New York Giants wide receiver CJ Board spent several minutes prone on the turf as medics raced to resuscitate him during Sunday’s game against Washington, leaving shocked fans fearing for his health after he was taken to hospital. Giants newcomer Board slumped face-down to the floor immediately after attempting to take a pass during the third quarter, causing a large circle of staff to attend to the 26-year-old after an incident that teammate Darius Slayton described as a “collision” and a “good hit.” The 20-19 win for the Giants was stopped while Board was removed from the field, with players from either side […]
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https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107753/17/1077531746_0:84:2574:1532_1200x675_80_0_0_0d837d82ed8bde8362164c6f63a4d15d.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/sport/202010181080804820-gareth-bale-only-real-madrid-player-to-refuse-pay-cut-during-season-suspension-media-reports/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Welsh football star Gareth Bale was the only Real Madrid player to refuse a salary cut due to the pandemic stoppage, media reported Saturday. According to Spanish national radio broadcaster Cadena SER, when competitions around the world were suspended earlier this year, Real Madrid was among the first clubs to propose a pay cut to players. The squad refused at first, but after players from Barcelona, Atletico Madrid and many other European clubs agreed the shrink their salaries, Real Madrid players agreed the pay cut, the radio station reported. Only Bale […]
Belarusian tennis player Ilya Ivashka had an epic on-court meltdown during his match at the St. Petersburg Open after he was slapped with a code violation while having an emergency toilet break. Ivashka won the first set against Frenchman Adrian Mannarino, but was trailing 2-3 in the second when he requested an emergency toilet break. READ MORE: Social justice mob mobilizes against ‘super sexist’ Djokovic after he fails to include women’s tennis in Nadal rivalry comments “But you need to be as fast as possible. You’re on your own time,” the umpire, Richard Haigh, warned him as he left the court. Upon […]
A women’s doubles match at the French Open is reportedly suspected of alleged match fixing after multiple bookmakers flagged unusual betting patterns during one of the games. Per German outlet WELT, the match in question was the opening-round clash between Andreea Mitu and Patricia Maria Tig of Romania against the United States’ Madison Brengle and Russia’s Yana Sizikova on September 30, and it’s alleged one of the players is suspected of being involved in the fraud. It’s estimated several hundred thousand euros in bets were placed with multiple providers for Sizikova’s serve to be broken in the fifth game of the […]
By Paul Robinson, a professor at the University of Ottawa. He writes about Russian and Soviet history, military history, and military ethics. Azerbaijan has never forgotten its 1990s humiliation at the hands of Armenia. Now stronger than its sworn enemy, and emboldened by Turkish support, Baku’s assertiveness is creating a headache for Moscow. Russian president Vladimir Putin once complained that communist leader Vladimir Lenin had placed a ‘time bomb’ under Russia. He had in mind the introduction of the federal principle after Lenin’s Bolsheviks took power in 1917. Lenin gave national minorities their own republics within the Soviet Union. In so doing, […]
More players from the traditional finance world are participating in the cryptocurrency industry. Two new buzzwords, DeFi and yield farming are driving a new surge of investment. Jeremy Cheah, an Associate Professor of Crypto-Finance at the Nottingham Business School spoke to Sputnik about some of the new developments in this industry. Jeremy Cheah, Associate Professor of Crypto-Finance and Digital Finance at the Nottingham Business School, has shared his views on the matter. Sputnik: Can you explain what decentralised finance is? Jeremy Cheah: Decentralised finance simply means financing without a centralised organisation, authority or system that governs it. It uses blockchain technology, […]
A Night of Heroes: A Good Christian Man Urges Americans to Vote for President Trump Former NFL hero Jack Brewer spoke at tonight’s RNC. The great athlete, professor and lifetime Democrat shared his story and why he is voting for President Trump. Brewer reminded the national audience that it was the Republicans who freed the slaves. The Republican Party is the party of Abraham Lincoln, the first Republican President, and the the party of freedom and emancipation. Brewer said he was fed up in the way President Trump is being portrayed in the media. The President is not a racist. Brewer […]
Retired NFL player Jack Brewer, seen here in 2015, has been sued by the Securities And Exchange Commission for alleged insider trading. Brewer is a prominent supporter of Donald Trump’s reelection campaign and is set to speak at the Republican National Convention. Johan Ordonez/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Johan Ordonez/AFP via Getty Images Retired NFL player Jack Brewer, seen here in 2015, has been sued by the Securities And Exchange Commission for alleged insider trading. Brewer is a prominent supporter of Donald Trump’s reelection campaign and is set to speak at the Republican National Convention. Johan Ordonez/AFP via […]
Four weeks ago, a college basketball player, on a lake trip with his girlfriend and her family and friends in Montana, went over the side of the boat and vanished in 140-foot-deep water. The disappearance and presumed drowning of Mamadou N’Diaye left his family of African immigrants in grief and confusion; his girlfriend, who is white, fending off demands for answers and accusations of racism; and police, who labeled the incident a tragic accident, searching for the body. On Friday, at least one matter was resolved when authorities revealed that a private rescue organization searching Lake Koocanusa had pinpointed what looked […]
English guitarist and lutenist Julian Bream. Evening Standard/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Evening Standard/Getty Images English guitarist and lutenist Julian Bream. Evening Standard/Getty Images Andres Segovia popularized the classical guitar. Julian Bream took it to the next level. Bream, who died Aug. 14 at the age of 87 in his native England, stepped into a guitar world in which everything had to be done just so … and didn’t do it that way. By the time he was a teenager, Bream was asking contemporary composers to write for him. He took an old lute his father bought from a sailor […]
Scottish Premiership club Ross County lived up to their name when they added a new goalkeeper to their ranks this week, with their loan signing of Ross Doohan meaning they now have FIVE players in their squad named Ross. Remarkably, the loan arrival of Celtic stopper Doohan means County now have three goalkeepers on their books, and ALL of them are named Ross. Doohan joins fellow goalkeepers Ross Laidlaw and Ross Munro in the Scottish side’s lineup, meaning County’s defenders won’t have to learn a new name if the Celtic man ends up taking the starting goalkeeper position. READ MORE: ‘It looks […]
Every single NBA player knelt for the National Anthem at their season opener tonight.Every one.They are millionaires who hate their country. Some held up the black power fist.The Chi-Coms would be pleased. Advertisement – story continues below The @PelicansNBA & @utahjazz kneel for the National Anthem ahead of the NBA restart. pic.twitter.com/TCFolP06HM — NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) July 30, 2020 TRENDING: President Trump Suggests Delaying Election Until Americans Can Vote in Person While every NBA player, official and umpire knelt for the National Anthem EVERY hockey player for Boston and Columbus STOOD UP for the National Anthem. Advertisement – story continues […]
Every single player, coach and ref took a knee during the National Anthem at the Pelicans-Jazz game on Thursday. Every single member of Utah Jazz and New Orleans Pelicans wore a Black Lives Matter t-shirt and took a knee on the court in the NBA’s first game back. “Black Lives Matter” was painted on the court in large glossy letters. The NBA has made it clear that they not only support Communist China, they also support overt Marxists hell-bent on overthrowing the US government. TRENDING: President Trump Suggests Delaying Election Until Americans Can Vote in Person WATCH: Every player, coach and […]
An NBA player is drawing heat for saying that he thinks the coronavirus that has swept the U.S. is now being used for a “bigger agenda” to “control the masses of people.” Denver Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr., who did an apperance this week on Snapchat, was asked to “speak on this coronavirus being [overblown] to scare people into being controlled.” “That’s facts,” the 22-year-old baller said. “Personally, I think the coronavirus is being used obviously for a bigger agenda. It’s being used for population control just in terms of being able to control the masses of people.” “Because this virus, […]
The corrupt members of Obama’s Deep State are in a panic. The truth behind the Russia collusion sham is coming out and they are afraid their criminal actions will be uncovered. Corrupt former FBI attorney Lisa Page tweeted yesterday in response to the release of documents related to the primary sub-source in the Steele dossier. Page claimed that the lying cast of Obama holdovers in the FBI would have released the information on the sub-source if it was necessary to provide this to the public: If Congress needed this 302 for oversight, DOJ/FBI could have made it available without handing it […]
Brooklyn Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie fought the NBA for months over his plan to tokenize his $34 million contract. Now, with the NBA’s concerns apparently addressed and the sale closed out, Dinwiddie’s plan hit a different obstacle: investor interest. Dinwiddie’s issuer SD26 LLC sold just nine of the 90 available tokenized contract shares to eight total investors as of Wednesday, according to CoinDesk’s review of Form D regulatory filings and the security’s token’s issuance history on Etherscan. With shares priced at $150,000, just $1,350,000 (or one-tenth of the target $13.5 million sale) was sold. Project insiders have previously said the sale […]
Nano Mesa, who plays football for Spanish club Cadiz, has been forced to publish a drugs test result to prove he was sober during a controversial interview which went viral. Mesa was interviewed right after the club guaranteed its promotion to La Liga, causing a stir on social media with his behavior in front of the camera, which some deemed “strange” and “inappropriate.” READ MORE: Different league: Cristiano Ronaldo poised to set ANOTHER record as Juve star nears 50 GOALS in Premier League, La Liga, Serie A Cadiz returned to the top flight after a 14-year absence, having secured a six-point lead […]
West Midlands Police raised some eyebrows on social media after proudly announcing they had arrested a 12yo boy just hours after he sent racist threats and images of the Ku Klux Klan to footballer Wilfried Zaha. Prior to a Sunday match between Aston Villa and Crystal Palace, Zaha tweeted out the hateful messages he received overnight. “Woke up to this today,” Zaha wrote. Screenshots of the messages included a threat to come to the athlete’s house “dressed as a ghost” if he scored in his upcoming match. Zaha also added a screenshot of the account that had sent the messages his way. […]
Critics have described the Black Lives Matter movement as a “scam” and questioned the point of a move by a Major League Soccer team which has replaced player names with the names of black victims of police brutality. Philadelphia Union players wore the names of victims on the backs of their shirts when they played New York City FC in the MLS is Back Tournament in Orlando on Thursday. The shirts also had the message “one name, too many” printed on them, revealed by the players for their pre-match photo after they had warmed up in Black Lives Matter t-shirts. “Our […]
Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson said he doesn’t hate Jews on Monday. This came after DeSean posted an anti-Semitic quotes attributed to Adolf Hitler. Is anybody buying that? Here is what DeSean Jackson posted on Instagram over the holiday weekend. TRENDING: Radical Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar Calls For “Dismantling” of US “Economy and Political Systems” (VIDEO) Jackson also praised Louis Farrakhan. DeSean Jackson has been promoting anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan on his Instagram page. He hasen’t trended for even second today. Wtf @Eagles @nflcommish @NFL pic.twitter.com/HMw4tzRhj1 — Greg Price (@greg_price11) July 7, 2020 On Tuesday night former NBA player Stephen Jackson […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107682/06/1076820659_0:16:3584:2032_1200x675_80_0_0_12862ee6eb3cfce610c9487607766b53.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202007051079799292-strike-from-heaven-russian-football-player-hit-by-lightning-during-training-session/ The incident happened during a training session for the football club Znamya Truda. The oldest-playing club in Russia, with a history spanning 110 years, is located in Orekhovo-Zuevo, in the Moscow Region. A 16-year-old goalkeeper from Russian football club Znamya Truda, Ivan Zaborovsky, has been taken to an intensive care unit after being struck by lightning during practice, the club announced on its account on the Russian social network Vkontakte. Caption: We had an accident today at a training session. Our young goalkeeper Ivan Zaborovsky got hit by lightning, he is now in intensive […]
Tennis ace Nick Kyrigos has posted a series of smitten photos after replying “bed time” to a photo by Chiara Passari – but the Australian who claimed he slept with fans every week says he is still experiencing inner turmoil. Controversial Kyrgios has been busy while tennis has been suspended, admitting that he would drink beer all the time if he was allowed to and claiming that he has slept with fans on a weekly basis. Now the 25-year-old has revealed photos of himself relaxing with new girlfriend Chiara Passari, providing a romantic end to a week in which he called Novak […]
The head football coach at Oklahoma State, Mike Gundy, has faced online wrath after being seen in a t-shirt bearing the logo of a conservative TV network, prompting calls for his firing and a star player to boycott the team. OSU coach Gundy sparked controversy on Monday, appearing in a photo online wearing a One America News (OAN) shirt, a right-of-center media outlet which often voices staunch support for US President Donald Trump. It wasn’t long before the wardrobe choice – on a private fishing trip, no less – landed Gundy in trouble, with star running back Chuba Hubbard vowing to […]
Russian tennis star Karen Khachanov has revealed he is a huge fan of mixed martial arts (MMA) and wants to get into the cage to test his fighting skills when he retires from tennis. In an Instagram Live chat with Barbara Schett-Eagle, the world number 15 said he follows many sports, including MMA. READ MORE: ‘We need to overcome these challenges’: Nick Kyrgios HITS OUT at ‘selfish’ ATP as plans to stage US Open move forward “I really like basketball, that was my sport obviously because of my height. You know, when I was at school I was playing basketball at a […]
The development comes as protests against police brutality and racial discrimination continue in the United States and across the world. Thousands of mourners paid homage to George Floyd who was buried in Pearland, Texas next to his mother. The BBC made an embarrassing mistake during its live broadcast of the funeral of George Floyd, an African American man, whose death in police custody sparked the biggest protests against racism in the United States since the killing of Martin Luther King in 1968. In a segment where it spoke about Floyd’s sports career it showed the photo of another man – George […]
An unidentified NFL player is aiming to “shine a light on assaults made on men” as part of a lawsuit alleging that an intoxicated female flyer who was taking prescription pills made “unwanted sexual advances” on a red-eye flight. The footballer, who has only been described as an African American alongside his fellow complainant, has claimed that a “middle-aged Caucasian female” continued her advances despite four complaints to staff, telling the player he looked “frightening” in a mask worn to protect against COVID-19 infection, according to the lawsuit. Pursuing a jury trial, the papers said that the woman, who was intoxicated […]
Premier League club Brighton have expressed their reservations about plans to resume the English league dubbed ‘Project Restart’ on June 8, after a third squad member tested positive for coronavirus. The club’s Chief Executive Paul Barber has confirmed that the unnamed player has been sent home to self-isolate for 14 days just a day before team representatives are due to meet to discuss proposals to safely resume the Premier League next month. READ MORE: Bundesliga bounces back but Premier League remains mired in uncertainty – there’s a confused state of play in European football “Unfortunately we have had a third player […]