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Great Britain field hockey Manager ANDY HALLIDAY will miss the Rio Olympics due to "sensitivities" over his involvement in the operation that led to the death of JEAN CHARLES DE MENEZES in '05. Halliday was part of a police firearms team that "mistook the Brazilian national for a terror suspect at Stockwell Tube station," two weeks after the July 7 London bombings. GB Hockey said in a statement, "Following advice, it was agreed with Andy that he would not travel to Brazil as a member of hockey's management team" (BBC, 6/19). ... The Australian Football League has slammed "high-profile club bosses" EDDIE MCGUIRE and JAMES BRAYSHAW for "disparaging" a female journalist during a radio segment. Collingwood President McGuire and North Melbourne President Brayshaw joked with fellow commentator and All Australian selector DANNY FRAWLEY during a radio segment about "drowning the journalist following the Big Freeze at the G." The AFL released a statement, saying the banter between the Triple M radio team regarding the journalist "could be seen to be supporting violent attitudes or actions against women" (HERALD SUN, 6/19). ... Russia's VIKTORIA KOMOVA, a two-time world champion and Olympic Silver Medalist, is retiring from gymnastics "because of health problems at just 21, a national team coach said Friday." Russian national gymnastics team head coach VALENTINA RODIONENKO said that Komova, who had hoped to compete at the Rio Olympic Games in August, "has issues with her spine that make her unable to follow her training regimen" (AFP, 6/18).

VARDY STAYING PUT?: Leicester City Vice-Chair AIYAWATT SRIVADDHANAPRABHA is confident JAMIE VARDY will "turn down Arsenal" and stay with the Premier League champions. Srivaddhanaprabha "is in regular contact" with Leicester Manager CLAUDIO RANIERI as they "discuss summer transfers and their striker’s situation ahead of next season." Vardy will "get the final say on whether he stays or goes" but Leicester is "already planning for next season" on the basis that he stays. Srivaddhanaprabha said, "You will see the news very soon. But I think he will stay" (London DAILY MAIL, 6/18).

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