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Flying the flag SECTION E

MONDAY, JULY 31, 2017

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

IN less than five days, 25 athletes will be carrying the Bahamian flag as they get set to compete in the 16th International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) World Relays in London, Eng-

land.

The global championships, held every two years, will run from August 3-14 at the London Olympic Stadium, site of the 2012 Olympic Games. The flagship event for the IAAF will attract more than 2,000 athletes from over 200 countries around the world.

Team Bahamas will be led by

Shaunae Miller-Uibo, who will be attempting the 200/400m double and Steven Gardiner, who will be looking for his first global international individual medal. All four relay teams will be participating as well.

Miller-Uibo achieved one of the medals the Bahamas picked up at the 15th championships in Beijing,

China when she clinched the silver in the 400m behind American Allyson Felix, whom she gained avenge over at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The other came from Jeffery Gibson secured the bronze in the men’s 400m hurdles in a national record breaking performance.

Gibson has not been named to

this year’s team.

Prior to the start of the championships, BAAA’s president Rosamunde Carey and first vice president Tonique Williams will join delegates from the 200-plus countries in the 51st IAAF Congress.

• See page two for photographs plus president’s statement.

HIELD: I HAVE TO GIVE BACK TO THE PEOPLE

BUDDY Hield meets youngsters during his basketball workshop at the weekend.

Photo: Terrel W. Carey/Tribune Staff

It’s another double double for All-Star Bahamian Jonquel Jones

By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

JONQUEL Jones continues her post All-Star break momentum and tallied her 13th double double of the season in another win for her Connecticut Sun. Jones finished with 14 points, 13 rebounds, three blocked shots and two steals in the Sun’s dominant 89 - 73 win over the Indiana Fever yesterday at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncansville, Connecticut yesterday.

The Sun continue to lead the Eastern Conference standings with a 14-9 record. A possible matchup against fellow conference contender, the Washington Mystics, was postponed Friday night after a leak in the Verizon Center roof made it unsafe to play because of moisture on the court.

Jones leads the WNBA in rebounding and 11.2 per game, with 15.6 points and is seventh in the league at field goal percentage 53 percent.

The Sun improved to 2-1 against Indiana this season.

Indiana won 81-79 at home over the Sun back on May 20th. Connecticut evened the series with a 91-85 win over the Fever on July 1st.

The Sun have won seven of their last eight games at

home after starting the year 0-2 at Mohegan Sun Arena.

In her first game following last weekend’s All-Star game, Jones posted 12 points and 10 rebounds in a 93-72 Sun win at home over the Chicago Sky on July 25th.

Sun head coach Curt Miller said every win down the stretch is important as playoff position begins to take shape.

“It’s an important win for us. Trying to keep momentum that we built before the All-Star Break. I don’t think at times we played Sun basketball. I think it was a pretty ugly game in stretches, both ways. Proud of the intensity, the fight that we had. We competed in the second half and showed more of Sun basketball. I thought we got, throughout the game, a lot of contributions from a variety of people,” he said, “So team win, not always pretty but we got the Sun basketball when we needed it. That’s a team 4 times of the last 6 games over 90 and until that last basket went in they were in the 60’s. So, proud that we contributed to some of their offensive struggles.”

In their next game, the Sun tip-off against the Phoenix Mercury at Mohegan Sun Arena on Friday, August 4th at 7pm.

CONNECTICUT Sun forward Jonquel Jones.

By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

THE inaugural Buddy Hield Workshop and Tournament featured several surprises, standout performances and a few surprises over the course of the twoday event last weekend at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium.

“It’s great you know, the kids were able to come out and have fun. It’s great to come back, have fun with the kids. It’s not about me, it’s really all about them and making sure they have opportunities to be exposed to some things that can benefit them in the long run,” The Sacramento Kings guard and Grand Bahama native said.

Day one of the event hosted over 300 aspiring students through a series of drills and skill position development hosted by Hield and his team of personal coaches from the United States. It also featured an appearance by Prime Minister Hubert Minnis. Day two featured a series of exhibition scrimmages between camp participants, a three point shootout, slam dunk contest and a “Battle of Champions” in the senior boys division between the GSSSA champion Anatol Rodgers Timberwolves and the BAISS champion Jordan Prince William Falcons.

“Its been crazy, but fun.

I have to give it all back to the people. The people support me so much and I have to give it all back to them,” Hield said.

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Ready to face the world

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A STATEMENT was issued at the weekend ahead of the World Track and Field Championships by the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations.

The statement is as follows: “The Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations is pleased to confirm that a team of 24 athletes accompanied by team managers, coaches and executives will travel on Monday July 31, 2017, for the IAAF World Track and Field Championships in London, England.

The Federation’s President, Mrs Rosamunde Carey and First Vice President, Ms Tonique Williams will leave a day ahead for meetings.

“President Carey can now confirm after consultation with the authorities at the IAAF that, notwithstanding inconclusive queries on one of our athletes, all four of the Bahamas’ Relay teams have qualified and will participate in the Games. The President and indeed the executive team remain resolute on its zero tolerance of any form of doping or performance enhancement or induction.

While we do not condone or support any untoward

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SHAUNAE Miller-Uibo in action. She is part of the team, pictured on this page, headed for the IAAF World Track and Field Championships in London. behavior in our sport, we remain determined to be supportive and sensitive to all of our athletes during challenging times. We recognise them as our primary clients and a rare and precious commodity. Few people in the world can do what they do and achieve.

We reserve the right to protect them and ensure that evidence is conclusive and irrefutable before passing judgement.

“We invite the Bahamian public to adopt the Federation’s mindset as we cheer on our athletes in their individual and relay teams’ quest to medal and achieve personal and team best performances.

“These games will be exciting to say the least; indeed, the purest form of

entertainment. We are confident that the Bahamian flag will have reason to pulled out and hoisted several times throughout the Games. The Bahamas has been known to produce top quality athletes that will be forces to reckon with in the halls of competition. The Federation will do all in its power with the assistance of all our wonderful partners, in particular the Bahamas Government, to ensure the well-being and success of our athletes.

“The Federation along with national media representatives will give daily briefings on competition so that the Bahamian people may be kept abreast of our status and performances.

Join us in supporting Team Bahamas!”

DEVYNNE CHARLTON

WARREN FRASER

SHAVEZ Hart and, inset, Ojay Ferguson (top) and Shaquania Dorsett.

STEVEN GARDINER

DONALD THOMAS

TYNIA GAITHER

CHRISTINE AMERTIL

DONEISHA ANDERSON, above, and below, Anthonique Strachan, Alonzo Russell and Carmiesha Cox.

RAMON MILLER

TAMARA MYERS

BIANCA STUART

LANECE CLARKE

MICHAEL MATHIEU

KEIANNA ALBURY

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THE BAHAMAS women’s national team who took part in the Women’s Softball World Championship in Florida.

BAHAMAS RETURNS HOME AFTER 24TH RANKING IN CHAMPIONSHIPS

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

THE Bahamas women’s national team will be returning home from the World Baseball Softball

Confederation (WBSC) Jr. Women’s Softball World Championship in Clearwater, Florida, with a 24th ranking after suffering a 14-2 loss to Korea.

In their placement game on Friday, the Bahamian

team, managed by Stephen “Bishop” Beneby, watched as the Asian national team scored eight runs in the first inning, followed by three runs in the four and three more in the fifth for an abbreviated affair.

The entire Korean roster was credited with at least one hit as center fielder Seo Young Jeong Sy went 3-for-4 with two runs batted in (RBI) and scored twice, while catcher Hyun Ju Im was also 3-for-4 with two

RBI and a run scored.

Elijah Johnson led the Bahamas’ attack by going 1-for-2 and scoring the only two runs on RBI from Kendalia Turner (1-for-3) and catcher Dachye Stubbs (1-for-2) on a double in the

first and third respectively.

Si Yeon Hong earned the win pitching all five innings, allowing five hits and two runs, while striking out five.

Ramona Hanna threw the first four innings, giving up 1.

Guyana win rounds out Centrobasket challenge

By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

TEAM Bahamas ended Centrobasket the way it began, with a lopsided win over Guyana, but ultimately a disappointing seventh place finish.

The Bahamas scored the 91-63 win to conclude their five game stretch in the FIBA Centrobasket Men’s U17 tournament, yesterday in Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic.

Raschad Greene notched his second double double of the tournament with 21 points and a game high 17 rebounds. Sammy Hunter added 19 points and six rebounds, Detarrio Thompson scored 12 points, Grevaughn Goodman added 11 points and

six assists. Deangelo Elisee saw his first extended minutes of the tournament and finished with six points and five blocked shots.

It was a much more keenly contested first quarter than the initial matchup between the two countries and Guyana trailed just 7-5 early in the first quarter.

The Bahamas took a 20-13 lead at the end of the first quarter and pushed the lead to double figures for the first time on a Davano Whitfield layup for a 28-17 lead in the second quarter. The Bahamas limited Guyana to just eight points in the quarter and built a 20 point lead, 39-19 on another Greene layup with just under four minutes left to play. They would eventually take a 45-21 lead into the half. The lead reached

over 30 midway through the third quarter on a Hunter jumper to make the score 56-25. The lead reached as much as 35 and they took a 68-38 lead into the fourth quarter.

In one of their best shooting performances from the field, The Bahamas shot 51 percent from the field and 40 percent from three-point range. They outrebounded Guyana, 58-40 en route to 60 points in the paint and had their tournament high of 23 assists.

The Bahamas began the tournament with a 11463 win over Guyana on July 26. Bridgewater finished with a team high 27 points, eight steals and six rebounds while Goodman finished with 25 points and five steals. They led five players in double figures

including Samuel Hunter with 17 points, Davano Whitfield scored 14 and Joshua Dames added 10.

Leroy Adderley also finished with eight points and seven rebounds.

They followed with three consecutive losses to Mexico, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands as they were relegated to the reclassification round.

Trailing by two with just over two minutes left to play, team Bahamas squandered several opportunities down the stretch in their first loss of the tournament, 83-75 decision to Mexico.

Bridgewater led The Bahamas with 31 points, 13 rebounds, six steals and four assists, Greene had 12 points and 12 rebounds while Hunter added 15 points and eight rebounds.

That loss was followed by another late game collapse. After trailing by just two points at the half, The Bahamas was outscored 2416 in the third quarter on their way to an 83-75 loss to Puerto Rico.

With the loss, The Bahamas was relegated to the reclassification round and was eliminated from contention for next year’s FIBA U18 Americas Championship in St Catharine’s, Canada.

Bridgewater led the team in scoring for a third consecutive game. He finished with 31 points. He also pulled down eight rebounds and handed out three assists in the loss. Joshua Dames chipped in with 13 points off the bench and Hunter added 10 points and seven rebounds.

Against the USVI, The

Bahamas battled back from a 24 point deficit to finally take the late, only to surrender two field goals in the final 16 seconds of a 91-89 loss. Bridgewater finished with 27 points and 10 rebounds, Goodman finished with 22 points and seven rebounds, Obrien Pearce II finished with 15 points and Hunter scored 12 points and grabbed eight rebounds.

Bridgewater led the team with 24.8 points, 8.4 rebounds, 4.2 steals and 3.6 assists per games. Greene averaged a double double with 10.2 points and a team leading 10.8 rebounds per game, Hunter averaged 14.6 points and 6.8 rebounds per game, Goodman also averaged 14.6 points per game and was the team’s leading three point shooter at 42 percent.

CARTWRIGHT COMES CLOSE TO DEBUT CIRCUIT TITLE

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

KERRIE CARTWRIGHT

IN her best showing so far on the professional tennis player, Bahamian Kerrie Cartwright just missed out on the opportunity to celebrate her first championship title on the International Tennis Federation (ITF) women’s circuit.

Playing in another of her series of tournaments in Europe in the $15,000 Les Contamines-Montjoie Tournament in Les Contamines-Montjoie, France, Cartwright and her American partner Kariann PierreLouis fell short in the doubles final on Saturday.

In their epic final match, Cartwright and PierreLouis lost to the top-ranked Germany team of Tavisiya

Morderger and Yana Morderger 2-6, 6-4 (10-7).

“Doubles was a close match that just came down to certain points during the third set,” she said of the heartbreaking loss. “The tiebreaker made the difference.”

Cartwright and PierreLouis got to the final as they stunned the No 2 seeded team of Naima Karamoko and Tess Sugnaux of Switzerland 6-2, 1-6 (10-5) in another grueling outcome.

They won their quarterfinal with an impressive 6-2, 6-3 win over the Italian team of Benedetta Ivaldi and Ludmilla Samsonova, ranked at No 3. They had a marathon 3-6, 7-6 (5), (106) win over the duo of Chiara De Vito from Italy and Emma Hurst from Great Britain.

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BUDDY Hield snaps a photo as youngsters take part in his summer workshop.

Photos: Terrel W. Carey/Tribune Staff

HIELD: I HAVE TO GIVE BACK TO THE PEOPLE from page one

“Being where I come from, sticking to my roots, everyone seeing me all over television, giving it back to them is important and seeing one of their own giving back is a big deal. I’m just trying to inspire kids to be the next Buddy Hield.”

The Falcons won the matchup 54-52 after a series of late game blocks from Adam Johnson to secure the win. Johnson was named the MVP after posting 17 points, 17 rebounds and seven blocked shots.

Defending champion Azaro Roker of the St. Francis Xavier X-Men won the Slam Dunk Contest.

Last summer, Hield hosted his “Buddy Hield Invitational” an exhibition between some of the top high school players in the country. Johnson and Roker were also winners at that event.

Hield said the goal of the weekend was to establish a trend aimed at toward pro-

viding a lasting impression on the players.

“You want to teach them something, you want them to walk away with something. The guys that I brought down are the guys that work out with me and they helped me to get where I am today,” Hield said, “We want to teach the kids how to get better, how to play basketball and it’s not going to the gym and just trying to dunk every time or just shoot. You have to see yourself doing it, you have to believe you can do it. We wanted to drill them, push them to the limit, test them. Basketball is not for everybody, but if you want it, you can get it.

“I’m a big fan of giving back. My childhood was all about giving back wherever I can. The same way it was done for me as young kid growing up in Grand Bahama where people came and impacted my life I will be the same way, giving back, showing people we still care and helping the the community in some kind of way,”

Hield was named to the 2016-17 NBA All-Rookie First Team this offseason.

He became the 16th player in Kings franchise history and the 11th during the Sacramento era to earn AllRookie Team distinction, a list that includes teammate Willie Cauley-Stein (2015-16 All-Rookie Second Team).

He played 57 games with the New Orleans Pelicans before he was traded to the Kings in February. In 25 games for the Kings, Hield made 18 starts and averaged 15.1 points and 4.1 rebounds per game and 42 percent shooting from three-point range. On the season he averaged 10.6 points, 3.3 rebounds on 42 percent shooting from the field and 39 percent from three-point range. He finished fourth in 3-point and free throw percentage, eighth in field goal percentage and 11th in rebounding among all rookies.

“Basketball will not last me for 30 years but the impact I can have within the community can go on

and on through others and that’s what events like these are really about,” he said.

Hield’s time back in the Bahamas will also include a week of activities in Grand Bahama dubbed “Dream Week”.

Dream week will begin July 31 with a two day camp at the Jack Hayward Gymnasium and Pinedale basketball courts. Thursday and Friday will feature a tournament and the week ends on Saturday with a Hurricane relief concert.

“God has blessed me and put me in a position where I can help someone, where I can reach out and show someone somewhere that people still care. I’m just trying to do whatever I can to help my people. This is going to be an annual thing every year,” Hield said, “I grew up less fortunate, I know what its like and now I have it so I can help those in a position I was in. Right now we are just taking it step by step and eventually we can grow to get bigger and better.”

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Monday, July 31, 2017, PAGE 5

Beltre joins the

3,000 hits club

FANS stand and watch as Texas Rangers’ Adrian Beltre walks up to the plate for his at-bat in the second inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles yesterday in Arlington, Texas. Belter now has his 3,000th career hit.

Photo: Tony Gutierrez/AP ARLINGTON, TEXAS Associated Press ADRIAN Beltre has gotten his 3,000th career hit, becoming the first player

from the Dominican Republic to reach the milestone and 31st major leaguer overall.

The 38-year-old Texas Rangers third baseman

made history with his double down the left-field line on a 3-0 pitch in the fourth inning Sunday against Baltimore lefty Wade Miley.

Beltre struck out swing-

ing in his first at-bat of the game.

Beltre is in his 20th big league season. He hit the mark only minutes after former Rangers catcher

Ivan Rodriguez finished his induction speech at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

Barring unusual circumstances, getting 3,000 hits

has traditionally been a ticket to the Hall.

The only other current active player in the 3,000hit club is Miami Marlins outfielder Ichiro Suzuki.

Vettel’s luck changes for better as he roars to Hungarian GP victory BUDAPEST, HUNGARY Associated Press

SEBASTIAN Vettel’s luck changed for the better at the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday, where the German driver won to extend his championship lead over archrival Lewis Hamilton by 14 points heading into the summer break.

Vettel’s fourth win of the season came from pole position, on a Hungaroring track where overtaking is notoriously difficult. Yet his 46th career win turned out to be anything but a processional affair.

Even before the start, Vettel felt something was wrong with his steering wheel. It bugged him most of the race, but with his teammate Kimi Raikkonen driving brilliantly behind him to fend off the fastclosing Mercedes, Vettel held on and Ferrari got a 1-2 with Raikkonen second.

It was some change from two weeks ago at the British GP, where Vettel’s tire punctured two laps from the end, denying him a certain podium place. At Silverstone, he just about crawled home to finish seventh, with his lead over Hamilton slashed from 20 points to a meager one.

But Vettel now jets off into his month-long break with his spirits high again in his hunt for a fifth F1 title, and first since the last of his four straight titles driving for Red Bull in 2013.

“I’m over the moon. It was a really difficult race, maybe it didn’t look like but I had my hands full,” the German driver said. “The steering started to go sideways and it seemed to get worse. Then I stayed off the kerbs, tried to save the car.

I didn’t do a favor to Kimi.”

Raikkonen, never known as a “Yes man” in F1, played the game and stayed behind Vettel, protecting him from the encroaching threat of Mercedes drivers Valtteri Bottas, who was third, and Hamilton, who placed fourth.

With his contract up for renewal, it might prove a shrewd move from Raikkonen, who had enough speed to win. He hasn’t won since the season-opening Australian GP in 2013. But maybe he saw the bigger picture.

FERRARI driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany steers his car during the Hungarian Formula One Grand Prix, at the Hungaroring racetrack in Mogyorod, Hungary, yesterday.

As a model teammate to Vettel, the Finn might get a new multi-million deal for 2018 at the ripe old age of 38.

“A big thank you to the team,” said Vettel, who should especially buy Raikkonen a drink before they go on holiday. “Kimi could have gone a lot faster than me for the majority of the race.”

Raikkonen used all of his experience to help Vettel.

“It wasn’t ideal, as I felt I had the speed,” Raikkonen said. “We know as teammates what we had to do.”

Asked if he could have won the race, he replied “Definitely.”

Earlier, Bottas had let Hamilton past in order to attack the Ferraris. Hamilton then sportingly gave him third place back right at the end.

“The team kept the promise which I’m really happy about,” said Bottas, who is 33 points behind Vettel in third place overall.

Over at Red Bull, there is unlikely to be such harmony.

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was fifth after knocking his teammate Daniel Ricciardo out of the race on the first lap.

Ricciardo’s race was over after the contact on Turn 2, bringing the safety car out for a few laps as his car was towed off the track.

Verstappen was the perpetrator — swerving into his teammate when going wide on the exit from a turn.

It was a big blow for Ric-

ciardo, who had secured five podium finishes in the previous six races. As he watched replays of the incident in his team garage, Ricciardo looked stonefaced when he saw confirmation that Verstappen was responsible.

Verstappen, who was given a 10-second time penalty for the incident, subsequently apologised to Ricciardo.

Hamilton had written off his chances of victory after qualifying in fourth place, saying it would be an “easy breeze” for Ferrari on the twisty 4.4-kilometer (2.7mile) circuit nestling in the hills surrounding Budapest.

Only the sinewy street circuit of Monaco is tougher to overtake on. Vettel also won there this year, with Raikkonen second.

That race was much easier, but Ferrari faced an awkward dilemma this time around. As the race wound down Vettel was still leading but clearly slowing down Raikkonen just behind him.

Ferrari did not impose team orders on Vettel to let Raikkonen past him, so Mercedes sensed an opportunity.

Bottas let Hamilton past him, on the condition that he would give the position back if he couldn’t get a clean shot.

In the end, he couldn’t get quite close enough to Raikkonen, so the gentleman’s agreement stood and he gave Bottas the podium spot.

FERRARI driver Sebastian Vettel celebrates after winning the Hungarian Formula One Grand Prix.

Photo: Darko Bandic/AP

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TWO KILLED IN STADIUM CRUSH

UEFA watches clubs’ spending spree GENEVA Associated Press IN ANOTHER European summer of lavish transfer deals, it can seem that UEFA has given up trying to curb clubs’ excessive spending.

Skeptics question AC Milan’s 200 million euro ($240m) spree and how Paris Saint-Germain could squeeze a 220 million euro ($258m) pursuit of Barcelona’s Neymar by the UEFA rules.

Don’t believe it, says the “Financial Fair Play” project leader monitoring hundreds of clubs’ accounts since 2011.

“Certainly FFP is not dead and we will, for sure, reinforce the rules going forward,” Andrea Traverso told The Associated Press at UEFA headquarters.

Luxury taxes and salary caps once dismissed as unworkable in Europe are again talked about.

UEFA could start evaluating club debts and make competitive balance a formal goal.

“We have continuous dialogue with the clubs. They are all aware of the rules,” Traverso said, noting Champions League regular Porto was sanctioned last month.

After Porto overspent on firstteam budget targets, UEFA deducted 700,000 euros ($820,000) prize money and limited the squad to 22 instead of 25 senior players in this season’s competition.

UEFA’s independent club finance panel praised the 27-time Portuguese champion’s “realistic financial and business plan,” and expects compliance by 2020.

Still, do clubs ignore the scrutiny that goes with entering UEFA com-

BARCELONA’S NEYMAR, left, Luis Suarez, centre, and Lionel Messi during a training session. Neymar is linked with a world record move to PSG. on the market but then they might face consequences if they do not operate according to the rules.”

Milan’s case is unusual because it had no FFP assessment for three years. A Europa League qualifying match on Thursday was its first UEFA game since March 2014.

New club officials will meet UEFA in October to explore a “voluntary agreement” on financial targets.

It continues Milan’s interesting history with the UEFA project. In 2009, then-UEFA President Michel Platini cited lobbying by owners, including Milan’s Silvio Berlusconi, to limit clubs spending only what they earned.

Critics said it protected elite clubs with global income, and blocked ambitious clubs with wealthy owners.

petitions?

Milan’s new Chinese owners, who needed American equity fund cash, spent heavily on players after six years without a Serie A title.

“I’m so upset at UEFA. It’s a joke,” Roma president James Pallotta told the AP about Milan’s offseason. “They don’t have the money.”

Recent Milan spending outweighs its 217 million euro ($254 million) revenue in 2015, according to a UEFA review of club accounts.

However, UEFA cannot stop clubs buying, while Milan can use August and January trading periods to balance its books.

“Milan will not be an exception to Financial Fair Play, because no club enjoys an exception,” Traverso said. “All clubs are free to operate

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Statistics are for Nassau through 2 p.m. yesterday Temperature High ................................................... 91° F/33° C Low .................................................... 81° F/27° C Normal high ....................................... 88° F/31° C Normal low ........................................ 75° F/24° C Last year’s high ................................. 89° F/31° C Last year’s low ................................... 72° F/22° C Precipitation As of 2 p.m. yesterday ................................. 0.00” Year to date ............................................... 15.69” Normal year to date ................................... 19.66”

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FANS at a soccer match in a South African stadium that hosted the 2010 World Cup final tried to push through the gates on Saturday, causing a stampede that killed two people.

One person was critically injured and 16 others had minor injuries in the accident at FNB Stadium in the Soweto area of Johannesburg, the stadium management said in a statement. It said it is conducting an investigation with police.

The stampede happened during a game between top South African teams Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs. Many people were reportedly unaware of what had happened, and the match continued until the end with Kaizer Chiefs winning 1-0.

Paramedics went to the scene and the situation was brought under control, said public safety official Michael Sun. Eyewitness News, a South African outlet, quoted Sun as saying the alleged cause of the stampede was linked to disruption caused by people trying to sell or present fake tickets at a stadium gate. Formerly called Soccer City Stadium, FNB Stadium hosted several matches during the 2010 World Cup, including the tournament opener and the final.

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When UEFA rules took full effect in 2014, Qatar-owned PSG and Abu Dhabi-owned Manchester City were hardest hit. Both had 20 million euros ($23.4m) deducted.

By 2015, Milan was slumping when UEFA offered to be sympathetic with clubs which had an affordable business plan. This helped clubs to woo buyers, including Chinese investors who now own Milan and city rival Inter.

As the $800m Milan sale was sealed in April, PSG and Man City completed periods of stricter UEFA monitoring. Both clubs are high in UEFA’s revenue-earning list with more than 460 million euros ($540m), and are major transfer market players.

PSG’s chase of Neymar could double the world-record price Manchester United paid for Paul Pogba.

UEFA never barred PSG or Man City from the Champions League, as Platini warned could happen to a top club.

Instead, clubs like Dynamo Moscow, Galatasaray and Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, the 2015 Europa League runner-up, have missed one season in the second-tier competition.

UEFA points out that losses across European top-tier clubs totaled 1.7 billion euros ($2 billion) in 2011 and are now about 300 million euros ($352m).

Juventus is a model club. It won six straight Italian titles, reached two Champions League finals, and funded a new stadium to raise income and close the gap on Spanish and English clubs’ huge global earnings.

UEFA’s Traverso insisted: “FFP is definitely not over.”

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