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The School is Obliged to Give Support

Suara.com – A pair of SMP 01 Ciawi Bogor students are considered to have damaged the nation’s generation because they showed their dance sport on the school grounds. The Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture (Menko PMK) Muhadjir Effendy also commented on the dance action carried out by the two students. Recently, a viral video has circulated of junior high school (SMP) students in Bogor City dancing in the middle of a field and being watched by other students. “They have shown their special talents in the arts. If the teacher can direct them correctly, one day they can…
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Disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar stabbed multiple times at Florida federal prison: reports

Disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar, who was convicted of sexually abusing female gymnasts including Olympic medalists, was stabbed multiple times during an altercation with another inmate at a federal prison in Florida, according to multiple reports. Two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press the attack happened Sunday at United States Penitentiary Coleman. The people said he was in stable condition Monday. One of the people said Nassar had been stabbed in the back and in the chest. The prison was experiencing staffing shortages, and one of the people familiar with the matter said the officers assigned to…
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Cedric Roussel: Ex-Coventry and Wolves striker dies aged 45

Roussel played 43 games for Coventry, scoring 11 goals Former Coventry and Wolves striker Cedric Roussel has died aged 45. Roussel, capped three times by Belgium, partnered Robbie Keane after joining Coventry from Gent in October 1999. He moved to fellow Midlands club Wolves in February 2001 and spent 18 months at Molineux before returning to the Belgian side Mons, where he enjoyed the most success over two spells. “Our legend and ambassador Cedric Roussel passed away this Saturday,” Mons said in a statement on Twitter. “The RAEC Mons family is devastated by this news and offers its most sincere…
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The NHL’s move away from Pride jerseys was ‘really disappointing,’ advocates say

The NHL said this week its teams will no longer wear special jerseys in support of Pride and other causes during, as they have for some time, pregame warm-ups on theme nights starting next season. That the news broke during the height of Pride festivities was just one problem with the policy shift, say advocates for more inclusion in sport. “It’s a really disappointing decision and it’s really, really poor timing,” Harrison Browne, the first transgender athlete in pro hockey, told CBC News Network on Friday. The NHL did not immediately respond Friday to a request for comment. But NHL…
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The Ocean Race: Teams helping track warming sea and plastic pollution

British navigator Will Harris is part of Team Malizia, which bears the slogan ‘Climate Action Now!’ on its sail “I had to jump over the side of the boat with a knife, like a pirate. We had ropes, fishing nets, pieces of garbage stuck around the hydrofoils.” Will Harris is a British sailor competing for Team Malizia in The Ocean Race, which finishes this week in Genoa, Italy, after a 60,000km circumnavigation of the globe over the past six months. The teams have combined navigating what is considered one of the longest and toughest professional sporting events in the world…
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Gymnastics programs dropped from BC schools: coaches, students upset

The governing body for sport for the province’s primary and secondary schools has dropped gymnastics as a sanctioned sport. BC School Sports (BCSS) said the rationale was based on low enrollment numbers and gymnastics typically not taking place within the school itself. In the 2022-23 season, there were only 453 athletes across BC enrolled in school gymnastics, according to the BCSS. The BCSS went on to justify the decision citing a disproportionate number of athletes in school gymnastics coming from the Lower Mainland and Sea to Sky Country. “67 per cent (298) of the 453 athletes came from the Lower…