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South Africa, during the Apartheid era, was subjected to a variety of sporting sanctions by major international governing bodies for its institutionalised racial segregation.
Athletes from Arab countries, which do not have diplomatic ties with Israel, often refuse to compete against Israeli opponents.
India, in an attempt to isolate Pakistan in the cricketing world in the wake of the Pulwama attack, urged the ICC to sever ties with countries from which "terrorism emanates", a plea that was rejected by the ICC.
Pakistan and India are scheduled to play at the cricket World Cup in June in England, but there are growing calls within India to pull out.
"There's always going to be politics in international sport … because people do feel strongly about the right to assert what they think is a political virtue, in the context of a sporting encounter," added Kesavan.
Rofe echoed the argument, saying the idea that "sport and politics don't mix is a myth".
"Sport provides both the spectators and the athletes with a platform and some will take advantage of that for very good reasons and some will take advantage of it for covert or indeed, hostile reasons."
Two rockets fired from Lebanese territory struck northern Israel Tuesday, raising tensions before the Mideast visit of President George Bush. VOA's Jim Teeple reports Israeli police say they have mobilized a massive police force for the visit.
The surprise rocket attack is the first in months on Israel's northern border. It was the second such attack since Israel's war in Lebanon in 2006, when thousands of rockets landed in the area. This time, Israeli police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld says two rockets struck a road in northern Israel and caused no injuries.
"Two rockets were, in fact, fired from Lebanon into northern Israel - both of them striking a road near the northern city of Shlomi," he said. "Our bomb disposal experts arrived at the scene and dealt with the leftovers of those Katyusha rockets."
The rocket attack raised tensions just hours before President Bush is to arrive in Israel and the Palestinian territories for three days of talks with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
Israel has mobilized more than 10,000 police officers for the visit - more than a third of the entire national force. Rosenfeld says the police are prepared.
"As far as the Israeli police are concerned, we are ready for the visit," he said. "We have completed our operations, both on the operational and intelligence level. We have received no specific warnings with Mr. Bush's three-day visit - however we continue to deal with regular general alerts that we deal with all year round."
Mr. Bush and his entourage will stay in Jerusalem's historic King David Hotel, which has been fully taken over by the White House for the visit. Journalists traveling with Mr. Bush will stay at nearby hotels. Major streets in central Jerusalem have been blocked off for the visit. Thousands of protesters - mostly right-wing activists opposed to any dismantling of Israeli settlements - have threatened large demonstrations.
Mr. Bush's trip to the West Bank is under even tighter security wraps, with no itinerary published beyond a general statement saying he will visit the West Bank city, Ramallah, to meet with Mr. Abbas.
Meanwhile, violence continues in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Tuesday, with clashes reported between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants, including a rare exchange of fire between Israeli navy vessels and Hamas militants along the Gaza shore.
SCOTLAND achieved their goal of reaching the Cup quarter-finals in what is expected to be the last home leg of the HSBC World Sevens series circuit for some time.
Wins in their first two Pool C matches against Portugal and Wales mean the Scots will be involved in the last eight of the main event at Scotstoun today.
The build-up to this weekend’s sold-out Emirates Airline Glasgow 7s has been dominated by doubt over the future of the national sevens squad, with World Rugby expected to confirm that from next season France will replace Scotland on the circuit.
With that in mind, it was hoped that the hosts could put in a strong performance in this, the fourth time Glasgow has hosted the event after taking over from Murrayfield. They did indeed secure their place in today’s quarter-final but it was far from emphatic.
Both the Scotland ties were rather tepid encounters but the results were eventually positive, to the delight of the big Scotstoun crowd as Glasgow enjoyed another fix of high-quality international sevens in the wake of the great success of last summer’s Commonwealth Games event at Ibrox.
A narrow 12-7 win over Wales got the job done following an equally fraught 19-14 victory over Portugal.
Against the Welsh, whom Calum MacRae’s side had hammered 34-0 in their last meeting in Hong Kong, they went long periods without possession but just managed to get over the line.
Veteran Colin Gregor, who was earning a record-equalling 57th sevens cap, engineered the first try for James Johnstone, but was wayward with the conversion. This allowed the Welsh to move ahead at half-time when Dan Fish made an arcing run to score and the extras were added.
The Scots toiled in the second half as Wales enjoyed long periods of possession without really threatening. But, to the relief of the crowd, the Scots pulled it out of the fire when Joseva Nayacavou conjured a line break and fed Russell Weir, who popped the ball to James Fleming for the winning score.
Scotland had almost come a cropper in their first match when they were given an almighty scare by Portugal.
The land of Eusebio, Ronaldo and Mourinho may be more renowned for its prowess with the round ball but the Portuguese seven has earned a reputation for being a stuffy and hard-working unit, with Scotland only just edging them 14-12 in the pool stage of the Hong Kong tournament.
It proved to be another close thing and the hosts needed a late try to get off the mark with a 19-12 victory.
Everything looked rosy when Gregor burst clear to set up skipper Riddell for the opening try, but Portugal quickly responded as winger Aderito Esteves stormed away to level things up at 7-7. Diogo Mateus then went over to give Portugal a 14-7 lead but they were pegged back just before half-time when Johnstone got over in the corner. However, Gregor missed the conversion to leave the Scots with some work to do.
A mixture of some stubborn Portuguese resistance and sloppy Scottish passing made for a nervy second period, but with the clock ticking down the Scots showed some timely composure and Mark Robertson found space to recapture the lead. There was still time for Portugal to cause some flutters in the packed Scotstoun stands, but the Scotland defence held firm and a calamitous start to the tournament was averted.
England came into the tournament off the back of winning the previous round of the series in Tokyo and looking to cement the top-four overall place which would secure Great Britain’s automatic qualification for next summer’s Rio Olympics. They were held to a 17-17 draw by closest challengers Australia but bounced back with a 43-7 thumping of minnows Russia. Simon Amor’s men completed their progress to the quarter-finals with a 26-7 win over France.
In one of the best ties of the opening day, New Zealand – world champions for the past four seasons – struck late to deny Samoa 26-19. The Samoans were then toppled by the popular Kenyans 29-22 in another ding-dong encounter.
Arleen Iris Bulwinkle Kelley, 61, of Kingsland went home to the Lord on Friday, June 2, 2017, at the UF Shands Hospital in Gainesville, Fla. She was born to the late Marion Albert Bulwinkle and Adele Ruth Simon Bulwinkle of Mount Pleasant, S.C., on Jan. 17, 1956.
Arleen was a 1974 graduate of Wando High School and a 1976 graduate of Trident Technical College. Arleen and her family relocated to Kingsland in 1993 but previously had lived her whole life in Charleston, S.C. Arleen worked in the medical field prior to being employed by Express Scripts and retiring due to medical reasons in 2010. She was active in supporting her children and grandchildren in local sports. She also volunteered with her daughter, Michelle, for a few projects with CASA.
She was a former member of Kingsland First United Methodist Church, but recently attended services at the Westside Baptist Church of St. Marys with her family. Arleen was a kind and loving woman who never met a stranger. She was a Coast Guard wife who supported her husband’s demanding job and relocations. She had a deep respect for our military and especially for our wounded veterans. Arleen loved traveling and was recently baptized in the Jordan River in Israel. She loved cruising and had a knack for shopping. Arleen also enjoyed designing and making jewelry as a hobby.
Arleen was preceded in death by her mother, Adele; her father, Marion; and two siblings, Carla Travis and Toby Moore.
She is survived by her husband of 35 years, Michael Kelley. Her courage during her journey will forever influence the lives of her three daughters, Jennifer Brown of Jacksonville, Fla., Michelle (Jamie) Crabtree of St. Marys and Brandie Fickle of Kingsland; her two sisters, Cheryl (David) Garris and Sandy (Bruce) Causey, all of Mount Pleasant; and her brother, Marion (Beth) Bulwinkle of Richmond Hill. She has nine grandchildren, Christopher Brown, Taylor, Tristian, Harley, Hayden Klaren-Crabtree, Autumn Messmer, Lilyanna Fickle, Frank Fickle, Liam Kelley and numerous nieces and nephews.
A memorial for Arleen Kelley will be held Saturday, June 17. The visitation will be at 3:30 p.m. and the service at 4:30 p.m. at the Westside Baptist Church in St. Marys for family and friends by Pastor James Roberson. A private burial will be held at a later date at the Jacksonville National Cemetery for the immediate family.
If you would like to send flowers, potted plants are preferred due to cemetery restrictions on cut flowers. A GoFundMe account was established in Arleen Kelley’s name to raise money to be donated in her honor to the Winn-Dixie Hope Lodge of the American Cancer Society in Gainesville and the Wounded Warrior Project. To donate, please go to www.gofundme.com/3vk7oug.
Coastal Camden Funeral Home in Kingsland is entrusted with Mrs. Kelley’s arrangements.
Investors have pulled money for 10 consecutive months since the February peak. Photo: Bloomberg.
Investors keep pulling money from Bill Gross’s bond fund.
The Janus Henderson Global Unconstrained Bond Fund suffered about $60 million of redemptions in December, according to Bloomberg estimates. That lowered assets to $950.4 million from February’s all-time high of $2.24 billion.
Investors have pulled money for 10 consecutive months since the February peak, in part amid misplaced bets that rates on US Treasuries and German bunds would converge, a position it later scaled back. Gross piled up about 4 percent loss last year, underperforming more than 80 percent of peers, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
A spokesperson for Janus Henderson Group Plc could not immediately be reached for comment via email outside of office hours.
Gross, 74, took over the unconstrained fund in October 2014 after being ousted from Pacific Investment Management Co., where he managed the world’s onetime largest mutual fund, Pimco Total Return. Last year’s slump was one of the toughest in his storied career that dates to 1971.
Gross leveraged up his bond fund through the use of futures during the first half of 2018, only to suffer big losses on those tied to interest rates. He had almost $153 million of losses on interest-rate futures in the first half.
Unconstrained bond funds, which represent a niche within the fixed-income world, free managers like Gross to hold various types of assets, ranging from cash to banks loans and derivatives.
Bets that U.S. 10-year bond yields would narrow their spread over those of similar German debt were mostly losers in 2018. The gap closed at about 2.46 percentage points on Friday.
Estimates for the Janus fund flows are based on the change in assets over the month that isn’t accounted for by performance, fees or reinvested dividends. The numbers may vary from actual figures and from estimates compiled by other data providers.
The dollar rose against most major currencies Monday, surviving a bout of profit-taking early in the day.
Trading was light, exaggerating swings in exchange rates, as currency markets were closed for holidays in London and Tokyo.
The price of gold fell in quiet trading. Republic National Bank of New York said gold bullion was bid at $309 an ounce as of 4 p.m. EDT, down $2.50 from the late bid Friday.
Among the big casualties in foreign exchange trading was the British pound, which tumbled following reports by European oil industry sources of a cut in crude oil prices by the Soviet Union.
Sterling has been closely linked to oil prices because of Britain's reliance on revenue from its North Sea oil.
The dollar, which now has climbed 7.4% since April 18, shot higher in early European trading Monday, then gave up some of its gains as traders sold the currency to cash in on its rapid rise.
Destructa X shuts it down with a single tweet.
Going on vacation is, by definition, supposed to be restful, relaxing, fun and carefree. But when you’re a celebrity, it’s unbearably difficult to escape the public eye — a hard truth Ellie Goulding unfortunately had to deal with while vacationing in Ibiza, Spain, with her boyfriend, Dougie Poynter.
The 28-year-old took a little break from her poolside fun to take a not-so-subtle jab at intrusive paparazzi and the way tabloids twist their words when posting creepy shots of her in her bikini.
A bunch of eagle-eyed fans pointed out that Ellie’s brilliant tweet was favorited by her bud Taylor Swift, which definitely makes sense, considering Tay’s well-documented disdain for creepy paps.
Earlier this year, for example, Tay confirmed the existence of her belly button with a few Instagram snaps of herself and Haim vacationing together, later explaining that she posted the pics so she could beat the paparazzi to it.
Suffice to say, both Ellie and Taylor are doing their part to make sure this kind of weird stalking doesn’t become a lucrative or publicly accepted business. Besides, invasive paps and trashy tabloids should take note — this is Destructa X you’re dealing with.
Why is Alabama football recruiting Arizona so much lately?
Alabama football recruiting has picked up in Arizona: Perry's Brock Purdy became the fourth Arizona high school QB the Tide offered since last spring.
Alabama is so deeply entrenched in the South that it doesn't need to go far to find a wealth of football talent to add to its championship-caliber program.
So why the love for Arizona?
Since last spring, four Arizona high school quarterbacks have been offered scholarships by the Crimson Tide, the latest coming on Tuesday night for Gilbert Perry senior and two-time All-Arizona QB Brock Purdy, the 2017 Ed Doherty Award winner and Gatorade Arizona Player of the Year.
Last spring, Alabama offered Chandler Hamilton senior Tyler Shough, who signed with Oregon in December, and Phoenix Pinnacle junior Spencer Rattler, a Class of 2019 recruit who is committed to Oklahoma. Over the summer, Chandler junior Jacob Conover was offered by Alabama coach Nick Saban after working out for him.
"Our quarterback play out here is really good," said Mike Giovando, who has about 70 quarterbacks he works with in the Valley, including former Pinnacle standout Brian Lewerke, who was the MVP of the Holiday Bowl for Michigan State this season. "The word is getting around. They hear of those kids and how well they're doing.
"They think if you can work with the kids year-round, it makes a difference. I think people are starting to open up. They're looking here like it's California."
The Crimson Tide isn't just looking to Arizona for quarterbacks.
Gilbert Higley junior defensive end Ty Robinson and Scottsdale Notre Dame Prep junior running back/receiver Jake Smith both have been offered by Alabama.
Higley coach Eddy Zubey said Alabama co-defensive coordinator and outside linebackers coach Tosh Lupoi graduated with Zubey's older brother from Concord (Calif.) De La Salle High.
Now Jeff Banks has come in as an Alabama recruiter, after serving as a recruiting coordinator at Texas A&M under Kevin Sumlin, who is now at Arizona. Banks was a coach at UTEP when Higley sent Kelvin Fisher to the Miners.
"You keep those connections," Zubey said. "The bigger picture is these kids going out of state and performing at a high level being noticed. Even look at the NFL with Cameron Jordan and Blake Martinez. Arizona kids are doing it at all levels."
This spring's NFL draft could be big for in-state football players being taken, from former Scottsdale Saguaro wide receiver Christian Kirk (Texas A&M) to ex-Brophy Prep cornerback Isaiah Oliver (Colorado) to former Desert Mountain receiver Mark Andrew (Oklahoma).
"You hear about the talent coming out of California and Texas and Florida," Zubey said. "But we're right after that. And we're a quarter of the size."
Chandler coach Shaun Aguano said part of the reason why he schedules top 15 national opponents every year is to get his kids on the national stage and seen by college coaches.
"They see that Arizona kids can compete anywhere," Aguano said.
Chandler's late December win over Florida champion Miami Northwestern and Peoria Centennial's regular-season win over national powerhouse Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas (which has more current NFL players than any high school in the country) really bolstered Arizona's reputation.
"It's a reason why we've been playing those top teams in the country, to get the recognition," Aguano said.
MORE: Alabama's Levi Wallace goes from walk-on to second round NFL draft pick?
LEEDS UNITED are in the hunt to land one of Marcelo Bielsa's former players on a free transfer.
The Whites are firmly on course to achieve promotion back to the Premier League and currently sit second in the Championship.
Bielsa is already planning which players could be playing at Elland Road after the summer window.
Athletic Bilbao stalwart Ander Iturraspe is out of contract in the summer and looks likely to leave the Spanish outfit after 20 years with the club.
The 30-year-old has fallen out of favour at the San Mames Stadium - but Bielsa may be about to offer his former star an escape route.
According to AS, Iturraspe is looking for a move abroad to restart his career and the Spanish outlet claim Leeds is the most likely destination.
Bielsa managed the defender during his time at Bilbao, playing him regularly in La Liga.
Iturraspe has only featured four times this season due to injury issues.
Bielsa signed Kiko Casilla from Spain back in January and has admitted he is impressed by his recent addition.
"Yes, he give an energy to the team," he said recently.
"He solves the situations he has to face without any complication.
"And he doesn't make any mistakes when he has to respond to the situation he is facing."
Speaking after Saturday's 1-0 win over Bristol City, Bielsa said: “In the first hour of the game, we could have had a different result and score.
“But in the last 15 minutes of the game, the opponent could have drawn the game.
“We played a different game, regarding the style we want to use, in the last 20 minutes of the game we didn’t have the ball and the opponent played in our box with aerial balls.
“In the box, the possibility of making a mistake is higher, in other words, the consequences of any mistakes are different.
“The team showed a lot of experience to play the last 20 minutes of the game, but we would have wished to create more danger in the last 20 minutes.
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