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Sadio Mane: Liverpool forward is to miss rest of season with knee injury

Published 7 April, 2017

Mane suffered the injury in a challenge with Leighton Baines, having earlier scored the opening goal

Liverpool forward Sadio Mane is set to miss the last seven games of the season with a knee injury.

Mane, 24, was taken off after colliding with Leighton Baines in Saturday’s 3-1 home victory over Everton.

Manager Jurgen Klopp said he was “pretty sure” Mane needed surgery, leaving it “pretty much impossible for him to play again this season”.

The £34m signing from Southampton has started all but five of Liverpool’s league games this campaign.

Of those, three were drawn and two were lost. The Reds are third in the Premier League table with seven games left.

Klopp also said Adam Lallana was “much better but is not in training” as the midfielder continues his recovery from a thigh injury suffered on England duty in March.

Captain Jordan Henderson, who has been out since February, is “in a good way, but I don’t know when he can be part of training again”, the German added.

Mane starting Liverpool over 2016-17 Without Mane starting
26 Games 5
17 Wins 0
6 Draws 3
3 Defeats 2
60 Goals scored 4
2.3 Goals per game 1
30 Goals conceded 7
1.2 Goals conceded per game 1.8
2.2 Points per game 0.5
Premier League table
Sadio Mane
Sadio Mane posted a photo of his knee on Instagram on Thursday

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Track & Field Travel To The George Mason Spring Invitational

Published 7 April, 2017

BALTIMORE, Md. – The Morgan State Track & Field teams will take part in the George Mason Spring Invitational this Saturday in Fairfax, Virginia.

In total, over 30 teams will take to the track on Saturday, including American, Bucknell, Coppin State, Davidson, District of Columbia, Fordham, George Mason, Georgetown, Howard, Johns Hopkins, Maryland-Eastern Shore, Morgan State, Mount St. Mary’s, Navy, Hagerstown CC, Pittsburgh, Richmond, Robert Morris, Sacred Heart, Saint Francis, UMBC, VCU, Virginia Lynchburg, VMI, West Virginia, William and Mary, Youngstown State,

Three field events will begin the meet on Saturday, which include the women’s hammer throw, men’s javelin and the men’s pole vault. The 100m dash will be the first running event of the day, with the first gun firing off at noon. The meet will run all day until the men’s 5K ends the meet at 9:40 p.m.

Live results will be available all day, by clicking here.

Mason Spring Invitational – Order of Events

Session: 1 Field Events, 10:00 AM
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10:00 AM Women Hammer Throw Finals
10:00 AM Men Javelin Throw Finals
10:00 AM Men Pole Vault Finals
10:30 AM Men and Women Long Jump Finals
12:00 PM Men High Jump Finals
12:15 PM Men Hammer Throw Finals
12:15 PM Women Javelin Throw Finals
2:00 PM Men and Women Triple Jump Finals
2:30 PM Women Pole Vault Finals
2:30 PM Men Discus Throw Finals
2:45 PM Women Shot Put Finals
3:00 PM Women High Jump Finals
4:45 PM Men Shot Put Finals
4:45 PM Women Discus Throw Finals

Session: 2 Running Events, 12:00 PM
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12:00 PM Women 100 Meter Dash Prelims
12:20 PM Men 100 Meter Dash Prelims
12:40 PM Women 4×100 Meter Relay Finals
12:55 PM Men 4×100 Meter Relay Finals
1:10 PM Women 100 Meter Hurdles Prelims
1:35 PM Men 110 Meter Hurdles Prelims
1:55 PM Women 400 Meter Dash Finals
2:20 PM Men 400 Meter Dash Finals
2:45 PM Men 110 Meter Hurdles Finals
2:55 PM Women 100 Meter Hurdles Finals
3:00 PM Men 100 Meter Dash Finals
3:05 PM Women 100 Meter Dash Finals
3:15 PM Women 400 Meter Hurdles Finals
3:40 PM Men 400 Meter Hurdles Finals
4:00 PM Women 200 Meter Dash Finals
4:25 PM Men 200 Meter Dash Finals
4:50 PM Women 4×400 Meter Relay Finals
5:15 PM Men 4×400 Meter Relay Finals
5:45pm George Mason Senior Recognition Ceremony
7:00 PM Women 800 Meter Run Finals
7:25 PM Men 800 Meter Run Finals
7:50 PM Women 3000 Meter Steeplechase Finals
8:05 PM Men 3000 Meter Steeplechase Finals
8:20 PM Women 1500 Meter Run Finals
8:45 PM Men 1500 Meter Run Finals
9:20 PM Women 5000 Meter Run Finals
9:40 PM Men 5000 Meter Run Finals

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Crooke Named MEAC Track Athlete Of The Week

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NORFOLK, Va. (Apr. 5, 2017)-Morgan State senior Shenel Crooke was selected as Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Track Athlete of the Week, as announced by the league office on Wednesday.

It is the third weekly honor this season for Crooke, who also earned the honor on Feb. 8, as well as co-track performer of the week accolades on Jan. 18 during the indoor season.

A native of Basseterre, St. Kitts, Crooke competed in five events last weekend at the Pepsi Florida Relays hosted by the University of Florida. She would place 17th in the 100 meter dash in a time of 11.53 and came in 23rd in the 200 meter dash with a time of 24.06. Her time in the 100m currently is the top time in the MEAC.

 

Crooke also joined her teammates in the 1600 meter sprint medley, the 4X100 meter relay and 4X200 meter relay teams.

 

The 1600 meter sprint medley team finished in a time of 3:57.97 to beat out State foe Maryland for fifth-place. As a member of the 4X200 team, the squad ran a time of 1:36.03 to place 13th, while the 4X100 relay team ran a time of 46.46, which is the fastest in the MEAC.

 

Crooke and the Lady Bears return to action this Saturday, April 8 when they travel to Fairfax, Va. to compete in the George Mason Spring Invitational.

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Fifa loses nearly £300m in 2016 and scheduled to lose further £400m in 2017

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/39533466 #

Published 7 April, 2017

World football governing body Fifa lost nearly £300m in 2016 and is scheduled to lose close to £400m in 2017.

Legal costs related to the corruption scandal which engulfed the organisation and “ill-considered previous investments” contributed to the losses.

The latest financial results follow a loss of nearly £100m in 2015.

Fifa forecasts a financial recovery in 2018, when Russia hosts the World Cup, and expects to finish the four years since 2014 with an £80m profit.

The governing body, which is still under criminal investigations in Switzerland and the United States, paid out nearly £50m to lawyers last year.

Former president Sepp Blatter’s investments in a football museum and hotel in Zurich have proved unsuccessful so far, too, and are referred to as “ill-considered”.

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Jemima Sumgong: 2016 Olympic marathon champion fails drugs test

Published 7 April, 2017

Reigning Olympic and London marathon champion Jemima Sumgong is the latest Kenyan athlete to fail a drugs test.

The 32-year-old tested positive for banned substance EPO in an out of competition test carried out by athletics’ governing body the IAAF.

Sumgong – the first Kenyan to win Olympic marathon gold – was due to defend her London title on 23 April.

Kenya was last year declared in breach of anti-doping rules, and athletes underwent special testing for Rio 2016.

The East African country was deemed “non-compliant” by the World Anti-Doping Agency, but was reinstated before last summer’s Games.

Between 2011 and 2016, more than 40 Kenyan track-and-field athletes failed doping tests.

Among those sanctioned was female marathon runner Rita Jeptoo, 36, who was banned for four years following a positive test for performance-enhancing drug EPO in 2014.

Sumgong is provisionally suspended, and she will face sanctions if her B-sample also tests positive.

Eunice Kirwa of Bahrain took silver behind Sumgong in Rio, with Ethiopia’s world champion Mare Dibaba claiming bronze and another Ethiopian, Tirfi Tsegaye, fourth.

“We can confirm that an anti-doping rule violation case concerning Jemima Sumgong (Kenya) has commenced this week,” the IAAF said in a statement.

“The athlete tested positive for EPO (Erythropoietin) following a no-notice test conducted in Kenya.

“This was part of an enhanced IAAF out-of-competition testing programme dedicated to elite marathon runners which is supported by the Abbott World Marathon Majors group.”

London Marathon organisers said they were “extremely disappointed” by Sumgong’s positive test, adding: “We are determined to make marathon running a safe haven from doping.”

In 2015, the Sunday Times claimed the London Marathon had been won seven times in 12 years by athletes who had recorded suspicious blood scores.

That followed details of 12,000 blood test results from 5,000 athletes published by the newspaper, in partnership with German broadcaster ARD.

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