7月17日，中国男足选拔队与中国女足一同乘坐山东航空公司的包机，启程离开青岛市，飞赴日本名古屋市，准备参加即将于本月下旬在日本举办的东亚杯足球锦标赛。    Baghdad, Oct 20 (UNI) Archaeologists in northern Iraq have made an exciting discovery -- unearthing beautiful rock carvings that are about 2,700 years old.
They were found in Mosul by a US-Iraqi excavation team working to reconstruct the ancient Mashki Gate, which Islamic State militants destroyed in 2016, BBC reported.
Iraq is home to some of the world's most ancient cities, including Babylon.
But years of turmoil have seen many archaeological sites looted and damaged by militants and military action, the BBC reported.
The eight marble reliefs show finely chiselled war scenes, grape vines and palm trees.
They date back to the Assyrian King Sennacherib, who ruled the ancient city of Nineveh from 705 to 681 BC, the Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage said.
The powerful king was known for his military campaigns, including against Babylon, and his vast expansion of Nineveh.
The Mashki Gate was one of the largest in Nineveh, and was an icon of the city's size and power. The gate was reconstructed in the 1970s, but was destroyed with a bulldozer by IS militants in 2016, BBC said.
The militant group ransacked and demolished several ancient sites that pre-date Islam in Iraq, denouncing them as symbols of "idolatry".
UNI MR。据了解，国足选拔队抵达驻地并稍作调整后，将立即赴场地训练。对于年轻的国足选拔队来说，争分夺秒非常有必要。在青岛市进行了3天的训练后，国足选拔队于17日一早启程东征，而同行的还有已经在青岛市备战超过一个月的中国女足。据悉，两支国字号球队17日很早就分别从驻地酒店出发。而为了保证两队出行的健康安全，中国足协特意为他们租用了包机东征。搭载着两支国字号球队的山航班机于北京时间17日上午8点14分起飞，起飞时间较既定时间早了16分钟。预计飞机抵达目的地的时间为当地时间中午11点半左右。在此之前，国足选拔队计划于当地时间下午4点半赴场地进行抵达日本后的首次训练。不过，考虑到全队入境、进驻酒店需要时间，因此不排除调整训练时间的可能性。不得不说，国足选拔队虽然实力上与日、韩两队存差距，但对待比赛及备战的态度却不逊对手。

B | 主教练扬科维奇此前确认，球队抵达日本后，训练强度较青岛集训期间将明显减小，训练将围绕东亚杯比赛的技战术内容来进行。由于东亚杯3个对手实力不同，打法各异，因此国足选拔队采用的战术不可能一成不变。这也是全队抵达日本后马不停蹄展开训练的原因所在。因本届东亚杯男女足赛事分别安排在不同地点进行，因此国足选拔队、中国女足将进驻在不同酒店内。其间，两队在积极备战、比赛的同时，也将全力做好防疫工作。文/本报记者 肖赧