The Score: Donald Trump’s plan to celebrate Tiger Woods’ US Masters win, Italian soccer club dodging the Drake curse, Hawthorn players awkward tee time
US President Donald Trump has grand plans to celebrate Tiger Woods’ US Masters win. Plus, why three Hawthorn players might want to check the AFL fixture next time they plan to play golf. THE SCORE.
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Italian club Roma has gone on the front foot about the latest curse to sweep the world game.
The Serie A giant has named the person who they believe is becoming a real threat to clubs around the globe.
Canadian rapper Drake is the villain in question given the disturbing list of sports stars who lose their next games after getting a selfie or picture with him.
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Roma’s Twitter account has hilariously declared the club is banning its players from having pictures taken with Drake until the end of the season.
On the weekend Paris Saint-Germain’s full back Layvin Kurzawa became the latest victim given he posed with the rapper and was then part of the club’s heaviest league defeat in 19 years when they lost 5-1 to Lille.
Arsenal forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was pictured with Drake holding his Arsenal shirt on April 2. The Gunners would go on to lose to Everton 1-0 at Goodison Park the following Sunday.
Paul Pogba is also on the list after the Frenchman smiled for a picture with Drake after a performance at the Manchester Arena on March 11 while Manchester United teammates Marcus Rashford and Jesse Lingard watched from a box.
United would then be dumped out of the FA Cup by Wolves on March 16 — a game Pogba played in.
Avid golf nut Donald Trump was so moved by Tiger Woods’ Masters victory that he’s decided to award him a medal.
Naturally the US president let the world know via Twitter:
Spoke to @TigerWoods to congratulate him on the great victory he had in yesterdayâs @TheMasters, & to inform him that because of his incredible Success & Comeback in Sports (Golf) and, more importantly, LIFE, I will be presenting him with the PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM!
â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 15, 2019
The medal, the nation’s highest civilian honour, is bestowed by the president to individuals deemed to have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavours.
Trump has presented the Medal of Freedom to numerous athletes since taking office, including NFL players Alan Page, Roger Staubach, and a posthumous award to baseball legend Babe Ruth.
Hawthorn players looked a bit confused on Sunday after their shock loss to St Kilda.
We can reveal this confused state may have slipped into the mindset in the build-up to the Round 4 game, specifically around what day it was scheduled.
Our golf spies at Huntingdale have revealed that three Hawthorn players had been booked in to play on Sunday morning with an 11.43am tee time.
This seemed a tad adventurous given the St Kilda game was scheduled to start at 3.20pm.
Jack Gunston, Luke Bruest and James Sicily were all named on the electronic booking system used by Huntingdale members.
Former teammate Taylor Duryea was the fourth member of the group — and the less confused — given he’d played on Friday night for the Western Bulldogs.
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Which club suspects it has a mole in the ranks and has taken the unusual step of adding the suspect to its leadership group? The move is either a way of setting him up or a gesture of more love that they hope means he doesn’t continue to leak to the press.