Landon Donovan and his folks will play a World Cup qualifier game in Havana on Saturday. Nobody has done that in… 61 years!
Luis Hernandez, president of the Cuban Football Association, downplayed the political significance of the game. “The political aspect has nothing to do with it. The U.S. players are just athletes, soccer players, and we are too.” Hernandez said on Monday.
And Landon Donovan thinks just the same: “We’re not going there to be political. I’m not going there to make any political statements. I’m going there to play and try to win. That (political) part of it is real, but the reason we’re there is to play soccer. And that’s what we have to remember.”
Maybe they are the only ones that think that way. And luckly for U.S. soccer Cuba´s national team is one of the worse teams in the region. So… if they don´t win they should think of seeking political asylum down there.
“We met at a banquet, we got to talking, and she really understands the game. I told her I’d make a deal with her, that if we won the gold medal, I’d give it to her. She thought I was kidding. But I told her I had one already…”
It turns out that she is not a member of the crew of the Wynn Casino but the wife of one of the owners.
On Thursday 28th August, a total of 170 drug tests were carried out on cyclists registered in the Spanish Vuelta. This is the first stage of thorough checks taking place.
The Spanish race is the first big test in which biological passports are to be enforced. “All riders will have their biological passport in order. The laboratory in Madrid, furthermore, is equipped with the technology necessary to detect CERA,”explained Víctor Cordero, general director of La Vuelta.
A few NBA teams have reached out Hamed Ehadadi to discuss a possible transfer to the States. But, current federal law prohibits the teams from negotiating with Ehadadi because he´s Iranian.
Just as they do at Wimbledon and in the National Football League, the slow motion of the instant replay shall soon be a part of Major League Baseballl. According to the Los Angeles Times they are working out the bugs right now. It should make the game a bit more accountable.
