MEDIA AWARENESS NEWSPAPER

e T w n n n g P A G E 6
U.S. SOCCER HAS REVEALED THE SCHEDULE
FOR THE 2021 WNT SUMMER SERİES
The ser es w ll feature the Un ted States,
Portugal, Jama ca and N ger a as the f nal
nternat onal games for the USWNT before
the nam ng of the 18-player Olymp c team.
Due to a change n the nternat onal match
w ndow by FIFA, the matches w ll be
treated as fr endl es.
The U.S. s the only one of the four teams to
have qual f ed for the Olymp cs. The match
aga nst N ger a w ll mark the f rst t me the
USWNT has faced the team outs de of a
world champ onsh p and w ll be the th rdever
fr endly aga nst an Afr can country,
w th the USWNT’s prev ous two games
com ng aga nst South Afr ca. Portugal s
one of many European teams mak ng b g
str des n the women’s game, wh le
Jama ca qual f ed for ts f rst Women’s
World Cup n 2019 after Cedella Marley
brought the team back from ext nct on.
The f rst f ve games of the ser es w ll take
place at BBVA Stad um n Houston. The
f nal game between the U.S. and N ger a
w ll be played at Q2 Stad um n Aust n.
It w ll be the f rst soccer game at the brand
new stad um, home of Major League
Soccer’s newest club, Aust n FC. It w ll also
be the f rst t me a U.S. Soccer sen or
nat onal team has ever made an
appearance n the c ty of Aust n.
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THE HİSTORY OF WOMEN’S RUGBY (AND WHY
IT IS FİNALLY HAVİNG ITS MOMENT)
Women’s rugby s
who s now a Gu nness brand ambassador, and
her peers have been part of an all-out
revolut on. There were fewer than 100 n the
crowd when Waterman played her f rst game,
and became England’s youngest player,
aga nst Ireland n 2003. But t mes have
def n tely changed: the prof le and
profess onal sm of the game has ncreased
s gn f cantly.
It’s easy to forget that the women’s game has
ex sted almost as long as the men’s. Em ly
Valent ne who was born n Enn sk llen, n what
s now Northern Ireland, has long held the
honour of be ng rugby’s f rst known female
player. (1887)
In the same year n Hull there was a game w th
two teams of women play ng rugby football
aga nst each other, but the game wasn’t very
well rece ved, there was a p tch nvas on and
the players were carr ed off before t could be
completed.
It was the 1991 Rugby World Cup that changed
women’s rugby forever. Gr ff n, Dorr ngton and
fellow players Al ce Cooper and Mary Forsyth
s ngle-handedly organ sed a tournament that
redef ned the sport. For decades, women have
dr ven the r own game forward, pushed for t to
be taken ser ously and p oneered new roles.
Waterman bel eves that although the prof le
and profess onal sm of the sport has never
been h gher, there’s st ll plenty more to do. “It’s
only the last few years we’ve seen an
accelerat on of the support, the fac l t es, the
med a opportun t es, that’s br ng ng the sport
n l ne w th where t needs to be.” she says.
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f nally gett ng the
recogn t on t
deserves, but
"There’s more to
be done.", says
legendary player
Dan elle
Waterman,
SLAVİA’S KÚDELA BANNED FOR 10 GAMES BY UEFA FOR
'RACİST BEHAVİOUR'
Slav a Prague defender Ondřej Kúdela has been handed a 10-game ban by UEFA for
rac ally abus ng a Glasgow Rangers player dur ng a Europa League match.
Kúdela was found to have rac ally abused Rangers m df elder Glen Kamara on March 18.
The ban means he w ll m ss the rest of Slav a's Europa League campa gn and the Czech
Republ c's games at the European Champ onsh p. The Czechs beg n the r Euro 2020
program n June aga nst Scotland n Glasgow.
It's cla med Kúdela made rac st comments n Kamara's ear dur ng the Europa League
game at Ibrox Stad um last month. He acknowledged swear ng at Kamara but den ed
us ng rac st language that another Rangers player also cla med to have heard.
Kamara reacted angr ly to the remarks and was banned for three matches for assault ng
Kúdela.
COMMONWEALTH GAMES 2022: SİX MORE TEAMS QUALİFY FOR T20 EVENT
Austral a, Ind a, New Zealand,
Pak stan and South Afr ca have
qual f ed for the 2022
Commonwealth Games n
B rm ngham.
A country from the West Ind es w ll also
compete n the women's Twenty20
tournament alongs de England, who
qual fy automat cally as hosts.
The teams were dec ded by the latest Internat onal Cr cket Counc l (ICC) rank ngs. The e ghth and
f nal place w ll go to the w nner of a qual f er.
The Games are due to beg n on 26 July and w ll be broadcast l ve on the BBC.
A West Ind es team cannot enter the Games as athletes from the Car bbean reg on w ll be
represent ng the r nd v dual nat ons.
Cr cket s the f rst sports d sc pl ne at the Games to announce ts qual fy ng teams.
"We are ncred bly proud and exc ted to be part of B rm ngham 2022 and t s a fantast c
opportun ty for us to cont nue to grow the women's game globally," sa d ICC act ng ch ef
execut ve Geoff Allard ce.
England capta n Heather Kn ght added: "It's go ng to be a fantast c compet t on, a real chance to
showcase the women's game to a huge aud ence and t's one we're thr lled to be tak ng part n."
The event w ll be only the second t me cr cket has featured at the Games, after a men's 50-over
compet t on - won by South Afr ca - was ncluded at Kuala Lumpur n 1998. Gonca Göker Kıvrakdal
CHRİSTİAN COLEMAN: WORLD 100M CHAMPİON HAS TWO-YEAR BAN REDUCED BY SİX MONTHS
World 100m champ on Chr st an Coleman has had h s two-year ban for m ss ng three drug tests reduced by s x months
follow ng an appeal to the Court of Arb trat on for Sport (Cas).
The 25-year-old Amer can w ll st ll m ss the Tokyo Olymp cs start ng n July as the ban runs unt l 14 November.
He can, however, defend h s world ndoor and outdoor t tles next year. Cas "part ally upheld" the Athlet cs Integr ty
Un t's (AIU) rul ng but found h s "degree of negl gence to be lower". Coleman, who won 100m gold at the World
Champ onsh ps n Doha n 2019, was f rst prov s onally suspended n June 2020 after m ss ng a th rd test n December
2019. The ndoor 60m world record holder d d not contest h s f rst m ssed test on 16 January 2019 but d sputed h s f l ng
fa lure on 26 Apr l 2019 and whereabouts fa lure on 9 December. The AIU nvest gat on nto h s rule v olat ons sa d there
was no suggest on he had ever taken a banned substance. However, Coleman's att tude towards h s ant -dop ng
obl gat ons was descr bed as "ent rely careless, perhaps even reckless" by the AIU n October. Accord ng to the AIU's
out-of-compet t on test ng gu del nes, athletes are accountable for m ssed tests f they are not at the r spec f ed
locat on for the one-hour per od they have stated. The tester must wa t for the full 60 m nutes before leav ng. Coleman
sa d he was Chr stmas shopp ng "f ve m nutes away" from home, and that the tester made no effort to contact h m
dur ng h s th rd whereabouts fa lure. Cas sa d Coleman "should have been on 'h gh alert' on that day" cons der ng h s
prev ous whereabouts fa lures, but dec ded "he would have been able to return" n t me to do a test f contacted.
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