Sports Digest: Draymond Green fined instead of suspended for punching teammate

basketball

Draymond Green was fined but not suspended by the Golden State Warriors for punching teammate Jordan Poole in the face last week.

After Tuesday’s preseason win over Portland, Green will return to practice on Thursday before playing against Denver on Friday night to finish the season opener with the Lakers again for the NBA championship on Tuesday, coach Steve Kerr said. Kerr, general manager Bob Myers, and the players met to decide how best to proceed, including having Green and Poole talk to each other.

Green and Poole have met over the fight over the past few days and all parties have engaged in in-depth discussions since last Wednesday’s incident, Kerr said. Two-time MVP Stephen Curry said: Led some of these talks.

Green has been away from the team since the altercation and has been working out on his own every day.

A video of the punch, which was leaked to TMZ, was released on Friday. Poole used both of his hands to push Green away, who then punched Poole in the face, sending his fourth-year guard into the wall behind the baseline.

Kerr said an investigation into the leak is ongoing.

• Detroit Pistons center Marvin Bagley III is expected to be out of the lineup for three to four weeks with a right knee injury.

Bagley suffered the injury Tuesday night in a preseason game against Oklahoma, with an MRI showing a sprained ligament and a bruised bone in his knee.

The 6-foot-11 Bagley signed a three-year, $37 million contract as a restricted free agent in July with the Pistons, who acquired him from Sacramento in a four-team trade last season. Bagley, the 2018 No. 2 overall pick, averaged 14.6 points in 18 games with the Pistons last season, recovering from a disappointing injury with the Kings.

The 23-year-old former Duke star is averaging 13.6 points and 7.4 rebounds over his four-year career.

Football

Ireland: The coach of Ireland’s women’s soccer team apologized Wednesday after singing pro-IRA chants in the locker room after her players made their first appearance at the World Cup.

Video footage of the chant has gone viral on social media after Tuesday’s play-off win over Scotland 1-0 at Hampden Park.

“We sincerely apologize to anyone who was offended by the post-match celebration,” Ireland manager Vera Pow said.

The Football Association of Ireland also issued an apology “for all offenses caused by the song sung by the players”.

Support for the IRA, or Irish Republican Army, remains controversial in an effort to heal the wounds left by decades of sectarian violence known as The Trouble. Some see the IRA as a freedom fighter in the Irish reunification movement, while others blame the IRA’s role in killing nearly 1,800 of his people in an attack in which militants sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland. Some people

Most militants have abandoned violence after the 1998 agreement that brought peace to the island, but the occasional bombing or shooting is still attributed to IRA dissidents.

Champions League: Napoli advanced to the last 16 with two games to go, with a 4-2 win over Ajax thanks to an assist from Kvicka Kvaradzgelia.

The Italian club is top of both Serie A and its Champions League group, undefeated in both competitions.

• Club Brugge became the second Belgian club to reach the last 16 with a 0-0 draw with Atlético Madrid in Madrid.

tennis

Djokovic-Australia: A year after being deported for not having been vaccinated against COVID-19, Novak Djokovic faces lobbying from Tennis Australia if he tries to enter Australia for the first major tournament in 2023. Can’t get official support from

The 21-time Grand Slam champion was set to defend his Australian Open title last January after a tumultuous 10-day legal battle that saw his visa revoked on the eve of the tournament and was ultimately won by Rafael Nadal. was not allowed.

Djokovic was initially granted an exemption from strict vaccination rules by two medical commissions and Tennis Australia to play at the Australian Open, but moved to Melbourne believing he had all the paperwork in place. The exemption was later denied by the Australian Border Patrol.

The deportation made Djokovic subject to a three-year exclusion period that could prevent the issuance of a temporary visa, but the Australian Border Protection said in January that the exclusion period would be “as part of a new visa application.” It may be considered and waived under certain conditions.” situation. “

Australia has changed its border rules so that from 6 July, travelers entering the country will no longer be required to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination.

doping

Track & Field: Olympic discus finalist Kamalpreet Kaul has been suspended for three years for doping with anabolic steroids, the athletics department’s Athletic Integrity Unit said.

After admitting the violation and accepting the sanction, Kaur was suspended for one year instead of the usual four-year suspension, according to the AIU.

Kaul will be allowed to maintain his sixth-place finish at last year’s Tokyo Olympics, but will be out of action at the 2024 Paris Olympics before his ban expires in March 2025.

The 26-year-old Indian tested positive for stanozolol in a urine sample while training in Patiala, India in March. Steroids were most famously used by sprinter Ben Johnson at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

Kaur was the first to suggest that the positive reaction was due to a contaminated protein supplement, according to a ruling published by the AIU on the matter.

Traces of steroids were confirmed in tests of the supplement by a laboratory in New Delhi accredited by the World Anti-Doping Agency. did not match.

When formally charged and given a four-year suspension, Kaur admitted to anti-doping rule violations, according to AIU documents.

Kaur set the Indian national record of 66.59 meters when competing in his home country a few weeks before the Tokyo Olympics.

In Tokyo, she finished just over two meters off the medal in a competition won by Valary Allman of the United States.

pickle ball

media: The pickleball frenzy is getting the Stephen Colbert treatment, and charity is the winner.

Colbert will host CBS’s “Pickled,” described as a sports comedy special centered around a celebrity pickleball tournament. Players include Deeks Bentley, Will Ferrell, Emma Watson, Daniel Dae Kim, Max Greenfield, Luis Guzman, Sugar Ray Leonard, Tig Notaro and Kelly Rowland .

Colbert and Kenny Loggins join in a national anthem duet in the two-hour special, which airs on CBS at 9 p.m. Nov. 17. Streamed live and on-demand on Paramount+.

The host of CBS’s “The Late Show” presents the Colbert Cup.

Teams compete to benefit the non-profit Comic Relief US. Viewers are asked to contribute to help support programs that “address the life-changing effects of homelessness, rootlessness, and lack of security often experienced by children and families living in poverty.”

jurisprudence

Ben Gordon: Former NBA player Ben Gordon has been charged with assault after hitting his son at a New York airport.

The alleged assault occurred Monday night at LaGuardia Airport. Witnesses, including an American Airlines employee, saw Gordon yell at his son and punch him in the face several times after the boy dropped a book on the ground, according to the Queens District Attorney’s Office.

Gordon later confirmed to police that it was his son.

At an arraignment Tuesday night, Gordon was charged with assault, resisting arrest, contempt, endangering a child, and other charges.

Gordon’s son has been on a protective order since 2018 barring Gordon from “physically abusing, harassing, or interfering with personal liberties” and from removing the boy from Illinois, according to the criminal complaint. .

A college player at the University of Connecticut, the 39-year-old was drafted by the Chicago Bulls in 2004 and has played 11 seasons in the NBA for Chicago, Detroit, Charlotte and Orlando, most recently with Magic in the 2014-15 season.

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