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Aaron Hernandez pleads not guilty
Aaron Hernandez pleads not guilty to first-degree murder charge after his indictment in murder trial.
By Susan Candiott
September 6, 2013 -- Updated 2323 GMT (0723 HKT)
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Aaron Hernandez pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder
after his indictment in the killing of Odin Lloyd.
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FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) - Former New England
Patriots star Aaron
Hernandez pleaded not guilty to a first-degree
murder charge Friday following his indictment in the killing of a friend
authorities say was shot five times in an industrial park.
Hernandez firmly answered "not
guilty'' to six charges, including murder and weapons and ammunition possession
charges.
His attorneys agreed ahead of the
hearing that Hernandez, 23, will continue to be held without bail, but reserved
the right to request bail later. The next court hearing was set for Oct. 9.
Defense attorney Charles Rankin
said outside the courthouse that Hernandez's legal team is confident the
ex-Patriot will be exonerated during a trial. "Not one shred of evidence
has been presented yet,'' he said.
The arraignment "is like the
opening kickoff,'' Rankin said. And, he encouraged people to keep an open mind
and let the lawyers and the justice system do their work.
Bristol District Attorney Samuel
Sutter said, in fact, a "tremendous amount'' of evidence has already been
presented. He cited 500 pages of documents released to the press and public,
including search and arrest warrants, affidavits and photographs taken from a
surveillance system at Hernandez's home.
"I think that evidence speaks
for itself,'' he said.
Sutter said he hopes the case will
go to trial within a year but that it can sometimes take two years or more.
A Massachusetts grand jury last
month returned the indictment against Hernandez in the death of Odin Lloyd, a
27-year-old semi-professional football player from Boston who was dating the
sister of Hernandez's girlfriend.
Hernandez was arrested in June and
pleaded not guilty to murder and weapons charges in district court. The
indictment moved the case to superior court, where jury trials in murder cases
are held.
Hernandez, who was cut from the
Patriots within hours of his arrest, has been held at a county jail without
bail.
Prosecutors say the former NFL star
orchestrated Lloyd's killing because he was upset at Lloyd for talking to some
people with whom Hernandez had problems at a nightclub a few days earlier.
Defense attorneys say the evidence
is circumstantial and that the state's case won't hold up.
More than a dozen members of
Lloyd's family attended Friday's hearing, most of them wearing purple. Among
them was Ursula Ward, the mother of Odin Lloyd, who had tears streaming down
her cheeks at one point during the hearing.
Hernandez's girlfriend, Shayanna
Jenkins, and his mother, were seated on the opposite side of the courtroom.
Some people who appeared to be fans
of Hernandez gathered outside the courthouse, including one woman with a
"Team Aaron'' shirt bearing his old jersey number.
Two other men who prosecutors say
were with Hernandez when Lloyd was killed are also facing charges. Ernest
Wallace was indicted on a charge of accessory to murder after the fact. He
earlier pleaded not guilty to the same charge in district court and was ordered
held on $500,000 bail.
Carlos Ortiz pleaded not guilty to
a firearms charge and is being held without bail. He has not been indicted.
Lloyd's body was found by a jogger
on June 17 in an industrial park in North Attleborough, about a mile from
Hernandez's home. Authorities say Lloyd was killed with a .45-caliber Glock,
which they have said hasn't been recovered. But prosecutors say they have video
footage of Hernandez at his home holding what appears to be a Glock, in the
hours before and just after the killing.
Prosecutors have not identified the
triggerman, but according to court documents, Ortiz told police Wallace said it
was Hernandez.
Hernandez's cousin, Tanya
Singleton, also was indicted on a criminal contempt charge after prosecutors
say she refused to testify before the grand jury hearing evidence in the case,
even after they offered her immunity. Her attorney has agreed she be held
without bail.
Hernandez is also connected to the
investigation of a 2012 double homicide near a Boston nightclub. While probing
Lloyd's death, police found an SUV, sought in the earlier killing, at the home
of Hernandez's uncle in Bristol, Conn., the former football player's hometown.
It had been rented in Hernandez's name.
Reported
by Olasubomi Bamgbelu.
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Ferrari driver 'needs Vettel problems' for title
Motorsports
Fernando Alonso: Ferrari driver 'needs Vettel problems' for title
Ferrari's Fernando Alonso says he has not given up hope of winning the World Championship this year but he will need Sebastian Vettel to run into problems.
The Spaniard finished second to his Red Bull rival in Sunday's Italian Grand Prix and is 53 points behind in the F1 title standings with seven races left.
He said: "We need to be realistic now there's a very big gap.
"We don't have enough races or probably the speed to win some consecutive races and reduce the gap by just pace."
Vettel's win was his sixth of the season - making him the first man to win two in a row. Alonso is one of only two other drivers to win two races and his last victory was in Spain in May, seven races ago.
Last season, Vettel closed a 39-point deficit to Alonso after the Italian race by winning the next four grands prix but, just as this season, the Red Bull was a faster car than the Ferrari.
There are a maximum of 175 points still to compete for in the championship but Alonso has to try to close the gap in an inferior car.
The 32-year-old said: "We need to be lucky and we need to have some DNFs [retirements] from Sebastian or something to win the championship.
"With the races left and the points disadvantage, it's hard but, in a way, it was exactly the same last year.
"We could only lose the championship, with 39 points advantage in front of Sebastian after the Monza race.
"We didn't complete the job and we had a DNF in Suzuka [Japan] and some other problems.
"There's still a long way to go."
Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali added: "The fight for the championship is really very difficult but it doesn't change our approach.
"We need to stay there and take the opportunities if they will come. The experience of last year is still burning for us.
"In a sporting way of course, if something happens to them we need to take the opportunity to attack them."
Alonso said he believed Red Bull would not necessarily continue to dominate in the same manner on the tracks coming up, which require the cars to run in higher downforce specification than the last two races at Monza and Belgium's Spa-Francorchamps.
Vettel said he was aware of his advantage but was only focusing on individual races.
"I am not really thinking about the points situation. Obviously we are in a very good position and I am just thinking about [the next race in] Singapore," he said.
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner said even Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton - who is 81 points behind Vettel after finishing ninth in Monza - must still be considered a contender.
Reported by: Phanarin Souvannavong
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/24016996
Frank Lampard to win 100th England cap
Football
England boss Roy Hodgson has confirmed Frank Lampard will earn his 100th cap against Ukraine on Tuesday.
The Chelsea midfielder, 35, will become only the eighth Three Lions player to reach the milestone, joining team-mates Steven Gerrard and Ashley Cole.
Hodgson said he would make one change to the side that beat Moldova 4-0, with midfielder James Milner likely to replace banned striker Danny Welbeck.
England lead Group H but will be overtaken by Ukraine if they lose.
Hodgson said: "Frank will play tomorrow night so that's a quite a first. I've been very lucky to have three players who have reached [100 caps in the same side] and all things being equal Frank will start and get his 100th cap.
"Basically, there will only be one change in the team, that will be the person who replaces Welbeck. I will leave it to you to make your assumptions."
Manchester City midfielder Milner gained a glowing report from Hodgson in the aftermath of the victory over Moldova on Friday.
Hodgson's declaration means right-back Kyle Walker will continue in the side despite pictures being published of the 23-year-old Tottenham player inhaling nitrous oxide.
The England manager said: "I am happy, he has made his apologies and admitted a mistake. It was a long time ago, he'd forgotten it. It would have been much worse had it happened this weekend."
Lampard made his England debut in October 1999 under previous boss Kevin Keegan in a 2-1 friendly win over Belgium at Sunderland's Stadium of Light.Since then he has gone on to score 29 times for his country and has captained them five times.
Captain Gerrard, who along with Cole will equal Billy Wright's 105 caps, said: "It's going to be a fantastic occasion for Frank and I'm delighted for him.
"Me and Ashley did that recently and will move on to be level with the legend in Billy Wright, and we all want to remember it for the right result. I lost on my 100th cap but hopefully it will be different for Frank."
Despite being top of the group, England's place in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil is far from assured and they will face Ukraine without regular strikers Welbeck, Wayne Rooney and Daniel Sturridge, with the latter two both injured.
Hodgson's side are level on points with Montenegro but have a game in hand, while Ukraine are a point behind the leading two teams.
Only the group's top team will qualify automatically for next year's tournament, with the second-placed team facing a two-legged play-off.
As well as headlines about Walker, Hodgson woke up to reports of three England fans being injured during an attack in Kiev on Sunday.
"We deplore that, everyone deplores that and I'm certain people in Kiev deplore that," the 66-year-old said.
"I'm sad it's occurred and I only hope our fans are not going to be put off and the fans aren't so badly injured they can't attend the game."
Reported by: Surasi Mungkornpanich
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24023700
FORMULA 1
Vettel wins Italian Grand Prix
Published: 8 Sep 2013 at 20.49
Online news: Sports
Sebastian Vettel extended his lead in the drivers' world championship to more than 50 points when he drove to a polished victory for Red Bull in Sunday's Italian Grand Prix.
Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel drives at the Autodromo Nazionale circuit in Monza on September 8. The German won the Italian Grand Prix for his sixth win of the season.
The
26-year-old German, series leader and defending triple world champion, survived
a torrid start and gearbox problems as he dominated an intriguing 53-laps race,
the last of the European part of the Formula One season
Vettel came
home 5.4 seconds clear of Fernando Alonso, as the Ferrari driver thrilled the
tifosi with a battling chase in pursuit ahead of third-placed Australian Mark
Webber in the second Red Bull and Brazilian Felipe Massa, fourth in the second
Ferrari.
German
Nico Hulkenberg, who had qualified with a stunning third in his Ferrari-powered
Sauber, came home an excellent fifth to endorse his claims as a possible
successor to Massa next season. Compatriot Nico Rosberg finished sixth in the leading Mercedes
ahead of Red Bull-bound Australian Daniel Ricciardo of Toro Rosso and Frenchman
Romain Grosjean of Lotus. Hamilton did his utmost to pass Grosjean on the final lap, but
in the end had to settle for ninth ahead of Briton Jenson Button of McLaren,
who were this weekend celebrating their 50th anniversary as an F1 team. In the title race, with seven 'flyaway' races outside Europe
remaining, Vettel leads with 222 points ahead of Alonso on 169 and Hamilton on
141. A brief shower shortly before the start caused some pre-race
alarm, but not enough to cause a switch from slick tyres on a significantly
cooler day at the Autodromo Nazionale. At the start, Vettel struggled to establish himself as leader
from the 40th pole of his career, surviving a clattering challenge through the
first chicane to emerge ahead of Massa's Ferrari, the Brazilian having surged
past Webber. In a furious opening, Briton Paul Di Resta was forced to retire
his Force India after locking up the front of his car and colliding with Romain
Grosjean's Lotus. Hamilton, from 12th, rose to 10th before his problems began with
the loss of radio contact. Running on the harder compound tyres, he then picked
up a slow right front puncture and was forced - with the aid of old-school pit
board signals -- to pit, rejoining 19th after 14 laps. By then, Vettel was more than six seconds clear of the field,
Alonso having executed a brilliant pass on Webber and then glided past Massa to
take second. Vettel was warned of front right tyre vibrations by his team, a
problem created when he locked up at the first chicane at the start, and this
began to slow his progress as Alonso chased hard. His lead was cut to 4.8 before he pitted after 23 laps, emerging
third behind Alonso and Rosberg as the Spaniard responded to his team's call to
push hard. Alonso gave the tifosi four laps to dream before he also pitted
and rejoined second behind a reinvigorated Vettel and ahead of Webber, with
no-one able to upset that order before the chequered flag.
Reported By Natchanon Ludphli
FOOTBALL
Springboks quick to
claim underdog tag
The
Springboks landed in Auckland Monday for "the ultimate challenge"
against the All Blacks next weekend, claiming they remain the underdogs despite
New Zealand losing talismanic skipper Richie McCaw.
New
Zealand's Richie McCaw is helped off the field during the Rugby Championship
match against South Africa on September 7, 2013. The Springboks landed in
Auckland Monday for "the ultimate challenge" against the All Blacks
next weekend, claiming they remain the underdogs despite New Zealand losing
McCaw.
Saturday's
clash between the two unbeaten sides in the Rugby Championship comes with the
Springboks on a high after an historic 38-12 win over Australia, their first
ever victory in Brisbane.
The
All Blacks, meanwhile, lacked cohesion when they beat Argentina 28-13 in
Hamilton at the weekend and suffered the loss of McCaw for up to five weeks
with a knee injury.
South
Africa coach Heyneke Meyer described the battle for supremacy in the
championship as the "ultimate challenge, and tougher than we've ever had
before".
Even though McCaw's
absence was a "big blow" for New Zealand, South Africa remained
"underdogs, but we like that tag," he said."I've got a lot of
respect for Richie, he's probably one of the best players that's ever played
the game.
"They've
still got great leaders, Kieran Read and a lot of other guys as well. But
there's only one Richie McCaw and it definitely will be a big blow for
them."
Meyer
also talked up McCaw's understudy, the 21-year-old Sam Cane, saying New Zealand
probably have the best openside flankers in world rugby."Every single New
Zealand openside in Super Rugby is a quality player. They've won a lot of games
without Richie as well and they won't change their game plan," he
said."We know what to expect, and we think the breakdown is going to be a
war like it always is, especially in New Zealand."
Cane
however will give away presence at the breakdown when he pits his 103-kilogram
(225 pounds) frame against the 112-kilogram Francois Louw. McCaw's listed
weight is 108 kilograms.
This
raises the possibility that the fit again Liam Messam could replace Steven
Luatua to add more muscle to the All Blacks loose forward trio.
VOLLEY BALL
Thais move closer
to qualifying
Berth at World
Championship beckons following impressive victory against Taiwan
Published: 7 Sep 2013 at 00.00
Published: 7 Sep 2013 at 00.00
Newspaper section: Sports
Thailand moved
closer to securing a finals berth after beating Taiwan 3-0 in the 2014 FIVB
Women's Volleyball World Championship qualification in Japan yesterday.
World No.16 Thailand, who
defeated Australia in their opening match, comfortably finished off Taiwan
25-18, 25-9, 25-11 in Group A. The Thais have six points from two matches.
World No.30 Taiwan have three points after three games with two defeats and one
win.
Thailand will play Vietnam today and a win over their Southeast Asian neighbours should be enough to send the Thais to the 2014 World Championship in Italy.
Japan have six points with wins over Taiwan and Vietnam. With the top two teams of the group advancing to the finals, the hosts are expected to take one of the two spots. But if Thailand seal a World Championship spot, then it will become a headache for their bosses. As the World Championship and the Asian Games will both take place in September next year, Thailand would have to choose one.
"Every team wants to play in the World Championship, so do we. However, the Asian Games are also important," said Somporn Chaibangyang, president of the Volleyball Association of Thailand.
"It would not be easy to decide. We could not play the two tournaments at the same time because we do not have enough players." Meanwhile, the penultimate tournament of the 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour will be held at Karon beach in Phuket from Oct 30-Nov 3.
The UScopy10,000 tournament is the biggest annual beach volleyball event in Southeast Asia with more than 50 of the world's top teams expected to play. As hosts, Thailand get two automatic spots in the main draw. The semi-finals (Nov 2) and the final (Nov 3) will be broadcast live in Thailand and internationally.
Thailand will play Vietnam today and a win over their Southeast Asian neighbours should be enough to send the Thais to the 2014 World Championship in Italy.
Japan have six points with wins over Taiwan and Vietnam. With the top two teams of the group advancing to the finals, the hosts are expected to take one of the two spots. But if Thailand seal a World Championship spot, then it will become a headache for their bosses. As the World Championship and the Asian Games will both take place in September next year, Thailand would have to choose one.
"Every team wants to play in the World Championship, so do we. However, the Asian Games are also important," said Somporn Chaibangyang, president of the Volleyball Association of Thailand.
"It would not be easy to decide. We could not play the two tournaments at the same time because we do not have enough players." Meanwhile, the penultimate tournament of the 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour will be held at Karon beach in Phuket from Oct 30-Nov 3.
The UScopy10,000 tournament is the biggest annual beach volleyball event in Southeast Asia with more than 50 of the world's top teams expected to play. As hosts, Thailand get two automatic spots in the main draw. The semi-finals (Nov 2) and the final (Nov 3) will be broadcast live in Thailand and internationally.
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