No home support for Thunder's NBA start
LOS ANGELES • The Oklahoma City Thunder will not have fans in attendance for their home games when the National Basketball Association season begins, the team announced on Monday.
The decision came three weeks after the team expected to have protocols to allow reduced seating at the Chesapeake Energy Centre, which normally holds just over 18,000.
The Thunder have since reviewed their plans and said they want to exercise "an abundance of caution" to help control the spread of the virus.
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Former Warriors centre Bogut retires
MELBOURNE • Andrew Bogut called time on his career yesterday, leaving Australia without its most experienced basketball player ahead of next year's Tokyo Olympics.
The 36-year-old centre announced his decision on his podcast "Rogues Bogues", citing a growing toll of injuries on his body.
Bogut, who won a National Basketball Association championship with Golden State in 2015, played his last game for the Sydney Kings in March before the National Basketball League finals series was called off due to Covid-19.
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Pumas skipper sacked for racist tweet
SYDNEY • Argentina's Pablo Matera said he was "deeply ashamed" yesterday after he was stripped of the rugby captaincy and suspended along with two other players over racist tweets.
Just weeks after the Pumas' first win over the mighty All Blacks, the Argentina Rugby Union suspended Matera, Guido Petti and Santiago Socino.
In the tweets, since deleted, Matera disparaged Bolivian and Paraguayan domestic workers with racial stereotypes.
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