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Beale not joining Wallabies Three battle for early lead Suarez: Biting is harmless MELBOURNE: New Australia coach Michael Cheika has declined a chance ALICANTE: Three boats were vying for the 6,487-mile first leg honours in LONDON: Biting opponents may be appalling but it is harmless and should not to rush Kurtley Beale into the Wallabies squad for the season-ending tour of the Volvo Ocean Race yesterday with 30 miles separating them at the front be punished as severely as a bad tackle, says controversial Barcelona striker Luis Europe after the utility back was sanctioned for sending an offensive text of the seven-strong fleet. Suarez. The Uruguayan marksmen is set to make his long-awaited Barca debut message about a former team staffer. In global offshore sailing terms that is as tight as it gets and Briton Ian in El Clasico at Real Madrid later yesterday after completing a four-month ban Beale was fined A$45,000 ($40,000) but escaped further punishment Walker, the skipper of Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing, knows he cannot rest on for sinking his teeth into Italy defender Georgi Chiellini at the World Cup finals after a tribunal heard charges that he had sent ‘deeply offensive’ text mes- his laurels for a moment with a paper-thin 18-mile advantage over Dutch in Brazil. sages about Wallabies’ business manager, Di Patston, who resigned under boat, Team Brunel. It was the third time that Suarez bit an opponent, with previous incidents at stress amid the scandal. Although omitted from Cheika’s 33-man squad, Denmark’s Team Vestas Wind are closing rapidly in third spot on a more former clubs Ajax in 2010 and Liverpool in 2013 punished with seven and 10- announced upon his appointment on Wednesday, Beale walked windy, easterly course than their rivals as they head for the Southern match bans respectively. The 27-year-old said he was getting help to control his away from Friday’s code of conduct hearing with his national Ocean, just over halfway through the opening stage. “impulse” to bite but in his new book “Crossing The Line: My Story”, serialised in contract intact and free to join the tour for matches against The boats are due to complete the first leg from Alicante to Cape Town The Guardian newspaper on Saturday, he said that the offence should not Wales, France, Ireland and England, if called. around Nov. 6, depending on sailing conditions in the meantime. receive severe punishment. “After my 10-match ban in 2013 for bit- “The Australian today confirmed... The fleet also includes boats from China, US/Turkey, Spain and Sweden. ing (Chelsea defender) Branislav Ivanovic (for Liverpool), I had Wallabies head coach Michael Cheika has advised The latter, Team SCA, are the first team of women to enter the race in 12 questioned the double standards and how the fact that no one Kurtley Beale will not join the squad for the Spring years. They were in bottom spot but still in touch, some 120 miles off the actually gets hurt is never taken into consideration,” Suarez Tour,” the ARU said in an emailed statement. lead at 0940 GMT on Saturday. wrote. “The damage to the player is incomparable with that “From time to time there are changes to person- The race, generally reckoned to be global offshore sailing’s toughest suffered by a horrendous challenge. Sometimes English foot- nel during tours, due to injury or other matters, test, takes nine months to complete, visits 11 ports around the world and ball takes pride in having the lowest yellow-card count in and we will advise if there are any changes to this covers 38,739 nautical miles. It finishes in Gothenburg on June 27, 2015 Europe, but of course it will have if you can take some- position.”—Reuters having begun in Alicante on Oct. 11. —Reuters one’s leg off and still not be booked.—Reuters Unpaid volunteers worth millions to Olympic Games

RIO DE JANEIRO: Rio needs 70,000 agreed to pay the IOC $7.75 billion for the unpaid volunteers for the 2016 Olympics rights to six Olympics beginning in 2022, and Paralympics, and Brazilian Olympic reflecting the value of the Olympic brand, medalist Ricardo Prado is making a pitch built partially by volunteer labor. with a deadline for signups just three The IOC also has about $1 billion in the weeks away. “Without the athletes, the bank, a reserve for emergencies. “They games can’t happen,” he says in a recruit- (volunteers) feel it is all wonderful partici- ing advertisement. “But without the vol- pating, when in fact the wonderfulness is unteers, it’s the same.” of their own creation,” said Chalip, who The International Olympic Committee studies sports policy at the University of promotes volunteers as the spirit of the Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. “They feel games, recalling a time when athletes like it’s a gift, when it’s actually something were unpaid amateurs. They do thou- they are giving.” Chalip said working sands of jobs - greet fans, escort athletes “backstage” motivated volunteers, offer- and give directions around town - and ing a glimpse of what most see from afar. many deliver specialized services. They’re “Some who had worked their allotted the smiling faces of the host nation, often hours in Sydney were angry they couldn’t praised at the opening and closing cere- keep working,” he said. Dr. Arin Saha, a monies by monarchs, presidents and surgeon who volunteered at the 2012 prime ministers. They also save organizers London Olympics, termed his service at least $100 million in salaries - and pos- “unforgettable.” “I found the experience of sibly more. volunteering fantastic and would have “There is a question to be asked: Is the been one that I would happily have paid exchange really even, or is it unequal?” for,” he said in an email. said Laurence Chalip, who conducted a Every recent Olympic host has a differ- study for the IOC on volunteers at the ent challenge finding volunteers. Britain 2000 Sydney Olympics. and Australia had engrained cultures of Volunteers are not only unpaid, but volunteering. Greece and China did not. ANAHEIM: Hampus Lindholm No. 47 of the Anaheim Ducks knocks the puck out of trouble with his glove in the final minute. —AFP they pay their own lodging and trans- Brazil is more like China or Greece. The portation to the host city. They get trans- country lacks a volunteer-philanthropic portation to venues and meals only on tradition, partially because of its stark the days they work, some training and economic inequality. This means the poor Ducks thrash Blue Jackets uniforms to treasure. Chalip calculated can’t afford to work for free. That narrows their value in Sydney at $60 million, and the pool, leaving the better-off to work that was for only 40,000 volunteers. A without pay. Flavia Fontes, Rio volunteer ANAHEIM: Corey Perry and defenseman Sami record for shootout losses to 18 straight. who have rebounded from a difficult start to the Vatanen scored power-play goals in the first Kari Lehtonen had 25 saves for Dallas. It didn’t season. Ben Scrivens finished with 30 saves. very conservative estimate suggests it manager, said she was recruiting from the period as the Anaheim Ducks beat the appear as if he had to stop any in the shootout, Riley Nash, Jeff Skinner and Jay Harrison had would cost at least $100 million to pay city’s slums (favelas), hoping to give the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-1 on Friday for their with Mike Cammalleri’s shot going over the net Carolina’s goals. The Hurricanes are the only win- Rio’s 70,000 volunteers a minimum wage poor a chance. Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes seventh consecutive victory. on the first attempt and Jaromir Jagr losing con- less team in the NHL, off to a franchise-worst 0- to work two weeks at the games. Many said months ago the poor would be giv- John Gibson, starting in net for the first time trol of the puck on the second. 5-2 start. Edmonton grabbed control with four will work much more. Anything above en “subsidies” for Olympic tickets. Surveys since losing 6-4 in his hometown of Pittsburgh Spezza scored after Cammalleri missed with a goals in the third. the minimum wage and the bill doubles show they were priced out of this year’s on opening night, faced just 17 shots as the two- dancing backhander in front. Benn beat Cory or triples. It would rise further if highly World Cup. time defending Pacific Division champions Schneider skating across the crease from right to LIGHTNING 4, JETS 2 skilled volunteers, such as doctors and “We really want to have a mix,” Fontes improved to 7-1. Last season, the Ducks also left. Benn scored for the fifth straight game and Jonathan Drouin, Vladislav Namestnikov and other medical professionals, were paid told The Associated Press. “We don’t really won seven straight after a season-opening loss Patrick Eaves got Dallas’ other goal in regulation. Ondrej Palat scored in the second period, lead- normal wages. Rio plans to use about want it just to be the whites. We really at Colorado. Eric Gelinas and Damien Brunner scored for New ing the Lightning to the win. Ben Bishop made 1,000 medical volunteers. want it to be a mix of what Brazil is all Scott Hartnell had a power-play goal for the Jersey, which has lost four in a row. Schneider 40 saves for Tampa Bay, which has won three of The operating budget - the budget for about.” Although Brazil bills itself as a Blue Jackets and Sergei Bobrovsky made 30 made 35 saves. four on a five-game road trip that ends at simply running the games themselves - is racial democracy, blacks make up the saves. Minnesota on Saturday night. Steven Stamkos $3 billion. Paying volunteers would boost vast majority of the poor with whites of Perry, who got his second hat trick of the sea- OILERS 6, HURRICANES 3 scored in the first, and Nikita Kucherov finished the budget by about 3 percent. European decent in charge in business son in Wednesday’s 4-1 win over Buffalo, opened Jordan Eberle had two goals and an assist in with three assists. Overall, Brazil is spending about $20 and politics. the scoring with a backhander from the edge of Edmonton’s third consecutive victory. Jesse Bryan Little scored Winnipeg’s first power- billion - a mix of public and private mon- Rio hopes 300,000 will register for the the crease just 1:28 after the opening faceoff Joensuu, Leon Draisaitl, Matt Hendricks and play goal of the season, and Blake Wheeler ey - to prepare the games, building sports 70,000 available positions. So far only and 64 seconds after David Savard was sent off Ryan Nugent-Hopkins also scored for the Oilers, added his third goal in the third period. —AP and urban infrastructure. 120,000 have signed up with the dead- for hooking Jakob Silfverberg. The 2011 MVP has “The question is not so much whether line looming on Nov. 15. Fontes declined nine goals in his first eight games in the fastest start in franchise history. NHL results/standings we should - or should not - pay $100 mil- to say she was having problems, but lion more out of an operating budget of acknowledged Brazilians might need a Dallas 3, New Jersey 2 (SO); Tampa Bay 4, Winnipeg 2; Colorado 7, Vancouver 3; Edmonton 6, Carolina 3; Anaheim 4, AVALANCHE 7, CANUCKS 3 Columbus 1. $3 billion,” Christophe Dubi, Olympic “push” in a Latin country where people Jarome Iginla collected his first two goals for Games Executive Director, said in an often act at the last minute. Non- Western Conference Eastern Conference Colorado and had an assist in a win over Pacific Division Atlantic Division interview with The Associated Press. “It is Brazilians are expected to make up 5 per- Vancouver. Matt Duchene had a goal and two Montreal 6 1 0 22 21 12 about the spirit of volunteerism.” cent of the final 70,000. “I think we just WLOTLGFGAPTS assists and Erik Johnson had a goal and an assist Anaheim 7 1 0 29 15 14 Tampa Bay 5 2 1 25 16 11 Dubi said the operating budget was need to talk to more people,” Fontes said. Detroit 4 1 2 16 13 10 for Colorado, which broke out of an offensive Los Angeles 5 1 1 17 10 11 Ottawa 4 1 0 14 10 8 tight, and paying volunteers would not “We need to meet face-to-face with the slump to earn its first home win of the season. Calgary 5 3 1 25 19 11 Boston 4 5 0 22 23 8 be easy. “The money is really scarce and poor community so they understand the It was also the first win for goalie Semyon San Jose 4 3 1 27 25 9 Toronto 3 3 1 20 21 7 they (organizers) are looking for ways and games first, and the values. When they Varlamov, who returned from injured reserve to Vancouver 4 3 0 23 24 8 Florida 2 2 2 9 14 6 means to save money,” he said. do, they’ll want to be part of it.” But only if make 26 saves. Varlamov missed three games Edmonton 3 4 1 23 32 7 Buffalo 1 7 0 9 28 2 Arizona 2 3 1 16 24 5 Metropolitan Division Earlier this year the US network NBC they can afford to. —AP with a groin injury suffered in a morning skate NY Islanders 5 2 0 25 22 10 Central Division Washington 3 1 2 20 14 8 last week. Nashville 5 0 2 19 13 12 Daniel Sedin had a goal and an assist for Columbus 4 3 0 21 20 8 Dallas 4 1 2 24 22 10 New Jersey 3 2 2 22 23 8 Vancouver. Henrik Sedin and Alex Burrows also Chicago 4 1 1 18 10 9 NY Rangers 4 3 0 21 23 8 scored, and Eddie Lack stopped 41 shots. Minnesota 3 2 0 12 4 6 Pittsburgh 3 2 1 22 19 7 England survive Philadelphia 2 3 2 22 28 6 Colorado 2 4 2 19 27 6 St. Louis 2 3 1 13 13 5 Carolina 0 5 2 14 29 2 STARS 3, DEVILS 2 Note: Overtime losses (OTL) are worth one point in the Jason Spezza and Jamie Benn scored in a Winnipeg 2 5 0 13 20 4 standings and are not included in the loss column (L). Samoan scare shootout as the Stars extended the Devils’ NHL

BRISBANE: Samoa gave England a mas- Simona just after super-sub sive fright before going down 32-26 in a had stolen the lead with two slick dum- thrilling opening game of the Four my-half darts. Toulon defeat Ulster Nations tournament in The ball spilled free to the right just Brisbane yesterday. The Samoans led 22- before the goal-line where PARIS: Two-time defending European champi- tion in the second-half. Ulster are struggling with just a point after two 20 with 20 minutes left before going pounced and scored for a 26-22 advan- ons Toulon took a big step towards the Ulster got a late try through Craig Gilroy but it games. down narrowly in a brutal and entertain- tage. European Champions Rugby Cup knockout was not enough to prevent them slipping to “This was like a semi-final to us,” said Toulon ing classic. From England’s next set of six tackles, stages with a solid 23-13 victory over 1999 win- their second defeat in a week in the competi- flanker and man of the match Chris Masoe. “To The lead swapped five times as the leapt high over Simona to ners Ulster in Belfast yesterday. The French side tion, the first time they have lost their first two get a win here is tough. True champions are two sides crossed for five tries each, but take another Matty Smith bomb to outscored the hosts two tries to one-South games since the 2008/09 campaign. those that bounce back and front up and we it was the English who had the compo- scramble over for a try. African star Bryan Habana finishing off an excel- Toulon top Pool 3 with eight points while have done that since we lost to Toulouse a fort- sure and attacking precision to seal the Led by and Josh lent move on the stroke of half-time and English English side Leicester, who play Welsh outfit night ago. result. McGuire, Samoa kept attacking for wing Delon Armitage running back an intercep- Scarlets later on Saturday, have four points while “To be fair we are not looking towards win- ning three in a row we are just looking at each The closest a minnow fourth team to cross for a try but game as it comes.” Ulster captain Rory Best was had previously come to the big three of in the end it was goalkicking which cost left disappointed by his side’s display on what the international league was when Samoa a slice of history. was his 50th appearance in the competition. France were smashed 34-12 by England slotted six-from-six, “We fancied our chances today but the fact is in 2009. compared to three from five by the great clubs have good players who take the But Samoan coach tem- Samoans. Relieved England coach Steve right decisions and Toulon have that capacity pered his pride at putting a mighty scare McNamara admitted his side dodged a and did that today,” said the hooker. through the English. bullet in a “tremendous game”. Toulon Welsh fullback Leigh Halfpenny land- “I thought we blew a great opportuni- “I knew that sort of game was com- ed two penalties in quick succession after miss- ty,” Parish said. “It is probably a massive ing,” he said. “We’re a brand new team, ing his first attempt at goal to give the visitors a learning curve in this competition but we’ve got so many new faces, we’ve trav- 6-0 lead by the quarter hour mark. I’m very proud of the way we came back. elled from one end of the world to the Paddy Jackson, who was surprisingly left out “We created enough opportunities to other and played in pretty extreme of the Ireland squad named this week for the win tonight but we didn’t execute and (steamy) conditions for an Englishman. November tests, reduced the deficit with a probably didn’t get the rub of the green “They put us under a lot of pressure penalty in the 22nd minute. with a couple of calls.” and we had to dig ourselves out of some Not all was going Toulon’s way as they lost The call that most frustrated the high- dark places at times to win.” England take Argentinian veteran flanker Juan Martin ly physical Samoans was Australian refer- on hosts Australia in Melbourne next Fernandez-Lobbe in the opening minutes with a ee Gerard Sutton’s decision to allow play- Sunday (November 2), while Samoa face left leg injury, and also saw fly-half Matt Giteau go off before the half hour mark with what on from ’s high-ball New Zealand in Whangarei late yester- BELFAST: Toulon’s French center Maxime Mermoz breaks through Ulster’s defence during the looked like a groin injury.—AFP fumble over the top of fullback Tim day. —AFP European Rugby Champions Cup match between Ulster and Toulon at Kingspan Stadium. —AFP