TEHRAN, June 5--Iran’s Paykan beat Myanmar 3-0 at the Asian Volleyball Clubs Championship in Manama, the capital of Bahrain, Saturday.
According to IRNA, the Iranian side won 25-19, 25-20, and 25-16. Paykan defeated Kazakhstan’s representative 3-1 in its opening match Friday.
Twelve teams are competing in the tournaments which will last until June 8. Teams were distributed in two groups. The first group is made up of clubs from Indonesia, Qatar, Japan, Thailand, Uzbekistan and Bahrain.
The second group comprises clubs from Iran, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kazakhstan, Myanmar and China.

Iran coach Amir Qalenoei after his teamÕs loss to Mexico.

SAN LUIS, Mexico, June 5--Iran’s preparations for next month’s AFC Asian Cup 2007 suffered a blow as they went down 4-0 at the hands of Mexico in a friendly here on Saturday.
According to AFC, Jared Borgetti and Jaime Lozano gave Mexico a 2-0 lead by the 27th minute. Borgetti gave Mexico the lead in the second minute and Lozano added his in the 27th to make it 2-0. Francisco Fonseca and Gerardo Torrado added goals in the 81st and 84th for Mexico to complete the rout.
Iran coach Amir Qalenoei was missing five of his Europe-based players. Vahid Hashemian, Ali Karimi and Rahman Rezaei and Andranik Teymourian missed the game due to their club commitments while Mehdi Mahdavikia opted out to have some rest.
Iran have been placed in Group C along side China, Uzbekistan and co-hosts Malaysia for the July 7-29 event.
Mexico take on Paraguay on Tuesday at Azteca stadium before traveling to New York where they will open the CONCACAF Gold Cup campaign against Cuba.

KUWAIT CITY, June 5--Al Arabi edged Al Salmiyah 2-1 to finish atop Group A and qualify for the semifinals of the Kuwait Crown Prince Cup recently.
According to AFC, goals from Khaled Khalaf and Khaled Abdel saw Al Arabi nudge Kazma, who also qualified for the last four, into second place though finishing level on 14 points on the basis of head-to-head records.
Defending champions Al Qadsiya stayed on course for a double by thrashing Al Sablikheet 3-0. Joining them in the semifinals from Group B are Al Tadamoun.
Al Qadsiya take on Kazma while Al Arabi clash with Al Tadamoun in the semifinals on June 9.

LONDON, June 5--Liverpool supporters have been described as Europe’s worst in a UEFA report that is due to be presented to UK Sports Minister this week.
According to PressTV, UEFA, which commissioned undercover police agents to compile the report over the last four years, say there have been more incidents involving Reds fans than anyone else.
The report paints a damning picture of Liverpool fans’ behavior at last month’s Champions League final in Athens.
UEFA insist those alleged incidents--with many supporters who held genuine tickets complaining of being denied entry into the stadium - were the latest in a long line of transgressions.
UEFA spokesman William Gaillard said, “The incidents involving Liverpool fans have been well known to us before the trouble at the Champions League final which involved Liverpool fans last week.“
“That was just the latest example. What other set of fans steal tickets from their fellow supporters or out of the hands of children?“
“There have been 25 incidents involving Liverpool fans away from home since 2003 and these are in the report-- most teams’ supporters do not cause any trouble at all,“ Gaillard added.
Liverpool have sent their own report to UEFA complaining about lax security measures at the final. Many supporters with forged tickets or no tickets at all managed to gain access to the stadium.
Gaillard also noted, “You must ask yourself why at the same match, with the same conditions, there was no trouble with the Milan fans--only the Liverpool fans.“

PARIS, June 5--Serena Williams says she will not be affected by the crowd when she takes on Justine Henin in the quarterfinals of the French Open on Tuesday.
Williams was booed during a highly contentious semifinal against Henin in 2003--the last time they met in Paris, said AP.
“I don’t want to reflect on that anymore. I let it go. It seems like decades ago,“ said the 25-year-old.
“I’ve definitely matured a lot. If the crowd gets involved, I’m just going to zone out, focus on me.“
Williams went into the 2003 French Open as a favorite for the title having won the last four Grand Slams, but the American left Chatrier Court in tears after a three-set defeat to Henin--who went on to lift the trophy.
The match reached boiling point midway through the deciding set when Henin, a favorite of the Paris crowd, raised her hand to indicate she was not ready to receive a serve.
Williams served anyway but then claimed she was distracted and asked for two serves.
However, the umpire said he had not seen Henin’s hand signal and the Belgian refused to back up her opponent’s claim.
A tearful Williams later accused Henin of “lying and fabricating“, while Williams’ mother said the Paris crowd had “showed a lack of class and total ignorance“.
After winning her fourth-round match on Sunday, Williams admitted she had never spoken to Henin about the incident but she maintained that it would not have any bearing on Tuesday’s match.

DUBLIN, Ireland, June 5--John McGuinness claimed his fourth straight Superbike victory at the Isle of Man TT on Monday, reported AFP.
The HM Plant Honda rider from Morecambe started favorite and he came home 26 seconds in front of Guy Martin with Ian Hutchinson a further 40 seconds back.
Lusk’s Martin Finnegan and Ian Lougher finished fourth and fifth with Northern Ireland pair Ryan Farquhar and Adrian Archibald taking the next two places.
McGuinness set a new Superbike race record and lap record of 128.04mph.
Pre-race contenders Bruce Anstey and Michael Rutter both retired on the first lap.
The first six competitors home were all riding Honda machines.
The start of Monday’s rescheduled race was put back by two hours because of mist.
Poor weather on Saturday had forced organizers to call off the race, the first of the TT’s centenary festival. The 12th TT success for McGuinness takes him third in the all-time winners list.
The emotional Englishman was delighted to win in a landmark year for the meeting.
“There was all the hype and build-up and it all came down to that race--one of the biggest and most important of the week,“ he said.
“I just got my head down and I’m not one for riding through the damp bits but I just thought ’I’m going to go for it’.
“Credit has to go to my team. I had two fantastic pit-stops--nice, calm and collected and it looks like that may have won me the race.