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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2015 SPORTS FIFA to discuss Mourinho’s battle with Chelsea doctor MANCHESTER: FIFA’s medical commission “impulsive and naive”. FIFA’s top medical “I would like to see the message go Mourinho has to apologise. I think you get oritise the player, because apart from any- will this week discuss Jose Mourinho’s battle experts have already backed Carneiro and round the world-and I think you will see FIFA the message out there if you have the pair of thing else if the player sues he is not suing with Chelsea club doctor Eva Carneiro amid FIFA’s medical commission is expected to on Friday saying the same-they did nothing them back out there on the bench. “We the manager he is suing the doctor and the growing pressure for a settlement by the issue a statement backing the Chelsea doc- wrong because their duty was to the player don’t need to start making people eat hum- physio.” O’Rourke said there were signs that English Premier League Champions. tor after a meeting on Friday. as a patient, their duty was to the referee,” ble pie or anything. It is a recognition that Chelsea wanted to “mend” its relationship Mourinho has refused to back down from “You would expect me to support the O’Rourke said. they did nothing wrong.” with the doctor. “Some situations are not criticism of Carneiro and head physio Jon team doctor,” said medical commission “Their job in the club is to look after the O’Rourke said the referee had to call on a mendable. This one may not be. Fearn after they went on the pitch to treat chairman Michel D’Hooghe, a longstanding players, and not to run the team and not to doctor after Hazard signalled his injury. She “You should take something from it that Eden Hazard in the 2-2 home draw with FIFA executive member, when he be tactically aware.” O’Rourke said clubs have said that in rugby union, referees have been Chelsea have said nothing and that Eva Swansea last month. announced it would be discussed. to be even more wary of injuries after the sued for not bringing on medical assistance. Carneiro has said nothing-there may well be They have since been excluded from the Mary O’Rourke, one of Britain’s top med- Petr Cech case at Chelsea and Tottenham The lawyer said Mourinho’s comments a will to see if this situation can be mended.” team bench by Mourinho and have consult- ical lawyers who has been involved in land- goalkeeper Hugo Lloris’s recent concussion. had were “heat of the moment” after a game O’Rourke, who has written widely about ed lawyers. Carneiro and Fearn’s medical mark cases on football injuries, said FIFA But the leading barrister said there were that Chelsea should have won and had “not football injury cases, said it was disappoint- intervention-called on by Hazard and the would back the 41-year-old Carneiro. “It is an signs that a settlement is being discussed been thought through”. ing that the Football Association and referee-reduced Chelsea to nine players as important point of principle,” she said on the without the need for court proceedings by “As much as one understands the pas- Premier League have not spoken about the goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois had already sidelines of the Soccerex convention in Carneiro or an apology by Mourinho. sion of the manager or a coach, or their case. But she said it could be a sign that both been sent off. An angry Mourinho called it Manchester. “I don’t think you need to say that needs, you have to at the end of the day pri- are in contact with Chelsea. — AFP Skating is all the rage in Kenya NAIROBI: A flock of speedskaters flashed across A group of skaters whooshed past him and a parking lot past children learning to roller rounded a corner, their arms swaying, their skate and hundreds of other people who had skates clicking on the tarmac. They glided past gathered to skate or just to watch the action on some jacaranda trees and picked up speed on a a recent Sunday in downtown Nairobi. A craze straightway. Tall buildings loomed overhead. for roller skating has hit Kenya, fueled by its In each corner of the parking lot, entrepre- growing middle class and a love for speed. neurs rent skates and give lessons. Entry-level in- Lameck Wafula has seen this phenomenon up line skates can cost $76 new, while renting close. For 27 years, he has taught choir in the skates is less than $3 for an hour. sunken parking lot that covers a whole city block Anthony Karanja began with rentals before on Aga Khan Walk, using the spot because he buying his own and training for competition. didn’t have to pay rent and he enjoys the open After just one year, he is now the second-ranked air. A decade ago, he noticed that a few skaters speedskater in Kenya. began appearing on the lot. Then the sport real- He and Isaac Mburu, Kenya’s top-ranked ly took off in 2010 when Nairobi County, which speedskater, make money off competitions and owns the lot, allowed skaters to use it on endorsements. In a good year, a skater can earn Sundays and holidays, providing a safer alterna- $3,000. Sponsors, which include a restaurant tive to the streets. chain, telecom companies and politicians, are Wafula’s daughter became a skater, and he drawn to the sport’s youth appeal and to the also got involved. Today, he’s the secretary-gen- crowds that big races draw. “Every organization eral of the Kenyan Federation of Roller Skating, is now asking to use our skaters to market their which was created in 1997 with four members products,” Wafula said. Karanja and Mburu will and now oversees 60 skating clubs. More than be competing for spots in the 2015 Roller Speed 100 schools feature roller skating at gym. A Skating World Championships, to be held this speedskating tournament in June drew more November in Taiwan. than 400 participants from all over Kenya with When they return, however, they may have hundreds more watching. A music video by to find a new place to practice; the sunken park- Kenyan hip-hop artist Octopizzo features skat- ing lot is slated to be converted into a multi-sto- ing. Even the police department sponsors a skat- ry parking lot at the end of the year. ing team. As Kenya’s middle class has grown, Anthony Kamunyu, acting president of providing more income and leisure opportuni- Kenya’s skating federation, said he is in contact ties, so has its participation in skating and other with county officials on possible new skating sports like golf, according to Daniel Ngari, direc- locales. He dreams of a speedskating track with tor of Kenya’s Social Services Department. smooth surfaces and banked corners, the kind The African Development Bank estimates of track Kenya’s international competitors train that Africa’s middle class rose to 313 million peo- on. There is talk of paving the area around Nyayo WEMBLEY: England’s Raheem Sterling (left) and teammate John Stones attend a practice session in this file photo. — AP ple in 2010 from 151 million in 1990. In Kenya, National Stadium to make a track. more people can afford cars, with the number of Meanwhile, young skaters like Leleti registered vehicles doubling from 2001 to 2009. Baikwinga will use the sunken parking lot for as Hodgson sees future Kenyan youth now spend $616 million annually long as they can to develop their skills. on entertainment and outings. And that The 10-year-old saw skaters one day and includes roller skating. “This sport has grown so became entranced by their speed. Her father, a fast,” George Obulinji, chairman of the Nairobi human resources specialist, bought her skates branch of the skating federation, exclaimed as and lessons, and she loves the sport. “When I go centurion in Sterling he visited the parking lot on a recent Sunday. fast it’s just a wonderful feeling,” she said, smiling “We couldn’t have expected it.” broadly. — AP WATFORD: England manager Roy Hodgson has been ing San Marino 6-0 in Serrvalle on Saturday and strengths,” Rooney said. “I’m sure he’s a quality keeper impressed by Raheem Sterling’s start to life with Hodgson confirmed on Monday they will be based in if he’s playing for Switzerland.” Manchester City and believes the 20-year-old forward Chantilly, near Paris during the tournament in France. England require a point against Switzerland to can go on to win 100 international caps. Having equalled Bobby Charlton’s England scoring secure top spot in Group E ahead of October’s final Sterling endured a difficult end to last season and record of 49 goals against San Marino, skipper Wayne qualifiers against Estonia and Lithuania. was roundly criticised for publicly rejecting a contract Rooney can claim the record outright if he finds the Rooney’s United team-mate Michael Carrick has offer from Liverpool, before leaving for City in a £49 net at Wembley. been ruled out with a calf injury, so Swansea City’s million ($74.9 million, 67 million euros) deal. He has The unheralded Aldo Simoncini was the man who Jonjo Shelvey could continue in a midfield holding been a central figure in City’s impressive start to the conceded goal number 49, but it is the thought of pit- role after catching the eye against San Marino.