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Spanish league finds no proof of racial abuse by player

The league said it has ana- conclusions, Valencia said soccer federation.
lyzed all the available video “just because evidence was The Spanish government
and audio of conversations not found does not mean that sent a letter on Wednesday
between the two players, in- the incident did not occur.” to the league and federation
cluding hiring a company “Even though the league has expressing “concerns with
specialized in lip reading, but carried out its investigation situations like this,” which
found no proof of racially our club does not change its have been happening “often
abusive language. opinion on what happened in soccer competitions in our
and maintains its complete country.”
The incident occurred dur- support of Diakhaby,” Valen-
ing Sunday’s game between cia said. The league said in its state-
Cádiz and Valencia. The Va- ment that it “condemns
lencia players walked off the The match continued after racism in all its forms and
field after Mouctar Diakhaby the Valencia squad returned maintains its commitment to
said he was racially insulted saying it felt threatened by combating any of its manifes-
by Cádiz defender Juan Cala. the referee with the loss of tations.”
(AP) — The Spanish a player who said he was Diakhaby is Black. Cala has points.
league said Friday it has racially insulted during a denied any wrongdoing. The league added that it had
not found any evidence match last weekend. The incident is also being shared its findings with the
to support accusations by In response to the league’s investigated by the Spanish federation and the two clubs.

Astros remain hot in home opener with 6-2

win over Athletics

(AP) — The Houston As- come from a boisterous 10 innings against the Dodg-
tros insisted they weren’t crowd of 21,765 in the first ers.
bothered by the angry game in Houston with fans “We’ve been going through
crowds they faced on the since Game 7 of the 2019 it for a while now,” Oakland
road to start the season. World Series, which the As- manager Bob Melvin said.
tros lost to the Washington “Everybody wants to be the
But what a feeling it was to Nationals. Capacity was lim- guy that wants to get the big
hear the cheers of the home ited to 50% because of coro- hit. Sometimes you get a little
crowd once again. navirus restrictions. anxious. You’ve got to keep
“It was a beautiful night,” “It made a big difference,” working and pressing for-
José Altuve said. “Kind of like manager Dusty Baker said. “I ward.”
a dream come true.” could see the positive energy Cole Irvin (0-2) yielded four
Carlos Correa, Yordan Álva- on our team.” runs and five hits in 5 1/3 in- Álvarez doubled with one out Altuve homered off the wall
rez and Altuve homered as nings. in the fourth before Correa in left-center to pad the lead
the Astros kept up their hot It was a welcome respite from The Astros have shown im- came through again, send- in the seventh. The crowd
start by treating the home the reception they received pressive power to start the ing a grounder down the erupted as he connected on
crowd to a 6-2 win over the on a six-game trip to start season. They’ve homered left field line for a double to the pitch, with fans chanting
Oakland Athletics on Thurs- the season. The road crowds in each game and lead the make it 2-0. his name as the star second
day night in the first game inundated the team with in- American League with 15. Álvarez’s homer came with baseman trotted around the
with fans at Minute Maid cessant boos and chants of “This team can hit, and they one out in the sixth to extend bases.
Park since 2019. “cheaters” in the first chance worked hard during spring the lead to 3-0. He sent the “Tonight was the perfect
Houston is 6-1 this season, to berate the Astros since training,” Baker said. “I’ve off-speed pitch from Irvin night for us,” Altuve said. “I
tied for the best seven-game their sign-stealing scheme never seen guys hit so much. into the second deck in right had a lot of energy through
start in franchise history. Five was revealed in January 2020. ... These guys they enjoy hit- field for his second home run the game because of the fans.
of the team’s wins have come Cristian Javier (1-0) scattered ting.” this season in his return after It’s something that motivates
against the Athletics after a three hits with seven strike- Correa got things going for missing all but two games last you and encourages you.”
sweep in Oakland to start the outs over five scoreless in- the Astros with his solo shot season following surgery on Oakland got an RBI double
season. The Astros have out- nings. leading off the second in- both knees. A two-run single by Stephen Piscotty and a
scored Oakland 41-11. The Athletics fell to 1-7 a day ning, which barely cleared by Myles Straw later in the run-scoring single by Jed
They received a warm wel- after getting their first win in the short wall in right field. inning put Houston up 5-0. Lowrie in the ninth.

Women’s team makes history in Argentine

auto racing

Next to her, with hands nos Aires. the team with that purpose,
stained by grease, mechanic While many auto racing com- to show that they could also
Agustina Carreira gave in- petitions are open to both have a place in racing.”
structions to driver Rocío male and female drivers, it’s The team’s group of engi-
Migliore before a historic rare to see women making neers and mechanics wore
moment for them and for up the entire crew, checking black shirts and pink pants
auto racing in Argentina. engines, putting on tires and for the race as they meticu-
The three are part of the Vi- analyzing race times. lously refilled the gas tank,
tarti Girl’s Team, the first en- “Racing has been inclusive checked engine parts and
tirely female team to take part since it was founded, but measured the pressure of the
in a national racing competi- there were not many oppor- tires of the car, which can go
tion in Argentina — the Top tunities for girls to work in the as fast as 134 mph (215 kph).
(AP) — Standing on the Chevrolet with the No. Race Junior series. In their technical part,” the 27-year- While each team member has
starting grid, team di- 31 on the windshield and debut last Sunday, the rookies old Vital, who founded the her own role, they constantly
rector Tamara Vital pat- prayed. finished second at the Oscar team, told The Associated exchanged opinions during
ted the roof of a white y Juan Gálvez track in Bue- Press. “We decided to create the event.