MADRID, Spain -- Barcelona defender Dani Alves has received an outpouring of support for his response to a racist taunt during a game, while Villarreal
issued a lifetime ban to the season-ticket holder who threw a banana at him.
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Sundays 3-2 win at Villarreals El Madrigal Stadium when a banana landed on the
pitch in front of him. The Brazil international picked it up, peeled it and ate
some of it before throwing the rest aside. "Villarreal deeply regrets and
condemns the incident that happened," Villarreal said in a statement on Monday.
"The club has already identified the (culprit) and has decided to withdraw his
season tickets, permanently." After the match, Alves said humour was the best
way to combat racism in sport. That sentiment has led fellow football players,
officials and even political figures from around the globe to respond with
solidarity by picturing themselves eating a banana. Barcelona teammate Neymar
posted a photo of himself on Instagram holding a peeled banana alongside his
son, who was holding a doll that resembled a banana. Fellow Brazil teammates
Hulk and Fred also lent support via their social media accounts. Argentina
striker Sergio Aguero and Brazil womens striker Marta both posed for photos
while biting into bananas, while former Brazil international Roberto Carlos also
posted an internet photo of himself with the fruit. "We have suffered this in
Spain for some time," Alves said Sunday. "You have to take it with a dose of
humour. We arent going to change things easily. If you dont give it importance,
they dont achieve their objective." Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, who has
been actively condemning racist acts in Brazilian football, also expressed her
support to Alves, while Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and Italy national
team coach Cesare Prandelli also shared a banana in a photograph. "The player
had a daring and strong response to racism in sport," Rousseff wrote on her
official Twitter account. "Confronted by something that unfortunately has become
too common in stadiums, Alves had attitude." Rousseff praised Neymar for getting
behind his teammate and reiterated that Brazil will "raise the flag against
racial discrimination" during the World Cup. FIFA President Sepp Blatter also
commented on Twitter, saying that "what (Alves) tolerated last night is an
outrage." He added that there "will be zero tolerance" at the World Cup. The
match referee on Sunday included the 75th-minute incident in his match report,
so Villarreal could face a fine. "Our club would like to express its firm
commitment to promoting respect, equality, sportsmanship and fair play both on
and off the field and our absolute rejection of any act that is contrary to
these principles, such as violence, discrimination, racism and xenophobia,"
Villarreal added in its statement. Alves has often been subjected to racist
taunts and called fighting racism "a lost war" in January 2013 after segments of
Real Madrids fans abused him with monkey chants during a match. Madrid defender
Marcelo, who is also Brazilian, was also recently greeted with monkey chants by
a section of Atletico Madrid fans this season. Former Barcelona striker Samuel
Etoo was convinced not to walk off at Zaragoza in 2006 after fans berated the
Cameroon striker with racist chants. Two years earlier, Spain fans at Madrids
Santiago Bernabeu Stadium infamously greeted Englands black players with monkey
chants during an international friendly match.
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Pistorius, challenged relentlessly about his account of the moments just before
he killed Reeva Steenkamp, as well as circumstances related to several firearms
charges against him, including the firing of a gun in a crowded restaurant.NEW
YORK -- Aaron Hill was ready to wait all night to get this game in. Hill had a
two-run homer wiped out by a rain storm that postponed the Arizona Diamondbacks
and New York Mets in the fourth inning on Friday night after a delay of 2 hours,
11 minutes. "To get a win ... yeah," Hill said. "We need a few of those." The
game will be made up as part of a single-admission doubleheader on Sunday. The
first game will start at 1:10 p.m. Manager Kirk Gibson said the Diamondbacks,
who are in last place in the NL West at 18-31, will likely call up a pitcher for
the makeup start Sunday. The Mets will go with Daisuke Matsuzaka in the second
game of the traditional twinbill. Rafael Montero will make his regularly
scheduled start in the opener against Bronson Arroyo. Matsuzaka has been
pitching out of the bullpen this season but the converted starter doesnt see
going deep into the game as a problem. "I pitched yesterday but just one inning,
did not throw too many pitches," Matsuzaka said through a translator. "I do not
think 100 pitches should be a problem" The Diamondbacks are flying back to
Arizona after the game Sunday. They host the San Diego Padres on Monday night
but the doubleheader was the only option for the teams that do not meet again
this season. They have no common days off the rest of the way. "Id rather stay,"
and wait it out, Gibson said, "but I can see it was raining." Last seasons
series between the teams at Citi Field was also plagued by rain. "Good old New
York," Hill said. Hill gave Arizona the lead in the second inning with a homer
off Bartolo Colon that just cleared the fence in left field. Rookie
Chase Anderson allowed one hit and a walk in his third big league start for the
Diamondbacks. Dark clouds rolled in during the bottom of the third inning and
the public address announcer made a request for fans sitting in exposed areas to
move to protected areas. After Colon pitched a perfect fourth, thhe grounds crew
brought out the tarp and rain began to fall shortly after.
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series in Arizona April 14-16, but the teams are in very different places now.
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dropped three straight at St. Louis. Hill connected on a two-seam fastball from
Colon after Miguel Montero led off with a nubber up the third base line for a
hit. Mets manager Terry Collins before the game talked about how Colon, who
turns 41 Saturday, needs to use his off-speed pitches more to be effective. He
started out Hill with a slider then threw him four straight two-seamers. Colon
has had an up and down start to his first year in New York. He gave up two runs
in eight innings in his previous start, a win over Washington, but yielded seven
runs in 5 2-3 innings against the Yankees five days earlier. He entered 3-5 with
a 5.34 ERA. Anderson gave up a two-out single to David Wright in the first and
walked former Diamondbacks outfielder Chris Young leading off the second.
Wilmer Flores grounded into a 5-4-3 double play to end the inning and Anderson
was perfect in the third. "I felt like I was starting to roll after that third
inning," Anderson said. "If we went to the fourth, fifth, I felt pretty good."
NOTES: Mets C Travis dArnaud (concussion) took BP on the field. His next step
before getting MLB doctors approval is catching a bullpen session. When he is
finally cleared to play in games, Collins thinks dArnaud will need 8-10 rehab
at-bats. ... Diamondbacks RHP J.J. Putz (forearm strain) has been playing long
toss and is nearing a bullpen session, Gibson says there is no timetable yet for
his return. ... Gibson was watching on a TV in his office his son Cam play in
the Big Ten baseball tournament. Cam had four hits in a win over Illinois. ...
Up Next: Arizonas Josh Collmenter (2-2) is scheduled to face New Yorks
Zack Wheeler (1-4) Saturday.
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