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Zob Ahan champions football
play off
Zob Ahan football club in a very breathtaking match defeated its rival Naft Tehran football club three to one and reserved seat for
Asian club championship.
In the first half, the two teams could not
open the goals and left the field scoreless.
In the second half, Naft Tehran netted the
first goal but Zob Ahan of Isfahan responded
with three successive goals.
Vahid Amiri from Naft Tehran netted the first goal in 46 minutes and Qasem Hadadi
from Zob Ahan in 47 , Mehdi Rajabzadeh in 50, and Kaveh Rezaee in 80 minutes
scored the third goal.
Zob Ahan ranked fourth in premier league while Naft Tehran stood third.
Both teams have reserved the seats for the Asian club championship.
Zobe Ahan of Isfahan and Malavan of Bandar Anzali each have won play off championship three times.
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Reza Qasemi grabs Iran’s 1st
int’l 100m medal
Iran’s Reza Qasemi bags the country’s 1st international 100 meter sprint medal after finishing third in the
final of the event at the 21st Asian Athletics Championships in Wuhan China, June 4, 2015.
Qasemi has won the bronze medal in the 100-meter
sprint event at the 21st Asian Athletics Championships
underway in Wuhan, China to grab the country’s first
ever international 100-meter medal.
He ran the 100 meter event final in 10.19 seconds on
Thursday to win the historical medal.
He reached the final after qualifying with 10.28 seconds on Wednesday.
Femi Seun Ogunode of Qatar won the gold medal
after he ran the 100 meters in 9.91 seconds. China’s
Zhang Peimeng recorded 10.15 seconds and won silver.
The competitions kicked off on June 3 and will end
on June 7.
Switzerland calls for expansion of
ski cooperation with Iran
Swiss Ambassador to Iran Julia Hoss held talks with Head of Ski Federation Hamid
Talebi on Tuesday on ways to develop sports cooperation.
Talebi highlighted the significant status of Switzerland in the world in light of updated knowledge in the skiing field.
The Iranian ski federation seeks to broaden sporting cooperation with Switzerland, he
said. Iran is to make investment in the field and develop the country’s infrastructure
by the private sector, he said.
Swiss ambassador said that she was pleased with the proposal to upgrade know-how
in the field.
Swiss Embassy in Iran is ready to broaden all-out cooperation in construction and
equipping of ski resort, sport tourism, sportsmanship to play a much active role at
global events.
Iran remains top Asian
Football team
Iranian national
football team remains on top of the
best Asian Football
teams, according to
the latest rankings
by FIFA.
Iran has moved
one step downward
in the world ranking compared to the
preceding month
and landed in the 41st spot.
According to FIFA ranking, Germany remains the top world national team
with 1775 points, followed by Belgium and Argentina with 1509 and 1496
points respectively.
Ex-FIFA Executive Blazer admits to
taking bribes
A former executive committee member of football’s global governing body
FIFA told a US judge in 2013 that he
took bribes in connection with the
1998 and 2010 World Cups, according
to a partial release of his testimony.
US prosecutors on Wednesday unsealed the transcript of the 2013 hearing in US District Court in New York
during which Chuck Blazer agreed to
plead guilty of racketeering and other
charges.
Blazer said: “I and others on the
FIFA executive committee agreed to
accept bribes in conjunction with the
selection of South Africa as the host
nation for the 2010 World Cup.”
The former No 2 official of football
in North and Central America and the
Caribbean also said he arranged bribes
around 1992 in the vote for which
country would host the 1998 World
Cup.
Blazer, a US citizen, secretly pleaded
guilty to 10 criminal counts in federal
court in New York as part of an agreement with US prosecutors, according
to the transcript of the hearing.
Blazer’s cooperation helped build a
sprawling corruption case that has led
to charges against top FIFA figures
and helped prompt the resignation of
long-time president Sepp Blatter.
The latest revelation comes as the
FBI’s investigation surrounding FIFA
has now expanded to include the
awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World
Cups to Russia and Qatar, according to
reports.
The review would be part of a probe
that goes beyond the allegations of
bribery in a US indictment of FIFA officials announced a week ago, an official told Reuters news agency.
FIFA awarded the hosting rights to
these countries in 2010 but there have
been calls to strip both hosts of the
World Cup.
Yazd cyclists finish 2nd
in Azarbaijan Intl.
Cycling Tour
Cyclistsfrom
Iran’s
southern Yazd Province
on Wednesday ranked
second in the Azerbaijan International Cycling
Tour that was held on
114 kms in Tabriz, a city
in northwestern Iranian
province of East Azarbai-
jan.
The Iranians won the title in the sixth phase of the competition.
Australia stood first in the list.
On the whole, Iran’s Mir-Samad Pour-Seyedi turned champion
of the cycling tour and wore the golden shirt, that he had gained in
the fifth round.
Iranian weightlifting
team off to Poland
First group of the young Iranian
weightlifting team are in Worclaw, Poland.
The Iranian team which was
initially scheduled to dispatch
4-member group of weightlifters
to Poland due to absence of Ayoub
Musavi, the 85 Kg weightlifter.
The young Iranian powerlifters
will after a few years of absence
from international competition
face powerful competitors from
around the globe.
Ayoub Musavi and the Hungarian Head Coach of the Iranian
young weightlifting team will join
the first group of the Iranian team
on June 9th.
The competitions will begin on
Saturday, June 6.
Iranian Discus thrower withdraws from Asian Championships
Iranian discus thrower Ehsan Hadadi will not participate in the 21st Asian Athletics Championships.
Hadadi had said he would not compete at the Asian championships if he cannot throw more
than 64 meters in the IAAF Diamond League in USA.
Hadadi came sixth with a throw of 61.67m in Diamond League.
Iran’s Olympic silver medallist Hadadi has now withdrawn from the Asian championships.
Mahmoud Samimi will represent Iran in the event.
The 21st Asian Athletics Championships has brought more than 800 athletes from 45 Asian
countries together in Wuhan, China.
I will miss Captain Nekounam
Iran’s international striker Reza Ghoochannejhad (Gucci)
said he will miss the country’s national football team captain Javad Nekounam who announced his retirement in early
April.
“Personally, I missed Javad nekounam. We should get used
to his absence,” Guccis told the Tasnim news agency.
“If you ask me about Nekounam, I have to say he can play
for Iran though he is 36,” Guccis added.
“I believe that a football player should help his team as far
as he can. Anyway, we must respect Nekounam’s decision,”
Al-Wakrah striker added.
He further said that he still has one year left on his contract
with Charlton Athletic, and noted, “However, I have to say
the football is not different in Qatar, Kuwait or the European
teams. I always do my best and try to help my teams.”