FIBA Asia to take action against Qatar

 　　WUHAN, China, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- The FIBA Asia apologized Saturday for inresponsible behaviors of Qatar and promised to take furture actions against Team Qatar after the Asian FIBA Men's Basketball Championships.

　　"Definitely we'll take actions against Team Qatar in a proper time, but we don't want to spoil the competitions," said Yeoh Chooo Hock, Secretary General of FIBA Asia.

　　The FIBA Asia released a statement Saturday night, saying "There have been certain unavoidable and unfortunate incidents in the past two days of what otherwise has been a very exciting start to the Championships.

　　FIBA Asia expresses its deeepest regrets on these unforeseen and inresponsible acts of Team Qatar, which has caused a minor¹ aberration² on the shine of the Championship."

　　Yeoh said five of the 11 registered Qatar players were deprived off the right to play the tournament due to lack of proper papers or documents to have qualifying nationality.

　　Qatar lost 27-12 to Uzbekistan in less than six minutes, and 40-4 to Iran in 7:42 minutes when four of the five avaible players took quick fouls³ and walked off the court in the first two games.

　　Players of Qatar apologized to fans after they played a full-time⁴ match against Chinese Taipei, losing 94-78 on Saturday.

1 minor   

adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修

参考例句：

• The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
• I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。

2 aberration   

n.离开正路，脱离常规，色差

参考例句：

• The removal of the chromatic aberration is then of primary importance.这时消除色差具有头等重要性。
• Owing to a strange mental aberration he forgot his own name.由于一种莫名的精神错乱，他把自己的名字忘了。

3 fouls   

n.煤层尖灭；恶劣的( foul的名词复数 )；邪恶的；难闻的；下流的v.使污秽( foul的第三人称单数 )；弄脏；击球出界；（通常用废物）弄脏

参考例句：

• The player was sent off the field because of fouls. 这名运动员因屡屡犯规而被罚下场。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Jones was ordered off in the second half after repeated fouls. 由于屡次犯规，琼斯在下半场中被责令退出比赛。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 full-time   

adj.满工作日的或工作周的，全时间的

参考例句：

• A full-time job may be too much for her.全天工作她恐怕吃不消。
• I don't know how she copes with looking after her family and doing a full-time job.既要照顾家庭又要全天工作，我不知道她是如何对付的。