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Nike splits with NBA star Irving after anti-Semitism row

Nike splits with NBA star Irving after anti-Semitism row

Agence France-Presse

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Updated Dec 06, 2022 04:36 PM PHT

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Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving walks back onto the court in the final minutes against the Sacramento Kings 02 February 2022. John Mabanglo, EPA-EFE
Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving walks back onto the court in the final minutes against the Sacramento Kings 02 February 2022. John Mabanglo, EPA-EFE

LOS ANGELES, United States - Nike said Monday it has parted ways with Kyrie Irving after the NBA star sparked a firestorm by posting a link to an anti-Semitic film.

"Kyrie Irving is no longer a Nike athlete," a spokesman for the company told AFP.

The sponsorship deal came under pressure last month, when the sportswear giant suspended its relationship with the Brooklyn Nets' point guard.

That came after the team suspended Irving for at least five games citing his "failure to disavow anti-Semitism" either on social media or in meetings with reporters.

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Irving had been under scrutiny since a social media post in which he offered a link to the film "Hebrews to Negroes: Wake up Black America" -- a 2018 film widely condemned for containing a range of anti-Semitic tropes.

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Cynthia Carrion, GAP seeking P78-M budget for gymnasts' camps, welfare

Cynthia Carrion, GAP seeking P78-M budget for gymnasts' camps, welfare

Rom Anzures,

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Young athletes at the Gymnastics Association of the Philippines (GAP) Gym in Intramuros Manila. Photo by Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News.Young athletes at the Gymnastics Association of the Philippines (GAP) Gym in Intramuros Manila. Photo by Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News.MANILA — The Gymnastics Association of the Philippines (GAP) is looking to continue its success following an eventful year which saw them help Carlos Yulo earn his double-gold performance in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

Yulo, Aleah Finnegan, Emma Malabuyo, and Levi Ruvivar’s respective campaigns in Paris were the main highlights of GAP’s 2024, and this led to them being awarded as the Philippine Sports Association’s (PSA) National Sporting Association (NSA) of the Year.

“I’m so happy that we won this award, because I think we earned it. Don’t you think we earned it?” GAP President Cynthia Carrion told a few reporters at the sidelines of the PSA Awards Night on Monday at the Manila Hotel.

The four Filipino gymnasts are a testament to how the country has progressed in the sport, and Carrion was ecstatic of the growth that has now turned into Olympic success.

“From the days when we were, let’s say zero? Now we’re at 20,” scaled Carrion, as she briefly touched on the development that GAP has helped bring to Philippine Gymnastics.

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However, Carrion is eager for GAP’s other potent athletes to shine and exceed as well, much like how Yulo rose into glory.

“I now want to go to 50, I want to have more,” she said. “That’s why I went to the Philippine Sports Commission to defend my budget of P78 million, and I hope that I can get it.”

Carrion is seeking funding for the training and welfare of their gymnasts who are mainly situated at the GAP Gym in Intramuros, Manila, and the funding from the government would be a vital one for them.

“This [budget] is only for 2025, but it’s because I got six disciplines, and it’s like six sports. Others are complaining: ‘How come you are not taking care of the women, the others?’ And that I'm only concentrating on our men.”

Among the main projects that will benefit from the budget that GAP is seeking is the exposure from training camps abroad which Yulo himself, pointed out Carrion, has vouched for.

“We have a lot. We’re going to be joining a lot of World Cups, a lot of training camps,” she said. “Carlos wants us to go to Britain, Korea, the United States, and Japan, then maybe two weeks each, because training camps are very, very important.”

“Training camps make you win, because you go to other champions, see how they are, so it’s very important,” she added.

GAP and their athletes are expected to compete in the 33rd Southeast Asian Games later this year in December.

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