LONDON (AP) – IOC President Jacques Rogge says the Olympic body could take further action against the eight badminton players disqualified for discrediting the sport by trying to lose on purpose.
Rogge tells The Associated Press the IOC is waiting to see what action is taken by the national Olympic committees of the four women’s doubles teams from China, South Korean and Indonesia.
Rogge applauded the international badminton federation for disqualifying the players but said the IOC will also intervene “if needed.”
The IOC has the power to formally expel athletes from the games, taking away their accreditation and kicking them out of the athletes village.
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) – NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says he is comfortable with the idea of using replacement officials in preseason games.
The Hall of Fame Game is coming up Sunday and there is no end in sight to the labor dispute between the NFL and its officials.
Speaking to reporters at the Green Bay Packers’ training camp Wednesday, Goodell says he doesn’t think using officials with less experience will represent a safety risk to players. He says player safety is “obviously such a focus for us, they’ve been training on that basis.”
Members of the NFL Referees Association were locked out June 3 after talks broke down.
Packers coach Mike McCarthy says he doesn’t have any concerns about the league using replacement officials in preseason games.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Authorities say a group of men attacked star Wisconsin running back Montee Ball early Wednesday morning, knocking him to the ground and causing injuries that sent him to the hospital.
Police said five men jumped Ball around 2:15 a.m. near campus They knocked him down and kicked him.
Ball, a finalist for the Hesiman Trophy last season, was taken to a hospital with head injuries. Coach Bret Bielema said Ball has been released and is under the care of the school’s sports medicine staff. Bielema says he expects Ball will make a full recovery, but did not address Ball’s availability. The season opens Sept. 1 against Northern Iowa.
Police say Ball apparently didn’t know who the men were.
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