Klopp ending his run at Liverpool
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp took a deep breath and stared into the camera before saying the words that shocked the world of soccer on Friday.
“I will leave the club at the end of the season,” the German said in a pre-recorded interview with club media. “It is not what I want to (do), it is just what I think is 100 per cent right.”
Klopp, who has won the Premier League and Champions League titles in a trophy-laden spell at Anfield, said he was “running out of energy” after more than eight years in charge.
“I am like a proper sports car. Not the best one, but a pretty good one. I can still drive 160, 170, 180 miles per hour, but I am the only one who sees the tank needle is going down,” he said. “The outside world doesn't see that. That's good. So you go as long as you have to go, but then you need a break.”
The 56-year-old Klopp said he told Liverpool of his decision in November. He ruled out joining a Premier League rival should he return to managing.
Kelly Malveaux, a defensive back
who played 10 seasons in the CFL and was a twotime East Division all-star, has died at 47.
The Montreal Alouettes, who Malveaux played for in 2004 and 2005, confirmed his death in a statement Friday. A cause of death was not given.
Malveaux, from Long Beach, Calif., began his CFL career in 1999 playing two games with the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
After spending time with the Amsterdam Admirals of NFL Europe, he returned to the CFL in 2001 with the Calgary Stampeders. He helped Calgary win the Grey Cup that season.
He joined Montreal in 2004 and had a career-high four interceptions that year en route to earning his first division all-star nod.
He helped the Als to the Grey Cup in 2005, where they lost 38-35 to Edmonton. Malveaux joined the Blue Bombers in 2006, and was a division all-star again in 2008 with 63 tackles, two interceptions, and a sack.
He spent his last year in the league with Edmonton in 2009.
The National Football League has
urged teams for years to hire more minority head coaches.
That mission finally seems to be paying off.
Four minority head coaches have been hired this year, including Atlanta's Raheem Morris, New England's Jerod Mayo, Las Vegas' Antonio Pierce and Carolina's Dave Canales, bringing the number of coaches of colour entering the 2024 season to nine, the most in league history.
Richard Lapchick, founder of the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport, called it a “major milestone” for the NFL.
There is still work to be done to achieve equality.
According to the institute's 2023 racial and gender report, two-thirds of the league (66.7 per cent) consists of players who are minorities, with 53.5 per cent being Black. Those percentages don't reflect the percentage of minority and Black head coaches.