FRISCO, Texas – Lamar’s Jordan Rowe and New Orleans’ Arina Kleschukova are the Southland Conference Cross Country Athletes of the Week, the league announced Tuesday. All weekly awards are presented by MidSouth Bank.Men’s Athlete of the Week: Jordan Rowe, Lamar – Sr. – Frinton-on-Essex, UKRowe had a strong performance at the Rice Invitational, crossing the finish line in 19:37.62. He topped a field of 83 runners and beat the second-place finisher by 13 seconds in order to help the Cardinals to a second-place team finish in the 6k event.Honorable Mention: Armando Villarreal, UIW; Kolyn Saltzman, New Orleans; Titus Kiplagat, Stephen F. Austin; Tristan Stellmach, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.Women’s Athlete of the Week: Arina Kleschukova, New Orleans – Jr. – Bishkek, KyrgyzstanKleschukova captured her second-straight first-place finish over the weekend at the Allstate Sugar Bowl XC Festival, crossing the finish line with a time of 18:17.2 in the 5k event. The junior dominated the field and beat out the second-place finisher by 55 seconds. Her individual victory marks the first time since 2005 that a UNO female athlete has won back-to-back races in a season. The award marks the second of the season for Kleschukova.Honorable Mention: Alia Henderson, UIW; Kelsey Ramirez, Stephen F. Austin; Valentina Campos, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.Southland weekly award winners are nominated and voted upon by each school’s sports information director. Voting for one’s own athletes is not permitted. To earn honorable mention, a student-athlete must appear on 25 percent of ballots. read more
BOOKMAKERS have slashed the odds on where Jose Mourinho will manage next after claims he has “chosen his next club”.The Special One, 56, is keen to return to management after being axed by Manchester United last year and has been linked with several top clubs.2 Jose Mourinho’s next job is expected to be at Paris Saint-Germain or Bayern Munich, with Spurs 5-1He is now 4-1 with Ladbrokes to take over at Paris Saint-Germain or Bayern Munich.Mourinho has managed some of the biggest teams in England, Italy, Spain and Portugal but is yet to try his luck in France or Germany.Thomas Tuchel penned a contract extension at the Ligue 1 giants in May keeping him at the club until 2021 – although failure to deliver in the Champions League could see him axed.At Bayern, meanwhile, it is a similar story. Niko Kovac delivered another Bundesliga crown last year but needs to produce the goods in Europe – although he did help himself by stuffing Tottenham 7-2 recently.Mourinho was touted as a potential replacement for the axed Sylvinho at Lyon but president Jean Michel Aulas claims the Portuguese boss declined a meeting – because he knows where he is going.Aulas said: “We had some fairly flattering exchanges over SMS. It was nice for everyone.”He did not accept our proposal to meet because he has already chosen another club.”ACCA WITH LADBROKES Pick up a whole load of acca features to help you land the big oneHowever, the ex-Chelsea and Manchester United boss is 5-1 to replace Tottenham chief Mauricio Pochettino.The Argentine is under immense pressure after a disastrous run of results and the bookmakers’ odds suggest he could be tempted for a shock return to the Premier League at White Hart Lane.Reports also claim he is keeping a close eye on old side Real Madrid, with Zinedine Zidane struggling for consistency after his return to the Bernabeu. Latest Jose Mourinho newsDEPAY CHARTMan Utd flop Memphis used computer data and analytics to quit Old Trafford’STEP BY STEP’Jose fears for players’ welfare during restart as stars begin ‘pre-season’SPECS-IAL ONEJose keen to return after embracing tech to keep Spurs aces close in lockdownMOUR WOEMourinho confirms Spurs’ budget slashed and will not be spending ‘rivers of money’JOY FOR JOSEKane and Son to make returns from injury when Prem restarts, confirms MourinhoCARELESS WHISPERMourinho reveals what he told Guardiola in 2010 Champions League incidentTOUGH LOVEMourinho admits he was ‘violent’ and a ‘d***head’ to his Inter treble winnersWHAT A JO-KERMourinho moaned about Man Utd away dressing room even though HE changed itNewcastle could also make an audacious move for Mourinho, with potential buyer and former Chelsea ally Peter Kenyon admitting the Portuguese tactician would be his first choice for the job.Returns to Inter Milan or Porto are also possible while Everton is another potential next step for Mourinho at 8-1.And he is 11-1 to take over as his national team boss, replacing the successful Fernando Santos who has guided Portugal to Euro 2016 and Nations League glory.2 Mourinho has been out of work since his sacking from Manchester United in DecemberCredit: Getty Images – Getty read more
DAVID GINOLA has hailed schools for teaching children CPR after it saved his life when suffering a serious heart attack.The Premier League legend, 53, was “clinically dead” for eight minutes after his terrifying ordeal in 2016.1 David Ginola has spoken of his joy at seeing kids being taught how to perform CPR in schoolCredit: Getty ImagesThe Frenchman was playing in a charity match in his homeland when he collapsed due to a heart attack.Guinea Bissau international Frederic Mendy, 31, performed CPR on the former Tottenham and Newcastle winger until he was able to receive proper medical care by emergency medical staff.Reflecting on the incident, Ginola spoke of his happiness at discovering kids are now being taught how to perform CPR.He told The Chronicle: “I am very happy to see kids are taught cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) which can save someone’s life.“When I collapsed, of the approximately 15 people on the pitch, only one or two people knew how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation.“I was very lucky that those around me knew how to perform the cardiopulmonary resuscitation.”Ginola added: “When I collapsed it was CPR that made the oxygen get to my brain and saved my life.“The heart surgeon that operated on me in the hospital told me that without that, I would not have survived.”LADBROKES 1-2-FREE Simply predict Brighton vs Watford, Sheff Utd vs Bournemouth and Man City vs West Ham scores this coming weekend and win £100LATEST FOOTBALL NEWSGossipCROWD RETURNFA Cup final ‘may see 20,000 at Wembley in trial allowing some fans at games’CommentPHIL THOMASDiving and whining was never a good look and will seem worse after lockdownExclusive’I’M IN A BAD WAY’Ex-England star Kenny Sansom talks for first time since being attackedExclusiveBOURNE AGAINHowe says Cherries are stronger after lockdown with FIVE fit-again starsExclusiveSWAN THAT GOT AWAYSwansea wanted £3m Davies three years ago but couldn’t get work permitNEXT STEPJonny Hayes set to move to English Championship having been let go by CelticGinola was transported from the pitch by air ambulance to hospital in Monaco and received a quadruple bypass.He spent seven years playing in the English top-flight following his arrival at Newcastle in 1995 from Paris Saint-Germain.He moved to Spurs in 1997, where he won the PFA Player of the Year accolade, before a two-year stint at Aston Villa was followed by a brief spell at Everton in 2002, his last club before retirement. read more
Lawyers acting for Hasler filed a statement of claim in the NSW Supreme Court this week.Hasler was sacked in September just five months after the Bulldogs announced he had signed a two-year extension to his contract.In response, club chairman Ray Dib said the club was preparing a legal defence.”This week the club received court documents filed by Des Hasler’s lawyers. The club intends to defend the matter,” Dib said in a statement.Dib claimed at the time the deal was not legally binding.”Des’s current contract expires October 2017,” Dib said in September.”The board has made the decision not to renew that contract and going forward there will be no liabilities for the club for the next two years.”However, the Bulldogs had spruiked Hasler’s re-signing in an April 3 press release and press conference.”Coach Des Hasler will remain with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs for the next two years after signing a contract extension that will keep him at the club until the end of the 2019 season,” the club said in that April statement.Hasler’s claim was filed on Monday and the case is listed for a directions hearing on December 1.ABC/AAP read more
Puerta del Sol on New Year’s Eve last year. Image: EFE The Puerta del Sol in Madrid will be fully closed on New Year’s Eve for the celebration of traditional Campanadas. The Municipal Police of Madrid will control the four entrances to the Puerta del Sol and only a capacity of 25,000 people will be allowed.In addition, this Friday the Puerta del Sol will already become the scene of the first celebration of the change of the year. As it is tradition in Madrid, at 24:00 hours on the penultimate day of the year, thousands of people will concentrate on the esplanade to take the twelve grapes to the rhythm of the bells of the clock of the Royal Post Office as a preparatory essay for New Year’s Eve .At 9:00 pm on both Friday 30 and Saturday 31, access to Puerta del Sol will be closed, both on foot and from the subway or subway train stations. The square will be completely emptied and emergency entrances and exits will be signaled with vertical signage, which is an improvement over past years. Municipal Police agents will control the four accesses through which you can enter the Puerta del Sol to celebrate the grapes and preuvas: Calle Mayor, Arenal, Alcalá and Carrera de San Jerónimo. The rest of the roads that reach Puerta del Sol (Montera, Preciados, Carmen, Victoria, Carretas y Correo) are closed and reserved as evacuation zones.The capacity of the square is limited to 25 000 people, which means two per square meter. This was done last year for the first time. The municipal agents will count in the four accesses and will ensure the good course of the New Year’s party.On the other hand, on December 31, as it was done on 24 and 25, and as will be done on day 5, night of cotillions, inspections will be carried out in entertainment venues to verify that all the rules regarding Security and emergenciesFor these mass meetings, grapes and preuvas, as well as for the celebration of the San Silvestre vallecana race, which will run through the streets of Madrid on the afternoon of the 31st, the Health, Safety and Emergency Area and the Environment Area and Mobility have organized the necessary devices to ensure the safety and proper functioning of the city during the final dates of the year. All this, in close collaboration and coordination with the Autonomous Community and the Ministry of Interior, with the National Police Corps and with services such as Renfe and Metro, highlighted the City Council, which will be “in permanent coordination” with the special device organized by The central government.Samur’s most effectiveThe personnel of SAMUR-Civil Protection increase from the beginning of December to January 8, since these weeks are a time of great influx of citizens to the commercial streets and displacements between neighborhoods and districts.From 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., 54 people and 15 mobile units are available every day on the streets of the center, with the support of the Civil Protection Volunteer Corps. At Puerta del Sol, both in grapes and preuvas, SAMUR-Civil Protection will have 40 people and 8 mobile units on the street. In San Silvestre Popular y Internacional on December 31 there will be 15 toilets and 5 mobile units. The Municipal Police will allow a capacity of 25,000 people onlyTickets on New Year’s Eve and the previous night will be checked read more
Valencia already has a substitute for Rodrigo Moreno if the Hispanic-Brazilian ends up leaving for Barcelona: Paco Alcácer. The Valencian, who wants to leave Borussia yes or yes, He would fulfill all his aspirations by returning home. And Valencia would open the doors wide. Both parties are aware that if the opportunity is given, there would be no obstacle to reach an agreement. The striker, despite leaving the club heading to Barcelona with controversy, would be happy to return. In fact, just over four days before the market closes, He waits for Valencia although he contemplates several more options to leave the Bundesliga. One of them is Villarreal. The yellow club scores several options to replace Toko Ekambi. And Alcácer is one of the drives he likes the most. On January 17, AS announced that Lim had it in his plans if Gameiro and Sobrino went out in this winter market so there had already been talks with their agents. Ten days later, who seems closer to leaving Valencia is Rodrigo. But the replacement thought by Valencia would be the same. Market times are what they are. And the transfer or not of Rodrigo to Barcelona could decant the future of Alcácer in one way or another. Of course, both Valencia and, if necessary, Villarreal would have to reach an agreement with the German club. And that, right now, would be the most complicated issue. Borussia paid Barça 22 million, plus three that he had already paid for the assignment, last summer. read more
Measured in the 2000s, before Atlético’s games, a song used to sound almost looped from the Calderón’s speakers. It was ‘Boys don’t cry’ from The Cure. It also sounded a lot, and very loud, Rosendo’s ‘Ways to Live’. The Vicente Calderón, that stadium, where the Rolling Stone made history in the rain, that field always linked to music. Fifteen years later, in the days of confinement due to the world crisis caused by the coronavirus, in which artists fill the networks with concerts, songs, ‘unplugged’ from their homes. Iinitiative to which Atlético, in its own way, joins, sharing every day on their official Twitter account (@atleti) each of the songs that make up their playlist on game days. There is no other machine in time capable of transporting the past like that of a perfume, a song. And with his playlist, if the red and white fans closed their eyes, they could almost feel it. That he is in the Wanda Metropolitano, about to start a game. Those same songs play, loud. Dani Martín, with a red and white heart and author of ‘Dieciocho’, one of them, so Calderón, so Atleti, has been in the news in recent hours for a concert he gave on his social networks attended by 100,000 people virtually. Many of them, sure, share colors. They close their eyes when, that, sounds …“Memories: singing, they are dreams, for you./ We touched the sky in my stadium, the pilot cried in Madrid …“ The chords of ‘Your love’, by The Outfield, are those that sound when the rojiblanco team comes out to warm up before the games. That is the last song, for the moment, discovered from the playlist. “Josie’s on a vacation far away / Come around and talk it over / So many things that I want to say / You know I like my girls a little bit older …” The hymn has not been missing either, that music forever linked to the rojiblanco pundonor, to the dance of lights, to the names of the eleven high in the public address system: ‘Thunderstruck’, on guitar and microphone, AC / DC. Songs in English, ‘Believer’ by Imagine Dragons. In Spanish, ‘Terribly cruel’, by Leiva. Every day, one. The first one, the one that always sounds loudest of all. A creed. The anthem. And by the way, Rosendo’s ‘Ways’ continues to sound.The ‘playlist’ of the Wanda Metropolitano (discovered so far)– ‘Your love’, The Outfield – ‘BelieverImagine Dragons– ‘Eighteen’, Dani Martín– ‘Terribly cruel’, Leiva– ‘Way of livingRosendo– ‘Thundestruck’, AC DC– ‘Anthem of Atlético de Madrid’ read more
Pepelu has earned an opportunity. His 2,125 minutes, with a goal and three assists, are proof of this, being a fixed in the plans of Natxo Gonzalez, where only one match was lost due to yellow accumulation. The dianense will do the preseason and his future will be decided. He either has to earn a spot on the roster, or he is on loan again. His performance has been optimal in Portugal, but the technicians are cautious with the difference in level with respect to the Portuguese championship, which has diminished in recent times. His good work, in addition, has led him to debut with the U21. Safe and future value for a core in which movements are expected. His dream, as he has stated, is to play in Levante.Manzanara has gone from less to more in Ponferrada. To de la Solana, who has one year of contract plus one optional, it cost him to start in his first experience in professional football, being out of the calls in the first section of the course. However, little by little it was appearing in the team, to the point of adding 971 minutes in League and Cup, with a goal and two assists to his credit. A new destination will be found for him so that he can continue to compete in the Second Division. Same as Cárdenas, goalkeeper of Atlético Levante. Moses Simon (Nantes), Armando Sadiku (Malaga), Antonio Luna (Rayo Vallecano) e Ivi López (Ponferradina) are on the market. By Simon and Sadiku it is hoped to obtain economic yield. The Nigerian international, with a purchase option of five million in the French team, has the key to settle the Financial Fair Play before the end of the financial year. The Albanian, meanwhile, has ten goals in the silver category. Luna and Ivi, with a contract until 2021, and diminished in terms of value, will mean headaches.On the other hand, there are the specific cases Cheick Doukouré Y Raphael Dwamena. The Ivorian midfielder He has not returned to play since his knee injury and is expected to see his evolution in the final stretch of the season in the ranks of the Huesca, where he has not yet debuted, to make a decision. TO Doukouré you have one year left on your contract. Dwamena continues in his personal battle after being intervened from the heart and, with a contract until 2022, an agreement must be reached between the parties. The front Ghanaian, 24 years old, fight to return to football.Levante is also aware of the change of regulations by FIFA to limit the number of transfers. The project will limit the number of international transfers to next season to eight. A figure that it will be reduced to seven for the 2020-2021 academic year and to six for 2021-2022. However, will only affect players over the age of 22. The great Pepelu season in the Portuguese Tondela has not gone unnoticed by Levante technicians. As you have been able know AS, Denia midfielder he is the only player what has past the cut of the eight loaned which has the set of orriols facing the next course. With Fran Manzanara, for its part, which has alternated ownership with substitution in the Ponferradina, will try to close a new transfer. Also to Dani Cardenas, doorman of the recently renovated subsidiary, as reported by this newspaper. The rest are looking for a way out in the market. read more
As Australia piles on the runs against the West Indies in the current Test series ‘down under’, there are many cricket lovers in the Caribbean who remember when it was the regional side which piled up massive scores against all who came. Prior to the start of the Australia series, an emotional Sir Garfield Sobers broke down in tears as he bemoaned the state of the Caribbean game. “It was such a pleasure and joy to be able to do what I did. I don’t think we have that kind of person today. I don’t think we have that kind of person in West Indies any more, who is quite prepared to play and to give everything to their country,” the West Indies cricket legend said in October. Sobers became part of West Indies folklore when he smashed a then world record 365 not out against Pakistan during the third Test at Sabina Park on March 1, 1958. FLOW Foundation chairman, Errol K. Miller, remembers, as an 11-year-old boy sitting inside Sabina Park, the day Sobers made history. HISTORICAL DAY It was a Saturday, but Miller was there as part of a group organised by his Clarendon College school sports master. “The way I was about cricket those days, I was not going to miss the opportunity to see the likes of (Everton) Weekes, (Clyde) Walcott and (Conrad) Hunte,” he told The Gleaner. “It was serendipity that the day we went was the day it happened.” Miller sat in the Eastern stand, which, in those days, had mesh wires to contain the crowd. “When play opened, Hunte was ahead of Sobers. When Hunte got run out – you know how Jamaicans are – some said Sobers got him out because he was ahead and Sobers wanted to break the record,” he recalled. “I remember Weekes played a sweet cameo for 39 while Sobers was going merrily on his way. Walcott came, and in typical fashion just bludgeoned the bowlers for 88.” The atmosphere was electric. The stands were jam packed with cricket-loving Jamaicans from all walks of life. Some came with mountains of food as they prepared for a full day’s sport. “(I) was just taking in all the sights and sounds and all the people; the noise and cheering. The frequent sound of “dollar” as Jamaicans used to use that expression when a four was hit.” He added that though the Pakistani bowlers were being smashed to all parts of the park, the team continued to field with passion. “One of the Pakistanis bowled 85 overs,” he said. That bowler was Fazal Mahmood, who took two for 247 off 85.2 overs as the Windies piled up 790 for three declared in their second innings. “The economy rate was less than three. The fielding was top class for the entire day, even though they were hunting leather for the entire day. That really impressed me, even though I was a little boy,” said Miller. He admits that at the time he had no clue of the Test batting record, and it was while sitting amongst the crowd that he started to grasp that something important was about to happen. “I just went because I wanted to see international cricket, but as I settled down and heard people starting to talk, you got the significance of what was happening around you,” he said. There was pandemonium when Sobers smashed the record run. “When Sobers broke the record, a host of people descended on the field,” said Miller. He recalled talk of abandoning play. “As a matter of fact, not only were they thinking of abandoning play for the day, but of abandoning the whole match. “Fortunately for him, it was not abandoned. The most emotional response of what was going around was that he probably would not have got the record,” said Miller. Miller, who was part of Clarendon College’s 1962 and 1964 Headley Cup winning team, said seeing Sobers’ display helped fan the flames of his love for cricket. ETCHED IN MEMORY “I think that day sort of galvanised for me the passion I had for cricket at an early age.” While cricket, which was the most important game in the Caribbean for decades, has since lost its shine, Miller has not forgotten the impact of the moment. “I was there when it happened. I actually saw it. I didn’t have to read it in the newspapers. Of all the cricket fans in the world, only a certain amount could be in Sabina Park, and I was one of them.” He added that seeing the “spineless surrender” of the current team was often heartrending. “I used to almost cry sometimes for West Indies when they lost. I was so passionate about it. Now, I just go to bed, and in the morning I go online and see what the score is.” But he will never forget his place as part of history. “I was there, and nobody can take that away from me,” said Miller. read more
There was a brief family squabble at the Allman Town Infant School after two brothers and their sister went to cast their votes this morning. According to onlookers, one brother and a sister are PNP supporters, while the other brother supports the Jamaica Labour Party. It was not clear what started the altercation, but the female and the JLP supporting brother were engaged in a quarrel as they left the polling station. “The two brothers and sister they are family but one of them want to stop the progress but him sister tell him seh dat caan happen,” said one onlooker. The two argued viciously with each other as police officers there looked on unmoved. The argument, which quickly dissipated, drew the attention of voters at the infant school and those at the neighbouring St Matthew’s Anglican Church read more