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Sports ❘ 07 CONTACT US AT: 8351-9190, [email protected] Thursday June 7, 2018 Floyd Mayweather FLOYD MAYWEATHER reclaimed his place at the top of Forbes’ annual ranking of the 100 highest-paid athletes Tues- day but no woman was featured on the list for the first time. Forbes reported that May- weather, 41, topped sports’ highest-earners after banking US$275 million dollars from his cross-combat superfight against mixed martial arts star Conor McGregor in August 2017. With an additional US$10 million in endorsements, Mayweather earned a total of US$285 million between June 1 2017 and June 1 2018, com- fortably eclipsing the second- placed figure on the list, soccer star Lionel Messi, who made US$111 million. However, female athletes notably failed to break into the top 100 for the first time since Forbes began publishing its ranking. Tennis star Serena Williams, who last year was the only woman to be featured on the list at 51st place with earnings of US$27 million, dropped out of the rankings after taking a break from the sport due to the birth of her daughter. Former welterweight king Mayweather, who came out of Mayweather heads Forbes money list retirement to face McGregor in Las Vegas, topped the rank- ings for the fourth time in seven years. McGregor meanwhile vaulted up the rankings to the fourth spot, thanks to his US$85 mil- lion cut of the Mayweather purse. A further US$14 million in endorsements took the Irish fighter’s earnings to US$99 million, just behind Real Madrid soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo, who was third with earnings of US$108 million. Brazilian soccer player Neymar was fifth on the list with US$90 million in earn- ings, his salary boosted by his record-breaking transfer from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Ger- main last year. NBA icon LeBron James was the highest-paid basketball player to be featured on the list, coming in at sixth with total earnings of US$85.5 mil- lion, just ahead of men’s tennis king Roger Federer, who earned US$77.2 million. Swiss ace Federer remains the most attractive athlete for spon- sors, with endorsement deals accounting for US$65 million of his earnings. Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry was the only other NBA player to be featured in the top 10, with earnings of US$76.9 million. Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan is the highest earn- ing NFL player, coming in at ninth with US$67.3 million. Ryan’s earnings were swollen by a US$45 million dollar signing bonus after he agreed to a new contract earlier this year. Another NFL quarterback, the Detroit Lions’ Matthew Stafford, rounded out the top 10 with US$59.5 million. (SD-Agencies) IRAN became the first team to arrive in Russia for the World Cup on Tuesday, nine days before the opening match of the June 14 to July 15 tournament. Iran has been drawn in Group B alongside former World Cup winner Spain, reigning Euro- pean champion Portugal and Morocco. “Being in Russia is a dream come true for Iranian football,” Iran manager Carlos Queiroz said. “We have achieved this through hard work and sac- rifices, which only heightens how honored and privileged we feel to be here.” Iran will be based at the Loko- motiv Bakovka Training Center in the Moscow region. This will be their fifth appearance at the finals. “The Iranian national team will relish rubbing shoulders with the best teams and being part of this fantastic World Cup family. We arrive raring to keep this dream going for as long as possible and we look forward to playing our part in making this the best World Cup ever,” Queiroz said. (SD-Agencies) Iran fi rst team to arrive in Russia for World Cup NOVAK DJOKOVIC is facing the gravest crisis of his career after a shock French Open defeat to Italian journeyman Marco Cec- chinato left him contemplating missing Wimbledon to rebuild his game and reboot his state of mind. The 31-year-old Serb slumped to an epic 6-3, 7-6 (7/4), 1-6, 7-6 (13/11) quarterfinal loss to world number 72 Cecchinato, a player who had never won a match at the majors before this year’s Roland Garros. Djokovic, a former world number one and 12-time Grand Slam title winner, had previously only been beaten by a player ranked lower than 25-year-old Cecchinato at the majors on two occasions — Marat Safin at Wimbledon in 2008 when the maverick Russian was at 78 and 117th-ranked Denis Istomin at last year’s Australian Open. Tuesday’s defeat left Djokovic shell-shocked, so much so that he threatened to skip the forthcom- ing grasscourt season and, by extension, Wimbledon where he is a three-time champion. “I don’t know if I’m going to play on grass — I’m just not thinking about tennis at the moment,” said Djokovic who opted to conduct his post- match media duties Tuesday in a minor conference room, which had already been shut up for the evening, far away from the wait- ing cameras. His career statistics, which used to sing of record-breaking feats, now make grim reading. The last of his 12 majors was Djokovic upset at French Open secured at Roland Garros in 2016 when he completed a career Grand Slam. That was the year he also became the first player to break through the career US$100 mil- lion prize money barrier. But his last run to a semifinal at the Slams was when he went onto finish runner-up at the 2016 U.S. Open. The Djokovic resume lists 68 career titles but he’s only won four since his French Open tri- umph in 2016. That Paris win came after three final defeats in 2012, 2014 and 2015. What was particularly frustrat- ing for Djokovic on Tuesday was the manner of his defeat. He may have had to call two medical timeouts for a neck and right leg injury, but chance after chance was squandered. Three set points came and went in the 12th game of the second set, three break points were wasted in the sixth game of the fourth before he blew the chance to level the tie at two sets apiece in the ninth game. He had another three set points in the gripping fourth set tiebreaker, the third of which flew into the Paris evening sky off an ugly ballooned forehand. There was still a hint of the old Djokovic magic as he desperately clung on, saving one match point with a no-look backhand volley. Djokovic, attempting to reach a 32nd Grand Slam semifinal, knows there are lingering prob- lems in his game. A ranking of 22 is hi slowest in 12 years, a consequence of his long-standing elbow problems and indifferent form. He hasn’t made the final of a tournament since winning the Wimbledon warm-up at East- bourne last summer. (SD-Agencies) Marco Cecchinato of Italy (L) and Novak Djokovic during their French Open match in Paris on Tuesday. SD-Agencies James Sutherland JAMES SUTHERLAND has announced he’s quitting as Cricket Australia’s chief execu- tive two months after a ball- tampering scandal in South Africa resulted in suspensions for the test captain and vice- captain and the resignation of coach Darren Lehmann. Sutherland, who confirmed his departure at a news conference yesterday, has given 12 months’ notice and will continue in his position until a replacement is found. A former first-class cricketer with Victoria state, Sutherland was appointed in 2001 to replace Malcolm Speed. Participation in the sport grew under his leader- ship but his tenure was punctu- ated by some controversies. In March, captain Steve Smith, vice captain David Warner and opening batsman Cameron Bancroft were caught up in a plot to tamper with the match ball during the third test against South Africa in Cape Town. Smith and Warner were sub- sequently banned by Cricket Australia from international and domestic first-class cricket for 12 months, and Bancroft for nine months. The sanctions were significantly harsher than any imposed by the Interna- tional Cricket Council for similar offenses. Lehmann quit as national coach less than a week later, after being cleared of any involvement in the ball-tampering incident. Smith has been replaced as captain by Tim Paine. Justin Langer has since taken over for Lehmann as national coach. There were five Australian coaches during Sutherland’s tenure. John Buchanan took over in 1999 before Sutherland began as chief executive, was replaced by Tim Nielsen (2007-2011), Mickey Arthur (2011-13) and Lehmann (2013) before Langer was appointed last month. Sutherland also presided over a contentious period in the past year while Cricket Australia negotiated a new pay deal with the players’ union. The sport’s national governing body also announced in April a new six-year television deal in which domestic coverage moves from Australia’s longtime cricket telecaster, the Nine Network, to Seven and Fox Sports. Sutherland said: “I feel very comfortable that this is the right time for me and a good time for the game.” (SD-Agencies) Cricket Australia CEO quits
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Thursday June 7, 2018
Floyd Mayweather
FLOYD MAYWEATHER reclaimed his place at the top of Forbes’ annual ranking of the 100 highest-paid athletes Tues-day but no woman was featured on the list for the fi rst time.
Forbes reported that May-weather, 41, topped sports’ highest-earners after banking US$275 million dollars from his cross-combat superfi ght against mixed martial arts star Conor McGregor in August 2017.
With an additional US$10 million in endorsements, Mayweather earned a total of US$285 million between June 1 2017 and June 1 2018, com-fortably eclipsing the second-placed fi gure on the list, soccer star Lionel Messi, who made US$111 million.
However, female athletes notably failed to break into the top 100 for the fi rst time since Forbes began publishing its ranking.
Tennis star Serena Williams, who last year was the only woman to be featured on the list at 51st place with earnings of US$27 million, dropped out of the rankings after taking a break from the sport due to the birth of her daughter.
Former welterweight king Mayweather, who came out of
Mayweather heads Forbes money list
retirement to face McGregor in Las Vegas, topped the rank-ings for the fourth time in seven years.
McGregor meanwhile vaulted up the rankings to the fourth spot, thanks to his US$85 mil-lion cut of the Mayweather purse.
A further US$14 million in endorsements took the Irish fi ghter’s earnings to US$99 million, just behind Real Madrid soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo, who was third with earnings of US$108 million.
Brazilian soccer player Neymar was fi fth on the list with US$90 million in earn-ings, his salary boosted by his record-breaking transfer from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Ger-main last year.
NBA icon LeBron James was the highest-paid basketball player to be featured on the list, coming in at sixth with total earnings of US$85.5 mil-lion, just ahead of men’s tennis king Roger Federer, who earned US$77.2 million.
Swiss ace Federer remains the most attractive athlete for spon-sors, with endorsement deals accounting for US$65 million of his earnings.
Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry was the only other NBA player to be featured in the top 10, with earnings of US$76.9 million.
Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan is the highest earn-ing NFL player, coming in at ninth with US$67.3 million. Ryan’s earnings were swollen by a US$45 million dollar signing bonus after he agreed to a new contract earlier this year.
Another NFL quarterback, the Detroit Lions’ Matthew Stafford, rounded out the top 10 with US$59.5 million. (SD-Agencies)
IRAN became the fi rst team to arrive in Russia for the World Cup on Tuesday, nine days before the opening match of the June 14 to July 15 tournament.
Iran has been drawn in Group B alongside former World Cup winner Spain, reigning Euro-pean champion Portugal and Morocco. “Being in Russia is a dream come true for Iranian football,” Iran manager Carlos Queiroz said. “We have achieved this through hard work and sac-rifi ces, which only heightens how honored and privileged we feel to be here.”
Iran will be based at the Loko-motiv Bakovka Training Center in the Moscow region. This will be their fi fth appearance at the fi nals.
“The Iranian national team will relish rubbing shoulders with the best teams and being part of this fantastic World Cup family. We arrive raring to keep this dream going for as long as possible and we look forward to playing our part in making this the best World Cup ever,” Queiroz said. (SD-Agencies)
Iran fi rst team to arrive in Russia for World Cup
NOVAK DJOKOVIC is facing the gravest crisis of his career after a shock French Open defeat to Italian journeyman Marco Cec-chinato left him contemplating missing Wimbledon to rebuild his game and reboot his state of mind.
The 31-year-old Serb slumped to an epic 6-3, 7-6 (7/4), 1-6, 7-6 (13/11) quarterfi nal loss to world number 72 Cecchinato, a player who had never won a match at the majors before this year’s Roland Garros.
Djokovic, a former world number one and 12-time Grand Slam title winner, had previously only been beaten by a player ranked lower than 25-year-old Cecchinato at the majors on two occasions — Marat Safi n at Wimbledon in 2008 when the maverick Russian was at 78 and 117th-ranked Denis Istomin at last year’s Australian Open.
Tuesday’s defeat left Djokovic shell-shocked, so much so that he threatened to skip the forthcom-ing grasscourt season and, by extension, Wimbledon where he is a three-time champion.
“I don’t know if I’m going to play on grass — I’m just not thinking about tennis at the moment,” said Djokovic who opted to conduct his post-match media duties Tuesday in a minor conference room, which had already been shut up for the evening, far away from the wait-ing cameras.
His career statistics, which used to sing of record-breaking feats, now make grim reading.
The last of his 12 majors was
Djokovic upset at French Open
secured at Roland Garros in 2016 when he completed a career Grand Slam.
That was the year he also became the fi rst player to break through the career US$100 mil-lion prize money barrier.
But his last run to a semifi nal at the Slams was when he went onto fi nish runner-up at the 2016 U.S. Open.
The Djokovic resume lists 68 career titles but he’s only won four since his French Open tri-umph in 2016.
That Paris win came after three fi nal defeats in 2012, 2014 and 2015.
What was particularly frustrat-ing for Djokovic on Tuesday was the manner of his defeat.
He may have had to call two medical timeouts for a neck and right leg injury, but chance after chance was squandered.
Three set points came and went in the 12th game of the second set, three break points were wasted in the sixth game of the fourth before he blew the chance to level the tie at two sets apiece in the ninth game.
He had another three set points in the gripping fourth set tiebreaker, the third of which fl ew into the Paris evening sky
off an ugly ballooned forehand.There was still a hint of the old
Djokovic magic as he desperately clung on, saving one match point with a no-look backhand volley.
Djokovic, attempting to reach a 32nd Grand Slam semifi nal, knows there are lingering prob-lems in his game.
A ranking of 22 is hi slowest in 12 years, a consequence of his long-standing elbow problems and indifferent form.
He hasn’t made the fi nal of a tournament since winning the Wimbledon warm-up at East-bourne last summer.
(SD-Agencies)
Marco Cecchinato of Italy (L) and Novak Djokovic during their French Open match in Paris on Tuesday. SD-Agencies
James Sutherland
JAMES SUTHERLAND has announced he’s quitting as Cricket Australia’s chief execu-tive two months after a ball-tampering scandal in South Africa resulted in suspensions for the test captain and vice-captain and the resignation of coach Darren Lehmann.
Sutherland, who confi rmed his departure at a news conference yesterday, has given 12 months’ notice and will continue in his position until a replacement is found.
A former fi rst-class cricketer with Victoria state, Sutherland was appointed in 2001 to replace Malcolm Speed. Participation in the sport grew under his leader-ship but his tenure was punctu-ated by some controversies.
In March, captain Steve Smith, vice captain David Warner and opening batsman Cameron Bancroft were caught up in a plot to tamper with the match ball during the third test against South Africa in Cape Town.
Smith and Warner were sub-sequently banned by Cricket Australia from international and domestic fi rst-class cricket for 12 months, and Bancroft for nine months. The sanctions were signifi cantly harsher than any imposed by the Interna-tional Cricket Council for similar offenses.
Lehmann quit as national coach less than a week later, after being cleared of any involvement in the ball-tampering incident.
Smith has been replaced as captain by Tim Paine. Justin Langer has since taken over for Lehmann as national coach.
There were fi ve Australian coaches during Sutherland’s tenure. John Buchanan took over in 1999 before Sutherland began as chief executive, was replaced by Tim Nielsen (2007-2011), Mickey Arthur (2011-13) and Lehmann (2013) before Langer was appointed last month.
Sutherland also presided over a contentious period in the past year while Cricket Australia negotiated a new pay deal with the players’ union.
The sport’s national governing body also announced in April a new six-year television deal in which domestic coverage moves from Australia’s longtime cricket telecaster, the Nine Network, to Seven and Fox Sports.
Sutherland said: “I feel very comfortable that this is the right time for me and a good time for the game.” (SD-Agencies)
Cricket Australia CEO quits
