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Peter Norman: Sprinter involved in Black Power salute given posthumous Order of Merit Peter Norman, the Australian sprinter involved in the Black Power salute at the 1968 Mexico Olympics, will be awarded an "overdue" posthumous Order of Merit. He stood alongside Americans Tommie Smith and John Carlos on the 200m podium as the pair protested against racial discrimination. Smith and Carlos bowed their heads and raised a fist clothed in a black leather glove, while Norman wore a badge supporting human rights. Norman, who died in 2006 aged 64, was punished for his role at the time and did not compete at another Olympics. Campaigners have called for a statue to be built in Melbourne in his honour. An Order of Merit is given by the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) to an athlete who has achieved "remarkable merit in the sporting world". "This is an overdue award - the respect for Peter and his actions is still enormous to this day," said AOC president John Coates. "We lost Peter in 2006 but we should never lose sight of his brave stand that day." In 2012, the Australian Parliament apologised to Norman for the "failure to fully recognise his inspirational role before his untimely death". Who was Peter Norman ? Norman's father borrowed a pair of running spikes for his son and he developed into a talented sprinter. At the 1968 Olympics, he broke an Olympic record in the 200m heats and won a silver medal in the final. Gold medallist Smith and Carlos wanted to wear black gloves on the podium in protest at racism in America, but Carlos left his pair at the Olympic village. Norman suggested Smith and Carlos wear one glove each and asked a member of the United States rowing team if he could borrow a badge that read 'Olympic Project for Human Rights', a project set up to oppose racism in sport. Smith and Carlos raised their fists during the American national anthem but the International Olympic Committee took away their credentials and told them to leave Mexico within 48 hours. Following the protest, Norman continued to race but, despite being ranked fifth in the world, he was not selected for the 1972 Olympics in Munich. He retired soon after without winning another title and was not invited to the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. The AOC denied it excluded him, and the US athletics team invited him to stay with them during the Games. Norman remained friends with Smith and Carlos - the two were pallbearers at his funeral and gave eulogies, when they announced the US Track and Field Association had created the 'Peter Norman Day' in recognition of his actions.

big drama in Italy in Juventus vs. Inter match , an early goal by Juve verified by VAR then a red card for Inter in the first 15 minutes , another goal for Juve denied by VAR , then a crazy 2nd half Inter ties and leads 2-1 after an own goal by Barzagli and keeps the lead until 87th minute , when Juve scores 2 goals in 2 minutes by Cuardado and Higuain and become very much closer to win their 7th consecutive title in Serie A

how many chances bayern wasted today

there's a rule in Uefa don't book a Real Madrid player , waiting for Ribery to be sent off

bad news for Liverpool fans , Oxelade Chamberlin will miss the entire season and will also miss WC 2018 , This's his 2nd time to miss WC for injury

surely it was too early replacement for him , he should have stayed 10 more minutes , at least Roma wouldn't have offended , for sorry there's no substitute for Salah in Liverpool , Ings is below average player and Solanke still inexperienced enough

very big match by Liverpool and Salah for instance , but those late 2 goals this could have been easily 6-0 for Liverpool , but now Roma can make another remontada at home and win it all

, and have qualified 1 athlete each in both boys and Girls Triathlon at YOG

King of Clay Rafael Nadal won his 11th title of Monte Carlo defeating Nishikori in straight sets , in other news ski is blue

USA FOR 2ND CONSECUTIVE TIME qualified to the final after defeating France 3-2 with the help of Sloane Stephens who won 2 matches , 3rd was won by Keys to face Czech Republic who defeated Germany 4-1 thanks to a great show by Petra Kvitova defeating both Georges and Kerber in straight sets and other 2 victories by Pliskova and in the doubles

in Italy Napoli defeated Juve at their home 1-0 by a killer header of Koulibaly in the 89th minute , now only 1 point is the deference between the 2 teams before 4 rounds of the end of Serie A and finally we could have a Top 5 league in Europe which'll not be decided until last match

Congrats to Brazil for being the 1st country other than Japan to qualify athletes to Tokyo 2020 OG

Mohamed Salah is PFA player of the year in Premier league

Czech Republic is leading Germany 2-0 after 1st day of Fed Cup Semis , total domination by Kvitova and Pliskova over Georges and Kerber , France tied with USA 1-1 after Mladenovic victory over Coco Vandeweghe

Nadal qualified to his 12th Monte Carlo final after defeating Dimitrov in straight sets , he became the 1st player to win 34 consecutive sets on clay , such a legend and on clay he's on another planet , also great result for Nishikori reaching MC final after defeating Zverev in Semis

Egypt qualified 2 athletes in Triathlon today , but i can't find results of African Triathlon qualification to YOG

what a comeback by the Pacers against the CAVS today , from 17 pts down after 1st half to winning the match thanks to an outstanding performance by Bojan Bogdanovic

http://www.tennisnow.com/Blogs/NET-POSTS/April-2018/Watch-Jared-Donaldson-Goes-Off-on-Umpire-After-Ba.aspx Jared Donaldson shouting at the referee Arnaud Gabas after a doubted cal in his match against Ramos Vinolas

broken bat home run

big victory for Argentina

Cleveland lost their 1st match to Indiana at home , well that doesn't look promising for the CAVS , it should be Toronto's time now to win the eastern conference , but i feel like Sixers can make some upsets here in the East

+ PSG in france now

looking at 39th second of the video , the scottish runner was pushed from a fan in order not to be out of track , so i think in this moment he should have been disqualified and he should've got immediate support