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Iran men’s inline hockey team snatched bronze at the 17th Asian Roller Skating Championships in China.
The Iranian squad conceded a 4-9 defeat against Japan in a breathtaking match and finished in the third place after Chinese Taipei and Japan which won the title and took the second place, respectively.
Despite the match result, neither Iran nor Japan had an edge over each other until the final minutes when an Iranian player faced a red card.
Prior to Japan encounter, Iran had outpowered Macao, India, China and South Korea and was beaten by Chinese Taipei.
Iran could have earned silver in case it had clinched a victory against Japan.
Earlier in the meet, Iran women’s inline hockey team also earned bronze beating India (6-2) and South Korea (1-0) and losing to host china and Chinese Taipei. Iranian women inline hockey players could have finished second in case they had notched up a victory in their final match against Chinese Taipei.
In addition, the Iranian squad collected the bronze medal of men’s marathon speed skating.
Also, Iran’s Laia Arabi and Niloofar Karbasi won gold and bronze, respectively, in women’s freestyle skating and Mohammad Savari snatched the bronze medal of the same event in men’s category.
The 17th Asian Roller Skating Championships started in Lishui on October 23 and wrapped up on November 1. The sports event brought together dozens of men and women roller skaters from various Asian countries including China, Iran, South Korea, India, Chinese Taipei and Macao.
 

Iran’s Homayoun Tofiqi (8 points) won the title at the 1st international chess festival dubbed ‘Paytakht Cup’ held in Tehran during October 25-November 1.
 

Germany’s prolific Miroslav Klose, the all-time World Cup top-scorer, announced his retirement on Tuesday at the age of 38.
Germany’s leading scorer with 71 goals in 137 internationals was without a club after his Lazio contract expired last season and he will now join the national side’s coaching team, AFP reported.
Klose hit a record 16th goal in World Cup finals during the 7-1 semifinal thrashing of host Brazil two years ago, which saw him overtake former Brazil star Ronaldo.
Germany went on to win the title.
Klose now plans to join Germany’s coaching staff after an invitation from head coach Joachim Loew.
According to a German FA (DFB) statement, Klose will complete an individual training program with the goal of embarking on a coaching career.
He will be on the Germany bench alongside Loew for the 2018 World Cup qualifier away to San Marino on November 11 and the friendly four days later against Italy in Milan.
“I celebrated my biggest successes in the national team, the time was wonderful and remains unforgettable so I am happy to be able to return to the DFB,” said Klose.
“The idea has been growing in the last few months to stay on the pitch, but with a new perspective, mainly as a coach.
“To be able to read a game, to prepare myself meticulously, to develop strategies and tactics — that had already really interested me as a player.
“I am very grateful to Jogi Loew and (DFB director) Hansi Flick for this opportunity and chance to sharpen my practical skills.”
Loew, who extended his contract as head coach until 2020 on Monday, said he was delighted to welcome Klose into his backroom staff.
“Miro has always been dependable so I am very happy that he is now part of our team,” said the 56-year-old, who has been head coach since 2006.
“He is a role model, as a human being and an athlete, who gives his all for the team and its success.
“We want to support him in the DFB on his path for becoming a coach.
“I am certain we (the backroom staff) as well as the players will benefit greatly from his presence and participation.”
Klose made his Bundesliga debut in 2000 with Kaiserslautern and went on to play for Werder Bremen, Bayern Munich and Lazio.
He scored 121 goals in 307 matches in Germany’s top flight and managed 68 goals in 173 Serie A games during five years with Lazio, which he joined in 2011.
His final appearance for Germany was in the 2014 World Cup final win over Argentina after extra time at Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Maracana stadium.
 

Inter Milan sacked manager Frank de Boer after just 85 days in charge of the Italian club.
Inter is 12th in the Serie A table after a 1-0 loss at Sampdoria on Sunday, its fourth defeat in five league games, BBC reported.
Former Netherlands defender and ex-Ajax boss De Boer, 46, was heavily linked with vacancies at Premier League clubs Everton and Southampton in the summer.
Inter visits Southampton in the Europa League on Thursday (20:05 GMT).
Youth team coach Stefano Vecchi will take charge of the first team for that fixture.
De Boer tweeted that “to carry out this project needed more time” and thanked Inter supporters for their support.
Before joining Inter, De Boer had taken Ajax to four successive Dutch titles but lost out to PSV Eindhoven on the final day of last season.
He signed a three-year contract with Inter in August, replacing former Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini.
It is six years since Inter won the treble of Serie A, Coppa Italia and Champions League under Jose Mourinho — now Manchester United boss — but since coming second in 2011 it has finished sixth, ninth, fifth, eighth and fourth.
It is now looking for a ninth manager since Mourinho left in the summer of 2010.
Newcastle boss Rafael Benitez, Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri and Watford boss Walter Mazzarri have all coached at the San Siro in the past six years.
 

Jose Mourinho was charged with misconduct following his sending-off during Manchester United’s goalless draw with Burnley on Saturday.
Mourinho was dismissed from the technical area when he complained to referee Mark Clattenburg at halftime after the official chose not to award United a penalty when Matteo Darmian went down in the area following a clash with Jon Flanagan, skysports.com reported.
Although the Portuguese did appear from the tunnel for the second half, it quickly became clear he had been sent off when he went on to take a seat among fans next to the dugout.
A statement from the FA on Tuesday afternoon read: “Jose Mourinho has been charged with misconduct following Manchester United’s game against Burnley on Saturday [29 October 2016].
“It is alleged that in or around the tunnel area at half time he used abusive and/or insulting words towards a Match Official. He has until 6pm on 4 November 2016 to respond to the charge.”
Insulting language and/or abusive language sits in a higher band than a general misconduct charge, such as the one given to Mark Hughes earlier this season, with the standard penalty a fine and one-match touchline ban if it is accepted by the manager.
Should Mourinho fail in appealing that charge, though, his punishment will increase to a two-match touchline ban.
Mourinho also faces a potential misconduct charge from the FA for the comments he made about referee Anthony Taylor before United’s game against Liverpool on October 17 and had until 6pm on Monday to respond.
 

Britain’s IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua will defend his title against Eric Molina in Manchester on December 10.
Joshua, unbeaten in 17 fights, was close to agreeing a bout with Wladimir Klitschko but the deal fell through, BBC reported.
Promoter Eddie Hearn blamed confusion over whether the WBA title vacated by Tyson Fury would be on the line.
American Molina lost his only previous world title shot against WBC world champion Deontay Wilder in 2015.
 

Almandin, ridden by Australian Kerrin McEvoy, won the 156th running of the Melbourne Cup, Australia’s most popular horse race.
It was McEvoy’s second Melbourne Cup success, after first winning with Brew in 2000. The 36-year-old said it was “a dream come true”, BBC reported.
Known as the “race that stops a nation”, the event is the world’s richest two-mile handicap.
Heartbreak City was second, with prerace favorite Hartnell in third.
A crowd of more than 100,000 people gather at Flemington Racecourse for Australia’s richest race, which draws a deep field of talent from home and abroad to compete for the A$3.6m (£2.25m; $2.75m) prize.

Full Melbourne Cup 2016 finishing order

1. Almandin, 2. Heartbreak City, 3. Hartnell, 4. Qewy, 5. Who Shot Thebarman, 6. Almoonqit, 7. Beautiful Romance, 8. Exospheric, 9. Pentathlon, 10. Big Orange, 11. Grand Marshal, 12. Oceanographer, 13. Bondi Beach, 14. Grey Lion, 15. Jameka, 16. Excess Knowledge, 17. Our Ivanhowe, 18. Sir John Hawkwood, 19. Assign, 20. Gallante, 21. Secret Number, 22. Wicklow Brave, 23. Curren Mirotic, 24. Rose of Virginia