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Sports news in brief (March 8-14)

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March 7th, 2013


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Danes are Devils

Manchester United’s commercial director Richard Arnold believes one out of every seven Danes supports the club – approximately 785,000 fans. Arnold made the estimate in a press release announcing a four-year sponsorship deal with Danish online financial services provider Ekspres Bank, in which it will produce an official Man United credit card for its customers, enabling them to win prizes, including match tickets.

 

Wind power breakthrough

The more wind behind you, the faster you’ll cycle, or so it was believed as a new commercial for Danish fuel company OK, which is quickly going viral thanks to its witty take on gaining an unfair advantage without the use of doping, suggests it’s the wind from your behind that is key. The commercial shows a cyclist being trained to fart his way to glory, albeit at the expense of his friends at the back of the peleton.
 

Cornelius content in City

FC Copenhagen striker Andreas Cornelius has indicated that he might leave his club for the English Premier League in four years’ time. Cornelius, 19, who has scored 14 Superliga goals this season, has been linked with several EPL clubs including Sunderland. However, he told Sky Sports “there is still a long way and I still have plenty to learn”, adding that his four-year contract “seems like a good timeframe for me”.

 

Athletes surprise nobody

None of the six Danish athletes qualified for their finals at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Gothenburg. Andreas Bube, the 800m outdoor silver medallist, was particularly disappointing, running only the 19th quickest time; long jumper Morten Jensen, second two years ago, missed out on the final, finishing 15th overall; while Nick Ekelund-Arenanders made the 400m semis but failed to make the final.

 

AC Horsens in trouble

The financial authorities have reported Superliga club AC Horsens to the police for violating rules governing insider information last April. The reportage relates to the club’s decision to formally announce the departure of a board member and the election of a new president less than one day after its AGM on April 12. A spokesman for the club told media that the decision was one the club regretted.

 

Another bad week that Woz

Caroline Wozniacki has had a rocky week. First off, she was knocked out of the Malaysian Open by the world number 186. Then she had to put up with speculation her relationship with Rory McIlroy is faltering. The evidence: they’re not flirting on Twitter. And finally, she was called “sweet”. Urggh! Although to be fair, it was Serena Williams rejecting claims that Wozniacki’s impression of her last year was racist.


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A survey carried out by Megafon for TV2 has found that 71 percent of parents have handed over children to daycare in spite of them being sick.

Moreover, 21 percent of those surveyed admitted to medicating their kids with paracetamol, such as Panodil, before sending them to school.

The FOLA parents’ organisation is shocked by the findings.

“I think it is absolutely crazy. It simply cannot be that a child goes to school sick and plays with lots of other children. Then we are faced with the fact that they will infect the whole institution,” said FOLA chair Signe Nielsen.

Pill pushers
At the Børnehuset daycare institution in Silkeborg a meeting was called where parents were implored not to bring their sick children to school.

At Børnehuset there are fears that parents prefer to pack their kids off with a pill without informing teachers.

“We occasionally have children who that they have had a pill for breakfast,” said headteacher Susanne Bødker. “You might think that it is a Panodil more than a vitamin pill, if it is a child who has just been sick, for example.”

Parents sick and tired
Parents, when confronted, often cite pressure at work as a reason for not being able to stay at home with their children.

Many declare that they simply cannot take another day off, as they are afraid of being fired.

Allan Randrup Thomsen, a professor of virology at KU, has heavily criticised the parents’ actions, describing the current situation as a “vicious circle”.

“It promotes the spread of viruses, and it adds momentum to a cycle where parents are pressured by high levels of sick-leave. If they then choose to send the children to daycare while they are still recovering, they keep the epidemic going in daycares, and this in turn puts a greater burden on the parents.”