TOKYO OLYMPICS
Daylight savings mulled
The chief organizer yesterday appealed for Japan to introduce daylight saving time to reduce the effect of the extreme summer heat on athletes and spectators. “I want them to use the Olympics as a way to give a maximum push for the project,” former Japanese prime minister Yoshiro Mori said. However, critics say extending daylight hours risks people staying in the office longer. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said it was just one proposal among many to mitigate the effects of the heat. “However, the measure would have a significant impact on the everyday lives of the Japanese people,” he said.
SOCCER
El Hadary retires at 45
Veteran Egyptian goalkeeper Essam El Hadary, 45, has retired from international duty, after breaking the record for oldest player to appear at a World Cup in Russia. “After reflecting at length and asking God, I have decided to retire from international football,” he wrote on Facebook late on Monday. El Hadary smashed Colombian stopper Faryd Mondragon’s record for oldest player at a World Cup when he took to the field against Saudi Arabia in Volgograd this summer. He managed to pull off an impressive penalty save in the final game against a player nearly half his age.
CYCLING
Bernal out of hospital
Team Sky rider Egan Bernal has been discharged from hospital after suffering a small bleed on the brain after a crash in the Clasica San Sebastian on Saturday, his team has said. Bernal, 21, was one of several riders from the peloton to collide with 20km left in the one-day stage race in Spain. “Egan will rest completely for at least three weeks after also suffering a small bleed on the brain during the crash,” Team Sky said. Dimension Data rider Ben King later apologized on Twitter for causing the accident. “It’s terrible when something like this affects yourself, but worse when it affects others,” King said. “I hope everybody is OK.”
SOCCER
Russia’s striker narrates app
Russia’s international striker Artem Dzyuba, who last month became a national hero for his World Cup performance in the country, is now the voice of a popular Yandex navigation service. Dzyuba recorded more than 120 phrases for the service that is used by 16 million motorists a month, Russian company Yandex said in a statement on Monday. “Wherever you travel to, I will be with you. I mean, my voice,” Dzyuba said.
FOOTBALL
Trainer kills linebacker’s dog
A five-year-old English bulldog that belonged to New England Patriots linebacker Jerod Mayo and has been missing since June was found dead inside the home of its trainer. The dog named Knox died in the custody of a trainer, the Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said. Trainers hid the dog in a trash bag for two months while making it look like he ran away, was stolen or drowned, sending the family “on a wild goose hunt and our kids on an emotional roller coaster,” Mayo wrote on Instagram on Monday. The animal welfare group says the trainer is being charged by the Cranston Police Department.
SS Lazio on Monday fired the far-right sympathizer who handles their eagle mascot after he posted online a series of videos and pictures of his erect penis. Falconer Juan Bernabe, who has been present at Lazio home matches with Olimpia the eagle since the 2010-2011 season, posted the footage on social media after having surgery on Saturday to implant a penile prosthesis to improve his sexual performance. Lazio said that they had “terminated, with immediate effect” their relationship with Bernabe “due to the seriousness of his conduct,” adding that they were “shocked” by the images. The Serie A club added that Bernabe’s dismissal
Doping fears prevented former US Open champion Emma Raducanu from treating insect bites on the eve of the Australian Open, she said, with players increasingly wary about ingesting contaminated substances. The British player was speaking in the wake of high-profile doping cases involving Iga Swiatak and Jannik Sinner. “I would say all of us are probably quite sensitive to what we take on board, what we use,” the 22-year-old said, recalling an incident on Friday. “I got really badly bitten by, I don’t know what, like ants, mosquitoes, something. I’m allergic, I guess,” she added. The bites “flared up and swelled up really a
The NHL postponed the Los Angeles Kings’ home game against the Calgary Flames on Wednesday with several massive wildfires burning across the greater Los Angeles area. The Kings and Flames were scheduled to play on Wednesday night at the Kings’ downtown arena. The NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers were scheduled to host the Charlotte Hornets in the same arena last night. “Our hearts are with our entire Los Angeles community,” the Kings said in a statement. “We appreciate the hard working first responders who are diligently working to contain the fire and protect our community. We appreciate the league’s support in keeping our
TWO IN A WEEK: Despite an undefeated start to the year playing alongside Jiang Xinyu of China, Wu Fang-hsien is to play the Australian Open with a Russian partner Taiwan’s Wu Fang-hsien yesterday triumphed at the Hobart International, winning the women’s doubles title at the US$275,094 outdoor hard-court tournament, while McCartney Kessler lifted the trophy in the women’s singles. Fourth-ranked Wu and partner Jiang Xinyu of China took 1 hour, 15 minutes to defeat Romania’s Monica Niculescu and Fanny Stollar of Hungary, 6-1, 7-6 (8/6) at the Hobart International Tennis Centre, their second title in a week. Wu and Jiang on Sunday won the women’s doubles title at the ASB Classic in Auckland, beating Serbia’s Aleksandra Krunic and Sabrina Santamaria of the US. Their winning ways continued in Australia as they stretched
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