Denmark will wear protest at World Cup
Denmark will wear team jerseys at the World Cup that protest the human rights record of host nation Qatar, with a black option unveiled Wednesday to honor migrant workers who died during construction work for the tournament.
“The color of mourning,” kit manufacturer Hummel said in a post on Instagram releasing the black thirdchoice design.
“While we support the Danish national team all the way, this shouldn’t be confused with support for a tournament that has cost thousands of people their lives,” the company said.
The designs seem to complete a promise made by the Danish soccer federation last November to wear clothing with “critical messages” at the tournament in Qatar.
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Colleges
Duquesne men’s basketball will play at national power Kentucky and host games versus South Carolina State and North Florida as part of a three-team round-robin multiteam event. The three games complete Duquesne’s 2022-23 nonconference schedule. The Dukes will open the MTE with a trip to Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky., to face the Wildcats on Nov. 11. Duquesne will host South Carolina State at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse on Nov. 14, then finish the MTE with a home game against North Florida on Nov. 21.
Auto racing
Benjamin Pedersen is the first driver to land a promotion from Indy Lights into IndyCar as AJ Foyt Racing confirmed he’ll be part of its 2023 lineup. Pedersen, a 23year-old dual citizen of Denmark and the United States, spent last season running the full Indy Lights schedule for HMD Motorsports. Linus Lundqvist, his teammate, won the Lights title and Pedersen finished fifth in the final standings.
• Formula One driver Alex Albon will return for the Williams team at this weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix after recovering from appendicitis. Albon missed the last race at the Italian GP three weeks ago after being hospitalized with appendicitis. He had taken part in Friday’s practice at Monza then became ill and had surgery on the Saturday.
Basketball
After missing the entire 2021-22 NBA season and undergoing a procedure on his lower back this summer, Nets star Ben Simmons says there are no limitations to his game. Simmons, who missed all of last season due to both mental health issues and a herniated disk in his lower back, was a full participant in Nets practice for the second day in a row for Day 2 of Nets training camp at the HSS Training Facility in Industry City on Wednesday. “I’m getting used to the upand-down play, but I feel great,” he said. “It’s good to be here with the guys.”
Tennis
Top-seeded Maria Sakkari rallied past Arantxa Rus, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, in Parma, Italy, to reach the quarterfinals of the Parma Ladies Open. Sakkari, who accepted a late wild card to the red clay court tournament, was playing her first event since losing to Wang Xiyu in the second round of the U.S. Open.
Running
Four-time Olympic gold medalist Mo Farah has pulled out of Sunday’s London Marathon because of a hip injury. Farah, 39, said he injured his right hip in training and will not be fit in time for the race. “Over the past 10 days I’ve been feeling pain and tightness in my right hip. I’ve had extensive physio and treatment and done everything I can to be on the start line but it hasn’t improved enough to compete on Sunday.”
Skiing
The body of a famed U.S. extreme skier who went missing this week after falling from the world’s eighthhighest mountain was recovered and transported to Nepal’s capital of Kathmandu.. Hilaree Nelson, 49, was skiing down from the 8,163-meter (26,775-foot) summit of Mount Manaslu with her partner, Jim Morrison, on Monday when she fell off the mountain.