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JANUARY 28, 2015
Queiroz to Remain
Iran Coach
TEHRAN (Persian League) -
“We are satisfied with Team
Melli’s performance both in the
World Cup and Asian Cup. We
have lost against Iraq but the
players did their best and the
Iranian fans are happy despite
team’s elimination from the
tournament,” Kafashian told
reporters.
“Queiroz knows Iran’s football
better than any other coach and
we are not going to part company with him despite elimination
from Asian Cup.
“He has brought young talented players to Iran team and we
are counting on him for 2018
World Cup,” IFF president added.
Iran was knocked out of the
2015 AFC Asian Cup after a dramatic quarter-final loss to Iraq
on penalties.
back into the game.
“This affected us a lot, but we
tried our best to come back into the
game, but it was not easy. Australia
won the game because they were
the better side.”
The UAE, who also finished
fourth in 1992, had advanced as
runners-up from Group C behind
Iran having beaten both Persian
Gulf Cup champions Qatar and
Bahrain before edging out defending champions Japan on penalties in
last week’s quarter-final.
“We played three strong matches
against Iran, Japan and Australia.
All three were tough games. Today
many players were tired and I think
we didn’t have enough power to
come back into the game,” added
Ali.
“Three days was not enough for
some players to come back. We
tried to come back into the game,
but after conceding two times inside
15 minutes at the start of the match,
it was not easy to come back into
the match. We also lost many passes
and Australia benefited from this.”
The run to the semi-finals was the
UAE’s best performance at the AFC
Asian Cup since losing the 1996
final to Saudi Arabia having exited
in the group stage at the last three
editions.
“When we came here our aim was
to reach the semi-finals,” said Ali.
“We achieved our first goal, but
that was not the big dream, the big
dream was to win the title.”
Iran Football Federation president
Ali Kafashain stated that Carlos
Queiroz has done a good job over
the past four years and IFF is not
going to replace him with another
coach.
Iran Football Federation president Ali Kafashain (R) - Carlos Queiroz (L)
UAE Learned Big Lesson From Semi-Final Match
NEWCASTLE (AFC) - Coach
Mahdi Ali insists the United Arab
Emirates were taught harsh lessons
in Tuesday’s AFC Asian Cup Australia 2015 semi-final defeat by Australia
as the hosts posted a 2-0 win to advance to the final.
Australia defenders Trent Sainsbury and Jason Davidson scored
inside the first 15 minutes at Newcastle Stadium to hand the 2011 finalists the ideal start.
And with the UAE, who were
making their first semi-final appearance since reaching the 1996
final, unable to respond, Australia
will face South Korea in Saturday’s
final.
“Playing under pressure every
three days against strong teams is
a great experience for the players,”
said Ali, who must re-group his side
for Friday’s third place play-off
against Iraq in Newcastle.
“You need to concentrate in critical moments, especially in the first
15 minutes, at the end of the first
half and the start of the second half,
but we lost concentration in the first
15 minutes and conceded two goals.
“This is a big lesson and we need
to learn you have to concentrate for
90 minutes and mistakes are not acceptable as you lose the game.
“It was a big and important game.
A semi-final is not easy to give two
goals by mistakes in the first 15
minutes, especially when you are
playing against the host team with
big fans. It was difficult to come
Len is Phoenix’s New Center of Attention
PHOENIX (NBA) - Making the
transition from the NCAA to the
NBA is not a simple process.
Most players, especially big
men, need time to get used to the
best league in the world.
After a difficult, injury-riddled
rookie campaign, the Phoenix
Suns’ second-year star Alex Len
has shown why the team selected
him with the fifth overall pick in
the 2013 NBA Draft.
Alex Len (UKR) - Phoenix Suns (NBA)
The Ukrainian center, who spent
a year playing for the Maryland
Terrapins before turning professional, is averaging 6.3 points,
six rebounds and 1.5 blocks per
game.
He is also turning in some highlight-reel plays.
There are plenty of fans back
home rooting for the Antratsyt
native to find success - and a lot
of experts believe he will.
Seminar for Coaching Experts at UCI
World Cycling Centre
AIGLE - Switzerland (UCI) - In
2014 the UCI’s Coaching Experts
gave courses throughout the world
to some 275 coaches. During a twoday seminar at the UCI World Cycling Centre in Aigle, Switzerland,
they shared their experiences, exchanged knowledge and came away
well-armed for their next missions.
“It was also a way of saying thank you to this group of
dedicated, committed coaches
who so willingly travel, many
of them during their annual
leave, to other countries to pass
on their knowledge and expertise,” said UCI WCC High
Performance Manager Belinda
Tarling. “The courses they give
across all continents help raise
the level of coaching in those
areas and have very positive
knock-on effects for the development of cycling.”
The Experts are qualified
coaches who work with highlevel athletes in their own countries. Most of them also have
qualifications as tutors or assessors. The UCI WCC works
in close collaboration with the
National Federations and Olympic Solidarity to organize the
courses which last year were
held in 14 countries on four continents.
French coach Gérard Pegon
has been training coaches abroad
since 1989. During his first mission in Algeria he was asked how
an athlete should train during Ramadan.
“Depending which continent
and which culture you find yourself in, the coaching can be quite
different,” explains Pegon. “It is
enriching and difficult at the same
time. Before a mission I always
find out about the country’s history and politics. You have to adapt
to the country.”
Course participants without
bikes, classrooms equipped with
only a piece of broken chalk….
Gérard Pegon has encountered it
all. He has carried out numerous
missions in Madagascar, in very
different conditions from those he
encountered in the idyllic setting
of his latest course in Mauritius.
But wherever he goes, he comes
back enriched: “For me it’s a passion.”
And he shared that passion with
11 other Experts from eight countries who attended the seminar
at the UCI World Cycling Centre on January 23 and 24. They
talked about the difficulties they
race another night.
He appreciated the chance to attend the two-day seminar: “I nev-
Experts Seminar at UCI World Cycling Centre
encounter in different countries, er say no when it comes to joining
training techniques they found a group of coaches and sharing
have worked, and how to adapt to experiences,” he said.
The Experts have now set up a
different situations.
For example Great Britain’s network through which they will
Scott Bugden carried out his first continue to pass on knowledge
mission in Barbados last October. and help each other.
“It was an extremely positive
The 14 coaches came to his course
every evening after work. As it and useful seminar,” said Belinda
was dark and cycling too danger- Tarling. “It is very important that
ous, Scott Bugden had to innovate these coaches feel valued for the
for the practical sessions: he or- incredible work they carry out
ganized a walking road race one for the development of cycling
evening and a Madison walking worldwide.”
Iran’s Poursheib Wins
Gold in Karate1
Premier League
PARIS (Tasnim) - Zabihollah
Poursheib from Iran claimed a
gold medal in the Karate1 Premier
League-Paris 2015 on Monday.
The Iranian athlete defeated Georgian world champion Arkania Gogita 3-0 in the men’s kumite -84kg
final and won the gold medal.
Iman Sanchooli also from Iran
claimed a bronze medal in the
men’s kumite 84kg.
The tournament has brought a record 912 athletes from 68 countries
together.
German Footballer
Converts to Islam
BERLIN (IQNA) - Germany’s
young footballer Danny Blum has
announced his conversion to Islam,
describing it as a religion of hope and
strength.
“Islam gives me hope and strength.
Pray calms my soul,” Blum told Bild
newspaper on Monday, January 26.
“I was short-tempered, erratic and
did not know where I belong,” he
added.
Blum joined 1. FC Nürnberg in
Bavaria last July. The team plays
in the he Second Division of professional football in Germany, the
Bundesliga.
Shortly after joining the team, he
injured his knee and was forced
eventually to take six months off.
A few weeks ago, he took the decision to revert to Islam, joining the
world’s fastest growing religion.
“Living in the lap of luxury. Every
weekend make alarm. No responsibility for anything. And what actually comes after retirement?” the
questions came to Blum as he sat at
home.
Talking with his friends about religion, he landed in Islam.
“I have visited a mosque and I immediately risen the heart. I felt this
is something for me and wanted to
know more,” Blum told Bild.
Ever since, he prays five times a
Germany’s young footballer
Danny Blum
day and eat halal food. Informing
his parents with his decision, the
24-year-old player said they were
scare at first.
“They are devout Christians. But
soon they said that I have to go that
route if I believe that it is right,” he
said.
“Islam is a peaceful religion. My
faith says: never force anyone to do
what he does not want. If you think,
it has to come voluntarily from the
heart!”
Germany is believed to be home
to nearly 4 million Muslims, including 220,000 in Berlin alone. Turks
make up an estimated two thirds of
the Muslim minority.
British-Pakistani Easah
Signs Professional
Contract With Villa
BIRMINGHAM (DAWN) - As-
ton Villa have persuaded highly-rated British-Pakistani teenager Easah
Suliman to sign his first professional
contract with the club despite interest from elsewhere.
The 16-year-old, who can play
across the defence and in midfield,
was apparently on the radar of Valencia and Bundesliga champions
Bayern Munich.
Birmingham-born Suliman has
been with Villa since the age of
eight and has now put pen to paper
on a two-year deal with the Premier League side on Friday.
Academy director Sean Kimberley told the club’s official website:
“We’re delighted that Easah has
signed his first professional contract with the club. Easah has been
at the club through his foundation
years at junior school and he’s
a Birmingham lad who’s come
through the local recruitment process.
“We’ve been able to develop
young, local players over the years
and it’s great that we can continue
to do that with Easah. He’s going
away with England U-17s next
month and he’s continuing to make
good progress both with them and
here at Villa. He’s at the start of
his career now and everything is in
front of him.
“The key for him now is to continue to work hard, to maintain
the same excellent attitude he has
displayed so far and to continue
to learn from his coaches. Having
fought off competition from home
and abroad for his signature, ev-
British-Pakistani teenager Easah
Suliman
eryone here at Villa will help him
get the most out of his abilities and
we’re excited to work with him in
the coming years.”
Suliman, who has captained England at youth level, represented
Villa in both the Barclays U-18
Premier League and the FA Youth
Cup, where Bayern scouts were
believed to be watching him, last
season.