Outrage at Juventus as they post racist tweet

Aug 6 2021

Yesterday was an insane day for many football fans. Many things happened, most notably Barcelona’s announcement that Messi won’t extend his contract and Romelu Lukaku’s shock reported transfer from Inter to Chelsea. One thing that many football fans didn’t miss though was Juventus Womens’ racist tweet.

The tweet was up for only 20 minutes, but still managed to make headlines. The tweet involved a picture of player Cecilia Salvai, wearing a cone as a bamboo hat and pulling back her eyes, mocking a dated Asian stereotype. After the tweet, many people have urged Juventus to let go of the person responsible for the tweet. Soon after, the tweet was deleted and was followed by another tweet where the Bianconeri apologized.

We sincerely apologise that our tweet, which was not meant to cause controversy or have any racial undertones, may have offended anyone. Juventus has always been against racism and discrimination. #DifferencesMakeTheDifference

— Juventus Women (@JuventusFCWomen) August 5, 2021

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Imported COVID-19 cases down to 20% as Delta variant persists

Aug 6 2021

Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Chris Fearne has highlighted that the Delta variant remains predominant in Europe and, until last week, 95% of cases were of the Delta variant.

He went on to state that in Malta, many citizens are vaccinated and thus, the variant did not hit Malta has hard as countries which have lower vaccination rates.

Superintendent for Public Health Prof. Charmaine Gauci stated that towards the beginning of July, sixty per cent of cases were imported while nowadays, only twenty per cent of cases are imported. Prof. Gauci went on to state that this clearly exhibits Malta’s commitment to COVID-19 measures.

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Former football player Michael Ballack’s 18-year-old son dies in quad bike accident

Aug 6 2021

The son of former German player Michael Ballack, Emilio Ballack has died in Lisbon after a quad bike accident. Emilio was only 18-years-old. Police told Reuters that the accident happened in the north of Lisbon, very early in the morning.

The former midfielder, received many messages from old colleagues and opposing player such as Oliver Khan and Rudi Voller. Many of his former clubs, Chelsea and Bayer Leverkusen have all posted on their social media wishing well to his family.

Everybody associated with Chelsea Football Club is shocked and saddened to learn of the death of Emilio Ballack at the terribly young age of 18.

All our thoughts are with his father Michael and his family at this sad time. 💙

— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) August 5, 2021

German fourth tier club Chemnitzer FC who Emilio’s grandfather is a board member in announced on Twitter, that the 18-year-old had done a 3 week internship for the club. They said in a statement “Chemnitzer FC expresses its deeply felt sympathy for the Ballack family and wishes all relatives a lot of strength in this difficult time.”

😢 Geschockt & mit großer Trauer hat der #ChemnitzerFC vom Unfalltod von Emilio #Ballack erfahren.

Der #CFC drückt der Familie sein tiefempfundenes Mitgefühl aus & wünscht allen Angehörigen viel Kraft in dieser schweren Zeit.

In tiefer Anteilnahme
der gesamte Chemnitzer FC. pic.twitter.com/slLFi2mHjG

— Chemnitzer FC (@ChemnitzerFC) August 5, 2021

We wish the deepest of condolences to Emilio and Michael’s family and friends, in this tough time.

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Local club Hibernians beat Latvian champions

Aug 6 2021

Last night, local team Hibernians F.C. beat Latvian champions Riga in the first leg of their UEFA Conference League tie. The Paolites beat Riga, away from home gaining an unprecedented away win, and more importantly away goal.

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Hibernians scored the only goal of the game in the 69th minute. The goal was a brilliant volley from outside the box, scored by experienced center-back Andrei Aguis. The goal meant that the Maltese side cannot lose by a 2-goal margin in Malta in order to qualify for the Playoff.

The Hibernians players will be up for the match, as no Maltese team has ever passed to the playoff round of a European competition. Hibernians will most likely face Slovan Bratislava after they beat Gibraltar side Lincoln Red Imps, 3-1 in Gibraltar. If the Maltese side reach the playoff, they will only be 2 matches away the group stage of a European competition, where they can face major football clubs like Tottenham Hotspurs, AS Roma and Celtic.

Hibernians will be playing their next leg against Riga next Thursday the 12th of August. We wish Hibernians a big good luck for their next leg in Malta.

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