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TEHRAN Nike Air Max 2018 Sale , July 27 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Zobahan of Isfahan soccer team announced the signing of Lebanese right-back Ali Hamam, Tasnim news agency reported on Sunday.


The 28-year-old defender has penned a one-year contract with the Iranian soccer club under an unclosed term.


Ali Hamam started his career at Al-Nejmeh of Lebanon and scored eight goals for the team in 185 matches.


Hamam has also played 21 appearances for Lebanon national football team and scored two goals.


The 14th edition of the Iran Professional League is due to be kicked off on July 31.

Chris Froome of Team Sky rides during the 21st and last stage of the 103rd edition of the Tour de France on Sunday. Photo: IC

Briton Chris Froome cemented his status as one of the greatest Tour de France riders when he secured his third title on Sunday after a three-week rocky ride.


Germany's Andre Greipel won the 21st and last stage, a 113--kilometer ride from Chantilly ending on the Champs Elysees in Paris.


Team Sky rider Froome survived two crashes and even a jog up a mountain road to add to his 2013 and 2015 triumphs and become the first rider to retain his title since Spaniard Miguel -Indurain in 1995.


American Lance Armstrong won seven titles in succession from 1999 but was erased from the winners' list after admitting to doping.


"This tour has obviously -taken place against the backdrop of -terrible events in Nice and we pay our respect again to those who lost their lives," Froome said of the recent incident in which a man killed 84 people when he drove a truck through a Bastille Day crowd on the seafront at the Riviera city.


"Of course these kinds of events put sport into perspective but they also show why the values of sport are so important to free society."


Frenchman Romain Bardet finished second overall Nike Air Max Sale , 2:52 -behind Froome, who had a 4:05 lead going into the last stage but was caught on the wrong side of a split in the finale of -Sunday's stage.


Colombian Nairo Quintana, runner--up in 2013 and 2015 who was -expected to push Froome to the limit, ended up a disappointing third Air Max 90 Sale , 3:08 off the pace.


Pole Rafal Majka won the polka dot jersey for the mountain classification and his Tinkoff teammate, world champion -Peter -Sagan, clinched a fifth green -jersey for the points classification.


Sagan, who won three stages Air Max 2017 Sale , was also voted the most aggressive rider in the three-week race while Adam Yates showed Britain was full of resources, ending up fourth overall and winning the white jersey for the best under-25 rider.


Another Briton, Mark Cavendish, claimed four stages but he pulled out of the race on the second rest day to prepare for the Olympic Games Air Max 2018 Sale , where he will be competing on the track.


Froome built his success on an impressively strong Team Sky, arguably the best-assembled in recent Tour history, being able to rely on domestique de luxe -Wouter Poels in the mountains.


The Briton, however Air Max Sale , had a few scares.


In the 12th stage ending on Mont Ventoux, he crashed when he was involved in an incident with a TV motorbike and even ran up the road after his bike was broken.


Froome hit the deck again on a slippery descent in the 19th stage, but he had by then sewn up his win thanks to strong performances in the time trials and surprise attacks on a descent and the flat.


The atmosphere was much more relaxed on Sunday when the peloton rode a largely processional stage, Froome drinking beer and champagne in the neutral zone.


And now Rio is what dominates his thoughts.


"Yes Nike Air Max 90 Sale Clearance , I'm hoping to do the time trial at the Olympics," said the 31-year-old. "I think it's a course that suits me well, with -almost 1,000 -meters of climbing and almost 60 kilo-meters in length. It's going to be an extremely tough event. I took bronze at the last Olympics in London. It would be absolutely incredible to medal again this year."


British paper alleges $1.7 million was paid to secure support of Asian delegation


FIFA's decision to award the 2022 World Cup to Qatar came under further scrutiny as a British newspaper published new allegations that Mohamed bin Hammam used his wealth and top-level contacts to buy support for the oil-rich country's successful bid.


The Sunday Times Nike Air Max 2017 Sale Clearance , which last week claimed the former FIFA executive committee member made payments totaling $5 million to senior soccer officials to seal support for Qatar, also accused bin Hammam of using $1.7 million to secure key Asian votes.