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‘It was phenomenal...It was just a thrill to watch her compete’ By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net RIO de Janeiro, Brazil — Every time Pedrya Seymour stepped onto the track at the Olympic Stadium to compete, she looked up to the skies to acknowledge her deceased brother, Keron Dean, whom she dedicated her season to. At the same token, the national record holder also had her parents, Tyrone and Cecily Seymour, in the stands cheering her on. This was Seymour’s first time competing at the Olympics and her mom said they were not going to miss the trip to Rio for anything in the world. They got there on Friday, August 12, and got there just in time to watch their only daughter compete on the biggest sporting stage in the world in the heats on Tuesday, August 16 and the semi-final and final the following day on Wednesday, August 17. “This was our first time watching her compete and it was phenomenal,” said Mrs Seymour, whose daughter made her international breakthrough when she represented the Bahamas at the IAAF World Championships in Eugene, Oregon in April. “It was just a thrill to watch her

compete.” But like any parent, Mrs Seymour said she definitely felt the “goose bumps,” but she was more than elated when she noticed that she had broken her own national record in the semi-final and qualified for the final. In the final, Seymour finished sixth, but Mrs Seymour said it didn’t matter. Her daughter had completed one of her goals and that was to make it to the final. Mrs Seymour said her daughter also wanted to win a medal, but she will settle for the record-breaking performance 12.47 seconds, which in her mind is a medal in itself. “I feel as if she did an excellent job. She wanted to PR and she surpassed that,” Mrs Seymour said. “I dreamt about it, but when I saw the time, I said ‘yes Lord, you did it for her.’ Whatever she does, I know she is going to do it very well, so I wasn’t concerned at all about her performance.” In what has been one of the most remarkable accomplishments, not just for the Bahamas but the sport in general, Seymour only converted from a 400 hurdles specialist to a high hurdles superstar in the straight away race in just four months of training. Unheard of, especially to go all the way and advance to the final at

PEDRYA SEYMOUR in action. the Olympics in their debut. “The Olympic experience was great for us,” Mrs Seymour said. “The only problem that we had was that we were not able to visit her at the Olympic Village where

the athletes stayed. We sent in all of the information (to the Bahamas Olympic Committee) and the only response that we got was that we would be able to see her on Saturday, but it was pointless because she left on Friday.” Eventually after 21-year-old Seymour competed, her parents managed to meet in the city and they spent a good portion of the day celebrating her feat. While her parents returned home on Monday, Seymour headed back to the University of Illinois where she will get ready for her senior season. Mrs Seymour said there has already been numerous requests from agents and coaches trying to lure her out of school and into the professional ranks. But Mrs Seymour said her daughter, who graduated from St

Anne’s High School, is on an athletic scholarship and they have impressed upon her the importance of ensuring that she completes her collegiate degree before she turns pro. “The money will always be there and if the people are so much interested in her, then they could wait until she finishes school,” Mrs Seymour said. “She went off to get a college degree and we want her to complete that and then she can look at going pro.” Although they are not a wealthy family, the money can wait, according to Mrs Seymour. Her education, she stressed, won’t in her quest to complete her degree in communications. And based on the way her daughter has progressed so rapidly this year, Mrs Seymour said they are already making plans to go to London, England for the 2017 IAAF World Championships and possibly the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. “We had such a wonderful time watching our daughter compete that we want to do it again,” she stated. “It was such a good time, but we only wish that as parents of the athletes, we can get together so that everybody who is going can do something for the athletes while they are there competing.”

Proud to be Bahamian

WASHINGTON, DC — His Excellency Dr Eugene Newry, Bahamas Ambassador to the United States, is pictured looking at two enlarged photos of The Bahamas’ Olympic medal winners during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 5-21. The photos of Shaunae Miller, who won a gold medal in the women’s 400 metres, and the men’s 4x400 relay team of Alonzo Russell, Michael Mathieu, Steven Gardiner and Chris ‘Fireman’ Brown, who won bronze medals, are being displayed in the conference room of The Bahamas Embassy, 2220 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.

GOLDEN KNIGHT CHRIS BROWN: ‘THIS IS DEFINITELY THE LAST TIME THE BAHAMAS WILL SEE ME RUN AT THE OLYMPIC LEVEL’ By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net AFTER successfully leading the Bahamas’ men’s 4x400m relay team back to the medal podium at the Olympic Games, veteran quartermiler Chris Brown said he looks forward to making an impact in the next phase of his career. Brown, 37, produced a split of 44.20 seconds on the anchor leg to lead the Bahamas to a bronze medal last week in a season’s best time of 2:58.49 alongside Alonzo Russell, Michael Mathieu and Steven Gardiner. “This is definitely the last time the Bahamas will see me run at the Olympic level,” he said. “I’m looking forward to starting a training camp, I’m looking forward to continuing putting on events in the Bahamas, I’m looking forward to coaching and just giving back to the Bahamas in a different chapter of my career. “I’m looking forward to it and just allowing God to do his work with me. For now, I’m going to take the rest of the season off, take time with my family and just relax.” The bronze medal in Rio was the fourth Olympic relay medal for

the Bahamas men’s 4x400m team. Three of those teams featured Brown as the anchor. In Rio as the men’s team captain, he made his fifth Olympic appearance in a much different role from the team’s 2012 gold medal triumph in London with Mathieu, Demetrius Pinder and Ramon Miller when he ran the first leg of the race. In addition to leading off on the gold medal team in London, he also anchored the silver medal performance with Andretti Bain, Mathieu and Andrae Williams in Beijing, China in 2008 and anchored as well in Sydney, Australia in 2000 when he and Avard Moncur, Troy McIntosh and Carl Oliver clinched the first relay medal with the bronze. “To be able to take on any role is important because as the leader you have to be flexible with your space and time and also you have to be able to be comfortable with what you’re doing,” he said. “This year, just to be able to step up and bring the Bahamas a bronze medal was an accomplishment and I enjoyed running with my teammates and getting the job done.” Brown, the elder statesman of the team, rebounded after dropping to fourth on the back stretch on his last leg as he was passed by Jamai-

CHRIS BROWN ca’s Javon Francis as they trailed LaShawn Merritt from the United States and Gaone Leaname Maotoanono from Botswana. But as they came off the final curve and into the home stretch, Maotoanono stumbled with the pressure behind him as Francis reeled him in. Brown passed him as well and just as he got closer to the finish line, he managed to dip to avoid Kevin Borlee and Belgium denying the Bahamas the bronze. The medal, according to Brown, was dedicated to Demetrius Pinder,

the only member in the relay pool who didn’t get to compete. Brown began his transition to meet promoter several years ago when he hosted the inaugural edition of the Chris Brown Bahamas Invitational. After logistics problems forced cancellation and a two-year hiatus, the meet returned to the Thomas A Robinson stadium last April. “The first year, we had about six individual medallists from the Olympics and the World Championship,” Brown said. “This year, we had about 27 current and former champions,” Brown said at the time of the event. This year’s meet included Kirani James from Grenada and American Jeremy Wariner along with American sprinters Justin Gatlin, Wallace Spearmon, Natasha Hastings and Tori Bowie, hurdler David Oliver, Jamaicans Veronica Campbell-Brown and Sherone Simpson and triple jumpers Christian Taylor and Will Claye. Bahamian athletes included Shaunae Miller and Steven Gardiner, triple jumper Leevan ‘Superman’ Sands, long jumper Bianca Stuart and high jumpers Donald Thomas, Trevor Barry, Ryan Ingraham and Jamal Wilson.

OLYMPIC CHAMPION SHAUNAE ON TOP OF DIAMOND STANDINGS FOR 400 By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net IN 2004, Tonique Williams-Darling achieved the lofty goals of an Olympic title and the IAAF Golden League Jackpot in the 400m. Twelve years later, Shaunae Miller has an opportunity to follow suit and claim both coveted titles, Olympic champion and Diamond League winner, in the same season. Miller currently leads the Diamond Race Standings for the women’s 400m with a total of 30 points. The Olympic champion and world leader has recorded three first place finishes in each of her appearances on the circuit this season. She opened with a 50.45 seconds win in Shanghai, China, followed by 50.15 at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon, both in May. She posted a then world-leading time of 49.55 in July at the “London Anniversary Games.” The women’s 400m is featured in seven of the 14 Diamond League Meetings this season with Paris (August 27) and Brussels (September 9), the only meets outstanding on the calendar. Miller did not appear in the other races on the circuit, won by Jamaicans Stephanie Ann-McPherson (Oslo) and Novlene Willams-Mills (Stockholm). McPherson is ranked second in the standings with 25 points followed by American Natasha Hastings with 18, and Williams-Mills with 17. Miller comes off the feat which made her one of the most talked about stories in track and field this year when she stumbled across the finish line to claim the Olympic title and hold off a late surge by American Allyson Felix in a personal

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‘From Sports To Life, Shaping Our Next Leaders’ By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net THE Myron L Rolle Foundation is scheduled to host the 2nd edition of its Play 4 Progress initiative under the theme “From Sports To Life, Shaping Our Next Leaders.” This year’s version of the student-athlete workshop will be featured in Exuma, Grand Bahama and Abaco, September 1-3. The foundation will host this year’s event in partnership with the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture, the As One Foundation, the Commonwealth American Football League and the Tennessee Titans. The pilot programme of the Play-4-Progress initiative had a successful launch in 2015 with scores of student athletes tutored in lessons in the classroom and on the football field. Approximately 60 participants from New Providence and several Family Islands took part in the two-day event hosted at the Thomas A Robinson Stadium. Rolle, the former Rhodes Scholar and now a student at Florida State University College of Medicine, said the programme falls in line with his theories on the path to becoming a great student athlete. “We try to teach these young people how they can be leaders, learn how they can use these athletic gifts to become better students, basically to transfer the properties of communication, dedication, teamwork, hard work, strategising, all the

MYRON L ROLLE FOUNDATION TO HOST 2ND PLAY 4 PROGRESS things that make you a better athlete, take them and make them have success in the classroom. That’s something I was able to do for a long time and it afforded me to have a good balance as a student athlete and I just want to impart that on the young people here in the Bahamas,” he said. “The first thing I told them is I’m not interested in how much skills you have as a football player. I’m not looking for the next Devard Darling, Samari Rolle, the next me, the next NFL pro player. What I’m looking for is somebody who is willing to work hard, compete and use the intrinsic properties this great sport has to offer and use that to edify their life going forward as a student, as a leader, and as a great citizen of this country.” The Play-4-Progress is aimed to introduce three basic principles to its participants – the fundamentals of American football, education and personal development. “We had sessions on organisation, study skills, time management and I believe all those skills and aspects have helped to make me a better student athlete,” Rolle said. “This is basically the blueprint I used to make me a better student athlete, to become a Rhodes Scholar, and I know it’s a lofty expectation but I expect one of those young

people here to go on and pursue a Rhodes Scholarship. I’m giving them all the tools I used on my journey and I’m giving it to them before I even got it.” Rolle was selected by the Tennessee Titans in the 2010 NFL Draft. In 2012, he signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers and announced his retirement from the NFL in 2013. Also in attendance at the programme was another Bahamian NFL player, Devard Darling, formerly of the Baltimore Ravens, Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Texans. Day one of the football clinic featured the football skills testing period and the day two session focused on football fundamentals with expert instructions from Bahamian NFL players along with locally based MYRON ROLLE and the Myron L Rolle Foundation is scheduled to host the 2nd edition of football coaches and lead- its Play 4 Progress initiative under the theme “From Sports To Life, Shaping Our Next Leaders.” ers. This year’s version of the student-athlete workshop will be featured in Exuma, Grand Bahama and Additionally, on day two, Abaco, September 1-3. Commonwealth American Football League coaches, to teach some of the skills tive of P4P is to assist in the This segment was open Bahamas Flag Football we have used because we development of Bahamian to the football clinic parLeague coaches and Family have been around the game youth through sports and ticipants and Nassau-based Island coordinators partici- of football for a long time,” understanding the impor- high school students. Parpated in a coaches’ session Rolle said. “Once we teach tance of education in both ticipants were engaged in a that presented techniques them, they can teach the athletic and personal de- series of techniques used by to building a successful young kids and once we velopment. The messen- Rolle from primary school football programme, organ- leave here our impact will gers are all Bahamians who to post graduate studies at ising practice sessions and never fade. We want to share a common heritage Oxford University, Oxford, discussing high school and make this an annual event. with participants and have UK. Additional information college football opportuni- Make it bigger speed to all played at the professionon Rolle and the Myron L ties for youth football play- more people, have a more al level.” The Education Segment Rolle Foundation can be magnanimous event.” ers and coaches. According to a press re- is a sub-set of the Myron found at rollefoundation. “Something I’m always interested in doing is teach- lease issued by the founda- L Rolle Foundation’s Rho- org and orwww.myronrolle. ing the teachers. We want tion: “The primary objec- des To Success Programme. com.

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EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD WILLIAM STANHOPE, of Nassau, arrived in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, last week to prepare for racing at the 2016 World Rowing Junior Championships.

Today, 18-year-old Stanhope gets set for World Rowing Jr Championships WITH the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, over and done with, another athlete is ready to represent the Bahamas abroad. Eighteen-year-old William Stanhope, of Nassau, arrived in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, last week to prepare for racing at the 2016 World Rowing Junior Championships. William is slated to race in the heats of the Junior Men’s Single Sculls on Wednesday at 11:50 am CEST or 5:50am EST against the United States, Uzbekistan, Denmark, Italy, and Hungary. Stanhope, who alongside Lex Fountain represented The Bahamas for the first time ever in the sport of rowing at the Junior Championships last year in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, will compete in the Junior

Men’s Single Sculls event. “I am so glad to be rowing for The Bahamas for the second year in a row at the international level,” said Stanhope. “The support from The Bahamas Olympic Committee has been tremendous and had been instrumental in allowing me to raise awareness of the sport back home.” Awareness of the sport is certainly something that is mounting. Earlier this month, rowing was represented for the first time at the Olympic Games by Emily Morley, 22, who competed in the Women’s Single Sculls in Rio De Janeiro. Morley, who like Stanhope is a member of the Nassau Rowing Club, looks forward to a bright future. “It is so exciting to see younger rowers from The

WILLIAM STANHOPE is slated to race in the heats of the Junior Men’s Single Sculls today. Bahamas compete at a higher level. I hope this is only the beginning of putting the country on the map for the sport of rowing.” Thomas Dunn, interim president of the Nassau

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best time of 49.44. It was a complete turnaround for the 22-year-old Miller, who four years ago in London, England, was unable to finish her preliminary heat of the 400m in her Olympic debut when she suffered a slight hamstring pull coming off the first curve and had to stop. Monday, she exhumed that ghost by becoming only the second Bahamian to win a 400m gold, following national record holder Williams-Darling, who achieved the historic feat in 2004 in Athens, Greece. In 2004, Williams-Darling’s breakout year included an undefeated streak of six Diamond League races, highlighted by her national record setting run of 49.07 in September’s finale in

Berlin. Her season also included bronze at the IAAF World Championship. She would eventually share the $1 million jackpot with triple jumper Christian Olsson of Sweden. The Diamond League includes 32 individual event disciplines in a points scoring system called the “Diamond Race.” According to the IAAF, winners of each Diamond Race will get a Diamond Trophy, $40,000 prize money and a wild card for the IAAF World Championships. Each of the disciplines is staged seven times with the top six athletes being awarded the same amount of points at each meeting with the exception of the final where the points are doubled. A5MAIN

The athlete with the highest number of points in each discipline at the end of the IAAF Diamond League season wins “The Diamond Race.” In case of equality on points, the number of victories decides, if there still is a tie, the better result at the final decides. The Diamond Race winners of each discipline are awarded with a prize money of $40,000 at the end of the season. The Diamond League was designed to replace the Golden League, which was held annually since 1998. While the Golden League was formed to increase the profile of the leading European athletics competitions, the Diamond League’s aim is to “enhance the worldwide appeal of athletics by going outside Europe for the first time. Wednesday, August 24, 2016, PAGE

Demetrius Pinder’s mother hits out at Olympic selection

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and The Bahamas were Freeport, according to his son robbed of the opportunity mother. gold medal because of “We could not even get for a decision taken to cut Mr in contact with him; he cut the world, Pinder in the relay final. the from contact off n “Golde THE mother of She felt that team leader now he does not want should have Knight” Demetrius Pinder and to anyone,” said the Chris Brown to the finals said her son is very dis- to talk mother. spoken up prior traught about being denied worriedcommented on Twit- if he was not comfortable “He cut. being son his chance for a second that he is finished , and with her Brown got on raOlympic medal running for ter “Chris off himself from everyTeam Bahamas in the men’s cut dio and said he don’t know doesn’t he that and body, 4 x 400m relay in Rio de Jawent wrong in Rio want to be bothered. At what Demetrius was not neiro. point someone was why the team to run, Enamae Pinder, of Grand one he was threaten ing placed on saying is son her that said , he knew that they Bahama things to himself, and and that very hurt and having a dif- to do God that does not would have bring home the pray I the ficult time dealing with gold if Demetrius had run,” .” coaches’ decision to cut him happensister was finally able she said. His from the relays, and not beShe claims that the team make contact with her did the same thing ing able to defend his 2012 to brother by a text message coachesIAAF World Relays Olympic title. , accord- at the evening Sunday on d contacte Mrs Pinder in The Bahamas when Mr Pinder. Mrs to ing The Tribune yesterday very ran in the 4 x 400m “They called over there Pinder concerned about her son’s but was excluded in see if he was okay, we heats, as the team took welfare. He is taking it hard to out he was fine. But the finals and has “shut out” every- found has not spoken ver- the silver medal. still one, including his family, he Mrs Pinder said that four by texting. We only bally, her son’s training she said. from him only twice years of Bahamians were disap- heard work went down then where he is so and hard pointed when Mr Pinder since ht and hurt from the drain. could image four was disquali fied for a false distraug did to him.” “You they what heat opening the in start of training gone down Mr Pinder was still with years you don’t know if of the 200m but his family team in Brazil yester- the drain; and fans hoped he would the will live to see another you reto d expecte is and to go to another be able to redeem himself day, years four to Texas. in the relays and help Team turn family is upset about Olympic Games, and they The there as an athBahamas retain their gold has happened and is took him what medal. lete in top shape, there was g legal advice. The Bahamas team of now pursuin a good reason nothing wrong with him.” “We need Chris Brown, Michael Stephen Newbold ran in put not was he why to of the relay for Mathieu, Alonzo Rus- as that relay team. He was the heats s and Gardiner sell and Steven Gardiner on for two weeks and he The Bahama walked away in third place there to run,” said the run- ran in the final. Mr Pinder fit was medal, bronze the with was the only member of the mother. squad not to feabeaten by the US and Ja- ner’s “Demetrius is a gold six-man event. maica, which took the gold ture in the Rio to went who st and silver, respectively. Af- medalli “I have already spoken defend his title. Why and they will ter being replaced in the to lawyer a to they put someone (to relays, Mr Pinder called his would his place) who was get what coming to them if in give us a satisfied family with the devastating run even named as part of they don’t why Demetrius not news. team and say he report as to “When Demetrius called the relay How could they did not run on that team. not fit? an Olympic gold us that day, I thought my was he was not fit if they My son is who went to Rio child was about to die,” said assume give him a chance to medallist Mrs Pinder. She said her never in hopes of defending his ? himself prove the had he that son told her and they put in a jun“Demetrius left The Ba- title over Demetrius,” fastest time over two of the with the intention ior athlete runners who ran in the relay hamas fit enough to run in she said. he was in Rio. Mrs Pinder says she is metres and because Following the devastation the 200 a) false start, he is having sleepless nights wor(had her son. of not running the relay fi- he fit to run the 4 x 400 re- rying aboutvery difficult and nal, Mr Pinder reportedly not “This is cut off contact with every- lay?” Pinder feels that her I cannot sleep because I Mrs one, including his family in

By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net

has now spoken out the London Olympics - but his mother year’s Rio Olympics. DEMETRIUS Pinder pictured during this second Olympic medal competing in about his being denied a chance at a feelings on Faself off from the world, and posted her cannot hear from my child; so what are we supposed to cebook and has got a lot of I don’t know what is going do?” she asked. support from persons who ed. on with him. He is not talkrespond Mrs Pinder said she has have ing to us. He has shut him-

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RAPPER SAYS HE WAS DETAINED BY POLICE OVER

Rowing Club, is also hopeful. “All of us at the Nassau Rowing Club are incredibly proud of William, [his trip] is a testament to his hard work and dedication to this

great sport. “Hopefully, William’s achievements provide a stepping stone in the continued growth of rowing here in The Bahamas.” On an Olympic year,

FISA, the world governing body for the sport of rowing, hosts its Senior and Junior World Championships in the same location. This year, FISA placed the Under-23 championships in the same location as well. Combined, these events will create the largest FISA event ever held. “We really look forward to representing the Bahamas at such a large event,” said coach and team manager Joe Mallen. “We hope that through our performance here that we can further establish the Bahamas as a yearly participant in the World Rowing Championships in all categories.” The Junior World Championship part of the regatta features nearly 800 athletes from 59 different nations and is the largest event in its 49 year-old history.

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Liverpool, Everton and Chelsea advance in English League Cup

TOP EUROPEAN CLUBS SET TO WIN IN NEW CHAMPS LEAGUE DEAL

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer

GENEVA (AP) — The richest clubs and biggest leagues in Europe are set to tighten their grip on the Champions League’s future format and prize money this week. A deal being prepared by UEFA should end threats by some elite clubs to break away and form a closed European Super League before 2021. However, it could ensure that more guaranteed places in the 32-team group stage and bigger shares of billion-dollar prize money each season will go to teams like Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus from the four highest-ranked national leagues. In the hours before the group-stage draw on Thursday, a series of meetings with clubs and UEFA executive committee members in Monaco is expected to agree changes to entry slots for the 20182021 seasons. UEFA and the influential European Club Association declined to comment on reports that the top leagues — in Spain, Germany, England and Italy — will each get four direct entries into the groups. In a statement to The Associated Press, UEFA said only that it “expects to announce the evolution” of the Champions League at a news conference on Friday. Italian clubs are looking to be the big winner. Serie A would offer four direct entries to the group stage, compared to two in the current three-season commercial cycle which expires in 2018. Spain, England and Germany would also benefit by ending the risk of its fourth-placed club losing in the playoff round each August. Advancing through the playoffs is worth tens of millions of euros (dollars) as UEFA will share 1.3 billion euros ($1.47 billion) among the 32 group-stage clubs this season. Italy has a dire recent record in playoffs. Serie A sends its third-placed team to the final qualifying stage and only AC Milan in 2014 has advanced in the past six seasons. Changing the Champions League format is possible only every three years. It must be agreed before UEFA’s retained marketing agency can sell Champions League and Europa League rights to broadcasters and sponsors for the next cycle. The debate this year has been intense with clubs seeming to take advantage of a UEFA leadership gap since outgoing president Michel Platini was suspended by FIFA last year. It should be resolved ahead of a Champions League draw missing recent winners Manchester United, Chelsea, AC Milan and Inter Milan. They all failed to qualify, but would expect to join an American-style closed European league where the likes of surprise English champion Leicester would not automatically appeal to most broadcasters. Options favourable to the most influential clubs included more entries for the top leagues, bigger shares of the prize fund, protected places for storied clubs with a global fan base, and playing matches on Saturdays rather than midweek to appeal to Asian and American audiences. Outside Europe, viewers are judged to want more games between high-profile teams. The deal now reportedly on UEFA’s table gives clubs some concessions, while keeping Platini’s vision for the world’s most prestigious club competition. Platini, who played in the 1980s-era European Cup when only national champions were in a pure knockout bracket, had worked to protect entries for more teams from middle-ranking countries. This season, Bruges, Basel and Besiktas — title winners in Belgium, Switzerland and Turkey — are among 22 teams with direct group-stage entry. It is unclear how those places could be squeezed if the big-four leagues get 16 guaranteed slots instead of 11 at present. Basel president Bernhard Heusler declined to comment to The AP ahead of attending Thursday’s meeting of the UEFA club competitions committee. UEFA acknowledged the next format is being agreed sooner than expected. A deadline of December’s meeting of the UEFA executive committee was set after tense meetings in Milan on May 28, ahead of the Champions League final. The new timetable should see the tournament’s immediate future settled before the UEFA presidential vote on September 14 to replace Platini. The election front-runner, Aleksander Ceferin of Slovenia, has won public support from countries like Denmark and Sweden, whose title-holders regularly qualify for Champions League groups but are not seen as commercially attractive. Some club leaders, including Juventus president Andrea Agnelli, say the Champions League is undervalued despite UEFA raising 2.24 billion euros ($2.5 billion) in annual commercial revenue for the Champions League and Europa League combined in the 2015-2018 cycle. That gives a 12 million euro ($13.6 million) basic fee to each team in the Champions League groups. The top earner can get around 100 million euros ($113 million) from UEFA when results bonuses and TV rights shares are added. Still, that is barely more than the English Premier League pays its last-place team from TV money, and the top European clubs want a bigger share of Champions League money from the next deal. That deal could be struck, fittingly, on Thursday in a five-star hotel in Monte Carlo.

WATFORD and West Bromwich Albion were beaten by third-tier opposition in the English League Cup yesterday, while fellow Premier League sides Liverpool and Everton enjoyed big wins in the second round. Chelsea was pushed hard by third-tier Bristol Rovers before also advancing to the third round with a 3-2 win at Stamford Bridge. Watford lost 2-1 to Gillingham after extra time and West Brom was beaten 4-3 on penalties by Northampton after they finished 2-2 after 120 minutes. Northampton famously ousted Liverpool in the 201011 competition, but the Reds easily avoided a so-called “giant-killing” this time round by thrashing Burton Albion 5-0. Daniel Sturridge came off the bench to score two goals and wrap up victory over the second-tier side managed by former Liverpool forward Nigel Clough. Divock Origi and Roberto Firmino also scored for a fullstrength Liverpool team, and there was an own goal. “Very serious, very professional performance by my side,” said Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp, who added that second-half injuries to Emre Can and Origi were not serious. Everton also had a substitute striker scoring a late double, with Arouna Kone’s goals sealing a 4-0 home win over fourthtier Yeovil. Chelsea manager Antonio Conte’s decision to field a team largely made up of reserve play-

EVERTON’S GARETH BARRY, left, celebrates with teammate Romelu Lukaku after he scored his side’s second goal during their English Premier League soccer match against West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns, West Bromwich, England, on Saturday. (Clint Hughes/PA via AP) ers nearly backfired. Belgium striker BatshuayiMichy Batshuayi scored two first-half goals as Chelsea took a 3-1 lead into halftime, before Rovers scored a 48th-minute penalty and struck the crossbar as they went in search of an equaliser. Devoid of European football this season, Liverpool and Chelsea will likely take the League Cup seriously. They are two of the most successful clubs

in the competition’s history, having won it 13 times between them. Stoke, Swansea, Hull and Crystal Palace were the other Premier League teams to progress to the third round, when clubs involved in Europe enter the draw that takes place today. Peter Crouch scored a hat trick — including one goal from a scissor kick — in Stoke’s 4-0 win at Stevenage, Oliver Mc-

Burnie scored twice on his debut for Swansea in a 3-1 win at Peterborough, Hull beat Exeter 3-1 away and Palace was a 2-0 winner at home to Blackpool. Palace gave a debut to new record-signing Christian Benteke, who played the first half before being substituted. Derby beat Carlisle 14-13 on penalties to equal the most goals scored in a shootout in the competition’s history.

PORTO’s players celebrate their 3-0 win yesterday over Roma at the end of a Champions League, play-off, return-leg soccer match, at the Rome Olympic stadium. (AP)

9-man Roma misses out on the Champs League after Porto loss By DANIELLA MATAR Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Roma failed to reach the Champions League group stage after having two men sent off in a 3-0 defeat at home to Porto in the second leg of their playoff yesterday. Roma had drawn the first leg 1-1 after Thomas Vermaelen was sent off and it was again made to pay for poor discipline as Daniele De Rossi was dismissed in the 39th minute and Emerson Palmieri, followed him five minutes after halftime. Despite the numerical disadvantage, Roma pushed hard but could not cancel out Felipe Augusto’s early opener and two goals in as many minutes from Miguel Layun and Jesus Corona sealed matters. “We had prepared for it well, but we started badly,” Roma midfielder Kevin Strootman said. “We played one game in 10 and the other in nine. It could be a mental problem because physically we are fine. We knew what we had to do on the pitch, but we didn’t do it. We didn’t

play well and I don’t know why.” Though Roma tried to turn the game around, Strootman pinpointed Layun’s strike as the definitive blow. “Even with nine men we tried everything,” he said. “But when we went 2-0 down it was all over. Now it’s difficult to get back up, we are all angry. But we have to think about the league because we have to do better. No one is to blame, we lost together.” Monaco beat Villarreal 1-0 to advance to the 32-team group-stage draw in Monaco on Thursday following a 3-1 aggregate victory. Celtic also squeezed through despite a 2-0 loss to Champions League newcomer Hapoel Beer Sheva, after winning the first leg 5-2. There was no fairytale for Irish side Dundalk after a 1-1 draw at 10-man Legia Warsaw, which progressed 3-1 on aggregate to reach the group stage for the first time in 21 years. Ludogorets Razgrad drew 2-2 at Viktoria Plzen to advance 4-2 on aggregate. Italian clubs have failed in the playoffs for five of the last six seasons, typically leaving Serie

A with only two representatives among Europe’s elite. Roma was looking to end that streak but went behind after less than eight minutes as Felipe was left unmarked at the back post to head in Otavio’s free kick. Roma’s chances of progressing diminished when De Rossi, who was being played in defense, was sent off for a rash tackle on Maxi Pereira. Coach Luciano Spalletti took off Leandro Paredes to introduce Emerson but the Brazilian was also shown a straight red card for a horrendous challenge on Corona. Roma upped the pressure but goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny gifted Porto its second of the night in the 73rd minute. Caught out in no-man’s land on a Porto counterattack, Layun rounded him far out from his goal before firing across into the empty net. Corona scored the third moments later, when he blasted past Szczesny at the near post. Villarreal was hoping to overturn a 2-1 first-leg defeat and ensure Spain once again had five teams in the group-

stage draw. But Monaco dominated and Fabinho scored from the spot after Mateo Musacchio handled the ball in the area. Celtic had lost in the playoff round for the past two seasons and the perennial Scottish champion almost threw away the tie despite a commanding first-leg advantage. Saidy Janko tripped Ovidiu Hoban to concede a penalty in the 15th minute, although television replays indicated that the foul was outside the area. Celtic goalkeeper Craig Gordon saved Maharan Radi’s spot-kick but swiftly went from hero to villain. Six minutes later Gordon, and defender Kieran Tierney got in each other’s way, allowing Ben Sahar’s header to squeeze past them into the net. Another defensive mix-up three minutes after the break, this time between Gordon and Janko, led to the ball spilling out of the goalkeeper’s hands and allowing Hoban a tap-in. The blunder ensured a nervy 42 minutes for Celtic. The losing teams go into the Europa League group stage.

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer

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Wednesday, August 24, 2016, PAGE 5

FOUR-TIME SERENA WILLIAMS, NOVAK DJOKOVIC SEEDED NO. 1 FOR THE US OPEN CHAMPION WOZNIACKI EXITS IN THE 1ST ROUND NEW YORK (AP) — Serena Williams is the No. 1 seeded woman for the US Open after barely holding on to the top spot in the rankings, and Novak Djokovic is No. 1 among the men. Neither Williams nor Djokovic has played a match since early exits at the Rio Olympics. Williams later

said she was dealing with a right shoulder problem, while Djokovic said his left wrist was sore. Williams could have been overtaken atop the WTA rankings by No. 2 Angelique Kerber but stayed at No. 1 this week. The US Tennis Association adhered to the men’s and women’s rankings in announc-

ing the seedings yesterday. This is the fifth time Williams is the top seed at Flushing Meadows; she has won the tournament six times. Last year, she was stunned in the semi-finals by Roberta Vinci, stopping the American’s bid for a calendar-year Grand Slam. Garbine Muguruza is seeded No.

3, and Agnieszka Radwanska is No. 4. Djokovic, the defending champion, is followed by No. 2 Andy Murray, No. 3 Stan Wawrinka and No. 4 Rafael Nadal. The draw for the year’s last major tennis tournament is Friday. Play begins Monday.

By GREG SUKIENNIK Associated Press NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Caroline Wozniacki entered the Connecticut Open as a wild card, hoping a tournament she has won four times would help her tune up for the US Open. Instead, the former topranked player from Denmark saw her struggles continue in a 7-5, 6-2 firstround loss to Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia on Monday. “It’s been a really weird year for me, something I’m not used to,” said Wozniacki, who has dealt with injuries all year. “It’s frustrating when you practice well and can’t really execute in the matches. ... At least when I know when I’m playing my best level, if someone beats me, that’s fine. But what’s frustrating is when you’re not playing your best and then you get beat.” Wozniacki, now ranked 51st, was coming off a second-round loss to Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic at the Olympics. Kvitova advanced Monday night with a 1-6, 6-1, 6-3 win over American Louisa Chirico. She will next face Eugenie Bouchard, a 6-2, 6-1 winner over Annika Beck of Germany. No. 20 Elena Vesnina also advanced with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Camila Giorgi of Italy. Top-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska was to have met Wozniacki in the second round. Instead, Radwanska, ranked No. 5, will face Ostapenko, 19, who reached the final at Doha in February and won the Wimbledon junior girls tournament in 2014. Against Wozniacki, Ostapenko staved off a set point in the first set, won four straight games to close out the set and never looked back. “After that, the match turned the other way,” Ostapenko said of her service breaks. “She’s a great player ... so I just played like I had nothing to lose.” Wozniacki’s early exit leaves the tournament with four players in the WTA’s Top 20 — Radwanska of Poland, Vesnina of Russia, Kvitova of the Czech Republic and second-seeded Roberta Vinci of Italy. In other matches Monday, Anastasija Sevastova of Latvia, Caroline Garcia of France, Evgeniya Rodina of Russia, Annet Kontaveit of Estonia and Ana Konjuh of Croatia all advanced to the second round.

PLAY ACTION: From top left Afrika Smith, Gabriella Donaldson,Sierra Donaldson, Sydney Clarke, Donte Armbrister and Sydni Kerr.

Top junior players take ITF spotlight FINALS champion, semi-final win, quarter-final appearances and main draw wins were the positive results achieved by a group of the Bahamas’ top under-18 tennis juniors who recently participated in International Tennis Federation(ITF) tournaments. The result from this young and talented group is to be applauded as many of them travelled for the first time to these countries to showcase their talent on the international stage. The group consisted of Donte Armbrister, Gabriela Donaldson, Sierra Donaldson, Sydney Clarke, Afrika Smith and Sydni Kerr. The players participated in ITF tournaments in St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago. Armbrister, 14, and his partner Scott Hackshaw of Trinidad and Tobago won the ITF doubles tourney in St Vincent and the Grenadines. Donte’s efforts earned him his first ITF U-18 doubles championship. The duo of Donte and Scott won all of their matches starting with a first round win against Browne and Cyrus of St Vincent 6-0, 6-1. In the quarter-finals they faced the 2nd seeded Bicknell brothers of the US and Jamaica and defeated them 6-4, 6-4. In the semis, Donte and Scott advanced after Hayden of Barbados and Kozuki of Japan retired after a 3-0 start. In the finals against Lewis of St Lucia and Mohammed of Trinidad, Armbrister and Hackshaw were victorious. In singles play, Donte played well 6-3, 2-6, 2-6 but did not advance past first round of main draw singles against Pecak of Czeckoslovakia.

In singles main draw appearance, our junior girls had tremendous success. Gabriela Donaldson, 17, made it to the quarter-finals in the singles in Trinidad and Tobago with wins over Houllier from Trinidad and 8th seeded Clarke from the US 6-0, 6-1 in both matches. Gabriella played well but lost in the quarter-finals against Fodor of Hungary 1-6, 0-6. Sierra Donaldson, 16, won her first round match in Trinidad against Enmet of the United States 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. In quarterfinals she lost to 7th seeded Singh of St Vincent. Sydney Clarke and Afrika Smith made it to the main draw singles but were not able to advance in tournament play. In doubles play in Trinidad, Donaldson and Smith advanced to the semi-finals doubles play in Trinidad. The dynamic duo of Sierra and Afrika stormed through their competition. In first round play they won over Amarlia and Gabriela Benn of St Vincent 6-1, 6-2. In the quarter-finals they won over Clarke of the US and Walle from Curacao 6-3, 6-1. This win placed Sierra and Afrika in the girls U-18 doubles semi-finals the duo lost to Blackwood from Jamaica and Fodor from Hungary 2-6, 0-6. In this tournament, Clarke partnered with Williams of St Lucia to get the victory 6-1, 6-2 over Evanson and Koylass. In quarter-finals they lost to No.1 seeded Drazic from Serbia and Hamlin from the US. In St Vincent, 14-year-old Clarke advanced past the first round of main draw by winning over Rudolfo 6-0, 6-0. Smith, 15, also played well and advanced past

main draw first round over Megan Williams of St Lucia 7-5, 6-3. Donaldson won her first round main draw match over local player White from St Vincent 6-2, 6-2. In the second round Clarke, Smith and Donaldson all played well but lost. Clarke lost to Bornay 2-6, 6-7 (5), Sierra to Fodor of Hungary 1-6, 0-6 and Afrika to Lafrance from the US 1-6, 1-6. In his singles Donte played well 6-3, 2-6, 2-6 but did not advance past first round against Pecak of Czeckoslovakia. Donaldson also lost in her first round 0-6, 0-6 to Lopez from the United States. Sydni Kerr, 15, also played well but lost in first round to Mckay from the US 1-6, 1-6. In doubles play in St Vincent the Bahamain team of Sierra and Afrika beat Humphrey from St Vincent and King from Trinidad and Tobago 6-4,6-2 advancing to the quarter-finals again. The duo of Sierra and Afrika then faced the 3rd seed Blackwood of Jamaica and Richter of Guatemala and lost 6-0, 6-0. Gabriela Donaldson teamed up with Singh of St Vincent to beat Sydney Clarke and Williams of St Lucia 6-4, 7-5. This win advanced them to the doubles quarter-finals where Gabriella and Singh lost to the No.1 seed of Bornay and Lafrance 2-6, 1-6. Kerr teamed up with Joao from France and they played well together but did not come up with the win 6-7 (4), 1-6. In the Coca Cola Juniors in St Lucia, Clarke played well and won her opening main draw match against Trestrail of Trinidad 4-6, 6-2, 6-3. She lost in the second round to Lopez of the US 4-6, 3-6.

Rangers put Josh Hamilton on unconditional release waivers By JOE KAY AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — The Texas Rangers placed Josh Hamilton on unconditional release waivers yesterday, though they hope his surgically rebuilt left knee is healthy enough to allow him to try for a spot with the team next season. Texas activated Hamilton off the 60-day disabled list and put him on waivers, a move that was expected. The 35-year-old outfielder had surgery on June 8 to reconstruct his ACL and repair cartilage damage. He’s hoping to be ready for spring training. It was Hamilton’s third operation on the knee since September. General manager Jon Daniels said during a conference call that the move had to be done before the end of August, otherwise Hamilton wouldn’t have been able to play for the Rangers until after May 15 next year under Major League Baseball’s contract rules. Daniels had discussed the

TEXAS Rangers’ Josh Hamilton reacts after striking out against the Colorado Rockies in the fifth inning of a baseball game in Denver on July 22. (AP) move with Hamilton, most recently yesterday. “I’m hopeful that if he’s healthy and our roster is in a spot where we’d still like to have him back, we can work it out,” Daniels said. “But that’s still a few steps down the line. “We’ve talked about it for a period of time, and he understands why we did it.” Hamilton is still rehabilitating the knee. He’s not expected to be cleared for workouts until December.

Hamilton was the first overall pick in the 1999 June draft, but drug addiction nearly ruined his career. He returned to baseball with the Cincinnati Reds in 2007 and showed the promise that was nearly destroyed by drugs, batting .292 in 90 games with 19 homers and 47 RBIs. The Reds traded Hamilton to the Rangers after the 2007 season in a deal for pitcher Edinson Volquez. Hamilton was a five-time

All-Star with the Rangers and the 2010 AL Most Valuable Player. He left as a free agent after the 2012 season and signed a fiveyear, $125 million deal with the Los Angeles Angels. He was traded back to Texas last year and agreed to pay the Rangers for all of his $24 million salary this season and $22 million of the $24 million he is due next year, the final year on his contract. He played in only 50 games last season, batting .253 with eight homers and 25 RBIs. Hamilton opened this season on the DL recovering from knee surgery. During his first game of a rehab assignment, he felt discomfort in the knee and underwent surgery in June to rebuild the knee. Also Tuesday, the Rangers recalled right-hander Shawn Tolleson from the minors and put him on the 60-day DL, creating a spot for left-hander Derek Holland to return from the disabled list and start against the Reds. Tolleson has a strained lower back.

Afrika Smith also played at a high level and won her match over Davis from Trinidad 6-1, 7-6 (8) and lost in second round to American Rogers 1-6, 3-6. Sierra Donaldson won her singles over Nkowolo of Trinidad 6-0, 6-4 advancing to the second round where she lost to Hungarian Fodor 2-6, 3-6. Gabriela Donaldson beat the local talent Meaghan Williams 3-6, 0-6. She lost in the second round to Tutecky of Canada 2-6, 0-6. Kerr lost to Bui of Canada. In the boys’ qualifying, Donte won his first match against Timothy Goodman of Great Britian 7-5, 5-1 and went on to beat Angus of Trinidad and Hedlun Sweden to qualify for main draw. In main draw, Donte beat Francis of St Lucia 6-0, 6-0 and lost in second round to Fibueil 0-6, 3-6. Doubles matchplay in St Lucia saw the team of Afrika Smith and Sierra Donaldson defeating Davis and Trestrail from Trinidad 6-1, 7-5. Gabriela Donaldson advanced with US doubles partner Boever. Sydney Clarke teamed up with Williams from St Lucia to win first round doubles 7-5, 7-6 (4). Donte teamed up with Ross from the US and won first round doubles matchplay. Despite their efforts and advancement they all lost in quarter-finals play. The BLTA recognises the achievements of these individuals in their tennis pursuits. The young group has produced great results as they position themselves among the best in junior tennis. Their work has only just begun but this great start will certainly catapult them as they move forward in their tennis journeys.

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Wednesday, August 24, 2016, PAGE 7

Rio police expand scalping probe of Irish Olympic Council By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The man named to head Ireland’s Olympic committee after its president was arrested in a ticket-scalping case during the Rio Games is also suspected of participating in the scheme but left Brazil before he could be questioned, police said yesterday. Authorities said William O’Brien, who took responsibility for the Irish committee after Patrick Hickey was detained last week, departed from Brazil one day before authorities obtained a warrant to seize his passport and mobile devices in a Sunday raid. “There are a lot of messages mentioning William O’Brien along with Patrick Hickey,” Aloysio Falcao, one of the investigators in the case, said after a news conference. Falcao said Brazilian investigators will be requesting help from the Irish government. Hickey, president of the Olympic Council of Ireland and a member of the International Olympic Committee’s executive board, is being held in Rio’s Bangu prison complex as the investigation expands.

DOCUMENTS belonging to Ireland’s Patrick Hickey, a member of the International Olympic Committee’s executive board, that include his Olympics’ credential and passport are displayed alongside Olympic tickets during a police press conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP)

IRELAND’s Olympic secretary general Dermot Henihan arrives at police headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, yesterday. Rio police are interrogating three of Ireland’s top Olympic executives as a ticket scalping investigation widens even after the Summer Games ended. (AP) Charged with conspiracy, ticket scalping and ambush marketing, Hickey is accused of plotting with other members of the Ireland committee and two companies to sell tickets above face value in a scheme that authorities say could have netted about $3 million in profits. More than 1,000 tickets have been seized in the investigation. Authorities say the Irish company Pro 10 Sports Management was created to facilitate the trans-

police executed search warrants at the Olympic Village to seize passports and other items from three members of the Ireland committee, including Ireland team leader Kevin Kilty, chief executive Stephen Martin and secretary-general Dermot Henihan. Police confiscated 228 tickets for the ceremony from Kilty’s room. Henihan appeared at police headquarters yesterday to answer questions. Investigators said they had ruled out his involvement in the alleged scheme, saying there

fer of tickets between that country’s committee and an unauthorised vendor called THG Sports that would sell them for high fees disguised as hospitality services. THG Sports was accused of a similar scheme in the World Cup. Investigators determined last week that the choice of Pro 10 as the authorised ticket reseller for Ireland was a joint decision by the Irish committee. On Sunday, hours before the Rio Games’ closing ceremony,

was no evidence. Kilty and Martin had been expected to also testify Tuesday, but officials said their lawyers had asked for a postponement to have more time to review documents in the case. The investigation has been unfolding since the Olympics began August 5, when the head of THG Sports was arrested with tickets allocated to the Olympic Council of Ireland. The council declined to comment yesterday.

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Bimini Wahoo Smackdown VIII in November EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION OPEN UNTIL SEPTEMBER 15 THE historic Bimini Big Game Club Resort and Marina continues its tradition of hosting top-notch fishing tournaments by announcing Wahoo Smackdown VIII, slated for November 10-13, 2016. This year the authentic Bahamian offshore tournament is led by longtime Bimini Big Game Club dockmaster Captain Robbie Smith, who has been greeting thousands of boaters and anglers at the docks over the last 28 years. Captain Smith, a 2015 Bahamian Icon Awards finalist, is certified by the International Game Fish Association (IGFA) as an official weigh master. “Bimini’s great fishing has attracted anglers from around the world for decades,” said captain Smith. “And chasing wahoo in November has become a tradition – one full of surprises and one that doesn’t disappoint the sports fishermen who relish the hunt of this feisty and tasty speedster.” Wahoo Smackdown VIII is slated to kick off November 10 in the Hemingway Lounge with a captain’s meeting and will conclude on November 12 with an awards gala, poolside. Registration fee is $1,500 per boat (includes four anglers, tournament shirts and entry to social events). Additional anglers (over four) are $250 each. Extra social tickets are $150 each. Total payout is $25,000 with a 25-boat minimum. Weekday room rates will be offered for the weekend. Registration fee is 100 per

FACES at a Bimini Wahoo Smackdown weigh-in. Photo by Kent Krebeck

cent refundable if the tournament is cancelled due to weather. Early Bird registration by September 15 will save $150 on the tournament fee. Additionally, a $300 instant

credit will be issued for entries that book both hotel and boat slip for a minimum of four consecutive nights. The $300 credit can be used in the restaurant or applied to the total resort bill.

Current Wahoo Smackdown sponsors include artist David Dunleavy, Ba-

hamian Brewery and Beverage (Sands), Bost Lures, Faro Blanco Resort and

Yacht Club, Flanigan’s Seafood Bar and Grill, Sysco, and Tito’s Vodka.