classification ment to be charged against its accounts for 2020. ships.” of dwelling on a late collapse that two years in a row. “Julius Baer anticipates that it will execute a final resolution in this Julius Baer was also penalized in February by Switzerland’s financial cost him the victory. “It’s really beautiful to win the matter with the DOJ shortly,” the bank said. regulator for failing in its duty to combat money laundering, including in Roglic clinched his second con- red jersey and the green jersey to The bank has cooperated with American authorities since 2015, when its ties to FIFA officials. secutive Vuelta victory with an un- finish this year,” he said. a sprawling investigation of corruption in international soccer was un- The ongoing American investigation has seen more than 40 soccer and eventful final ride into Madrid in Carapaz, the 2019 Giro d’Italia sealed. marketing officials, and agencies, either convicted, make guilty pleas or Sunday’s largely ceremonial stage, winner, became the first Ecuador- In 2017, a former banker with Julius Baer pleaded guilty in federal court be indicted. Some are awaiting sentence or have yet to be extradited from solidifying his status as a top rider. ean rider to finish on the podium at in New York for his part in managing accounts that laundered bribes for their home countries. “We were just enjoying,” he said. the Vuelta. “It’s beautiful to finish the season Hugh Carthy finished third at the like this. It was a special year.” three-week race across Spain, with Dovizioso Set to Take MotoGP Sabbatical in 2021 The 31-year-old Slovenian from Dan Martin fourth and Enric Mas MADRID (Dispatches) - Dovizioso’s future ager Simone Battistella conceded a sabbati- terested in an Aprilia option despite links team Jumbo-Visma virtually sealed fifth. was placed into uncertainty during the Aus- cal was an option. suggesting he was. the victory in Stage 17 on Saturday This Vuelta had only 18 stages trian Grand Prix weekend in August when he Recently, Motorsport.com revealed However, Motorsport.com understands after escaping another collapse in instead of the usual 21.