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Sports-On This Day... April 4

2020-06-28T07:54:06Z

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April 3 (Reuters) - ON THIS DAY -- April 4 April 4, 1993 SOCCER - Ian Wright celebrates Arsenal's 1-0 FA Cup semi-final victory over north London rivals Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley Stadium. Skipper Tony Adams scored with a towering header at the back post in the second half but Arsenal were tested when they went a man down after Lee Dixon's red card. They would go on to win the FA Cup as well as the League Cup that season, beating Sheffield Wednesday in both finals. April 4, 2000 BOXING - Heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis works on his timing on the bag ahead of his title defence against American Michael Grant at New York's Madison Square Garden. Lewis beat Evander Holyfield to become the undisputed heavyweight champion but was stripped of his World Boxing Association belt for choosing to fight Grant instead of WBA mandatory challenger John Ruiz. Grant came into the contest with a 31-0 record and was taller and heavier than Lewis, but the Briton floored him three times in the first round before knocking him out in the second. April 4, 2004 FORMULA ONE - Smoke rises from the brakes of Michael Schumacher's Ferrari as he leads the pack into the first corner of the inaugural desert Grand Prix at the newly built Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir. Defending world champion Schumacher led team mate Rubens Barrichello from the front row of the grid to a one-two finish in the first ever Formula One race to be held in the Middle East. The track's first corner was named after Schumacher a few months after he suffered head injuries in a skiing accident in December 2013 that resulted in him being put into a medically induced coma. April 4, 2005 SUMO - Sumo wrestlers enter the Expo Dome for the grand sumo tournament in the 2005 Aichi world exposition in Nagoya, Japan. The sumo tournament was held with nearly 40 sumo stars, including grand champion Asashoryu Akinori. Mongolian Akinori, who attained sumo's highest rank of 'yokozuna', was the first wrestler to win all six 'honbasho' (sumo tournaments) in the same year. April 4, 2009 CRICKET - India's fast bowler Zaheer Khan celebrates his fifth wicket after dismissing New Zealand's Tim Southee during their third test match in Wellington. After India's batsmen scored 379 in the first innings, Khan ran through the top order to finish with figures of 5-65, allowing India to gain the upper hand after the home side were bowled out for 197. India would eventually set New Zealand [https://footballandcricketonline.blogspot.com/2020/06/zaheer-khan-in-world-cup.html footballandcricketonline.blogspot.com] a stiff target of 617 to win and nearly bowled them out again before rain came to the home side's rescue, with India needing two more wickets to win. The match ended in a draw but India won the series 1-0. April 4, 2010 GOLF - Yani Tseng of Taiwan and her caddie jump into the lake at the 18th hole to celebrate winning the LPGA's Kraft Nabisco Championship golf tournament in California. Winners of the event take a ceremonial leap into Poppie's Pond, a tradition that began in 1988 when American Amy Alcott and her caddie took the plunge. Tseng, who was tied for seventh after the first two rounds, surged ahead on the last two days to finish 13-under overall, beating Norway's Suzann Pettersen by a single stroke. April 4, 2013 BASEBALL - Cincinnati Reds' second baseman Brandon Phillips jumps to avoid a hard sliding Los Angeles Angels' Howie Kendrick as he breaks up the double-play attempt during the second inning of play at the Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, Ohio. In his new role as a cleanup hitter, Phillips was instrumental in a 5-4 victory for the Reds when he hit a three-run homer in the fourth inning. As a second baseman, Phillips won the Gold Glove award for outstanding individual fielding performances four times between 2008 and 2013. April 4, 2018 SOCCER - Liverpool fans set off flares and throw missiles at the Manchester City team bus outside the stadium before the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie at Anfield. City players and staff escaped without injuries but two police officers were hurt, with one struck by an object and another cut by glass. The intimidating atmosphere paid off for Liverpool, however, who romped to a 3-0 win and advanced to the semi-finals as 5-1 aggregate winners after the return leg in Manchester a week later. April 4, 2018 SOCCER - Barcelona's Luis Suarez celebrates scoring their fourth goal in a 4-1 victory over Italy's AS Roma in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie. Although Suarez scored 37 goals for club and country that season, this was his first in the Champions League -- scored more than a year after his last goal in the competition. Barcelona looked certain to reach the semi-finals but Roma bounced back to win the second leg 3-0 and sent the Spanish side out on the away goals rule. April 4, 2019 HORSE RACING - Jockey Robbie Power celebrates winning the Aintree Hurdle riding Supasundae on the opening day of the Grand National Festival at Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool. Power was competing in his first race since returning from injury and Supasundae, who finished second the previous year, toppled hot favourite Buveur D'Air by a length and a quarter. The race requires horses to jump hurdles and Power took advantage when race leader Melon fell at the hurdle before the home stretch, hampering Buveur D'Air who was in second place. (Compiled by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Simon Jennings)

Machete-wielding Teenagers Attack A Boxer In Wild West Britain

2020-06-28T03:43:13Z

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Terrifying footage captures the moment two teenagers armed with machetes attack a professional boxer at a takeaway store - with the victim bravely disarming one. Petrified customers are seen escaping the scene after a pair of young men wielding two foot long weapons attack the fast-food worker behind the counter. Zaheer Ahmed, 18, and Bradon Narine, then 19, pulled out the machete and rushed to the front counter to attack the man. Petrified customers can been seen escaping the scene after the pair of young men entered Pepe's Piri Piri takeaway in Derby on December 2, 2017 RELATED ARTICLES [# Previous] [# 1] [# Next] [/news/article-6014291/The-horrific-moment-pedestrian-pushed-road-stranger.html The horrific moment a pedestrian is pushed into the road by...] [/news/article-6014231/BUS-TED-Two-drunken-teenagers-heard-shrieking.html BUS-TED: Two drunken teenagers are caught on CCTV taking a...] Share this article Share CCTV footage of the brazen attack captured Ahmed enter the store and attack the worker. The professional boxer wrestled Ahmed and secured one of the machetes from his attacker. Zaheer Ahmed, 18, (left) and Bradon Narine, 20, (right) were identified on CCTV footage for a brazen attack on a fast-food worker Both men were wielding a two foot long machete when they entered the store - Narine stood at the door while Ahmed attacked the worker But while Narine stands at the door, watching he intervenes with his weapon. The men the flee the scene after the victim takes himself to the Royal Derby Hospital where he suffered tendon damage from a slash wound and a fractured elbow. Both attackers were recognised from the footage and arrested two weeks after the attack. The professional boxer wrestled Ahmed and [https://footballandcricketonline.blogspot.com/2020/06/zaheer-khan-in-world-cup.html https://footballandcricketonline.blogspot.com/2020/06/zaheer-khan-in-world-cup.html] secured one of the machetes from his attacker. Narine intervened and attacked the worker The weapons were described by the judge 'the most fearsome knives I have ever seen'. Judge Adrian Reynolds said: 'It was around 9pm. 'Women, children, anybody could have been around. 'And the two of you show absolutely no concern for that.' The attack happened at Pepe's Piri Piri takeaway in Derby on December 2 last year. Narine pleaded guilty to wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and possession of an offensive weapon but Ahmed claimed he was the victim of 'mistaken identity'. Ahmed was jailed for eight years and Narine will spend five years behind bars. adverts.addToArray("pos":"inread_player")Advertisement

Samson Century Gives Daredevils Big IPL Win Over Supergiant

2020-06-28T02:36:35Z

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Delhi Daredevils captain Zaheer Khan Sanju Samson scored his maiden Twenty20 century to help Delhi Daredevils record their biggest victory in the Indian Premier League on Tuesday when they defeated Rising Pune Supergiant by 97 runs. The 22-year-old Samson paced his 102-run knock off 63 balls, while South African Chris Morris hit a blistering unbeaten 38 off just nine balls at the end to give Daredevils a total of 205. Without skipper Steve Smith due to illness and Manoj Tiwary, whose father died on Tuesday morning, Supergiant was bowled out for just 108 in 16.1 overs. It now has one win from three matches. 'We have some amazing talent, you see Samson batting like that and Morris going at it in the end,' Daredevils captain Zaheer Khan said. 'A win changes the atmosphere. It creates self-belief, and from that point of view, this is important.' Daredevils lost their opening match against Royal Challengers Bangalore and will next meet Kings XI Punjab on Saturday. Supergiant will next take on Gujrat Lions on Friday. Samson hit five boundaries off his first 10 balls after arriving at the crease in only the second over and put on half-century stands with Sam Billings (24) and Rishabh Pant (31). After negotiating the twin leg-spin challenge of Imran Tahir and Adam Zampa, he cut loose in the last four overs. Delhi Daredevils players celebrate after the wicket of Rising Pune Supergiants batsman Mayank Agarwal He brought up his century with a straight six off Zampa before the Australian leg-spinner bowled him off the next delivery. Samson hit eight fours and [https://footballandcricketonline.blogspot.com/2020/06/zaheer-khan-in-world-cup.html footballandcricketonline.blogspot.com] five sixes. Morris then blazed three sixes and four boundaries off Zampa and Ben Stokes as Daredevils posted 76 runs off the last 24 balls. It was the third-highest run haul from the last four overs of an innings in IPL history. Supergiant's chase was derailed from the outset with Amit Mishra (3-11) and Zaheer (3-20) claiming most of the wickets. Supergiant had lost half of the team by the end of the ninth over for just 58 runs, including the wickets of South African Faf du Plessis and hard-hitting Ben Stokes. Rising Pune Supergiants former-captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni RELATED ARTICLES [# Previous] [# 1] [# Next] [/indiahome/indianews/article-4399378/Medical-student-delivers-baby-saves-life.html WhatsApp Doc? Medical student delivers a baby on board a...] [/indiahome/indianews/article-4399472/Rohingya-community-crackdown-cards-terror-fear.html Rohingya community crackdown on the cards over terror...] Share this article Share Mishra then dismissed Mahendra Singh Dhoni (11) before wrapping up the game quickly by taking a catch for last-man Ashok Dhinda at covers. 'We thought 180-190 would be good on this wicket. But credit to Delhi for the way they batted, especially Sanju in the middle overs and Chris Morris in the end,' said Supergiant stand-in captain Ajinkya Rahane, who opted to bat first after winning the toss. On Wednesday, defending champions Sunrisers Hyderabad take on Mumbai Indians in Mumbai. data-track-module="am-external-links^external-links"> Read more: [/indiahome India News - Latest Headlines, Pictures and Videos | Daily Mail Online] DM.later('bundle', function() DM.has('external-source-links', 'externalLinkTracker'); );

Disney s Wrestling With Its Racist History On Disney Plus

2020-06-28T02:15:47Z

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id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body"> Disneyland's classic ride Splash Mountain. Cd637/Wikipedia Disneyland's Splash Mountain, a water-based log ride through scenes of cute rabbits, bears and foxes, is currently the [ target of several petitions] on Change.org. Activists are lobbying for Disney to retheme the attraction first launched in California in 1989, because its music, characters and location are all drawn from Disney's racially problematic movie, 1946's Song of the South. The combined live-action and animated musical, set on a southern plantation after the end of the American Civil War and the abolition of slavery, has been criticized for [ glorifying plantation slavery] and promoting black stereotypes. CNET Culture Entertain your brain with the coolest news from space to superheroes, memes to robots. While former Disney CEO Bob Iger [ said] in March that Song of the South is "not appropriate in today's world" and would never be on Disney Plus, the film's famous song Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah remains a feature [ of Splash Mountain]. "Some of the songs and the characters are still very much part of the Disney legacy, so it's a very strange situation," says Jessica Balanzategui, a lecturer at Swinburne University of Technology, who specializes in childhood, history and national identity in global film and TV. 1946's Song of the South with Br'er Rabbit and Uncle Remus. Disney "A lot of us would be familiar with some of those characters and some of the popular songs without ever having seen the original film." In the current moment, where the fight for racial justice and the dismantlement of systemic racism has reverberated through the media, some companies have taken steps toward change, including alerting audiences to prejudiced or racist material in their back catalogue. On Sunday, UK pay TV broadcaster Sky [ added] a disclaimer to the original 1941 Dumbo, the original 1967 The Jungle Book, the original 1992 Aladdin and around a dozen more films. When you search for one of these movies on [ Sky Cinema], a subscription service which houses Sky's on demand movies, the description of the movie reads, "This film has outdated attitudes, language and cultural depictions which may cause offence today." HBO Max [/news/hbo-max-removes-gone-with-the-wind-for-racist-depictions-will-bring-it-back/ recently] pulled 1939's Gone with the Wind, a monument of American film history, [ criticized] for featuring black stereotypes and romanticizing the South during the era of segregation. Gone with the Wind will [ return] to HBO Max, but with an introduction by black scholar Jaqueline Stewart to provide more context and help educate about racism. "We failed to put the disclaimer in there which basically sets up the issues that this movie really brings up," WarnerMedia chairman Bob Greenblatt [ said]. "We took it off and we're going to bring it back with the proper context. It's what we should have done. I don't regret taking it down for a second. I only wish we had put it up in the first place with the disclaimer. And, you know, we just didn't do that." The remnants of Disney's murky history have long been the subject of debate. In the inception of Splash Mountain, Disney [ altered] a "Tar-Baby" scene from the movie for the ride, given its racist associations. The movie's African American character Uncle Remus who tells tales about the animal characters also doesn't appear, except for his thoughts and sayings on signs throughout the queue. Still, Disney has been [ criticized] for being too lighthanded with addressing problematic representations in its movies from the '30s, '40s, '50s and even up to the [ '90s], ramping up at the end of last year around Disney Plus' launch. The streaming platform arrived with disclaimers bookending the descriptions of some of its old cartoons, saying, "This program is presented as originally created. It may contain outdated cultural depictions." The disclaimer on the synopsis of the original Dumbo cartoon. Disney Plus Examples include 1955's Lady and the Tramp, whose Siamese cat characters have been criticized for [ channeling Asian stereotypes]; 1941's Dumbo, featuring a crow character called [ Jim Crow] and others who speak [ using jive-like speech patterns]; and 1994's The Lion King, whose hyenas have been interpreted as symbolizing [ racial minorities]. While HBO Max and Sky aren't targeted at children, Disney Plus is designed to be a family-friendly hub. Some argue that when Disney Plus launched in November, the company could have done more to address the context of its older films for the children watching them. "It is tricky," Balanzategui says, when it comes to the Disney Plus disclaimers. "Disney could have used stronger language which would more proactively invite a conversation around the context of these caricatures." Disney did not respond to a request for comment. Children parked in front of a TV. Photo Illustration by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images 'Children are like sponges' Disney Plus' [ subscription numbers snowballed] during the coronavirus lockdown, with parents not only having Marvel, Pixar and live-action remakes to keep their children entertained, but older Disney cartoons many parents grew up with. Some worry this is problematic for children who are dropped in front of cartoons with "outdated depictions," because they could imbibe certain prejudices. "These shouldn't be watched by children by themselves," says Daryl Sparkes, senior lecturer of media studies and production at the University of Southern Queensland, "because children are like little sponges and they soak up attitudes and feelings and opinions." CNET Culture Entertain your brain with the coolest news from space to superheroes, memes to robots. A possible scenario when children watch older cartoons on Disney Plus is they don't notice the disclaimer at all. These messages appear only in the movie's description, not as a separate tag inside the movie window. It could just as easily go unnoticed by parents as well. Since children aren't yet able to spot questionable cultural stereotypes, they shouldn't watch the Disney cartoons alone, Sparkes says. Parents should pull up a pillow and watch alongside them, explaining how once upon a time that was how people used to think. "That becomes a real educational value for the kids themselves, because they're able to go, 'OK, this is what happened back then, but we're not like that anymore and these are the reasons why.'" The Disney legacy Warner Brothers has [ censored] many of its racially offensive cartoons from as far back as the '30s and, in 2014, added a [ content warning] to the beginning of old Looney Tunes cartoons like Tom and Jerry on streaming platforms, using far stronger language than Disney, admitting they "may depict some of the ethnic and racial prejudices that were commonplace in American society. These depictions were wrong then and are wrong today." Well played WB, well played. [ ][ pic.twitter.com/gnfoZBGiJm] — rougevelvet (@rougevelvet) [ August 31, 2014] window.CnetFunctions.logWithLabel('%c One Trust ', "Service loaded: script_twitterwidget with class optanon-category-5"); [ Early reports] suggested Disney Plus would exclude problematic scenes of movies like the original Dumbo, but Balanzategui says Disney made the right choice by keeping the movies intact. "Editing out these problematic depictions isn't the right way to go." Editing the material would be the equivalent of erasure of Disney and North America's troubling histories, Balanzategui says. These movies are artifacts of a shared animation and cultural history. "We don't want to just edit out the confronting parts and pretend they never existed." In an extreme case like Song of the South, including it on Disney Plus would have demanded careful conversations around it, [https://footballandcricketonline.blogspot.com/2020/06/zaheer-khan-in-world-cup.html footballandcricketonline.blogspot.com] Balanzategui says. It would be used more as an education tool than what we think of as entertainment. Dumbo and the group of crows. Disney But for movies like Lady and the Tramp, Dumbo or The Lion King, which do feature on Disney Plus with disclaimers, the biggest worry for parents is children consciously or unconsciously acquiring cultural language they're not yet able to contextualize. That's where conversations about problematic stereotypes can help children establish context around troubling representations, Balanzategui says. Parents may even be able to spark curiosity in their children about the historical context of the media they're watching. Children could learn to see entertainment as part of a wider network of cultural and historical influences. Some kids, however, are simply too young to have these conversations. "This is when parents should be really careful about the kind of content that their children are watching," Balanzategui says. While Disney buried much of the controversy around Song of the South from modern audiences, it has [ responded] to calls to revisit attractions at Disneyland before. Disney removed a scene from the immensely popular Pirates of the Carribean ride that showed brides up for auction and renamed a ride called the Indian War Canoes and a hotel called Disney's Dixie Landings Resort. It remains to be seen whether the petitions -- [ one] of which has over 20,000 signatures -- around Splash Mountain spur change, but while many are stuck at home due to the coronavirus pandemic, parents might want to keep an even closer eye on what their kids are watching. Disney Plus' disclaimers are easy to miss and in a moment where many are doing their homework on the past and the injustices and inequalities of the present, it's a good time to notice them. First published June 18. Update, June 21: Adds Sky description.

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2020-06-28T02:15:46Z

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