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2B ❚ WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 2019 ❚ APPEAL TRIBUNE SPORTS BRIEFS United States head coach Jill Ellis listens to a question during a Team USA news conference Sunday in Lyon, France. MICHAEL CHOW/USA TODAY SPORTS Ellis says scoping out World Cup final hotel isn’t arrogance Mick Schumacher to drive father’s F1 car at Hockenheim Ring LYON, France – Preparing for the Women’s World Cup semifinal against the United States, coach Phil Neville was irritated to discover the Americans scoping out England’s hotel. The Americans could move into the hotel if they win the next game. U.S. coach Jill Ellis insisted it was a sign of good preparation rather than ar rogance, but Neville suggested it could be a disciplinary matter for the staff dis patched to the hotel and bad etiquette As the designated home team, Eng land had first choice of hotels and so will the winner of Tuesday’s semifinal as they prepare for the final, which is also being played in Lyon. A pair of U.S. staffers visited the Fourvière Hotel, which is close to the old town, while England was out at a prac tice session Sunday. “I think that’s important to do your job,” Ellis said. “So in terms of arrogance I think that’s got nothing to do with us. That’s planning and preparation for our staff. So I think that’s pretty normal.” Not so, according to Neville. He thinks Ellis should have been far tough er. “We were training, I hope they en joyed the hotel but it’s not something we would do – sending someone round to another team’s hotel,” Neville said. “But it’s their problem. I am sure that Jill probably wouldn’t have been happy with that arrangement. I wouldn’t have been if that was my team ops person go ing round. “I am sure they will be dealing with their own infrastructure within their own discipline problem.” SPIELBERG, Austria – The car Mi chael Schumacher drove to win his rec ord seventh Formula One championship in 2004 will make a return to the Hock enheim Ring next month and his son will be driving it. F1 organizers said Sunday that Mick Schumacher will use his father’s Ferrari F2004 for demonstration runs during the German Grand Prix weekend on July 2728. Mick Schumacher, who is competing in Formula 2 for Prema Racing and is part of Ferrari’s driver academy, will drive the car prior to Saturday’s qualify ing and again before the drivers’ parade ahead of Sunday’s race. “I think it is mega driving this car in Hockenheim,” Mick Schumacher said. “I will be able to drive one of the strongest cars in Formula 1 history there. A big grin creeps into my face.” Four of Michael Schumacher’s 91 F1 race wins came at Hockenheim, while his son won the FIA Formula 3 European Championship on the track in the Rhine valley last year. “It will be an emotional moment see ing Mick at the wheel of a car linked to so many great memories,” F1’s manag ing director for motorsport Ross Brawn said. “The F2004 was a fantastic car, which took 15 wins and both champion ship titles in a season that can be seen as the culmination of a golden period.” Hurricanes acquire Reimer in swap of goalies with Panthers The Carolina Hurricanes have swapped goalies by acquiring James Reimer in a trade with the Florida Pan thers. Florida acquired goalie Scott Darling and immediately placed him on waivers with the intention to buy out the re maining two years of his contract. The Panthers also acquired a sixthround pick in the 2020 draft in the trade made Sunday, a day before the start of the NHL’s freeagent signing period. Reimer helps address the Hurricanes’ immediate need at goalie with costart ers Petr Mrzaek and Curtis McElhinney eligible to become unrestricted free agents. The 31yearold Reimer had a 13125 record and a .900 save percentage in 36 games with the Panthers last season. Overall, Reimer has a 14412019 record in 338 games, including stops in Toronto and San Jose. For Florida, the trade amounted to the team freeing up space under the sal ary cap in dealing Reimer and buying out Darling’s contract. University of New Mexico says goodbye to 4 sports programs ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – An era is ending at the University of New Mexico as the school officially stops four sports programs, including men’s soccer. Head soccer coach Jeremy Fishbein says unsuccessful efforts over the past year to save the program have left those associated with it physically and men tally exhausted. Men’s soccer has been one of the uni versity’s most successful teams, win ning its share of conference titles and making regular appearances in the na tional collegiate tournament. All four programs are set to end Mon day after the UNM Board of Regents vot ed last year to cut soccer along with beach volleyball and the men’s and women’s ski teams to shore up a budget deficit within the athletic department. Officials also said they needed to ad dress compliance issues with federal mandates regarding equal opportunity for female athletes. Fishbein said it has been an honor to coach at the university over the past 18 years. In a parting statement, he described soccer as a progressive and diverse sport that will be part of the state’s fu ture. “The game we all love is too powerful and too important to the youth of New Mexico and the youth of our country,” he said. “It will be up to all of you to con tinue the fight to reinstate Lobo men’s soccer.” Verstappen wins Austrian GP to end Mercedes’ unbeaten streak Simple Cremation $595 Simple Direct Burial $895 Traditional Funeral $2965 SALEM 275 Lancaster Drive SE (503) 581-6265 TUALATIN 8970 SW Tualatin Sherwood Rd (503) 885-7800 PORTLAND 832 NE Broadway (503) 783-3393 TIGARD 12995 SW Pacifi c Hwy (503) 783-6869 EASTSIDE 1433 SE 122nd Ave (503) 783-6865 MILWAUKIE 16475 SE McLoughlin Blvd (503) 653-7076 Privately owned cremation facility. A Family Owned Oregon Business. “Easy Online Arrangements” www.CrownCremationBurial.com OR-SAL0009174-02^_03 SPIELBERG, Austria – Max Verstap pen won the Austrian Grand Prix for a second straight year on Sunday as Red Bull ended Mercedes’ unbeaten streak this season. The Dutchman recovered from a poor start to work his way up to the front of the pack from eighth place, and over took leader Charles Leclerc in a Ferrari with just two laps to go. However, stewards were investigat ing Verstappen’s move to pass Leclerc as both cars touched. Starting from pole position for the second time in his career, Leclerc led the race almost throughout but just missed his first career win. Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas com pleted the podium, ahead of Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel and championship leader Lewis Hamilton, who started fourth after a grid penalty and lost time to replace the front wing of his Mer cedes after 33 laps and finished fifth. Illinois city seeks to help finance women’s baseball museum ROCKFORD, Ill. – Officials in the Illi nois city home to the women’s baseball team that inspired the 1992 film “A League of Their Own” want to help fund a $7 million museum honoring the role of women in the sport’s history. The city of Rockford’s planning com mittee agreed this week to provide $20,000 to help kick off construction of the International Women’s Baseball Center. The City Council will likely vote on the plan next week, the Rockford Register Star reported. The museum, hall of fame and train ing facility will be located near the stadi um where the Rockford Peaches played in the 1940s and 1950s as part of the All American Girls Professional Baseball League. The first phase of the project will build an outdoor pavilion with mon uments that resemble baseball cards and honor women involved in the sport. The first exhibit will be dedicated to Penny Marshall, who directed the film starring Tom Hanks and Geena Davis. It’s expected to be unveiled in Septem ber. The center will announce and unveil eight more exhibits. “Here in Rockford, women who par ticipated in all aspects of the sport will be honored, but perhaps more impor tantly their stories will be used to in spire current and future generations of girls,” said Kat Williams, the center’s president. Williams said women should be rec ognized “as players, coaches, umpires, owners and groundskeepers.” Alderman Tim Durkee spoke of the city’s contribution as the type of project that local government should get in volved in. Durkee said the museum will promote women’s participation in sports and preserve part of Rockford’s history. Switzerland forward Ismaili missing after swimming accident GENEVA – Switzerland forward Flor ijana Ismaili is missing after getting into difficulties while swimming in Italy. Swiss side Young Boys Bern says it has been informed that Ismaili, who plays for its women’s team, has been missing since she had a swimming acci dent at Lake Como in Lombardy on Sat urday afternoon. The club says: “The police searches are still underway. We are very upset and have not given up hope that all will end well.” The club adds, “We are in close con tact with family members and ask for understanding that we cannot make any further comment at this time. We will inform again as soon as we know more.” Italian news agency Ansa reported that Ismaili rented a boat with a friend. She apparently dived into the lake from the boat but did not resurface. The 24yearold Ismaili has been playing for Bern since 2011. – Wire services