Aaron Judge, Ronald Acuña Jr. elected MLB All-Star starters
NEW yOrK – yankees outfielder aaron Judge and atlanta Braves outfielder ronald acuña Jr. were elected Thursday to start in the
July 20 all-Star Game at dodger Stadium.
The pair were chosen under new rules that give starting spots to the top vote-getter in each league in the first phase of online voting, which began June 8 and ended Thursday. Others advanced to the second phase, which runs from noon EdT on Tuesday and ends at 2 p.m. EdT on July 8. Votes from the first phase do not carry over.
Starters will be announced July 8, and pitchers and reserves on
July 10.
Judge received 3.76 million votes and was elected to start for the fourth time. acuña led the Nl with 3.5 million votes and was elected to start for the third time.
US government distributes $92M for soccer corruption victims
NEW yOrK – The u.S. Justice department has distributed about $92 million in additional compensation from money forfeited by convicted officials and associated companies resulting from the government’s prosecution of corruption in soccer.
The money is for compensation for losses sustained by FiFa, the Confederation of North and Central american amd Caribbean Football, the South american governing body CONMEBOl and various national soccer federations.
The Justice department last august recognized losses of more than $201 million in the cases, which began with indictments in May 2015, and it announced then an initial $32.2 million payment to a “World Football remission Fund” overseen by the FiFa Foundation charity.
FiFa’s charity supports school projects, helps the sport recover after natural disasters, develops women’s and girls’ soccer and a FiFa legends program that uses former players as ambassadors. The money was obtained in forfeitures to federal court in Brooklyn.