■ Soccer
Atletico Madrid gets fined
Atletico Madrid was fined an undisclosed amount by the Spanish soccer federation on Tuesday for its supporters' racist taunting of Valencia's Malian midfielder Mohamed Sissoko. The fine also included punishment for crowd disorder at Sunday's game, in which fireworks and bottles were launched onto the field at Vicente Calderon Stadium. Atletico won 1-0. The federation didn't disclose the amount of the fine, although it deemed the offenses minor, leading local media to assume it was 600 euros (US$800), the penalty issued to several other clubs for racist conduct this season. Sissoko was targeted with monkey noises in the 19th minute, and again when he was substituted, referee Eduardo Iturralde Gonzalez said in his match report. The fine is the second Atletico has received this season for racism.
■ Rugby
Justin Harrison apologizes
New South Wales lock Justin Harrison apologized yesterday for making racially offensive remarks to a South African player during last weekend's Super 12 rugby match against the Cats. Center Nathan Grey had initially been named as the Waratahs player who made the racial slur, but denied the allegations through his management company. Harrison said he made the remark to Cats winger Chumani Booi, who is black, after Grey said in his statement that he'd heard them on the field during a ruck. The match at Johannesburg was won 40-19 by New South Wales. "I'm extremely disappointed for any grief and hurt that I have caused Chumani Booi over a comment I made during the match," Harrison said in a statement. "I offer a public apology to Chumani, the Cats, Nathan Grey, my teammates and the community for what I said."
Robinson Cano spent 17 seasons playing in the MLB in front of all kinds of baseball fans, but he said there is something special about his stint with the Mexican Baseball League’s Diablos Rojos. He is not alone. The league last week opened its 100th season, aiming to keep an impressive growth in attendance that began after the national team’s surprise run at the 2023 World Baseball Classic, and is already surpassing some first-division soccer clubs. After finishing third in the 2023 tournament, many casual fans, some of them soccer enthusiasts disappointed after Mexico were eliminated in the first round in the 2022
Noelvi Marte on Sunday had seven RBIs and hit his first career grand slam with a drive off infielder Jorge Mateo, while Austin Wynn had a career-high six RBIs as the Cincinnati Reds scored their most runs in 26 years in a 24-2 rout of the Baltimore Orioles. Marte finished with five hits, including his eighth-inning homer off Mateo. Wynn hit a three-run homer in the ninth off catcher Gary Sanchez. Cincinnati scored its most runs since a 24-12 win against the Colorado Rockies on May 19, 1999, and finished with 25 hits. Baltimore allowed its most runs since a 30-3 loss to
Arne Slot has denied that Darwin Nunez was dropped from Liverpool’s win against West Ham because of a training-ground row with a member of his coaching staff. The Liverpool head coach on Sunday last week said that Nunez was absent from the 2-1 victory at Anfield, having felt unwell during training the day before, although the striker sat behind the substitutes throughout the game. Speculation has been rife that the Uruguay international, whom Slot criticized for his work rate against Wolves and Aston Villa in February, was left out for disciplinary reasons. Asked on Friday to clarify the situation, Slot said: “He
In-form teenager Mirra Andreeva on Thursday crashed out of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany, after going down in straight sets to fellow Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova in the last 16. World No. 7 Andreeva, who already has two titles under her belt this season, lost 6-3, 6-2 against the 22nd-ranked Alexandrova in just over an hour. The 17-year-old Andreeva had defeated her elder sister Erika in the previous round on Wednesday, but Alexandrova quickly took control as she claimed her fourth win over a top-10 player this season. The 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva in February became the youngest winner of a WTA
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