BOXING
Briggs fined over illness
Western Australia’s boxing commission has fined Paul Briggs A$75,000 (US$74,870) for not declaring a medical issue which limited his ability to contest a world cruiserweight title bout in July which lasted just 29 seconds before he was knocked down by Danny Green. The Western Australian Professional Combat Sports Commission released its findings yesterday and sanctioned Briggs and his trainer Billy Hussein for failing to disclose that issues with the boxer’s nervous system meant he was not fit enough to participate in the IBO title fight. Briggs received US$200,000 for the fight, but was heavily criticized for apparently going down very easily to a Green punch.
SOCCER
Flores records doping test
A Bolivian player injected some imagination into proceedings when called for his second doping test of the year by recording the event on his mobile phone. Walter Flores, a midfielder with top side Bolivar, tested positive for cocaine in April only to be cleared of using the banned substance when world ruling body FIFA said anti-doping procedures had not been followed properly. Flores was handed a two-year ban by the South American Football Confederation two months after a urine sample from him tested positive for cocaine. The decision was annulled when Flores appealed to FIFA.
SOCCER
Independiente fined
Argentina’s Independiente have been fined US$20,000 and ordered to play their next Copa Sudamericana match at a neutral venue after crowd trouble at their home ground, the South American Football Confederation said on Tuesday. Goalkeeper Martin Silva of visiting Uruguayan side Defensor Sporting suffered a cut in his head from a stone thrown from the terraces before the second-half kickoff in the match at Independiente’s Libertadores de America stadium on Oct. 19. The Uruguayan team’s officials wanted the match suspended, but the referee refused and Silva played on with his head heavily bandaged. Independiente won the second leg of the second round tie 4-2 to reach the quarter-finals 4-3 on aggregate.
SOCCER
FA warns Spurs’ manager
Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp was warned by the Football Association (FA) on Tuesday about his conduct after he criticized referee Mark Clattenburg’s performance at the weekend. The FA did not charge Redknapp over his criticism of Clattenburg’s decision to allow Manchester United’s second goal in Saturday’s 2-0 win over Tottenham. The Tottenham manager was furious that Nani’s goal for United was allowed to stand. The Portugal winger scored after Spurs goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes put the ball down in the belief that a free kick had been awarded for Nani’s handball.
SOCCER
Serie A talks planned
Italian Football Federation (FIGC) president Giancarlo Abete said he would arrange preliminary talks between the Serie A league and the Italian Players’ Association (AIC) in a bid to avert a proposed strike. The two sides are deadlocked over a collective bargaining agreement that has twice led to the AIC calling for strike action in Serie A. “Tomorrow we will formalize the proposal for a political meeting between the presidents of the League and of the AIC to see if the conditions needed to return to the negotiating table are in place,” Abete said.
Former world No. 2 Paula Badosa has withdrawn from this week’s Wuhan Open, organizers said on Tuesday, amid a racism row over an online photograph. Tournament organizers said the Spaniard had pulled out of the WTA 1000 tournament, citing a gastrointestinal illness, hours before her first-round match against Australian Ajla Tomljanovic. News outlets including Britain’s the Telegraph earlier reported that Badosa had posted a photo on Instagram in which she appeared to imitate a Chinese face by placing chopsticks on the corners of her eyes. The photo was taken last week in a restaurant in Beijing, where she reached the semi-finals of the
PREDICTION: Last week, when Yu’s father made a wrong turn to the former champions’ parking lot, he said that his son could park there after this year With back-to-back birdies on the 18th hole, Kevin Yu fulfilled his driving range-owning dad’s prediction that he would win the Sanderson Farms Championship and become Taiwan’s third golfer to claim a US PGA Tour title. The Taoyuan-born 26-year-old, who represented Taiwan in the Olympic golf at Paris, saw off Californian Beau Hossler in a playoff at the Country Club of Jackson, Mississippi, on Sunday. Having drained a 15-foot putt to claw his way into the playoff, Yu rolled in from five feet on the first extra hole, ensuring he joined Chen Tze-chung (LA Open in 1987) and Pan Cheng-tsung (RBC
LeBron James and eldest son Bronny James claimed a piece of NBA history on Sunday after making their long-awaited first appearance alongside each other for the Los Angeles Lakers. The duo appeared together at the start of the second quarter in the Lakers’ 118-114 preseason defeat to the Phoenix Suns in Palm Desert, east of Los Angeles. While LeBron James impressed with 19 points in just 16 minutes and 20 seconds on court before sitting out the second half, Bronny found the going harder with zero points in just over 13 minutes on court. The younger James attempted just one
Italian defender Marco Curto has been banned for 10 matches for racially abusing South Korean forward Hwang Hee-chan while playing for Como 1907 against Wolverhampton Wanderers in a pre-season friendly in July. Curto, who is on loan from Como to Serie B club Cesena, would serve half of the punishment immediately with the other half suspended for two years. “The player Marco Curto was found responsible for discriminatory behavior and sanctioned with a 10-match suspension,” a FIFA spokesperson said. “The player is ordered to render community services and undergo training and education with an organization approved by FIFA.” Wolves said the club would
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