(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INTERLEAGUE N.Y. Yankees 14, Philadelphia Phillies 4 N.Y. Mets 15, Minnesota Twins 2 Texas Rangers 6, St. Louis Cardinals 3 Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Houston Astros 3
AMERICAN LEAGUE Baltimore Orioles 11, Toronto Blue Jays 5 (GM 1 Doubleheader) Cleveland Guardians 8, Detroit Tigers 4 Toronto Blue Jays 8, Baltimore Orioles 4 (GM 2 Doubleheader) Boston Red Sox 14, Seattle Mariners 7 Kansas City Royals 8, Chicago White Sox 5
NATIONAL LEAGUE Cincinnati Reds 7, Chicago Cubs 1 Milwaukee Brewers 8, Atlanta Braves 3 Washington Nationals 9, Arizona Diamondbacks 9
(LONDON) — An Olympic athlete has had his finger amputated after he suffered an injury just so he can play in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Just two weeks ago, Matthew Dawson, a 30-year-old hockey player from Australia, suffered a badly broken finger on his right-hand during a team training session in Perth, Australia, and, after consulting with doctors, he found out the injury would take months to recover from and that he would miss out on the opportunity to play in his third Olympic Games.
But instead of opting for a long recovery, Dawson made a decision that would shock his teammates and has already made headlines around the world. He decided to amputate his finger so that he could compete in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
“There was a bit of shock within the team,” said Dawson’s teammate, Aran Zalewski, in an interview in Paris in the run up to the opening ceremony on Friday evening. “We didn’t really know what to think. And then we heard that he went to the hospital and chopped his finger off, which was pretty interesting because I know people would give an arm and a leg and even a little bit of finger to be here sometimes.”
“When you’ve spent a lifetime of choice and sacrifice to come and compete at the highest level, I think for him it was an easy decision,” Zalewski continued. “We’ve got his back. We’re fully supportive of his decision. We played a game [on Monday] and he seems absolutely fine. It’s great to see that his finger is going to be all right and he’ll be able to play with us throughout the tournament.”
Dawson, who underwent surgery on his right hip, a month after the Commonwealth Games in 2018, has had a long list of injuries during his career, including suffering a fractured eye socket in Feb. 2018 in a training accident, causing him to miss the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in Malaysia the following month.
Dawson took up hockey when he was 8-years-old after his sister gave up netball and his parents signed her up for the local hockey team.
“As little brothers tend to do, I tagged along and watched my sister play hockey over the next couple of years,” Dawson explained in an interview in Nov. 2018.
Dawson is now set to be a three-time Olympian after competing in 2016 and 2020, where he won a silver medal with his squad after losing to Belgium on penalties. He is also a two-time Commonwealth Games gold medalist in 2018 and 2022 and has two Hockey World Cup appearances under his belt where he came in third with his team in 2018 and fourth in 2023.
(NEW YORK) — Simone Biles and Suni Lee took to social media to share support for teammate Jordan Chiles after the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) ruled that Chiles’ bronze medal for her gymnastic floor exercise would be returned and reallocated to Romania’s Ana Bărbosu.
The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee announced on Sunday that it would be appealing the decision to award the medal to Bărbosu, saying in a statement: “We firmly believe that Jordan rightfully earned the bronze medal.”
Biles posted an Instagram story of her and Chiles embracing with white hearts across the top of the photo.
“Sending you so much love, Jordan,” Biles wrote in her post. “Keep your chin up Olympic champ! We love you!”
Lee also posted an Instagram story reposting USA Gymnastics’ statement on the ruling reversal.
“All this talk about the athlete, what about the judges??” wrote Lee. “Completely unacceptable. This is awful and I’m gutted for Jordan. I got your back forever Jo.”
“U have all my flowers and you will ALWAYS be Olympic champion,” she wrote, adding a flower emoji.
Chiles also posted on social media on Saturday as the appeal was unfolding.
Chiles posted a story with broken heart emojis followed by another, saying she would be leaving social media for the moment.
“I am taking this time and removing myself from social media for my mental health thank you,” she wrote.
The decision by the FIG to award Bărbosu third place comes after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) voided an appeal made by Team USA that was made at the event and resulted in Chiles’ placing third, with CAS citing a rule that the appeal on Chiles’ score was “raised after the conclusion of the one-minute deadline.”
“We are devastated by the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruling regarding women’s floor exercise,” USA Gymnastics wrote in a statement shared to Instagram on Saturday after the ruling was delivered, adding: “Throughout the appeal process, Jordan has been subject to consistent, utterly baseless and extremely hurtful attacks on social media.”
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INTERLEAGUE Minnesota Twins 5, San Diego Padres 7 Chicago White Sox 1, San Francisco Giants 4 Seattle Mariners 3, LA Dodgers 6 Toronto Blue Jays 10, Cincinnati Reds 3 Baltimore Orioles 9, NY Mets 5 Chicago Cubs 3, Detroit Tigers 1 Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Texas Rangers 0
AMERICAN LEAGUE Tampa Bay Rays 1, Oakland Athletics 0 Cleveland Guardians 9, NY Yankees 5 Boston Red Sox 6, Houston Astros 5 LA Angels 9, Kansas City Royals 5
NATIONAL LEAGUE Arizona Diamondbacks 3, Miami Marlins 1 Colorado Rockies 3, Washington Nationals 1 Atlanta Braves 3, Philadelphia Phillies 1 Milwaukee Brewers 3, St. Louis Cardinals 2
WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION New York Liberty 94, Dallas Wings 74 Connecticut Sun 69, Los Angeles Sparks 61 Seattle Storm 83, Washington Mystics 77