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US Open: Serena,
Umpire controversy just
won’t go away
Serena could have
MANY tennis fans
and players are
still debating whether
sexism played a role in
the penalty given to
Serena Williams in her
confrontation with an
umpire during the U.S.
Open final. Williams
was docked a game
Saturday and went on to
lose the championship
to Japan’s Naomi
Osaka.
The CEO of USTA, the
governing body of
tennis in the U.S., was
asked if she believes
female players are held
to different standards
than men.
“In my opinion, right
now, yes, and it
probably always has
been,” Katrina Adams
said on “CBS This
Morning” Tuesday. “We
shouldn’t have to carry
that extra weight on our
•Willian... Blues for life
FC
Barcelona,
Girona FC and
LaLiga have requested
permission from the
Royal Spanish Football
Federation (RFEF) to
stage the matchday 21
fixture between Girona
and Barcelona,
scheduled to be played
on 26 January 2019, at
the Miami’s Hard Rock
Stadium.
The request, signed by
FC Barcelona President
Josep Maria Bartomeu,
Girona FC President
Delfí Geli and LaLiga
President Javier Tebas,
was submitted to the
RFEF late Monday. The
submission has been
made after successfully
completing the first key
steps with several
stakeholders.
One of the elements of
the request is the
compensation offered to
Girona season ticket
holders, who have this
fixture included in their
back in anything that we
do. I think that’s probably
the context of the
conversation.”
Williams’ defeat came
after she was issued a
code violation for
receiving coaching, a
common practice in the
sport. She was then
docked a point for a
second violation after
smashing her racket,
followed by a penalty in
which she lost a game
because of “verbal abuse”
of the chair umpire.
Adams said both
Williams and umpire
Carlos Ramos could have
handled things a little bit
differently. In Ramos’
defense, Adams said he
was “following the code”
but noted he could have
issued a soft warning for
coaching instead of a
penalty off the bat.
“At the end of the day,
Barcelona, Girona LaLiga seek
permission to play in Miami
season ticket. Aficiones
Unidas (AFEPE), an
association of fan clubs,
has welcomed this
compensation package.
The proposed LaLiga
match in Miami is part of
LaLiga North America, a
wide ranging
and long-term joint
venture announced in
August between LaLiga
and Relevent, a
multinational media,
sports and entertainment
group. LaLiga North
America is targeted at
promoting football in the
United States and
Canada.
THE 2018 edition of the
Lagos Women Run,
a 10 kilometre marathon race,
has been scheduled to hold in
Lagos on Saturday November
10, with series of innovations
introduced to make the event
a memorable one.
handled it a little bit
differently. She’s
passionate. She was
speaking out and I think
for Ramos, he was a little
defensive at that point,
and was fed up as
opposed to saying,
‘Okay, let’s get back to
business,’” Adams said.
Williams was fined
$17,000 in total: $10,000
for verbal abuse, $4,000
for the coaching
violation, and $3,000 for
racket abuse. Players can
be fined up to $20,000
for each of those
offenses. Asked to
address the disparity in
Williams’ fines and
Roger Federer’s $1,500
fine for an expletiveladen
outburst during
the 2009 U.S. Open
men’s final, Adams said
the fines are up to the
discretion of the grand
slam administrator, not
the USTA.
WILLIAN insists he
never wanted to
leave Chelsea in the
summer and hopes he will
remain at Stamford Bridge
for the next five years.
Manchester United were
interested in signing
Willian, while Barcelona
had three bids turned
down for the Brazil
international.
“A lot of people, they say
a lot of things in the press,
but I never said that I want
to leave Chelsea, never,”
he told the club’s website.
“Always I say that I want
to stay at Chelsea as long
as possible, and I am
happy to stay here.
“My mind was always
like that, always when I
arrive here my plan was to
Cartoonist denies racism behind
caricature of Serena
AS
Australian
newspaper The
Herald Sun and its
cartoonist, Mark Knight,
face a backlash over a
cartoon of Serena
Williams, the organisation
has denied racism played
a role in the publication.
The editorial argued that
the cartoon was merely
another piece from Knight
Willian wants five more
years of Chelsea
stay here as long as
possible and now I am
here five years, I hope to
stay five more.
“I know I have two years
of my contract left but I
hope to stay more years in
the Premier League.
“I am very happy to be
here five years. I have won
titles and played a lot of
games with a lot of happy
moments, and a few sad
moments as well but that
is part of football. These
five years have been very
good for me and I am
proud to be a Chelsea
player.”
Chelsea will look to
extend their perfect
Premier League record
when they host Cardiff on
Saturday.
that targeted the powerful.
And, it argued, it’s a fact
that she threw a tantrum.
“In her straight sets loss
to Naomi Osaka, Williams
was simply outplayed and
lost her temper in a
gigantic and illdisciplined
blow-up.
Mark Knight’s cartoon
depicting Williams
destroying her racquet
and jumping up and
down, with a dummy spat
nearby, mocked the star
player for her behaviour,”
the editorial insisted.
The newspaper also
posted a news story on the
reaction to the cartoon,
arguing that it was mostly
people outside of
Australia who disapproved
of it.
“Well done on reducing
one of the greatest
sportswomen alive to
racist and sexist tropes
and turning a second
great sportswoman into a
faceless prop,” J.K.
Rowling, the author of the
famous Harry Potter
series, tweeted.
“The Herald Sun’s
veteran cartoonist says his
portrayal was never about
race or gender — rather
the sporting superstar’s
bad behaviour at the U.S.
Open,” the newspaper
wrote in an article on its
website.
Knight said he drew the
cartoon after watching
Williams “have a tantrum
and thought that was
interesting.”
“The cartoon about
Serena is about her poor
behaviour on the day, not
about race. The world has
just gone crazy,” Knight
was quoted as saying.
Ekundayo: We need boxing academies in Nigeria
NIGERIAN
born
International
Boxing Federation
European Welterweight
Champion, Larry Ekundayo
has urged the private and
public sectors to invest in
Boxing by establishing
Boxing Academies in the
country.
Ekundayo, who is also the
African Champion in the
Welterweight Category who
was hosed to a lavish
reception on Monday at the
Sheraton Hotel by the
General Overseer of the
Love of Christ Church,
2018 Lagos Women Run: Organisers introduce new routes,
new categories According to the General
Coordinator of the Lagos
Women Run, Tayo Popoola,
the LWR, which is the first
and only Women race in
Nigeria, would see
participants from all walks
of life running the 10
kilometres race. One of the
•Serena... Never say die.
latest innovations for the
2018 edition is the
introduction of a new route
“This time around, the
Lagos Women Run would
start from the ultra-modern
Bus Rapid Transit park at
the Race Course, Tafawa
Balewa Square, Lagos
Island and move through
Apogbon, down to Ijora
Olopa to link the National
Arts Theatre, then down
Costain Bus stop towards
the National Stadium and
terminates at the Teslim
Balogun Stadium,
Surulere, Popoola said. .
London, Rev. Mother
Esther Abimbola Ajayi said
establishment of Boxing
Academies would serve as
spring board to develop the
game of Boxing in the
country.
Ekundayo, who is also the
African Champion,
International Master
Champion and Prize
Fighter said the academies
would breed pugilists in the
country which has a
growing population of
teenagers and youths
interested in taking Boxing
as a profession.