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Football Notes: Spain's National Anti-Violence Commission Suggests $5,500 Fine For Villarreal

Spain's National Anti-Violence Commission condemned the "unidentified person who threw a gas canister onto the field during Saturday's La Liga match between Villarreal and Celta Vigo." The commission proposed that Villarreal, which hosted the match, be fined €4,000 ($5,476) (EFE, 2/20). ... Spain's Competition Committee decided to fine Spanish second division side Real Jaén player Jona €2,000 ($2,738) for showing a "message of support for the fight against youth cancer." Jona lifted his shirt to display a message on his undershirt that said, "Ánimo pequeñines, día mundial contra el cáncer infantil" ("Cheer up toddlers, World Day against childhood cancer") -- Int'l Childhood Cancer Day. Jona: "I am surprised because my only objective was to support children on child cancer day, which was celebrated last Saturday" (SPORT, 2/19). ... The Confederation of African Football and UEFA "are set to grow closer" with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on Thursday for mutual cooperation toward the development of the game. The MoU, "meant to strengthen cooperation between the two confederations and provide a framework for exchange and dialogue," was sealed at the CAF headquarters in Cairo (ALL AFRICA, 2/20).

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On this week’s pod, our Big Get is CBS Sports college basketball analyst Jay Wright. The NCAA Championship-winning coach shares his insight with SBJ’s Austin Karp on key hoops issues and why being well dressed is an important part of his success. Also on the show, Poynter Institute senior writer Tom Jones shares who he has up and who is down in sports media. Later, SBJ’s Ben Portnoy talks the latest on ESPN’s CFP extension and who CBS, TNT Sports and ESPN need to make deep runs in the men’s and women's NCAA basketball tournaments.

SBJ I Factor: Nana-Yaw Asamoah

SBJ I Factor features an interview with AMB Sports and Entertainment Chief Commercial Office Nana-Yaw Asamoah. Asamoah, who moved over to AMBSE last year after 14 years at the NFL, talks with SBJ’s Ben Fischer about how his role model parents and older sisters pushed him to shrive, how the power of lifelong learning fuels successful people, and why AMBSE was an opportunity he could not pass up. Asamoah is 2021 SBJ Forty Under 40 honoree. SBJ I Factor is a monthly podcast offering interviews with sports executives who have been recipients of one of the magazine’s awards.

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