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Sport shorts: The Hundred is criticised by health campaigners and Pochettino urges Tottenham to stay together
Ten things from the world of sport on Friday 4 October
1. The Hundred comes under fire for snack sponsors
The BBC reports that The Hundred, English cricket’s new 100-ball tournament, has been criticised by health campaigners for its KP Snacks sponsorship deal.
Taking place from 17 July to 16 August 2020, The Hundred men’s and women’s competitions will feature eight teams across seven cities which will each have shirts sponsored by the snack food company’s brands.
Obesity Health Alliance spokesperson Caroline Cerny said: “Junk food brands sponsorship of popular sporting events is just another way they make sure their unhealthy products take centre stage in children’s minds.”
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The team names and first players have been announced for The Hundred.
England Cricket World Cup star Ben Stokes will play for Leeds-based Northern Superchargers. England Test captain Joe Root will play for Trent Rockets in Nottingham.
The Hundred’s main player draft will be held on 20 October.
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Men’s players: Rory Burns, Dan Lawrence, Eoin Morgan
Women’s players: Heather Knight, Freya Davies
Manchester Originals
Men’s players: Jos Buttler, Saqib Mahmood, Matt Parkinson
Women’s players: Kate Cross, Sophie Ecclestone
Northern Superchargers
Men’s players: Ben Stokes, Adil Rashid, David Willey
Women’s players: Lauren Winfield, Linsey Smith
Oval Invincibles
Men’s players: Sam Curran, Tom Curran, Jason Roy
Women’s players: Laura Marsh, Fran Wilson
Southern Brave
Men’s players: Jofra Archer, Chris Jordan, James Vince
Women’s players: Anya Shrubsole, Danni Wyatt
Trent Rockets
Men’s players: Joe Root, Harry Gurney, Alex Hales
Women’s players: Nat Sciver, Katherine Brunt
Welsh Fire
Men’s players: Jonny Bairstow, Tom Banton, Colin Ingram
Women’s players: Katie George, Bryony Smith
3. Springboks smash 14-man Italy
There was only one match at the Rugby World Cup this morning and it was South Africa who took victory in the clash with Italy.
Winning 49-3, the Springboks scored seven tries in the pool B encounter to seal the bonus point.
Italy were reduced to 14 men when loose-head prop Andrea Lovotti saw red for dropping South Africa No.8 Duane Vermeulen on his head. Stuff.nz described it as a “horror spear tackle”.
England face Argentina in the second of three games in Japan tomorrow. There’s also two games on Sunday.
Next games at the RWC (all times UK)
Saturday 5 October - pool D: Australia vs. Uruguay (6.15am; Oita Stadium, Oita; ITV)
American football touches down in the UK on Sunday with the Oakland Raiders taking on the Chicago Bears in the first NFL London game at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The match starts at 6pm and is live on Sky Sports.
Britain’s Andy Murray is out of the China Open after losing 6-2, 7-6 (7-3) in the quarter-final against Austria’s Dominic Thiem. Murray, who is continuing his comeback from hip surgery, will next play in the Shanghai Open.
(Image credit: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP via Getty Images)
6. Pochettino urges Spurs to stay together
Sky Sports reports that Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino insists he won’t walk away from the Premier League club. Spurs were thrashed 7-2 in the Champions League by Bayern Munich in midweek, but Pochettino is committed to the north London team.
Speaking ahead of Tottenham’s match at Brighton tomorrow, the Argentine said: “It is a moment to stay all together. I accept the opinions. When you don’t win, not only at Tottenham, this happens at every club in the world.
“It is normal that the game has created a lot of opinion and rumours, everyone needs to talk. But in the end, the only thing that happened is that we lost a game. I have no doubt we are going to stay together and find a way to be successful again, no doubt.”
Premier League fixtures Saturday 5 October (3pm unless stated)
Brighton & Hove Albion vs. Tottenham Hotspur (12.30pm)
Burnley vs. Everton
Liverpool vs. Leicester City
Norwich City vs. Aston Villa
Watford vs. Sheffield United
West Ham United vs. Crystal Palace (5.30pm)
Sunday 6 October fixtures
Arsenal vs. AFC Bournemouth (2pm)
Manchester City vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers (2pm)
Southampton vs. Chelsea (2pm)
Newcastle United vs. Manchester United (4.30pm)
7. Martinelli stars for the Gunners
Arsenal are top of Europa League group F after a 4-0 win over Standard Liege last night. Brazilian 18-year-old Gabriel Martinelli starred in the victory at the Emirates by scoring twice and setting up Dani Ceballos for his first goal in Arsenal colours. Joe Willock, 20, was also on the scoresheet.
In group K Wolves were 1-0 winners away at Besiktas and in group L Manchester United were held to a goalless draw by AZ Alkmaar. Celtic beat CFR Cluj 2-0 in group E and Rangers lost 2-1 at Young Boys in group G.
8. Max ‘doesn’t agree’ with F1’s 22-race schedule
Red Bull Racing driver Max Verstappen is not a fan of Formula 1’s decision to expand the 2020 calendar to a record 22 races.
He told Autosport: “I don’t agree with 22 races a year. I think we should just pick the best tracks out there - I know they want to make money, but they also have to think about the mechanics who rock up to the track.
“For most of the people it’s at least five or six days [at the track], and then I’m not even complaining about us, it’s the mechanics, they can file for a divorce straight away if there’s going to be more.”
If Manchester United want to sign West Ham midfielder Declan Rice they will have to stump up £80m. Apparently United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has been “keeping tabs” on the 20-year-old Rice, who was yesterday named in the England squad for the upcoming Euro 2020 qualifiers against Czech Republic and Bulgaria.
10. KJT wins gold and breaks British record
Katarina Johnson-Thompson followed in Dina Asher-Smith’s footsteps by winning gold at the World Athletics Championships in Doha.
The 26-year-old won the heptathlon last night with 6,981 points - beating the British record previously held by Jessica Ennis-Hill.
Johnson-Thompson said: “This is the result of so many attempts of trying to perform on this stage.”
