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Iran has been defeated by Slovenia in the opening match of the Stankovic Cup Basketball Tournament in Liuzhou, China.

The fact that center Hamed Haddadi, who also plays in the NBA for the Memphis Grizzlies, did not participate in the game put Iran at a height disadvantage.

US tennis player Mardy Fish will face his countryman John Isner in the final of the Atlanta Tennis Championships after defeating top seeded Andy Roddick.

Fish won Roddick 7-6, 6-3 on Saturday, extending his winning streak to nine matches, Reuters reported.

An Indian man is attempting to enter the Guinness Book of World Records for a second time for having the longest ear hair in the world.

The 55-year-old Radhakant Bajpai, a resident of Kanpur city in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, is trying to break his own world record for growing the longest ear hair in the world.

Police say a stampede at a music festival in western Germany has left at least 15 people dead, turning the annual affair into a tragedy.

The incident happened at a techno parade in the German city of Duisburg, where according to organizers more than one million people had gathered for the cerebrations.

The Football Supporters' Federation (FSF) has claimed that football fans in England and Wales are mistreated and over-policed despite being mostly families and children.

FSF spokeswoman Amanda Jacks told BBC Radio 4's Today program that fans are "subject to heavy-handed policing week in, week out," although many were families and children.

The children of Gaza are seeking to break two world records in a week for the second summer in a row,, which could surely be another world record in itself.

More than 7,000 children simultaneously dribbled basketballs for five minutes on Thursday in an attempt to enter the Guinness Book of World Records.

Japanese Football Association General Secretary Kohzo Tashima has expressed hope to host the 2022 World Cup as FIFA chose the country as the first stop to visit.

"We are lucky for being first up on the list," Tashima said on Thursday. "They could tour here when they still felt fresh and were full of energy."

Two French football stars have been detained for questioning by police investigating an alleged underage prostitution ring.

Under French law, Franck Ribery and Karim Benzema can be held until 0700 GMT on Thursday while police quiz them and decide whether to charge them with paying for sex with a minor. If found guilty, the players could be jailed for three years.

On the sixth day of the Iranian national football team's training camp in Austria, Iran's squad beats the Hungarian National Championship I club Vasas SC.

Ali Karimi converted a penalty after 55 minutes to seal a 1-0 victory for Iran on Saturday.

The Three Lions are seeking to name an English manager to lead the country's national soccer team after the end of Italian manager Fabio Capello's term.

"I think longer term, after Fabio, we'd like to go English," Sir Trevor Brooking, the Football Association's (FA) director of development, told BBC on Friday.