Olympic super heavyweight champion Roberto Cammarelle defended his world title on Saturday by beating Ukraine’s Roman Kapitonenko 10-5 at the Milan Forum. Domenico Valentino also won a gold medal for Italy, when he outclassed Puerto Rico’s Jose Pedraze 9-4 to take the lightweight title. Russia also finished the tournament with two gold medals. Artur Beterbiev came from behind in the final round to beat Elshod Rasulov from Uzbekistan 13-10 in the light heavyweight final and Egor Mekhontsev beat Cuba’s Osmai Acosta Duarte 12-2 to take the heavyweight title. The only American boxer to reach a final, Frankie Gomez, struggled to counter Cuban fighter Roniel Iglesias Sotolongo’s longer reach and slipped to an 8-2 loss in the light welterweight category. Olympic featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko added the world title to his collection with a comprehensive 12-1 victory over Sergey Vodopiyanov of Russia. Olympic silver medalist Serdamba Purevdorj of Mongolia defeated David Ayrapetyan of Russia 10-5 to take the light flyweight gold. The other Mongolian in a final, Tugstsogt Nyambayar, however, lost 18-2 against McWilliams Arroyo of Puerto Rico for the flyweight title. In the bantamweight, Bulgaria’s Detelin Dalakliev nearly let the gold medal slip away after dominating Eduard Abzalimov of Russia. Germany’s Jack Culcay-Keth defeated Andrey Zamkovoy of Russia 7-4 to win the welterweight final and Abbos Atoev of Uzbekistan won the middleweight title by beating Armenia’s Andranik Hakobyan 9-0.
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Gouffran keeps Bordeaux top
Yoan Gouffran netted in the first half to keep champions Girondins Bordeaux top of Ligue 1 with a 1-0 home victory against bottom club Grenoble on Saturday. Bordeaux lead on goal difference from Olympique Lyon, who beat Lorient 1-0 with a Michel Bastos goal earlier on Saturday. Olympique Marseille did not have it all their way at Le Mans, but they won 2-1 with a superb display by Brandao. Third-placed Montpellier beat fellow newly promoted RC Lens 1-0 at home.
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Ramos starts with a victory
Former Real Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur coach Juande Ramos enjoyed a winning start as CSKA Moscow boss on Saturday as the three-time Russian champions beat Samara 3-0 to go third in the table. Czech forward Tomas Necid opened the scoring in the 57th minute when he found the target from Dmitry Schennikov’s pass, with Brazilian striker Guilherme, who had come on as a halftime substitute, adding a brace to secure the three points. Defending champions Kazan clinched a 5-1 home win over Ramenskoye. Kazan’s sixth consecutive win left them on top of the table with 46 points from 21 matches, seven points ahead of second-placed Spartak Moscow.
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Gay overhauls Powell
World silver medalist Tyson Gay overhauled former world record holder Asafa Powell to win the men’s 100m at the World Athletics Final on Saturday. Gay, the second fastest man ever behind Olympic and world champion Usain Bolt, edged Powell on the line to win in 9.88 seconds. Bolt is running in the 200m. The men’s 3,000m provided one of the highlights of the evening as Ethiopia’s 5,000m world champion Kenenisa Bekele and Bernard Lagat of the US reprized their epic Berlin battle. Lagat attacked on the final straight, but in another exciting finish, Bekele held on to win in 8 minutes, 3.79 seconds.
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