The Latest: Dutch soccer players contribute to help clubs Share This StoryFacebookTwitteremailPrintLinkedinRedditThe Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:___Dutch national team players, the country’s national soccer association and the sport’s main sponsor will contribute to an 11 million euro ($12 million) fund to support clubs in the Netherlands during the coronavirus pandemic. The Dutch soccer association says players on the men’s and women’s national teams are contributing to the fund to help amateur clubs that have been closed across the country.The country’s 3,000 soccer clubs have 1.2 million players but have seen income such as bar proceeds dry up amid the health crisis.___Celta Vigo forward Fedor Smolov has left his confinement in Spain to be closer to his family back home in Russia.Smolov says he informed the Spanish club of his plan and had its support. The club could not be immediately reached to confirm whether it had authorized the player’s departure. The federation last month formally admitted wrongdoing in a case where fake medical documents were used to give a Russian athlete an alibi for being unavailable for testing. It is facing a $10 million fine and a cap of 10 athletes for its track team at the next Olympics.___A doctor at French soccer club Reims has killed himself after getting infected with the coronavirus.Reims Mayor Arnaud Robinet told Le Parisien newspaper Bernard Gonzalez “is a collateral victim of COVID-19 because he had tested positive and was in isolation for 14 days. I know he had left a note to explain his decision.”Officials at the club say Gonzalez died Sunday. He was 60. Gonzalez had worked at the club for 23 years.Reims remembered Gonzalez as a man with the “soul of an artist” who was in love with the six-time champions.___Two more golf events on the European Tour have been called off because of the coronavirus pandemic.That ensures there will be no play until the end of June at the earliest. Spain is expected to remain in a nationwide lockdown because of the coronavirus pandemic until April 26. The country has more than 135,000 confirmed cases of the new virus with more than 13,000 deaths.Smolov wrote on Instagram that because of the closure of borders “I have found myself obligated to return to Russia to be closer to my family.”Smolov says he is “very grateful to Celta for its support and I want to emphasize that I informed the club about every step.”Spanish media reported that the 30-year-old Smolov flew home on a private jet for the 18th birthday of Maria Yumasheva. She is the granddaughter of former Russian President Boris Yeltsin. Smolov published photos on Instagram in January showing him and Yumasheva together on vacation.Smolov says he is abiding by an “obligatory” quarantine and remains in constant contact with Celta’s coaching staff to follow team protocol. He says he will return “as soon as the club requires.” ___The Russian track federation says it will no longer give national team places to some athletes with past doping bans.The federation said Sunday it won’t select athletes who were given bans since November 2015 for a range of doping and doping-related offenses, or who work with a coach who was banned since that date.The move could be subject to a legal challenge. The Court of Arbitration for Sport has struck down similar national selection rules before if it deems they impose extra punishments on athletes who have served their doping bans. CAS overturned a British Olympic Association rule in 2012 that athletes previously banned for doping could not be selected for the Olympic team.The rules come as the Russian federation’s new management tries to mend its relationship with World Athletics. Russia has been suspended from international track competitions since 2015 for widespread doping. Associated Press The decision by the German champions came after some rival clubs made similar moves. Borussia Dortmund and Wolfsburg have had players train in pairs or small groups.Bayern said Sunday that the training session would “be done in coordination with government policy and the relevant authorities.” The club added that “it goes without saying that all hygiene regulations will be strictly observed.”German league games have been suspended until at least April 30. Clubs and the league have discussed resuming the league without fans and with regular virus tests for players and staff.No German league games have been played since March 8.___ The Trophée Hassan II in Morocco from June 4-7 was postponed and the following week’s Scandinavian Mixed tournament in Stockholm was canceled and will now be played in 2021.Eleven tour events have been either postponed or canceled because of the virus outbreak.The next potential tournament is the BMW International Open in Germany from June 25-28.___Bayern Munich players have returned to training in small groups despite restrictions in place because of the coronavirus pandemic. April 6, 2020 More AP sports: https://apnews.com/apf-sports and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports,Tampa Bay Lightning advance to face Dallas Stars in Stanley Cup finals, beating New York Islanders 2-1 in OT in Game 6 read more
USC places seventh at championship It had been a bumpy start for the USC men’s golf team.In its first event of the season, the PGA West, USC placed 10th out of 16 teams.But in the Trojans’ second event of the season, they bounced back, placing seventh at the U.S. Collegiate Championship, which concluded Tuesday at the Golf Club of Georgia in Alpharetta, Ga.The Trojans led play in the first round and tied for third after the second round. At the conclusion of the tournament, USC finished at 7-over-par (282-288-301). Crosstown rival UCLA took first at 12-under-par. Washington and Auburn tied for second at 9-under-par.Senior Steve Lim was the highest Trojan finisher. Lim tied for 13th at 1-under-par (66-73-76). He had four bogeys and 14 pars during his final round.Freshman Anthony Paolucci tied for 31st at 4-over 220 (71-71-81). Paolucci also had back-to-back birdies on nine and 10. Sophomore Jeffrey Kang (73-71-76) and Paolucci both finished 4-over-par. Kang opened his final round with eight pars and finished the final 10 holes at 4-over-par with one birdie.Martin Trainer tied for 37th at 5-over-par (72-73-76). The junior began the final round with an eagle on the par-5 first hole. Trainer was 4-under-par through eight holes but finished the back nine at 8-over.Rounding out the Trojans, sophomore Ramsey Sahyoun tied for 49th at 8-over-par (77-74-73) and recorded the team’s top score in the third round.The Trojans will head to San Martin, Calif., to compete in the Gifford Collegiate Championship on Monday.This will mark the final fall event for USC before the team resumes its season in early February. —Andie Hagemann Santamaria wins ITA Women’s title Less than a month into her college tennis career, it appears freshman Sabrina Santamaria is already getting the hang of things.Santamaria won the ITA Women’s Southwest Regional Tennis Championship in San Diego, Calif., defeating teammate and fellow freshman Zoe Scandalis in straight sets, 6-2, 6-1. The win was Santamaria’s sixth consecutive straight-set singles victory.With Santamaria’s win, the Women of Troy have now won four straight ITA regional singles championships.Santamaria was unseeded coming into the tournament but quickly progressed, defeating four top-10 seeds during her run, including No. 10 Scandalis in the final. Santamaria also beat junior Danielle Lao, another member of USC’s women’s tennis team and winner of the event last season. The two met in the quarterfinals with Santamaria winning 3-6, 6-2, 6-4.Besides the three who made the quarterfinals, the Women of Troy had three players compete in the tournament. Freshman Gabriella DeSimone, senior Alison Ramos and sophomore Kaitlyn Christian all advanced to the round of 32 before getting knocked out.On the doubles side of the bracket, Christian and Santamaria advanced to the finals before losing to Robin Anderson and Skylar Morton of UCLA. Ramos and Scandalis advanced to the round of 16 before withdrawing.DeSimone and Lao were paired together but were defeated in the round of 32.Santamaria will try to stay in top form when USC plays next on Friday at the Jack Kramer Championships in Palos Verdes, Calif. —Nick Selbe read more
Logan Reidsma | Senior Staff Photographer Facebook Twitter Google+ Published on February 25, 2016 at 10:07 pm Contact Jesse: jcdoug01@syr.edu | @dougherty_jesse Trevor Cooney and Michael Gbinije have been preparing for the final run of their college seasons for five years. Since 2011. Half a decade.In the one-and-done era of big-time college basketball, Cooney and Gbinije are each something of an anomaly. Cooney ranked 65th in the Class of 2011 but redshirted as a freshman. Gbinije started at Duke, left after one season and looked on from the bench as the Orange lost to Michigan in the 2013 Final Four in Atlanta.That’s what brought the pair to this point — two fifth-year seniors trying to steady the steering wheel of SU’s up-and-down season. Before Syracuse (18-10, 8-7 Atlantic Coast) hosts N.C. State (14-14, 4-11) at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Cooney and Gbinije will be honored at half court for the program’s annual Senior Day ceremony, along with walk-on transfer Christian White who hasn’t played this season. Then they’ll play their last regular season home game, which comes a week after their worst collective performance of the year, and try to cap their Carrier Dome careers with a much-needed win.“Not too many people have two fifth-year guards who are 1,000-point scorers who have won a ton of games, have played in a ton of games,” SU assistant coach Mike Hopkins said Thursday. “At the end of the day, legacy is about winning and legacy, to me, is staying through adversity and getting through it, taking the high road and doing your best.”Hopkins pointed to the pair’s last two seasons — mired by a self-imposed postseason ban, NCAA violations and a nine-game suspension for SU head coach Jim Boeheim — and said Cooney and Gbinije could have transferred and played their fifth seasons at any other school. But aside from some talk about Gbinije declaring for the NBA Draft last spring, the idea of Cooney and Gbinije ditching Syracuse in a turbulent time wasn’t even floated as a possibility.AdvertisementThis is placeholder textAnd it hasn’t been a two-man effort per se, but Cooney and Gbinije have teamed to gather the pieces after Syracuse started 0-4 in ACC play and looked light years away from an NCAA Tournament bid. Gbinije, in his first season as a full-time point guard, is tied for fifth in the ACC in scoring (averaging 17 points a game) and is the only player in the conference to score in double figures in every game this season. Cooney has been spotty at times, but he scored 25 in a win at Wake Forest, 22 in a home win over then-No. 25 Notre Dame and has been a rock at the top of the 2-3 zone.In the bigger picture, Cooney has made the third most 3s in program history (263 and counting), and Gbinije is on the short list of transfers who’ve seemingly been at Syracuse all along.“They’ve been tremendous, Mike for three years and Trevor, especially the last three,” Boeheim said Monday on the ACC coaches teleconference. “They’ve been key guys for us, tremendously underrated on the defensive end.“They’re both very, very good defensive players. And both guys have been really solid for us this year. They’ve played really good basketball this year.”Before the start of practice Wednesday, Cooney and Gbinije were as loose as they’ve been all season. Gbinije played a slow-motion game of one-on-one with Hopkins and tried to make layups while throwing the ball as high as he could. On the other end of the court, Cooney launched 35-foot 3s and challenged assistant coach Gerry McNamara to do the same.On Saturday, they will walk to center court in the Carrier Dome and hold up their framed jerseys while the crowd showers them with cheers. Then they’ll play in a game that, at least in small part, will sway how that same crowd places them in program history. Overachievers or underachievers. Greats or very goods. Those who did everything or those who couldn’t quite do enough.But if you ask those within the program, Cooney and Gbinije have little left to prove.“This last stretch of the season is important for them, it would be important to any players,” Hopkins said. “But we know what those guys have meant. They are committed to this program and committed to being great, and that’s all we’ve ever asked of them.” Comments Related Stories Dougherty: For Syracuse, it starts and ends with a pair of 5th-year guards read more
TVBET passes GLI test for five live games in Malta and Italy August 25, 2020 Submit Related Articles Share Share Winamax maintains Granada CF sponsorship despite bleak Spanish outlook August 19, 2020 StumbleUpon A two day GiGsters Connect event, celebrating the fifth anniversary of online gambling firm Gaming Innovation Group (GiG), has concluded, with guests left wowed by its headline guest speaker.Steve Wozniak, Co-Founder of Apple Computer Inc and “legendary Silicon Valley tech wizard,” took to the stage to speak to a 1150 strong audience.Arriving into the InterContinental Arena in Malta on a Segway, Wozniak sat down for an educational fireside chat with GiG Chief Executive Officer Robin Reed, before taking questions from the audience. Kelly Kehn Co-founder of All-in Diversity, an industry-driven initiative to benchmark diversity, equality and inclusion in iGaming, commented: “In an industry where recruitment of top tech talent may be difficult, GiG is truly leading the way by opening up their awesomeness and sharing it with all of us. What an inspiring and engaging event for students, employees and the local community! More of this please.”The audience in attendance consisted of 650 GiG employees from Malta, Norway, Spain and Denmark as well as over 500 external guests who were given a free ticket by GiG, including individuals from UoM (University of Manchester), MCAST (Malta College of Arts Science and Technology) and Middlesex University students and professors, members of the Maltese tech community and high profile guests.Chris Demico GiG Solutions Architect and former MCAST student, added: “I am really grateful to GiG for this wonderful opportunity of a lifetime. I got to meet one of my role models, talk to him and have him sign my books and my shirt. Today was a good day.”The event also featured in-depth knowledge session, hackathons, parties and learning opportunities for GiG employees in attendance. Altenar: Supporting expansion plans in Denmark and Portugal August 20, 2020 read more
Former Michigan State president retires amid criminal investigation The verdict came after six days of testimony from the alleged victim, her former boyfriend and police who responded to the scene.“I’ve been waiting for this day for four years,” Cleaves said (via MLive.com), who apologized to his wife and children for “putting them through this.” Related News He also said it has been a rough four years for him personally.“Having to endure all of that, hearing that lie, and being portrayed as an animal, as a rapist. That’s the worst person you can be is a rapist,” he said. “To be portrayed as a rapist, it broke my heart every day.”Following several hours of closing arguments Tuesday in Genesee Circuit Judge Celeste D. Bell’s packed courtroom, the jury of 10 women and four men deliberated for less than three hours before returning its verdict.Cleaves was arraigned in March 2016 on multiple felony charges.However, since-retired Genesee District Judge M. Cathy Dowd dismissed all charges against Cleaves in December 2016, saying at the time that although security camera footage shows Cleaves pulling the woman back into a hotel room, “there are a number of factors that led (Dowd) to believe something else was going on.” Former Michigan State basketball star Mateen Cleaves was found not guilty Tuesday on all counts in a sexual assault case that dates back almost four years (via MLive.com).Cleaves, 41, was tried in Genesee (Michigan) Circuit Court on single counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct, third-degree criminal sexual conduct, unlawful imprisonment and assault with intent to commit sexual penetration stemming from an alleged sexual assault of a woman on Sept. 15, 2015, in Mundy Township, south of Flint. Since-retired judge Archie Hayman later reinstated the charges following an appeal by prosecutors, agreeing that Dowd had overstepped her power in dismissing the charges.Cleaves, a three-time All-American at Michigan State from 1996-2000, led the Spartans to the 2000 national championship and was named Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four. He was named Big Ten Player of the Year twice.He played 167 games with four NBA teams across six seasons. Ex-Michigan State dean sentenced to prison, stemming from Larry Nassar probe read more
It will be a summer of transfers at zero cost. Berta manages a list of important footballers, how could it be otherwise. But Atlético will be attentive to players who end their contract or are close to it. There is no other great possibility, because the club’s economy is not for making large disbursements. There are three positions that Atlético could be reinforced with a substitute for Lodi on the left-back, a midfield player and a striker. The club has Morata, Diego Costa, João Félix, Vitolo, Lemar, Saponjic…Simeone works with a team of 23 footballers. He has had injuries and there are not many footballers. Yes a right back and the shots point to Arias. Trippier and Vrsaljko are the title holders. He Atlético could put Arias on the market to enter some moneyor. Saponjic has not played either and could go on loan, but in this case Atlético would not pay money. Carrasco is on loan and the purchase option can be exercised. And Adam ends contract. They are happy with it and could renew it.Only if someone comes out, a bell player will arrive. The squad, which has been through injury problems, is competitive. He has shown it against Liverpool, he still stands in Europe and only his lack of goal has deprived him of a fight for LaLiga. And the new ones have already adapted. Its performance should be greater with one year of experience. Atlético expects a summer at zero cost. The COVID-19 crisis will affect Atlético’s immediate future, an entity that has not stopped growing in its budget in recent years. And it has not stopped growing in workers either. The ERTE announced by Gil Marín is one of the club’s measures to mitigate the great blow that the club is accusing. From a sports point of view there will also be consequences. The club will be very limited when it comes to making signings and the squad, except for some adjustments, will be the same this season.. The great financial outlay was made by Atlético last summer with the arrival of a large number of soccer players, including João Félix, the entity’s most expensive signing: 127 million.The squad will be practically the same and everything will be conditioned to the fact that there may be an important exit. Lemar looks like the player who could leave and it would leave some economic amount in the club, although its value is far from the 70 million that the entity paid. Thomas has a great lineup, but the club hopes he will finish renewing and continue more years with the team. Only if there is a great start can an important player arrive. read more
MAN UNITED (4-2-3-1)DE GEA,DARMIAN, JONES, SMALLING, BLIND,CARRICK, SCHNEIDERLIN,MATA, ROONEY, YOUNG,MARTIALJEROME,BRADY, HOOLAHAN, REDMOND,TETTEY, O’NEIL,OLSSON, BASSONG, MARTIN, WISDOM,RUDDNORWICH (4-2-3-1)Manchester United suffered a poor week when they were knocked out of the Champions League and then lost 2-1 at Bournemouth in the Barclays Premier League.Interestingly both goals conceded by United at the Cherries came from corners; it is the first time that has happened since January 2014, against Chelsea. It was also United’s 13th defeat against a newly promoted side in the Premier League, their first since losing 5-3 to Leicester last season.They face a Norwich City side that held Everton to a 1-1 draw last Saturday, their fourth league game without a win and that saw them drop into the relegation zone.Norwich have lost on their last five league visits to Old Trafford. In a total of seven Premier League trips there they have lost six and drawn one. Overall, they have won just three times in 28 visits, while losing 19 and drawing six. They last won there in August 1989 in the old First Division. read more
2 nabbed in Bicol drug stings Vilma Santos, Luis Manzano warn public of fake account posing as her MOST READ 787 earthquakes recorded in 24 hours due to restive Taal Volcano 787 earthquakes recorded in 24 hours due to restive Taal Volcano LATEST STORIES End of his agony? SC rules in favor of Espinosa, orders promoter heirs to pay boxing legend Ai-Ai delas Alas on Jiro Manio: ‘Sana pinahalagahan niya ang naitulong ko’ He is again expected to carry Team Philippines when wushu events jianshu, gunshu and taijijian — all forms disciplines but with different weapons — unfurl Sunday with five golds medals at stake.Joining him in the hunt are Thorton Quiney, Kimberly Macuha and Norlence Ardee Catolico.FEATURED STORIESSPORTSEnd of his agony? SC rules in favor of Espinosa, orders promoter heirs to pay boxing legendSPORTSRedemption is sweet for Ginebra, Scottie ThompsonSPORTSMayweather beats Pacquiao, Canelo for ‘Fighter of the Decade’Wushu is hoping to once again be a gold mine in the SEA Games after producing only one gold and four silvers in Singapore two years ago. View comments Don’t miss out on the latest news and information. Sports Related Videospowered by AdSparcRead Next Teen gunned down in Masbate Marcosian mode: Duterte threatens to arrest water execs ‘one night’ Gilas cadets kick off title defense vs tough Thais Albay to send off disaster response team to Batangas Trending Articles PLAY LIST 00:50Trending Articles02:11SEA GAMES 2019: PH’s Nesthy Petecio boxing featherweight final (HIGHLIGHTS)08:07Athletes treated to a spectacle as SEA Games 2019 officially ends06:27SEA Games 2019: No surprises as Gilas Pilipinas cruises to basketball gold05:02SEA Games 2019: Philippines clinches historic gold in women’s basketball05:21Drama in karate: Tsukii ‘very sad’ over coach’s bullying, cold shoulder03:24PH’s James Palicte boxing light welterweight final (HIGHLIGHTS) Daniel Parantac. AFP File PhotoKUALA LUMPUR — For the past two Southeast Asian Games, Daniel Parantac was the epitome of silent efficiency.The 26-year-old Parantac, champions in wushu’s forms events taijijian and taijiquan, has brought gold medals to the country in the Singapore and Napyidaw editions.ADVERTISEMENT read more
A site C opposition tour is making the rounds across southern B.C. over the next month, but will not be venturing to the Peace River region, where the proposed dam would be built, until September.There is already a high awareness of the issues surrounding Site C in the Peace, says Tria Donaldson, a Pacific Coast campaigner with the Wilderness Committee.- Advertisement -Donaldson says the group hopes to make residents in the south aware of the effects the dam would have in the Peace. She says they hope to draw links between Site C and some of the run-of-the-river projects in the Kootenays to make them more aware of the impacts.The tour is being put on by the Wilderness Committee, along with the Peace Valley Environmental Association and Treaty 8 First Nations in various cities, including Golden, Victoria, Kamloops, Kelowna and Nelson.The groups then plan to make presentations in the northwest and northeast parts of the province in the fall. read more
The maximum penalty for bringing it into Australia illegally is a fine of $86,000 and five years in prison. Stallone is unlikely to face the maximum penalty. The case was adjourned until April 24. – Associated Press 160Want local news?Sign up for the Localist and stay informed Something went wrong. Please try again.subscribeCongratulations! You’re all set! Sylvester Stallone faces stiff fines after trying to bring vials of a muscle-building hormone into Australia. Lawyers for Stallone, the 60-year-old star of the “Rocky” and “Rambo” movie franchises, represented him in a Sydney court Tuesday where he faces one charge of importing a banned substance. Stallone and his entourage were stopped and detained at Sydney airport Feb. 16 as he arrived for a promotional visit, while customs officials searched bags and confiscated items. His hotel room was searched and more items confiscated three days later. Human growth hormone is officially considered a performance-enhancing drug in Australia and it cannot be imported without a permit from the Therapeutic Goods Administration. read more