北京时间7月16日，世界杯半决赛英格兰队1比2遭阿根廷队逆转绝杀，无缘决赛。 India’s “vision” is to connect Chabahar's Shahid Beheshti terminal in Iran to the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) and reach Central Asian countries through the connectivity initiative, the South Asian nation’s ports, Shipping and Waterways Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said on Sunday.,“We urge all the representatives and stakeholders to come forward with suggestions to reduce the transportation time and cost further to make a cheaper, shorter, faster and more reliable route from India to Iran and Central Asia,” Sonwal said in his introductory remarks at the "Chabahar Day" conference in Mumbai.,The "Chabahar Day" event was attended by the ambassadors of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, as well as other high-level officials from these countries.,Sonowal's comments linking the fate of Chabahar to that of the INSTC came days after the first batch of cargo from Russia's Chekhov reached India's Mumbai port, as per media reports. The cargo first traveled on a train from Russia through Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan before it reached Iran, following the INSTC route. The cargo was then taken on a ship from Iran's Bandar Abbas port to Mumbai port.,India, on its part, has invested millions of dollars in the development of the Shahid Beheshti terminal at Chabahar, with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi earmarking $500 million for the port’s development during a visit to Tehran in 2016. The Indian government is also contemplating participation in developing the railway line between Chabahar and Zahedan, which is located at the Afghanistan border.,A port of opportunities. Speaking at the Chabahar Day program in Mumbai. https://t.co/KJj5XFu9zv— Sarbananda Sonowal (@sarbanandsonwal) July 31, 2022,Sonowal remarked at the conference that Chabahar could play a “vital role” in boosting trade in the region.,According to the Indian release, foreign dignitaries present at the conference agreed on the “potential” of Chabahar to “boost development” in the landlocked Central Asian region.,The remarks by the shipping minister on the significance of Chabahar came a couple of days after Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar endorsed full membership for Iran in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) at the upcoming Leader’s Summit in Samarkand on September 15-16.,“The SCO members will have the opportunity to use the facilities of the Chabahar port in Iran,” Jaishankar said while addressing the SCO’s Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) meeting in Tashkent on Friday.,India has been backing operationalizing Chabahar port since the resumption of negotiations between the P5+1 (China France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States) and Iran for the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), or the Iran nuclear deal, after President Joe Biden came to power in the US in 2020.,The previous Trump administration unilaterally pulled the US out of the JCPOA in 2018, creating uncertainty around the feasibility of Indian investments in Chabahar. While India’s operations in Chabahar were exempted from Donald Trump’s sanctions against Iran, Indian companies were held back by the fear of “secondary sanctions.”,During a visit to Turkmenistan in April, India’s then-President Ram Nath Kovind said New Delhi had taken steps to “operationalize” Chabahar port.。终场哨后，赛场爆发肢体冲突：英格兰队核心贝林厄姆独自留在场内消化失利的失落，却突然上前拍打正在庆祝的阿根廷队替补球员瓦伦丁・巴尔科的后脑，双方随即拉扯对峙，场面一度失控。▲赛后，贝林厄姆拍打了阿根廷球员瓦伦丁·巴尔科后脑勺 图据IC photo冲突画面在网络流传后，贝林厄姆遭到大量网友批评。不过英国媒体后续披露冲突导火索，称是巴尔科赛后做出极具挑衅的举动，彻底激怒了情绪本就低落的贝林厄姆。英国媒体为贝林厄姆发声，还原了冲突的前因：巴尔科本场全程坐在替补席，并未获得登场机会，但终场哨响第一时间就冲进场地，特意跑到英格兰队替补区，对着英格兰队主帅图赫尔做出嘲讽庆祝动作，挑衅意味十足。
B | 前英格兰国门、知名评论员保罗・罗宾逊在节目中直言，巴尔科这番举动是本届世界杯赛场最差的体育道德表现。亲眼目睹主帅与队友遭受冒犯的贝林厄姆难掩怒火，才冲动上前“教训”巴尔科。赛后接受采访时，贝林厄姆难掩止步四强的沮丧，坦诚诉说内心遗憾：“我们能从这场比赛学到很多，但此刻真的无比失落。我一直渴望带领英格兰队站上决赛舞台、冲击冠军，可如今只能向球迷重复多年来的遗憾，这让我十分心碎。我无比希望能再多赢一两场比赛，现在满心都是失望，我很抱歉。”本届世界杯贝林厄姆发挥亮眼，6球1助共参与7粒进球。1/4决赛对阵挪威队，他独中两元，带领英格兰队晋级。可惜半决赛面对韧性十足的阿根廷队，球队未能保住先进球优势，遭对手逆转绝杀。编辑 欧鹏 综合审核 何先菊
