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SPORTS Thursday 18 april 2019

Patriots vs. Steelers

Continued from Page 18 off at Wembley Stadium on
Oct. 27. Earlier in October,
This one will feature the re- the league will play two
turn to the Meadowlands games at Tottenham Hot-
for now-Browns receiver spur’s new stadium in Lon-
Odell Beckham Jr., and don. The Raiders will host
two young, potential star the Bears on Oct. 6, and
quarterbacks in Cleve- the Buccaneers will be the
land’s Baker Mayfield and home team against the
New York’s Sam Darnold. Panthers on Oct. 13.
National broadcasts rarely Wembley will be the site of
have included the down- the fourth London match,
trodden Browns, but they’re with Houston facing host
a popular choice this year: Jacksonville on Nov. 3.
Cleveland will have four The league returns to
prime-time games, also Mexico, after last season’s
facing the Rams, San Fran- Chiefs-Rams game was
cisco and archrival Pitts- moved to Los Angeles be-
burgh. cause of poor field condi-
Every team will have at tions at Azteca Stadium.
least one national TV ap- On Monday night Nov. 18, In this Feb. 20, 2019, file photo, the new Tottenham Hotspur stadium in north London is
pearance. New England, the Chiefs will play LA’s oth- viewed.
Pittsburgh, Kansas City, er team, the Chargers. Associated Press
Green Bay, Seattle and the In Week 16, the NFL has are divisional games for the seven weeks before play- has three straight home
Rams get the maximum left 10 teams in semi-limbo. 11th straight season. ing a game in Oakland. games and three con-
prime-time games, five. Three games are sched- “This is an exciting time,” They entertain the Chiefs secutive road games. No
The traditional Thanksgiving uled for NFL Network on Sat- said Giants coach Pat Shur- on Sept. 15, then have other team has three away
Day games will have De- urday, Dec. 21, and will be mur, whose team opens at road games at Minnesota matches in a row, though
troit at home to Chicago, chosen among these five: Dallas. “This week, we start- and Indianapolis, host Chi- the Rams will be away from
then Buffalo at Dallas. The Detroit at Denver; Oakland ed the offseason program. cago in London, are off LA for a visit to Atlanta on
night game to close the at the LA Chargers; Buffalo And now we can see when Oct. 13, then go to Green Oct. 20, that “home” con-
holiday schedule will be at New England; the Rams we’re going to play. We Bay and Houston. They re- test in London the next
New Orleans at Atlanta in at San Francisco 49ers; and knew who our opponents turn to Oakland on Nov. 3. week, then a bye and a trip
another long-time rivalry. Houston at Tampa Bay. The would be and where we Miami opens with four 2018 to Pittsburgh.
The NFC champion Los An- non-Saturday games will are going to play, but playoff opponents: home Also with three straight
geles Rams will host Cincin- be played Sunday. there’s an excitement that for Baltimore and New Eng- home games will be Green
nati in London for one of The season ends Dec. 29, builds once the schedule land, at Dallas, home for Bay, Atlanta, Arizona,
five international games when Chicago finishes at comes out.” the Chargers. Then the Dol- San Francisco, Buffalo,
on the 2019 schedule. The Minnesota for the fourth Among the oddities, in one phins have a bye. Cleveland, Pittsburgh and
Rams and Bengals will face successive year. All finales stretch the Raiders will go One team, Philadelphia Houston.q

Olympic silver medalist also has testosterone condition

By GERALD IMRAY nation. It doesn’t make forced to take hormone-
AP Sports Writer sense.” The IAAF wants Se- suppressing medication
Caster Semenya’s closest menya, Niyonsaba and for the remainder of their
rival also has a condition other female athletes with careers or give up their
that gives her high levels high levels of natural tes- favored events. The IAAF
of naturally occurring tes- tosterone to lower them has records that show nu-
tosterone and would be — either through medica- merous athletes have the
affected if track and field’s tion or surgery — to be eli- condition but has never
governing body imple- gible to compete in events identified them because
ments a contentious rule to from 400 meters to the mile confidential medical de-
control hormone levels. at top track meets like the tails are involved. Previ-
Francine Niyonsaba of Bu- Olympics. The IAAF ar- ously, Semenya and Indian
rundi, who won silver med- gues that female runners sprinter Dutee Chand were
als behind Semenya in the with abnormally high tes- the only top athletes to say
800 meters at the 2016 tosterone levels have an they had hyperandrogen-
Olympics and 2017 world In this file photo dated Friday, Aug. 11, 2017, Burundi’s Francine unfair advantage. Seme- ism, and Semenya only said
championships, said in an Niyonsaba reacts after winning a Women’s 800m semifinal nya, the two-time Olym- it publicly recently in written
interview with the Olympic during the World Athletics Championships in London. pic champion from South statements regarding her
Channel that she has hy- Associated Press Africa, is challenging that case against the IAAF.
perandrogenism, the first barred from certain events like this. What am I? I’m at the Court of Arbitration Semenya and Niyonsaba
time she’s spoken about it “discrimination.” created by god. So, (if) for Sport and the decision, finishing 1-2 in the 800 at
publicly. And echoing the “I know people talk, talk, someone has more ques- now expected at the end the last two major meets
argument of Semenya, talk about me,” Niyonsaba tions about it, maybe (they) of the month, could have appears to strengthen the
the 25-year-old Niyonsaba said. “You can’t stop peo- can ask god. I love myself. serious ramifications for fe- IAAF’s stance that hyper-
called the IAAF’s intention ple talking. I like to hear I will still be Francine. I will male runners. androgenism gives runners
to force some female ath- people talking. That is mo- not change.” Referring to Semenya, Niyonsaba and a significant and unfair ad-
letes to lower their natural tivation. the rule, Niyonsaba said: possibly other medal-win- vantage. Niyonsaba reject-
testosterone levels or be “I didn’t choose to be born “For me, it’s about discrimi- ning athletes could be ed that.q