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MON DAY, AUGUST 3, 2015 SPORTS Women coaches breaking into US sport LOS ANGELES: Handful of female who watched Hammon in the summer that there’s a future in football even for responding to pressure which says ‘You too soon to tell whether it is,” she said. coaches are blazing a trail for women league, was impressed at how she com- women.” Just as Popovich has empha- must hire more women’ or that these “For me a tipping point would be after landing jobs in men’s professional manded the attention of her players. sised with Hammon, Cardinals coach appointments have been made because that it has opened the floodgates to cre- sport but the jury is out on whether the “When she’s talking, they’re looking at Bruce Arians stressed that Welter’s of pressure to be politically correct,” ate a critical mass of women who are flurry of appointments represents a tip- her,” Marks told the Washington Post, appointment was made on merit. Kane told AFP. coaching men’s sports, and at the high- ping point or a statistical blip. later writing on Twitter: “If I was running “Coaching is nothing more than “If that were the impetus for these est levels, not just two or three women San Antonio Spurs assistant coach a team and had a head coaching open- teaching,” Arians said. “One thing I have hirings, then they could check the ‘hired here or there.” The recent appointments Becky Hammon made worldwide head- ing, the first call would be to Becky learned from players is, ‘How are you women’ box and then move on.” The are also set against a backdrop of a lines earlier this month when she guid- Hammon.” going to make me better? I don’t care if fact that Popovich and Arians, as well as wider trend which has often seen men ed the NBA team to a summer league A little over a week after Hammon you’re the Green Hornet, man, I’ll listen.’” several professional athletes, had given filling coaching jobs of women’s college championship in Las Vegas, just over a and the Spurs clinched victory in the Welter’s appointment meanwhile both Hammon and Welter ringing pub- teams. year after being hired by head coach NBA summer league, the Arizona was followed on Friday by news that the lic endorsements was also significant, Title IX, the landmark 1972 amend- Gregg Popovich. Cardinals made history by announcing Sacramento Kings NBA team had hired Kane said. ment which led to equal opportunities Popovich, the five-time NBA champi- the appointment of Jen Welter as an Hall of Famer Nancy Lieberman to join “You have the gold standard in for women in college athletics pro- on, believes it is only a matter of time assistant coach. head coach George Karl’s staff as an coaching and the gold standard in play- grams, had not created a dual career before Hammon is appointed as a head Welter, hired for training camp and assistant. ers saying, ‘Come on down. Come on track for women coaches in the way it coach with an NBA franchise. preseason to work with inside lineback- Mary Jo Kane, director of the Tucker over,’” Kane said. “If they are doing this has done for men. “Prior to Title IX, over “I don’t even look at it as, well, she’s ers, is believed to be the first female Center for Research on Girls and Women it’s not because they need a feel-good 90 percent of all head coaches in the first female this and that and the coach of any kind to work in the in Sport at the University of Minnesota, story or they need to generate some women’s sports were female, nation- other. She’s a coach, and she’s good at National Football League. believes the appointments represent good publicity.” wide,” Kane said. it,” Popovich said in a recent radio inter- “This is about every woman and girl “important milestones” as they owe little Kane is cautious, however, on “Today it’s just under 40 percent. view. who absolutely loves the game of foot- to political pressure. “What I am most whether the appointments of the likes That is a trend which has been going on Bobby Marks, a former assistant gen- ball and they haven’t had a place hopeful about is the fact that I don’t of Hammon, Welter and Lieberman will for the last three decades and shows no eral manager with the Brooklyn Nets before,” Welter said. “Now they can see believe the NFL and the NBA are be seen as a tipping point. “I think it’s signs of turning around.” —AFP Zimbabwe stun NZ HARARE: Craig Ervine’s maiden century upstaged Ross Taylor and Kane Williamson’s record-breaking exploits as Zimbabwe stunned New Zealand by sev- en wickets in the first one-day international at Harare Sports Club yesterday. Taylor and Williamson continued their remarkable run of form as New Zealand racked up 303 for four, only for Ervine’s dashing innings to carry Zimbabwe to victory with six balls to spare. The 29-year-old left-hander’s previous best in ODIs was 85, but promoted to the number three position by coach Dav Whatmore, he finished unbeaten on 130 from just 108 deliveries as the hosts chased more than 300 for just the second time in an ODI. “It has been a hard road for us, and it shows we are capable of winning games,” Zimbabwe captain Elton Chigumbura said. Williamson, who is captaining New Zealand on the tour in the absence of the rested Brendon McCullum, believed their total would have seen them to victory. “I thought 303 was enough. It wasn’t easy up front and I thought it was a good effort,” he said. “They out- played us in all areas though, so full credit to them.” A Zimbabwean victory appeared highly unlikely after Taylor and Williamson added 137 for the third wicket to register their fourth straight century stand in ODIs. Zimbabwe started well enough after winning the toss and electing to bowl, removing openers Martin Guptill and Tom Latham in the opening 10 overs, but their inability to make further inroads left them exposed. Williamson and Taylor had no trouble in recording England’s Stuart Broad celebrates in this file photo. their 10th century stand in ODIs-a new record for a New Zealand pair. Taylor finished unbeaten on 112, his third ODI Broad eager to lead England hundred in five matches and his 15th overall, and although Williamson missed out on an eighth ODI attack in Anderson’s absence century, his controlled 97 was his fifth straight score above fifty in the format. HARARE: Zimbabwean batsman Chamunorwa Chibhabha plays a shot during the BIRMINGHAM: Stuart Broad has said he’s 2,000 Test runs, including a best of 169 One Day International Cricket match against New Zealand. —AP ready to lead England’s attack as they bid against Pakistan at Lord’s in 2010, Broad, Williamson has now scored 1,134 ODI runs since for an Ashes-clinching win against Australia the son of former England Ashes-winning the start of the year-the most by a New Zealand bats- at his Trent Bridge home ground in the opening batsman Chris Broad, is also in man in a calendar year-and sits top of the ODI run- SCOREBOARD absence of James Anderson. sight of a notable ‘double’. “It would have scoring charts for 2015. Broad is set to be England’s senior been nice to have got there at Edgbaston Taylor is second on the list for 2015 with 1,041 HARARE: Scoreboard in the first one-day international between Zimbabwe and New Zealand yesterday in bowler in Nottingham after longtime new- but the chance to achieve it at Trent Bridge runs, having helped himself to 59 runs in the final 10 Harare: ball partner Anderson was ruled out of the is incredibly exciting,” he said. overs as New Zealand moved from 188 for three to New Zealand Zimbabwe fourth Test with a side injury suffered dur- “I’m told only 11 players have scored their final score to set Zimbabwe a tall target. M. Guptill c Masakadza b Panyangara 11 H. Masakadza c Ronchi b McCullum 84 ing an eight-wicket win at Edgbaston on 2,000 runs and taken 300 wickets in the his- However Hamilton Masakadza and Chamu T. Latham b Chibhabha 14 C. Chibhabha b McCullum 42 K. Williamson b Panyangara 97 Friday that put the hosts 2-1 up in the five- tory of the (Test) game so it’s quite illustri- Chibhabha put on 74 for the first wicket in reply, and C. Ervine not out 130 match series. ous company.” R. Taylor not out 112 E. Chigumbura c Guptill b McCullum 26 Not only is Anderson England’s most One of those players is Australia left-arm after Chibhabha fell to Nathan McCullum for 42, G. Elliott run out 43 S. Williams not out 7 Masakadza added a further 120 with Ervine. J. Neesham not out 14 Extras (1lb, 13w, 1nb) 15 successful Test bowler of all-time, with 413 quick Mitchell Johnson, taunted mercilessly Extras (4lb, 7w, 1nb) 12 Total (3 wkts, 49 overs) 304 wickets-including an Ashes-best six for 47 by the crowd as England surged to victory With Tim Southee rested and Trent Boult missing Total (4 wkts, 50 overs) 303 Fall of wickets: 1-74 (Chibhabha), 2-194 (Masakadza), at Edgbaston-he also has a brilliant record at Edgbaston on Friday.