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Dialuna 5 OctOber 2020

Napoli set to be handed 3-0 loss for failing to show at Juve

(AP) – Napoli is likely to appeal for the much more agreed with the Technical-
be handed a 3-0 loss by the important interest of health Scientific Committee should
Italian league's judge for to prevail over whatever oth- be applied. The protocol
failing to show for its Se- er logic or vested interests." provides certain and manda-
rie A match at Juventus on Napoli had requested that tory rules that allow league
Sunday night. the match be postponed but matches to go ahead even if
the Italian league's protocol there are positive cases in the
Napoli did not travel to Turin for COVID cases is the same group, fielding the players
for the game after local health as UEFA rules. If a team has who tested negative through
authorities ordered the squad 13 available players, includ- exams undergone within
into quarantine after two ing at least one goalkeeper, the time range given by the
players tested positive for the the game can go ahead. health authorities."
coronavirus — midfielders "In regards to Napoli's of- The entire Napoli team has
Piotr Zielinski and Eljif El- ficial request the Lega Serie been tested constantly after
mas. A clarifies that the current Napoli played Genoa last
Juventus followed its regular system of rules must guaran- weekend. More than 20 Ge-
matchday routine on Sun- tee the health of everybody, noa players and staff mem-
day and arrived at the sta- disciplinary commission, by the Technical-Scientific equal treatment for all clubs bers have tested positive.
dium for the scheduled 8:45 where Napoli will make its Committee tried to make and the respect of the princi- Genoa's match at Torino on
p.m. (1845 GMT) kickoff. case. Italian soccer safe to allow the pals of sportsmanship," read Saturday was postponed.
In somewhat farcical scenes, Vincenzo Spadafora, Ita- restart that everyone want- a statement by the league's "The Lega Serie A did also
several players walked out ly's sports minister, said he ed," Spadafora said Sunday. governing body. approve a precise set of rules
onto the field while a lim- would also speak about the "It's clear however that the "On that matter it is oppor- to adopt if there are several
ited number of fans watched issue with the heads of the situation in general over the tune to remember that the positive cases and that can
from the stands. Italian soccer federation and past few weeks has become statement issued by Campa- lead to the postponement of
It will not be known whether the league, in two meetings even more complex, so much nia health authorities only the match only if there are
Juventus will be awarded a already scheduled for Mon- so that it hasn't left even the asks fiduciary isolation for specific conditions which, at
3-0 win by default — or if the day. world of soccer immune de- the close contacts of Pi- the moment, don't apply to
match has simply been post- "The protocol proposed spite the rigid rules. otr Zielinski. Therefore, in Napoli's case," continued the
poned — until next week's by the FIGC and validated "I want to make a really clear this case the FIGC protocol governing body's statement.

Talladega briefly stopped after 13-car crash and wall damage

very start with the first cau- playoff race at his home track ing when he was hit from
tion called before a single lap of Las Vegas, is the only driver behind by Alex Bowman,
had been completed. The already locked into the third and he let Bowman know he
intensity never ceased and it round of the playoffs. He was was annoyed by driving up
became mayhem as two lanes able to quickly climb from to Bowman's car as the two
of traffic hurtled around the his car and was cleared from were on pit road.
2.66-mile track. the infield medical center. "I got hit from behind and
Jimmie Johnson appeared "That's the nature of the sport turned in the outside fence,"
to be hit from behind by — you are on top one week Almirola said. "We were do-
Clint Bowyer, causing John- and the next week you are at ing everything we needed to
son to turn left into Busch's Talladega," Busch said. do. We were closing in to the
car. Busch smashed into the Playoff drivers caught in the end of stage one and it looked
outside wall, was hit from crash were Bowyer, Brad Ke- like we were going to score a
behind and his car launched selowski, Austin Dillon and lot of points there, which is
over the car of Cole Custer. reigning Cup Series champi- exactly what we needed to
(AP) — NASCAR's playoff crash. "I didn't know he was flip- on Kyle Busch. Bowyer's race do."
race at Talladega Super- The melee Sunday required ping at first because you are ended after the crash.
speedway was briefly red- a welding truck go onto the looking what's in front of Aric Almirola, another play- Kyle Busch was in the Almi-
flagged so a wall could be track to repair a damaged sec- you and he was above me," off driver, was wrecked with rola crash and the later ac-
repaired after Kurt Busch tion of the wall. Custer said. three laps remaining in the cident in which his older
went airborne in a 13-car The race was messy from the Busch, winner of last week's first stage. Almirola was lead- brother went airborne.

Lance Armstrong leads Beirut bike tour to help blast victims

(AP) — Former American professional cyclist The blast killed 193, wounded about 6,500 and eral years ago following revelations he used perfor-
Lance Armstrong led a bike tour around Bei- caused billions of dollars in damage. It decimated mance-enhancing drugs. Armstrong had already
rut on Sunday to raise awareness and funds the port facility and thousands of apartments in retired, but the confession shattered the legacy of
for organizations helping residents affected the city. It also came as Lebanon is grappling with one of the most popular sports figures in the world.
by a massive explosion that struck the Leba- its worst economic and financial crisis in decades, Later Sunday, hundreds of people gathered near
nese capital in August. made worse by the spread of the coronavirus. the port to mark the blast's two-month anniversa-
ry. At 6:07 p.m., the time when the explosion tore
Dozens of cyclists took part in the "Bike for Bei- The group of cyclists later entered the port and through the city, they released scores of white bal-
rut" tour as Lebanon marked two months since the passed close to the huge crater where, before the loons with victim's names on them.
blast at Beirut's port, where some 3,000 tons of am- explosion, the ammonium nitrates were stored.
monium nitrates were stored for six years before They then continued the tour around Beirut. Some victims' relatives briefly blocked the main
exploding on Aug. 4. It was one of the biggest non- Among the four organizations that the tour is col- highway that passes near the port, demanding that
nuclear explosions ever recorded. lecting money for are the Lebanese Red Cross and the results of the investigation be made public.
"Today we're starting here, I guess not very far from the charity group Offrjoie. More than two dozen people, mostly port and cus-
the actual explosion site," Armstrong said outside Armstrong built a world-wide following during his toms officials, have been detained so far. The judge
the port. He added that the bike tour aimed to "try professional career winning races, including the the in charge of the investigation has questioned top
to bring some awareness to this community, to the Tour de France seven times, and fighting cancer. security officials, former Cabinet ministers and
people affected." However, his reputation crumbled abruptly sev- port employees.