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Mexican Footballer Banned for Spitting Amid Swine Flu Outbreak
2009-05-05 04:54:02.195 GMT
By Dan Baynes
May 5 (Bloomberg) -- A Mexican soccer player was banned for
“spitting and blowing nasal secretions” at an opponent’s face in
a gesture interpreted as a mocking threat to spread swine flu,
the South American Football Confederation said.
Hector Reynoso, a Chivas-Guadalajara defender, was
provisionally suspended from the Copa Libertadores, South
America’s top club competition, for the incident involving
Everton’s Sebastian Penco during an April 29 game in Vina del
Mar, Chile, the confederation said in a statement.
“This situation, lamentable in its own right, was
aggravated by the risk of a possible infection of the disease
A(H1N1) (swine flu),” the confederation said on its Web site.
Reynoso denied spitting at his Chilean opponent. He has 72
hours to appeal. The Wall Street Journal, describing the
incident, said Reynoso “went through an elaborate pantomime of
infecting Mr. Penco with the swine flu virus.”
“I know that I was mistaken,” Reynoso said in a statement
on Chivas’s Web site. “I’ll learn from this as a person and a
professional footballer.”
Chivas players complained that their opponents taunted them
with remarks about swine flu during the 1-1 draw with Everton,
the Wall Street Journal said. Midfielder Gonzalo Pineda said the
team was made to “feel like lepers” when visiting a shopping
mall before the match.
The confederation postponed this week’s Copa Libertadores
round of 16 matches involving Mexican teams Chivas and San Luis
after Chile and Colombia said they wouldn’t act as host for
their games. Visiting teams have refused to play in Mexico.
San Luis was scheduled to host Nacional of Uruguay, while
Brazil’s Sao Paulo was due to visit Chivas.
The outbreak of swine flu, formally known as influenza A
(H1N1), has caused 26 deaths in Mexico and sickened more than
1,000 people in 21 countries. The World Health Organization said
it’s bracing for the possibility the disease will worsen.
2009-05-05 04:54:02.195 GMT
By Dan Baynes
May 5 (Bloomberg) -- A Mexican soccer player was banned for
“spitting and blowing nasal secretions” at an opponent’s face in
a gesture interpreted as a mocking threat to spread swine flu,
the South American Football Confederation said.
Hector Reynoso, a Chivas-Guadalajara defender, was
provisionally suspended from the Copa Libertadores, South
America’s top club competition, for the incident involving
Everton’s Sebastian Penco during an April 29 game in Vina del
Mar, Chile, the confederation said in a statement.
“This situation, lamentable in its own right, was
aggravated by the risk of a possible infection of the disease
A(H1N1) (swine flu),” the confederation said on its Web site.
Reynoso denied spitting at his Chilean opponent. He has 72
hours to appeal. The Wall Street Journal, describing the
incident, said Reynoso “went through an elaborate pantomime of
infecting Mr. Penco with the swine flu virus.”
“I know that I was mistaken,” Reynoso said in a statement
on Chivas’s Web site. “I’ll learn from this as a person and a
professional footballer.”
Chivas players complained that their opponents taunted them
with remarks about swine flu during the 1-1 draw with Everton,
the Wall Street Journal said. Midfielder Gonzalo Pineda said the
team was made to “feel like lepers” when visiting a shopping
mall before the match.
The confederation postponed this week’s Copa Libertadores
round of 16 matches involving Mexican teams Chivas and San Luis
after Chile and Colombia said they wouldn’t act as host for
their games. Visiting teams have refused to play in Mexico.
San Luis was scheduled to host Nacional of Uruguay, while
Brazil’s Sao Paulo was due to visit Chivas.
The outbreak of swine flu, formally known as influenza A
(H1N1), has caused 26 deaths in Mexico and sickened more than
1,000 people in 21 countries. The World Health Organization said
it’s bracing for the possibility the disease will worsen.
2009-05-05 04:54:02.195 GMT
By Dan Baynes
May 5 (Bloomberg) -- A Mexican soccer player was banned for
“spitting and blowing nasal secretions” at an opponent’s face in
a gesture interpreted as a mocking threat to spread swine flu,
the South American Football Confederation said.
Hector Reynoso, a Chivas-Guadalajara defender, was
provisionally suspended from the Copa Libertadores, South
America’s top club competition, for the incident involving
Everton’s Sebastian Penco during an April 29 game in Vina del
Mar, Chile, the confederation said in a statement.
“This situation, lamentable in its own right, was
aggravated by the risk of a possible infection of the disease
A(H1N1) (swine flu),” the confederation said on its Web site.
Reynoso denied spitting at his Chilean opponent. He has 72
hours to appeal. The Wall Street Journal, describing the
incident, said Reynoso “went through an elaborate pantomime of
infecting Mr. Penco with the swine flu virus.”
“I know that I was mistaken,” Reynoso said in a statement
on Chivas’s Web site. “I’ll learn from this as a person and a
professional footballer.”
Chivas players complained that their opponents taunted them
with remarks about swine flu during the 1-1 draw with Everton,
the Wall Street Journal said. Midfielder Gonzalo Pineda said the
team was made to “feel like lepers” when visiting a shopping
mall before the match.
The confederation postponed this week’s Copa Libertadores
round of 16 matches involving Mexican teams Chivas and San Luis
after Chile and Colombia said they wouldn’t act as host for
their games. Visiting teams have refused to play in Mexico.
San Luis was scheduled to host Nacional of Uruguay, while
Brazil’s Sao Paulo was due to visit Chivas.
The outbreak of swine flu, formally known as influenza A
(H1N1), has caused 26 deaths in Mexico and sickened more than
1,000 people in 21 countries. The World Health Organization said
it’s bracing for the possibility the disease will worsen.
2009-05-05 04:54:02.195 GMT
By Dan Baynes
May 5 (Bloomberg) -- A Mexican soccer player was banned for
“spitting and blowing nasal secretions” at an opponent’s face in
a gesture interpreted as a mocking threat to spread swine flu,
the South American Football Confederation said.
Hector Reynoso, a Chivas-Guadalajara defender, was
provisionally suspended from the Copa Libertadores, South
America’s top club competition, for the incident involving
Everton’s Sebastian Penco during an April 29 game in Vina del
Mar, Chile, the confederation said in a statement.
“This situation, lamentable in its own right, was
aggravated by the risk of a possible infection of the disease
A(H1N1) (swine flu),” the confederation said on its Web site.
Reynoso denied spitting at his Chilean opponent. He has 72
hours to appeal. The Wall Street Journal, describing the
incident, said Reynoso “went through an elaborate pantomime of
infecting Mr. Penco with the swine flu virus.”
“I know that I was mistaken,” Reynoso said in a statement
on Chivas’s Web site. “I’ll learn from this as a person and a
professional footballer.”
Chivas players complained that their opponents taunted them
with remarks about swine flu during the 1-1 draw with Everton,
the Wall Street Journal said. Midfielder Gonzalo Pineda said the
team was made to “feel like lepers” when visiting a shopping
mall before the match.
The confederation postponed this week’s Copa Libertadores
round of 16 matches involving Mexican teams Chivas and San Luis
after Chile and Colombia said they wouldn’t act as host for
their games. Visiting teams have refused to play in Mexico.
San Luis was scheduled to host Nacional of Uruguay, while
Brazil’s Sao Paulo was due to visit Chivas.
The outbreak of swine flu, formally known as influenza A
(H1N1), has caused 26 deaths in Mexico and sickened more than
1,000 people in 21 countries. The World Health Organization said
it’s bracing for the possibility the disease will worsen.