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Australia beats Slovakia to open

Billie Jean King Cup

GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) bles. Sanders beat Vikto- Cup. All of its titles came
— Australia took an unas- ria Kuzmova 6-4, 6-3, while from 1964-74.
sailable 2-0 lead against Tomljanovic was a 6-1, 6-2 In the late match, host na-
Slovakia on Tuesday in the winner over Anna Karolina tion Britain takes on Ka-
first match of the Billie Jean Schmiedlova in the Scottish zakhstan.
King Cup in a strong start city of Glasgow. There are 12 teams in the
to its bid for a first title in 48 Sanders was scheduled to competition and they are
years in the biggest team return to the court to play split into four groups of
event in women's tennis. doubles with Ellen Perez three. Each match consists
Storm Sanders and Ajla against Kuzmova and Ter- of two singles and a dou-
Ajla Tomljanovic of Australia returns a ball to Anna Karolina Tomljanovic claimed vic- eza Mihalikova. bles. The group winners will
Schmiedlova of Slovakia during the first day match of the Billie tories in singles to earn the Australia is a seven-time advance to the semifinals
Jean King Cup finals at Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Tuesday,
Nov. 8, 2022. Australians the win in Group winner of the competition on Saturday, with the final
Associated Press B before the closing dou- formerly known as the Fed on Sunday.q

World Cup ambassador from Qatar denounces homosexuality

The interview was cut short prime minister had given to go ahead with a trip to
by a media officer of the her a "safety guarantee" for Germany's opening World
World Cup organizing fans "no matter where they Cup match against Japan.
committee after Salman come from, whom they Last month, Germany's
expressed his views on ho- love and what they be- ambassador to Qatar was
mosexuals, ZDF reported. lieve in." Faeser said there summoned by the govern-
Faeser, who is also respon- has been no change to ment there after Faeser
sible for sports, said when that stance from the prime appeared to criticize the
she visited Qatar a week minister, who is also Qatar's country for its human rights
ago that the country's interior minister. She plans record. q

This year's World Series is 2nd-least

watched on TV

The 2022 Qatar World Cup logo is projected on the opera house
of Algiers, Tuesday Sept. 3, 2019. An ambassador for the World
Cup in Qatar has described homosexuality as a “damage in the By RONALD BLUM AP Base-
mind” in an interview with German public broadcaster ZDF just ball Writer
two weeks before the opening of the global soccer tournament LAS VEGAS (AP) — The
in the Gulf state. Houston Astros' six-game
Associated Press victory over the Philadel-
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Germany's interior minister phia Phillies finished as the
Associated Press condemned Salman's re- second least-watched
BERLIN (AP) — An ambas- marks. World Series on television.
sador for the World Cup in About 1.2 million interna- The six games averaged
Qatar has described ho- tional visitors are expected 11,784,000 on Fox, down
mosexuality as a "damage in Qatar for the tourna- 1.3% from the 11,940,000
in the mind" in an interview ment, which has faced for the Atlanta Braves' six-
with German public broad- criticism and skepticism game win over the Astros The Houston Astros celebrate their 4-1 World Series win against
caster ZDF only two weeks ever since the gas-rich last year and ahead of the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 6 on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022,
before the opening of the emirate was selected as only the 9,946,000 for the in Houston.
soccer tournament in the host by FIFA in December Los Angeles Dodgers' six- Associated Press
Gulf state, highlighting con- 2010. Concerns about LG- game victory over the
cerns about the conserva- BTQ tourists attending the Tampa Bay Rays in 2020. ami on ABC. Totals declined with the
tive country's treatment of World Cup have also been Houston's 3-1 win in Game The Series finished with a rise of cable television
gays and lesbians. expressed for a long time. 6 on Saturday night was 6.1 Nielsen rating and 17 and then of streaming ser-
Former Qatari national In the interview, Salman seen by 12,549,000 view- share. The rating was the vices, giving viewers more
team player Khalid Salman also said that homosexual- ers on Fox, down 11% from second-lowest behind the choices.
told a German reporter ity "is a spiritual harm." 14,140,000 Atlanta's 7-0 5.2 for 2020, which had a The Series had a 25.0 rat-
in an interview that being "During the World Cup, victory over the Astros in 12 share. This year's share ing and a 52 share in Phila-
gay is "haram," or forbid- many things will come here last year's finale, played on marked a 1% increase delphia and a 24.0/55 in
den in Arabic, and that he to the country. Let's talk a Tuesday night. Including from last year. Houston.
has a problem with chil- about gays," Salman said Fox Deportes and stream- Including Fox Deport- The rating is the percent-
dren seeing gay people. in English, which is simulta- ing, this year's Game 6 es and streaming, this age of television house-
Excerpts of the television neously dubbed into Ger- was viewed by 12,871,000. year's Series averaged holds tuned in to a broad-
interview were shown Mon- man in the TV segment. Game 6 was played op- 12,023,000 viewers. cast.
day on the ZDF news pro- "The most important thing posite several college Viewers peaked at The share is the percent-
gram Heute Journal. The is, everybody will accept football games, including 51,560,000 for Game 7 of age viewing a telecast
full interview, which is part that they come here. But Alabama-LSU on ESPN, the 1975 World Series be- among those households
of a documentary, will be they will have to accept Clemson-Notre Dame on tween the Boston Red Sox with TVs on at the time.q
shown Tuesday on ZDF. our rules." NBC and Florida State-Mi- and Cincinnati Reds.