6 June 22, 2019 Hamilton Fastest in First Iran Fail to Advance to AFC U-20 French GP Practice Futsal Championship Final TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Title holder vious effort. Iran have suffered an 8-4 loss to Ja- With four minutes left on the pan in the AFC U-20 Futsal Champi- clock, Kaito came off the bench as onship 2019 semifinals. Japan’s fifth attacking member. He Four minutes into the game at was then brought down right outside the Pour Sharifi Indoor Stadium the box, but Motoishi failed to beat in Tabriz, Japan was awarded a Niknamtorghabe with his free-kick. free-kick, which cost Iran dearly, Japan’s power play almost back- as the East Asian demonstrated its fired in the 39th minute when Belal set-piece prowess with Hashimoto Esmaeili Kooraneh intercepted a Reira finding the back of the net. pass but his strike from distance LE CASTELLET, France (Re- Bottas was second, a mere Masoud Yousef Shavardazi etched missed the target by mere inches as uters) – Formula One champion- 0.069 slower, with Leclerc his name on the scoresheet after the ball bounced off the post. ship leader Lewis Hamilton set the 0.373 off Hamilton’s time on unleashing a crackling left-footed There was to be drama in the final pace in a Mercedes one-two in first a sunny and largely uneventful strike in the 10th minute. 40 seconds when Japan was award- free practice for the French Grand morning at the southern circuit. Japan was reduced to making flank, where he then surged down the minute. ed a penalty for a harsh tackle on Prix on Friday with Ferrari’s Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel, who quick passes within its own final court before sending it to Otsuka Hi- Backed by a thunderous home Masashi, and Motoishi was perfect Charles Leclerc the best of the rest. was on pole position in Canada third due to the Iranian pressure, roto to redirect the ball into the goal crowd, it didn’t take long for Iran in converting from the spot to bring Hamilton, who arrived at the two weeks ago but finished sec- and paid the price for a lapse in mouth from close range. to find the equalizer, this time De- the game into extra time. circuit late on Thursday after ond in the race after a five sec- concentration by its defense when Japan dominated possession in the hghannezhad stealing the spotlight Japan’s set-pieces had been im- attending a memorial for fash- ond time penalty that handed the Iran’s Sajjad Sarbaz intercepted opening minutes of the second half, after he outmuscled Kimura Yuta pressive throughout the tourna- ion designer Karl Lagerfeld in win to Hamilton, was more than Hatakeyama Yuki’s back pass in- and while it suffered a scare in the in front of the box and drilled his ment and the young Samurai Blue Paris, lapped the Le Castellet a second slower than the Briton. side the box, and the forward made 22nd minute when Salar Aghapour strike home. struck in the 43rd minute from one circuit in one minute 32.738 Ferrari said they were assess- no mistake in beating Hiroshi in the and Reza Ghanbarisaeidabad were The tenacious Dehghannezhad of those when Motoishi let loose seconds. ing new parts during the ses- 18th minute. denied by Hiroshi, a moment of showed that he is unstoppable when a long range strike that deflected Finnish team mate Valtteri sion. Iran’s lead, however, lasted less brilliance from Osawa Mashashi presented with a chance at the edge off Niknamtorghabe and into the than 30 seconds when Yamada Kaito from outside the box caught the Ira- of the box, as he put Iran back in path of Rintaro Iguchi, who simply was left to his own devices on the left nian ‘keeper off guard in the 24th front with a strike similar to his pre- tapped the ball in with ease. Japan, Uruguay Draw After Osaka Ousted at Birmingham Classic New VAR Controversy BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) - Naomi Osaka lost in straight sets at the Birmingham Classic grass-court tournament on Thursday - and could soon lose her No. 1 ranking, too. The two-time Grand Slam champion from Japan never looked comfortable in a 6-2, 6-3 loss to Yulia Putintseva in the second round, choosing to sit on the court instead of her chair at changes of ends. Osaka would have guaranteed holding onto top spot in the rankings heading into Wimbledon, which starts July 1, by reaching the final in Bir- mingham but she could now be ousted by No. 2 Ashleigh Barty. Spain’s Fernando Torres Announces Retirement MADRID (AFP) - Fernando I will have a press conference in Torres, the former Atletico Ma- Tokyo to explain all the details. drid, Liverpool and Chelsea for- See you there,” he added. ward who won the World Cup Torres left Atletico last sum- with Spain, announced Friday he mer to play in Japan after re- was retiring. turning to his boyhood club in Japan’s Koji Miyoshi celebrates after scoring during the 2-2 draw with “I have something very im- 2015. Uruguay at the Copa America. portant to announce. After 18 He played 334 times in total for PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (AFP) - The Barcelona star however could exciting years, the time has Atletico, scoring 111 goals. Tor- Two goals from Koji Miyoshi helped only direct his chance at goalkeeper come to put an end to my foot- res also made 142 appearances Japan secure a hard-earned point in Eiji Kawashima, who gathered safe- ball career,” Torres, 35, said on for Liverpool, finding the net a 2-2 draw with Uruguay at the Copa ly. Twitter. 81 times, and scored 45 goals in America on Thursday. Naomichi Ueda then had a half- Torres currently plays for Jap- 172 matches for Chelsea. Miyoshi twice fired Japan into chance for Japan at the other end but anese side Sagan Tosu. Torres was a key member of the lead only for Uruguay to level his glancing header from a free-kick “Next Sunday, the 23rd at Spain’s 2010 World Cup-win- through a controversial penalty from was easily saved. 10:00AM, local time in Japan, Fernando Torres will always be associated with Atletico Madrid. ning squad. Luis Suarez and a second-half head- With Uruguay’s defence look- er from Jose Gimenez. ing uncharacteristically vulnerable, The draw means Japan have an Japan took the lead on 25 minutes outside chance of reaching the quar- when a long diagonal pass from It Would Be ‘Crazy’ to See ter-finals from Group C, with one Gaku Shibasaki sent Miyoshi racing game remaining against Ecuador. clear. Uruguay, who trounced Ecuador The 22-year-old Yokohama F. Ma- Argentina Out of Copa: Messi in their opening game, missed the rinos midfielder still had plenty to BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil when three teams are practically chance to make certain of their place do, but ghosted to the byline before (AP) - With Argentina on the brink guaranteed in the next round,” in the last eight against a Japan team smashing into the roof of the net of another embarrassing elimina- Messi said after Wednesday’s who had been trounced 4-0 by Chile from a tight angle. tion, Lionel Messi knows his team 1-1 draw with Paraguay, a result in their opening game. But Japan’s joy was short-lived as needs to improve. And quickly. that left Argentina in last place in Japan had been let down by poor Uruguay were gifted an equalizer Argentina must beat guest Qa- Group B with one game remaining. finishing in their defeat to Chile, but with a VAR-assisted penalty four tar on Sunday to have any realis- Colombia leads the group with were a different proposition at the minutes later. tic chance of avoiding their worst six points, four more than second- Arena do Gremio as coach Hajime There appeared to be no question Copa America performance since place Paraguay and five more than Moriyasu range the changes in his of a foul after Cavani and Ueda 1983, the last time it was eliminat- both Qatar and Argentina. Qatar, starting line-up. came together in the penalty area Argentina’s Lionel Messi touches his face before scoring from a penalty ed in the group stage of the South playing in Copa America for the Former Leicester City striker Shin- with the Uruguayan striker stretch- spot against Paraguay during a Copa America Group B soccer match at American competition. first time, is ahead of Argentina on ji Okazaki started alongside Hiroki ing to reach a pass. the Mineirao stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, June 19, 2019. “It would be crazy not to advance the tiebreakers. Abe up front as Moriyasu relegated But VAR ruled that Ueda had Ayase Ueda and Takefusa Kubo to fouled Cavani prompting Colom- the bench. bian referee Andres Rojas to point Colombia Score Late to Edge Miyoshi meanwhile provided at- to the spot. tacking thrust in a new-look Japa- Suarez stepped up to convert and Qatar 1-0 in Copa America nese midfield. Uruguay were level. Abe created a half-chance on 10 Cavani almost gave Uruguay the SAO PAULO (AP) - Duvan Zapata has scored with an 86th-minute head- minutes but Okazaki was unable to lead in the 36th minute with 25-yard er off a perfect cross by James Rodriguez to give Colombia a 1-0 win over control his attempted header and rocket that crashed off the bar but guest Qatar and a spot in the knockout stage of the Copa America.