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sports Diahuebs 24 December 2020

Atletico’s Trippier banned for 10 weeks for Hornets exercise options on

betting breaches Washington, Bridges

(AP) — Atletico Madrid (AP) — The Hornets have
defender Kieran Trippier exercised the third-year
was banned from football contract option on for-
for 10 weeks on Wednes- ward PJ Washington and
day for breaching betting the fourth-year option on
rules in a punishment forward Miles Bridges.
from The English Foot-
ball Association that ap- Neither move Wednesday
plies worldwide. comes as a surprise as both
appear to figure into the
The misconduct, denied by team’s long-term plans. 89 starts, and improved his
Trippier, happened in July Washington, a projected scoring average to 13 points
2019 — the month the Eng- starter this season, enters his per game last season after
land international left Tot- second NBA season after averaging 7.5 as a rookie.
tenham for Atletico — and starting 57 games as a rookie. Bridges, who is expected to
was linked to information He averaged 12.2 points, 5.4 come off the bench this sea-
about his transfer being used to be notified by the Spanish ball which the participant has rebounds and 2.1 assists in son following the addition
for betting. football federation of the sus- obtained by virtue of his or 30.3 minutes per game and of Gordon Hayward, scored
The FA said an indepen- pension, so does not consider her position within the game shot 37.4% from beyond the 20 points and added five re-
dent regulatory commission that Trippier is unavailable. and which is not publicly 3-point arc. The 6-foot-7 bounds and five assists dur-
proved four of the breaches, Atletico’s next game is not available at that time, the forward earned All-Rookie ing the 2020 Rising Stars
which also saw Trippier fined until Dec. 30 against Getafe. participant shall be in breach second team honors in 2019- Challenge at All-Star week-
70,000 pounds ($94,000), but But the FA said the ban was of this rule where any of that 20. end in Chicago.
dismissed three allegations effective worldwide from information is used by that Bridges is in his third NBA The Hornets open the season
during a personal hearing. Wednesday following an ap- other person for, or in rela- season. The 6-foot-6 Bridges Wednesday night at Cleve-
“I want to make it clear that, plication to FIFA. tion to, betting.” has played in 145 games with land.
while a professional foot- As it stands, Trippier will be
baller, I have at no stage suspended for the first leg of
placed any football-related the Champions League game
bets or received any financial against Chelsea in the round
benefit from others betting,” of 16 in February. He played
Trippier said after being the full 90 minutes in all six
charged in May. games in the group stage.
The ban takes effect imme- The ban expires before Eng-
diately and will deny Atletico land’s national team is next
a right back who has played due to play.
every minute of the 13 league The FA rule Trippier was
games so far as it tries to stay found guilty of states:
in first place in the Spanish “Where a participant pro-
league. vides to any other person any
But the club said it has yet information relating to foot-

Inter CEO Marotta: Eriksen on

‘list of transferable players’

“We’ll try to satisfy the play-
ers who want to play more
regularly and from there
we’ll look at who we’re going
to replace them with,” Ma-
rotta said.
“Eriksen is on the list of
transferable players. It’s not
a punishment, but it’s not
working out, so it’s right
to give him the chance to
find more playing time else-
where.”
Eriksen signed a four-and-a-
half-year deal when he joined
from Premier League side
Tottenham in January but has
(AP) — Christian Erik- made just 25 league appear-
sen’s short-lived Inter Mi- ances in nearly 12 months,
lan career is expected to most of those as a late substi-
end in January. tute.
The 28-year-old Eriksen may
Eriksen only joined Inter at have played his last match
the start of the year but club for Inter because he is due to
CEO Giuseppe Marotta con- miss Wednesday’s final match
firmed on Wednesday that before the winter break, hav-
the midfielder is among the ing been given permission to
players the Nerazzurri are return to his native Denmark
willing to sell. for the birth of his child.