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2022-05-17 01:00:14 Thanks for your leadership, Jake Daniels: a gay man and professional footballer | Barney Ronay

The young Blackpool forward has shown remarkable strength to take this step – he deserves the freedom now just to playWell played, Jake Daniels. Applause, please. And thank you for your leadership. Football, sport, male environments and, indeed, the wider world have all become slightly more sane places with the news that Daniels has decided to discuss publicly the fact that he is not only a professional footballer but a gay man.The first part of this is, of course, not remarkable. The second part is. To those unfamiliar with football’s internal workings it might seen genuinely loopy that this should even be news, that a trailblazer is required, and indeed that this should turn out to be a teenager who made his debut for Blackpool two weeks ago. But make no mistake this is both a remarkable moment for men’s professional football and a sterling show of courage from a 17‑year‑old, yet to establish himself in his industry; but unwilling, as he says, “to pretend”. Continue reading...

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2022-05-17 00:20:14 Late Rhodes goal sends Huddersfield to Wembley final after win over Luton

Jordan Rhodes came off the bench to score his fourth and most significant goal of the season to send Huddersfield into the Championship playoff final at Luton’s expense.Huddersfield were lucky to still be in the game when Rhodes poked home a free-kick with eight minutes to go to edge the tie but what matters in football is taking chances and, despite a barren season, the 32-year-old striker still knows how to get things done when it matters, a trait Luton lacked. Continue reading...

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#Championship #Huddersfield #Luton_Town #Football #Sport Open / Comment

2022-05-17 00:20:10 Bruno Guimarães caps Newcastle win to leave Arsenal’s top-four hopes in tatters

This time, Mikel Arteta will find the cupboard bare if he tries raiding it for complaints. He had been enraged by the decisions that brought Arsenal’s defeat to Spurs but this time there can be no obscuring the fact that, when they could least afford to blink, his team did not turn up. Champions League qualification is still possible but only if they beat Everton while Tottenham, surpassing even their own jittery reputation, are overcome by relegated Norwich. It remains a season of progress and the evidence is that, in any case, they are not quite ready for a place among the elite. A hungrier Newcastle were superior throughout and must wonder what 2022-23 will bring if they continue operating with this intensity and verve; Ben White’s own goal and a late Bruno Guimarães strike settled the affair but Eddie Howe’s team could have scored several more.One of the biggest difficulties for Arsenal at the outset was that, while Newcastle are bogged down in mid-table, this felt nothing like a dead rubber for the hosts. An electric atmosphere greeted the players, as did a flag display: the sense is that, when everyone reconvenes here in August, the Magpies’ prospects for the season will be transformed. Expensive new arrivals will doubtless be welcomed, as far as consciences allow, but this was an occasion to celebrate the work performed in heaving the existing crop to safety. Continue reading...

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#Premier_League #Newcastle_United #Arsenal #Football #Sport Open / Comment

2022-05-17 00:00:19 What I learned about street harassment after I transitioned

I used to be allowed my personal space. Now that I inhabit a female body I cannot escape unwanted attentionWhen I transitioned from male to female 20 years ago, I experienced numerous differences in how others viewed and treated me. But the most dramatic disparity was that, as soon as the world began perceiving me as female, I began receiving an exorbitant amount of unwanted attention.Much of this took the form of “street remarks”, when strange men hurl random comments or provocations at women in public settings, often under the veneer of sexual attraction or appreciation. Continue reading...

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#Life_and_style #Sexual_harassment #Women #Transgender Open / Comment

2022-05-17 00:00:15 California police say 68-year-old suspect in church shooting was motivated by hate

David Chou, a Chinese immigrant from Las Vegas, had a grievance with the Taiwanese community, officials say As the US was rocked by deadly gun violence over the weekend, a shooting at an Orange county church on Sunday left southern California reeling when a gunman motivated by hate for Taiwanese people fired on congregants who managed to put a stop to the bloodshed.Authorities on Monday identified the suspect, who is accused of killing one person and wounding five others at the Geneva Presbyterian church, as David Chou of Las Vegas. The Orange county sheriff’s department booked the 68-year-old on a felony count of murder and five felony counts of attempted murder. Continue reading...

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#California #Gun_crime #US_crime #US_news Open / Comment

2022-05-17 00:00:11 Putin involved in war ‘at level of colonel or brigadier’, say western sources

President helping determine movement of Russian soldiers, say sources, as head of UK armed forces says Ukraine is winningRussia-Ukraine war: latest updatesVladimir Putin has become so personally involved in the Ukraine war that he is making operational and tactical decisions “at the level of a colonel or brigadier”, according to western military sources.The Russian president is helping determine the movement of forces in the Donbas, they added, where last week the invaders suffered a bloody defeat as they tried on multiple occasions to cross a strategic river in the east of Ukraine. Continue reading...

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#Vladimir_Putin #Russia #Ukraine #World_news #Europe Open / Comment

2022-05-16 23:40:10 Senior Catholic in Israel condemns police actions at Shireen Abu Aqleh funeral

Latin patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa described the intervention as a ‘disproportionate use of force’ against mournersThe top Catholic clergyman in the Holy Land has condemned the Israeli police beating of mourners carrying the casket of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh, accusing the authorities of violating human rights and disrespecting the Catholic church.Latin patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa told reporters that Friday’s incident, broadcast around the world, was a “disproportionate use of force” against a large crowd of people waving Palestinian flags as they proceeded from the hospital to a nearby Catholic church in Jerusalem’s Old City. The attack drew worldwide condemnation and added to the shock and outrage over the death of Abu Akleh, who was killed during an Israel Defence Forces (IDF) operation in the occupied West Bank. Continue reading...

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#Israel #Palestinian_territories #Catholicism #Middle_East_and_north_Africa #Religion Open / Comment

2022-05-16 22:40:26 Jack Nicklaus says he turned down $100m to be face of Saudi-backed golf tour

American remains loyal to PGA Tour, which he helped foundNicklaus offers advice to under-fire Phil MickelsonGreg Norman was not the first choice to be the face of the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Series, whose Saudi Arabian organizers pursued and preferred Jack Nicklaus, according to the 73-time PGA Tour winner.“I was offered something in excess of $100m by the Saudis, to do the job probably similar to the one that Greg is doing,” Nicklaus said in a story with Fire Pit Collective. “I turned it down. Once verbally, once in writing. I said, ‘Guys, I have to stay with the PGA Tour. I helped start the PGA Tour.’” Continue reading...

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#Golf #Phil_Mickelson #PGA_Tour #US_sports #Saudi_Arabia Open / Comment

2022-05-16 22:40:21 Chelsea sale in danger of collapse as talks over Roman Abramovich loan stall

Government fears £1.6m loan repayment could go to oligarchDeadline for sale of club to Todd Boehly’s consortium is 31 MayThe government is concerned that the £4.25bn takeover of Chelsea could collapse because of Roman Abramovich’s alleged refusal to accept a new sale structure proposed by ministers.With the deadline for the deal to be completed less than a fortnight away Whitehall insiders have said there are fears of Chelsea going out of business. The government is determined that none of the proceeds from the club being sold to Todd Boehly’s consortium go to Abramovich, who put the European champions up for sale when he was hit with sanctions after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Continue reading...

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#Chelsea #Roman_Abramovich #Business #Football #Sport Open / Comment

2022-05-16 22:40:16 Excuses and poor diet hold Asian athletes back, claims boxer Amir Khan

Former world champion says some Asian athletes ‘give up’‘Our diet is appalling, it’s not the right diet to be champion’Amir Khan has accused young Asian sportsmen and women of allowing excuses and a poor diet to stop them fulfilling their potential. The 35-year-old former world champion boxer picked out Asian footballers, in particular, for supposedly lacking dedication and allowing racism to undermine their development.Speaking on Monday during a farewell press conference, having announced his retirement from boxing last week, Khan was asked if he was proud of his legacy. He turned professional in 2005, having won an Olympic silver medal the previous year at the age of 17, at a time when there were few high-profile boxers of South Asian heritage in Britain. The situation is very different now and many talented Asian boxers cite Khan as their inspiration. Continue reading...

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#Amir_Khan #Boxing #Sport Open / Comment