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Sunday 22 October 2017 C002D5556 BD SUNDAY 47 Sports Bolt: I still have passion to play football Stories By ANTHONY NLEBEM Usain Bolt, the best sprinter of all time; with two gold medals in 100 metres and 200 metres at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, followed by a hat-trick of golds at each of London 2012 and Rio 2016 (adding the 4 x 100 metres relay sprint gold at both events) the Jamaican had unprecedented success in his discipline for around a decade. The athletics legend made a slightly left-field promise during his track and field career: that he would take up football after hanging up his sprinting cleats. Having recently retired from the sport which he conquered, FIFA.com caught up with Bolt in an exclusive interview to discuss his love of football, his picks for this year’s The Best FIFA Football Awards, and what it takes to be the best. You were 11 years old when Jamaica played at their only FIFA World Cup; does anything notable stand out from that tournament? I can never forget when we qualified for the World Cup as our Prime Minster declared a national holiday. I remember our first goal at the World Cup too, Robbie Earle with that header against Croatia. Then in the final game Theodore Whitmore scored twice in the win against Japan. Now you’ve retired from sprinting, will you look to get involved in football at some level? Yes, I would love to play football now I’ve retired from track and field. I’ve been talking about it in interviews and a lot of clubs have reached out. Unfortunately, I got a bad hamstring injury in August and haven’t been able to do any training since then. Hopefully I will be able to play some games in 2018. Did you ever play football with other athletes when training or in camp? I play a lot in Jamaica over the winter. It wasn’t something that my coach liked but fortunately I didn’t get any injuries playing football that interrupted my athletics training. Footballers around the globe have to vote for a World11 from the past season (2016/17). What would be your World11 for 2016/17, and why? There are so many great players; it’s not an easy team to pick! Obviously I’d have Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Neymar leading the attack. I’ll put Gigi Buffon in goal. In defence I’ll go for Sergio Ramos and Leonardo Bonucci in the middle with Marcelo and Dani Alves as full backs. In midfield: Paul Pogba, Ngolo Kante and Philippe Coutinho. The top three for The Best FIFA Men’s Player award are Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Neymar – who’s your pick for number one and why? I would go for Cristiano Ronaldo. All three are amazing players but in the last year, Cristiano won La Liga, the Uefa Champions League again and finished top scorer for the fifth season. His ability to stay at the top year after year is very impressive. The three candidates for the Mens’ Coach award are Massimiliano Allegri, Antonio Conte and Zinedine Zidane. Which of the three would you pick? I would love to play for Zidane. I really admired him as a player and he has made the transition to coach very well. He’s won five major trophies in five tournaments. Who is your best keeper in the world at the moment and why? Gianluigi Buffon. He’s almost 40 years old, but very difficult to score against. Good goalkeepers give the players in front of them confidence and nobody would have a problem playing in front of Buffon. I met him recently at an event and he sent me a nice message when I retired. The FIFA Puskás Award rewards the best goal of 2016/17. Which of the finalists would get your vote and why? I’d vote for Oscarine Masuluke. For a goalkeeper to score an overhead kick in stoppage time like that is impressive. Who would you choose for the Women’s Player award and why? My vote would go to Lieke Martens. She led Holland to that European Championship win and was Player of the Tournament. What makes London such a special city, and what does it mean to you? I’ve been coming to London every year for the past 15 years. It’s become like my second home as I normally base myself in the city during the track and field season. There are a lot of Jamaicans living in London and I always get great support when I race there. Can you give some insight into what it takes to be the best, and the sacrifices it takes to get there? It takes talent, discipline, dedication and hard work. I believe that everyone who is considered one of the best has worked extremely hard to get there. To be successful at the highest level there are sacrifices you have to make in terms of parties, friends and getting rest. What is your advice to young athletes? Choose the right people to have around you and advise you, be determined, work hard, believe in yourself, success doesn’t always come overnight so be consistent and the results will come. I have a motto: ‘Anything is possible’. Barcelona players’ salaries on ‘red alert’ … record budget of €897m of which €588m for salaries of players The Barcelona Members Assembly will have to approve the club budget for the current season and it’s not a minor issue as president, Josep Maria Bartomeu, will present a record budget of 897 million euros of which 588m represents the salaries of the players. Although Neymar has left the club; but the salary portion of the budget has reached 84%, well over the recommended ceiling of 70%. The club can’t handle this rate of spending and so it’s expected that Bartomeu will look to market the training shirt, streamline revenues from Nike’s management and get the best allocation of television rights. The exit of players such as Arda Turan and Thomas Vermaelen will also lighten the burden.At the moment however, nobody knows with certainty that such sales will materialise. Don’t forget too that in the coming weeks Gerard Pique will renew his contract followed by Sergi Roberto.
SUNDAY BD RAJ PERSAUD & PETER BRUGGEN Persaud and Bruggen are psychiatrists based in London. Both are co-authors of the forthcoming book The Streetwise Person’s Guide to Mental Health Care. The Harvey Weinstein sexual assault scandal shows no sign of winding down. Just the opposite: police in the United Kingdom are now investigating several allegations involving the Oscarwinning film producer. While Weinstein has “unequivocally denied” allegations of non-consensual sex, and no arrests have been made, more than two dozen women – including the actors Angelina Jolie, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Rose McGowan – have publicly accused him of harassment. The allegations stretch over nearly three decades. Hollywood is struggling to explain how one of its most visible figures could have gotten away with such behavior for so long. Woody Allen offered an important clue. Despite working with Weinstein on several films, he claims that no one ever brought allegations of abuse to his attention. “And they wouldn’t, because you are not interested in it,” Allen told the BBC. “You are interested in making your movie.” Others who worked with Weinstein over the years have made similar statements. Is this the Hollywood equivalent of a police officer’s “blue wall of silence,” or is there something more clinical at work? One possible answer may be found in the results of recent psychological research. According to scientists in the United States and Israel, there are certain personality traits – the “dark triad” of narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism – that are more commonly associated with NEWS YOU CAN TRUST I SUNDAY 20 OCTOBER 2017 The psychology of superstar sex predators sexually abusive behavior. One intriguing finding from this research, published in 2016 in the journal Personality and Individual Differences, is that personality traits associated with a proclivity for harassment may be “specialized psychological adaptations” that allow individuals to exploit “niches” in society. In other words, some sexual predators may seek careers in particular industries that allow them to exploit others. The researchers also found that the disposition that makes someone successful may also comprise the personality traits that explain their tendency to exploit. The traits needed to win Academy Awards, for example, may be similar to the traits of an individual who pursues a large number of sexual partners and relationships requiring little commitment. Taken a step further, the research suggests that we should not be surprised to find a similar parallel in many others corners of society. It is not just in Hollywood where the traits that make someone a star could make the same person an abuser. The “dark triad” study was published long before the allegations against Weinstein came to light, but it remains the most comprehensive investigation into the personalities of sexual harassers. The researchers – based at Oakland University and the University of Georgia in the US, and Sapir Academic College in Israel – surveyed more than 2,500 Israeli men and women. Subjects prone to exploiting others demonstrated a number of characteristics, including callousness, disagreeableness, deceitfulness, egocentrism, lack of honesty or humility, and an excessive interest in one’s personal talents and goals. This last trait – also known as narcissism – is a key component of the dark triad. Narcissists tend to be convinced of their own magnificence, and believe that other people should be flattered to be in their company – even if that involves unwanted sexual advances. Machiavellians, meanwhile, believe that the best way to interact with others is to tell them what they want to hear. Their manipulative default can lead to a pattern of continually deceiving colleagues and friends, which may explain why a Machiavellian personality would engage in sexual harassment or pursue short-term sexual encounters. They simply believe they are too cunning to get caught. When abusers are unmasked, they often seek to deflect blame. Claiming to be suffering from a disorder such as “sexual addiction,” or checking into a rehabilitation clinic for “treatment,” as Weinstein has reportedly done, fits with a classic Machiavellian response. If the allegations pan out, Weinstein would be an extreme example of a “dark triad” abuser. But this combination of character traits is not all that rare. In fact, powerful predators might be lurking around the nearest water cooler right now. According to a 1994 survey of federal employees in the US, cited in the “dark triad” study, 44 percent of female workers, and 19 percent of male workers, reported being sexually harassed on the job within the two previous years. And, as the authors of the 2016 study remind us, sexual harassment is not always about trying to secure sex. Rather, psychological drives – including the need to boost one’s sense of self-esteem, attractiveness, or masculinity – may be driving predators’ abuse of power in dominating or degrading others. What may be particularly relevant to the Weinstein case, whatever the outcome, is that Hollywood is itself a bubble of narcissistic power. Psychologists could argue that this feature explains the blindness some have demonstrated toward the alleged depraved behavior of one of their colleagues. Sexual harassment is the immediate focus of the Weinstein case, as it should be, given the severity of the alleged crimes and the distress caused to the victims. But for psychologists seeking to understand the apparent nexus of success and abuse, Weinstein’s apparent downfall is just the tip of an analytic iceberg. (c): Project Syndicate C002D5556 Week Quotes of the “A litre of petrol is now N145. Electricity supply has not improved; let us select good materials for our elections. We did well and we would continue to defend what we did. The APC leaders who were throwing tantrums at my administration on policies concerning petroleum could not fare better two years after they took over from him. Goodluck Jonathan, ex-president of Nigeria. “My administration has pledged N10 million as grant for any film shot in the state. We have a policy to open up our market to genuine investors, private and public agencies amongst others through promoting `Make in Abia` instead of Made in Abia, proliferating more industries in the state. Okezie Ikpeazu, Abia State Governor. “We have taken steps to improve the process of the smart card readers and we will continue to do so. We will also use improved smart card readers in Anambra election. We will deploy specific machine to the specific community and we will also provide additional machines and speak to the community leaders. We will treat all states equally. Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Numbers $5.5bn The Federal Government has said its external borrowing plan, for which it is seeking the approval of the National Assembly, will take Nigeria between five years and 30 years to repay. N1.16tn Nigeria’s budget will rise by N1.16tn in 2018, according to projections contained in the 2018- 2020 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy submitted to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari. 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