Draw for the Asian Youth Basketball Championship in Tehran put host Iran in Group D on Monday.
Mahmoud Mashhoun, head of Iran’s Basketball Federation attended the ceremony, ISNA reported.
Group D comprises Iran, Uzbekistan and Malaysia, as well as the third team of the West Asian Games. The so-called “Death Group“ is in Group A, where China, Hong Kong, Japan and India have to face each other. Group B includes South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Kazakhstan and the first team of West Asian Games. Group C also comprises Taiwan, the Philippines, UAE and the second team of West Asian Games. West Asian Games will be held in Yemen. Three top teams of the games will be qualified for the Asian Junior Games in September.

Andrei Arshavin

Zenit St Petersburg coach, Dick Advocaat, has put a £20 million price-tag on playmaker Andrei Arshavin, who appears to have played his last game for the club.
Arshavin, 27, is thought to prefer a move to Barcelona who has already approached Zenit about the player.
But according to Russian media reports, Arshavin is in London this week to hold talks with both Arsenal and Chelsea.
“We can’t keep hold of the player if someone offers good money around £20 million to £25 million,“ said Advocaat.
However, Arshavin’s agent Dennis Lachter says Chelsea have ended their interest in the player after signing Portugal midfielder Deco from Barcelona.
“I don’t believe that after this acquisition of Deco the club have retained their interest in Arshavin,“ Lachter told Russian paper Sovetsky Sport.
Zenit’s Dutch coach has given Arshavin, who earned rave reviews for his performances during Euro 2008, leave of absence while he decides his future.
“Andrei won’t play until things are all cleared up,“ said Advocaat.
“It’s a joint decision. Better put, I told him he shouldn’t play and he agreed.“
Arshavin was suspended for Russia’s opening two games at Euro 2008, but his return and performances propelled Guss Hiddink’s side to the semifinals where they eventually lost 3-0 to Spain.

Kaka

Chelsea has not made an offer for Kaka, despite claims from AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani that they have made an “astronomical“ bid.
The Blues have long been linked with a move for the 26-year-old world player of the year and their boss is now ex-Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari.
Galliani told Italian newspaper “La Stampa“: “We received an astronomical offer from Chelsea for Kaka.“
But BBC Sport understands Chelsea have not made any bid for the Brazilian.
The AC Milan vice-president also revealed there has been interest in their 29-year-old Italy midfielder Andrea Pirlo.
Pirlo’s agent has been reported as saying in the Italian press he wants his client to be given the same wage as Kaka.
But Galliani added: “For Pirlo, there have been many requests but neither Pirlo nor his agent have come into my office and asked me for an improvement in salary.“
Galliani says selling Kaka and Pirlo would immediately stabilize Milan’s finances, with the club having missed out on a place in next season’s Champions League.
“All we would need to do in order to wipe out our debts is to sell Kaka and Pirlo,“ he said.
AC Milan technical director Leonardo told BBC Sport last month it was “impossible“ for Chelsea to sign Kaka.
Kaka himself revealed to BBC Sport in April he would not rule out the possibility of one day playing for one of the big clubs in the Premier League.
New Chelsea boss Scolari will meet up with the current squad on Monday when the players return for pre-season training.
On Sunday he toured the Cobham training ground and met key members of staff.

Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton answered his critics and got his title campaign back on track with a superb British Grand Prix win.
The McLaren driver mastered tricky conditions, and his team made the right tactical calls, as all his main title rivals had a day to forget, BBC reported.
Hamilton is now tied on points at the top of the championship with Ferrari drivers Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa, who finished fourth and 13th.
Nick Heidfeld took second for BMW ahead of Rubens Barrichello’s Honda.
Hamilton’s victory was possibly the best race of his short career, and it was a much-needed fillip after he had failed to score points in the previous two races.
The Englishman had been under pressure heading to Silverstone, and looked to be feeling it when he made mistakes on his qualifying laps to end up only fourth on the grid.
“It is definitely by far the best victory I’ve ever had,“ Hamilton said.
“It was one of the toughest races I’ve ever done. This would definitely go down as the best race I’ve ever won not only because it was history and it was home ground but because I drove one of the best races I ever did.“
“I want to dedicate this one to my family because as you can see they’ve had some troubles over the last couple of weeks and it’s been really tough. But as always you’re family are there when you need them,“ he added.
The rain gave him a chance to showcase his superlative natural talent and he grabbed it with both hands.
Hamilton made a superb start from his fourth place on the grid and took the lead from teammate Heikki Kovalainen on lap five.
He quickly pulled out an advantage, but was soon backing under pressure from Raikkonen, who passed Kovalainen when the McLaren spun on lap 10 and began to eat into Hamilton’s lead.
The decisive moment of the race came on lap 21, when Hamilton and Raikkonen came in for their first fuel and tire stops.

Rafael Nadal

Rafael Nadal punched a mighty hole through Roger Federer’s aura of invincibility on Sunday to become the first Spaniard in over four decades to win the Wimbledon men’s singles crown.
In one of the most nerve-jangling finals seen at the All England Club, Nadal survived two rain breaks and an astonishing Federer fight back to end the Swiss’ five-year reign as Wimbledon champion with a thrilling 6-4 6-4 6-7 6-7 9-7 victory, Reuters said.
While Nadal emulated the 1966 feat of fellow Spaniard Manuel Santana, Federer’s dreams of eclipsing Bjorn Borg and setting a modern-era record of six successive Wimbledon titles died after four hours and 48 minutes of heart-stopping action.
The 22-year-old collapsed on to his back the moment Federer buried a forehand into the net on Nadal’s fourth match point. Dragging himself up from the turf, a tearful Nadal clambered through the stands to embrace his family and friends, who draped the red and yellow Spanish flag over his shoulders.
In a Wimbledon first, the Majorcan then strode across the commentary boxes on Centre Court to shake hands with Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia of Spain in the Royal Box and went on to exchange high fives with numerous fans in the stands.
“Its impossible to explain what I felt in that moment winning my favorite tournament, it’s a dream,“ Nadal told the crowd after becoming the first man since Borg in 1980 to complete the Roland Garros-Wimbledon double in the same year.
Four weeks after humiliating Federer in the French Open final, Nadal demonstrated that the balance of power in men’s tennis had shifted in his favor when he handed the Swiss his first grass court defeat in six years.
An utterly dejected Federer, though still world number one, could barely fathom his first major final defeat outside his three losses at Roland Garros.
“This is a disaster, Paris was nothing in comparison,“ said the 12-times grand slam champion, who had hoped to close in on Pete Sampras’ overall record of 14 major titles.