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Vinicius Junior confronted fans who racially abused him. Here's what happened next for him, Real Madrid, LaLiga
It's Sunday, May 21 at Valencia's Mestalla stadium. It's the 73rd minute, and Real Madrid are 1-0 down. Toni Kroos is about to take a free kick just outside the box. Vinicius Junior isn't looking at Kroos as he sizes up the set piece; he's facing the crowd behind the goal, gesturing toward them and getting more animated by the second.
Valencia captain Jose Gaya, and Real Madrid teammates Antonio Rudiger and Eder Militao, go to pull him away. But Vinicius won't stop. He's pointing at a fan in the stand. "[He called me] a monkey," he says. "This one." Pointing, again. "This one." Other Madrid players join him, angry now, facing down the crowd. "You don't do that," Lucas Vazquez shouts. "F---ing racists. You're racists."
Valencia defender Cenk Ozkacar tells Vinicius to calm down. Referee Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea arrives and informs the players "I'm activating the anti-racism protocol, OK?" Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois tells De Burgos that he heard similar chants in the first half, too. Vinicius goes across to his manager Carlo Ancelotti, who puts an arm around his shoulder, speaks into his ear and kisses him on the cheek.
After that, Vinicius is back on the field. De Burgos explains -- to Ancelotti, Vinicius, Militao and others -- what happens next: first, a warning over the stadium's tannoy. If the abuse continues, the match will be suspended. In the 78th minute, play resumes.
This isn't the first time that Vinicius has suffered racist abuse this season. It's the eighth incident of the 2022-23 campaign -- and those are just the cases that have been reported, and complaints have been filed.
It happened at Barcelona's Camp Nou in March, and Real Betis' Benito Villamarin. A month earlier, it happened at Osasuna's El Sadar, and Mallorca's Son Moix. In January, a group of Atletico Madrid fans hung a mannequin wearing a Vinicius shirt from a bridge. Four people have been charged over the incident. Vinicius was racially abused at Valladolid in December and outside Atletico's Metropolitano stadium in September.
This time though, the reaction was different. Vinicius' decision to confront those who abused him sparked a global outcry, and that has brought consequences. Three fans have been arrested and are due to appear in court, where Vinicius will also give evidence. Valencia were handed a five-game partial stand closure, reduced to three on appeal, and a long-overdue debate has begun on Spanish football's problem with racism.
This is the story of what has happened since that night at Mestalla -- and what happens next -- as told to ESPN by sources close to Vinicius, his club Real Madrid and LaLiga.
(With additional reporting by Gustavo Hofman and Rodrigo Faez)
Vinicius won't stop calling out racism
Vinicius' reaction in Valencia was the consequence of years of frustration at the failure of others -- football's governing bodies, the courts, referees, the media and even his own club -- to recognise the seriousness of the problem. And he has had enough.
"The prize that the racists won was my sending off!" Vinicius posted on Instagram, before ironically quoting the league's marketing slogan: "It's not football. It's LaLiga."
At Mestalla, his frustration was compounded by receiving a red card in the 97th minute, after being confronted by goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili and then held in an eight-second headlock by forward Hugo Duro. Vinicius was sent off for fighting back; Duro went unpunished.
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Next came a longer statement. "This wasn't the first time, or the second, or the third," Vinicius wrote. "Racism is normal in LaLiga. The competition thinks it's normal, the federation does too, and opponents encourage it. I'm so sorry. The championship that once belonged to Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Cristiano [Ronaldo] and [Lionel] Messi, today belongs to racists.
"I'm sorry for the Spaniards who don't agree, but today in Brazil, Spain is known as a country of racists. And unfortunately, with everything that happens each week, I can't defend it. I agree. But I am strong and I will go to the end against the racists. Even if it's far from here."
That last line, sources told ESPN, reflected previous discussions between Vinicius and his representatives. They had raised the idea of leaving Real Madrid and Spain over the persistent racist abuse he has suffered. The player was "at the limit," sources said, and while he wasn't yet considering a move away from Madrid, floating the possibility -- and leveraging his position as Madrid and LaLiga's best, most marketable young player -- was seen as a way to perhaps force others to take action.
Vinicius has become increasingly aware of the power he wields as one of global sport's rising stars, and he wants to use that status to bring about change. His relationship with sponsor Nike is a case in point. After coming close to parting ways earlier this season -- Vinicius felt he wasn't being treated as a priority -- he and his staff were impressed by the brand's unsolicited support after what happened in Valencia, posting "Stop looking the other way. We stand with Vini Jr.," on their own social media channels.
"They're showing what they can do for Vini" in raising the incident's profile worldwide, a source close to the player said.
England manager Gareth Southgate gives his full support to Real Madrid star Vinicius Jr. who has been subjected to racial abuse by Valencia fans at Mestalla.
Vinicius has also been dismayed by the Spanish criminal justice system's repeated failure to prosecute cases of racist abuse as a hate crime. In December, prosecutors decided not to press charges against Atletico fans for racist chanting outside the Metropolitano. The Madrid prosecutor's office said the chants were "unpleasant," but "lasted only a few seconds" and took place around a "fiercely contested" match. The chanting did not "constitute a crime against the dignity" of Vinicius, they said.
Vinicius' anger at racism in the stands has been exacerbated on the pitch: there's a perception that he's over-aggressively targeted by opponents and gets a lack of protection from referees. He is the most-fouled player in LaLiga -- fouled 121 times in 2022-23, 22 times more than the next player on the list -- but has also received 10 yellow cards. He also feels there is a notable difference between his treatment by Spanish referees, and in the Champions League.
He and his representatives have also been infuriated by the way the Spanish media has handled the issue, often conflating abuse from fans with Vinicius' playing style -- alleging it is "provocative" -- and willingness to stick up for himself.
In September last year, a contributor on late-night talk show El Chiringuito suggested that Vinicius should "stop acting the monkey" during a segment on his dancing goal celebrations. Vinicius responded with a video in which he said that for many, the problem was "the happiness of a black Brazilian triumphing in Europe."
It also included a simple message: "I won't stop."
Real react slowly, as LaLiga seeks more power
Vinicius had not been entirely happy with Real Madrid's support for him this season following racist abuse, sources have told ESPN, until the fallout from Mestalla left them no choice.
In the immediate aftermath, Ancelotti was first to speak. His postmatch TV interview was tense, but that attitude had nothing to do with Madrid's 1-0 defeat. "Do you really want to talk about football?" the coach asked, incredulous when his interviewer began to ask about the result. "I don't want to talk about football. I want to talk about what happened here. LaLiga has a problem."
Teammate and goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois said the team had been ready to walk off if that's what Vinicius had wanted. There were words of support from other teammates, too. But Madrid didn't put out a club statement until lunchtime on Monday, almost 16 hours after the final whistle.
"Real Madrid condemns the events that occurred yesterday involving our player Vinicius Junior," the club said, explaining that they had filed a complaint with hate crime prosecutors.
A later statement sought to link what happened at Mestalla with Madrid's longstanding campaign against what it perceives as unfair and inadequate refereeing, a daily talking point on the club's in-house television channel. "What happened yesterday, and the handling of it by the referees and the VAR, is not an isolated incident, but something that has been happening in many of our matches," it said.
The club offered a public show of support at their next game, against Rayo Vallecano at the Santiago Bernabeu on May 24: the team took to the field pregame wearing Vinicius' No. 20 shirt. "We are all Vinicius. Enough is enough," a pitch-wide banner behind one of the goals read. In the 20th minute, fans turned to applaud Vinicius, who sat alongside president Florentino Perez in the directors' box. His positioning there, rather than in the player's own box, was intended to send a message: this is our fight, not his alone.
Vinicius' reservations about his club's initial hesitant backing were nothing next to his anger at LaLiga, personified by the league's president, Javier Tebas.
Tebas is an atypical football executive, outspoken on everything. When Vinicius posted that "Racism is normal in LaLiga" a swift -- and blunt -- response was inevitable. "Since those who should haven't explained to you what LaLiga is doing, and can do, in cases of racism, we've tried to explain it to you," Tebas wrote. "But you haven't shown up for either of the two agreed dates that you requested. Before criticizing and insulting LaLiga, you need to be properly informed."
A back-and-forth with the player followed. "Once again, instead of criticizing racists, the president of LaLiga appears on social media to attack me," Vinicius tweeted. "Neither Spain nor LaLiga are racist. It's unfair to say that," Tebas replied.
Tebas later said he was "frustrated," feeling that Vinicius wasn't being told about the measures LaLiga had taken -- and could take, under the current legal framework -- on tackling racist abuse. Nonetheless, the damage was done. Tebas had given the impression of picking a fight with Vinicius, rather than expressing solidarity with a victim of racism, and the tweets helped turn an already damaging situation for LaLiga's image into a full-blown crisis.
The league's communications team swung into action, organising sit-down interviews for Tebas with the Brazilian media -- "I didn't mean to attack Vinicius, but if people understood it that way, I have to apologise," he told ESPN Brazil -- and, a day later, a 90-minute news conference, taking questions from journalists around the world.
Tebas said he supported stadium closures, would be in favour of points deductions and said that Vinicius -- or any player -- would have the league's full support if they walked off the pitch after suffering racist abuse. "These have been some of my worst days as president, and as a person," he said. "I'm not a racist."
LaLiga feels its hands are tied by the current framework, which limits it to gathering evidence and passing it on to criminal prosecutors and the Spanish football federation (RFEF)'s competition committee. Each of those bodies -- not LaLiga -- is then tasked with deciding what, if anything, should be done.
The league will push to modify Spanish sports laws and thereby allow its disciplinary bodies to issue their own punishments. Tebas made the hyperbolic claim that they could deal with the issue in six months, but in the context of the never-ending battle for authority between LaLiga and the RFEF -- Spanish football's warring governing bodies -- progress will not be straightforward.
Vinicius hasn't played since that night at Mestalla. A knee problem kept him out against Rayo and Saturday's win at Sevilla, with just one league fixture remaining this season. Ancelotti has insisted that if his star forward were fit, he would have featured. But some time out of the spotlight after such an intense, emotionally draining period must have been welcome, too.
The player will testify in a Valencia court, via video call, as part of the case against the three fans who racially abused him. A date has not yet been set.
Sources told ESPN that Vinicius will keep speaking out, confronting Spanish institutions -- including some sections of the media -- with some uncomfortable truths. And if -- when -- the next, depressingly predictable instance of racist abuse occurs, we'll see if anything has really changed.
Pollard, Narine, Russell, Pooran among TKR's retentions for CPL 2023
"We are very happy to be able to retain most of the Caribbean players from last year's TKR squad," head coach Phil Simmons said. "The experience of Kieron Pollard, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, and Nicholas Pooran coupled with Dwayne Bravo's return gives our squad a very strong core. In youngsters like Akeal Hosein, Jayden Seales, and Mark Deyal, we have some of the best young talent from Trinidad representing TKR."
Knight Riders had the likes of Maheesh Theekshana and Colin Munro among their overseas signings in 2022. Whether they will continue to be part of the set-up will be known during the overseas signings and draft picks that will be announced in late June.
"We're looking forward to the remaining international signings," Simmons said. "I am excited by the player draft coming up soon to complete the roster and put together a strong squad for CPL 2023."
Knight Riders finished at the bottom of the table in CPL 2022. They will start their CPL 2023 campaign on August 19 against St Kitts and Nevis Patriots.
Pierre joins St Lucia Kings
Roshon Primus, Jeavor Royals, Matthew Forde and McKenny Clarke are also among the retainees.
Ireland 172 (Broad 5-51, Leach 3-35) and 97 for 3 (Tongue 3-27) trail England 524 for 4 declared (Pope 205, Duckett 182, Crawley 56, Root 56) by 255 runs
Tongue replaced Stuart Broad - as he did in Ireland's first innings where Broad claimed a five-wicket haul - in the seventh over and struck with his first and sixth deliveries, trapping PJ Moor lbw with one that kept low and drew an outside edge as Andy Balbirnie played away from his body only to find Jonny Bairstow's gloves. An England review secured his third when Ultra-Edge revealed the ball had brushed Paul Stirling's glove as he attempted a pull and Bairstow collected behind the stumps again so that at the close Ireland still trailed by 255 runs.
Ben Stokes declared with a lead of 352 when Pope fell, immediately after bringing up his 200 off 207 balls, again shimmying out of his crease as McBrine tossed the ball up outside off stump and Lorcan Tucker whipped off the bails.
It was Duckett who set the tone though, sharing a 252-run stand for the second wicket with Pope after the pair resumed on 60 and 29 respectively and with England 20 runs in arrears overnight. Duckett scored 101 in the morning session as he and Pope added 173 runs from 29 overs.
But this wasn't the muscular, chest-thumping, roaring aggression we have become accustomed to in the year since Stokes assumed the captaincy and Brendon McCullum became head coach. Only occasionally did Duckett and Pope look like they were trying to make things happen. Mostly they cashed in on some loose Ireland bowling as the gulf between the sides was laid bare.
Pope saw Duckett's 182 and raised it. He survived an Ireland review for lbw on 76 when debutant Fionn Hand struck him just above the knee roll with one that came back sharply as ball-tracking showed it was going just over the top of middle stump. Having lunched on 97 not out, Pope comfortably navigated the six balls he faced across two overs after the interval to bring up his ton by advancing and whipping McBrine past mid-on for a single.
Duckett helped himself to 14 off three deliveries in McBrine's next over, including a slog-sweep for six, and it took the replacement of a misshapen ball for Ireland to remove him, trying to cut Graham Hume's delivery which pitched on a length and angled in to find a thick outside edge and ricochet onto off stump.
The replacement ball kept Pope and Joe Root on their toes for a time as the Ireland bowlers found more movement. But the England duo settled into a 50-run stand off 49 balls with Root, who faced 15 balls for his first five runs, contributing 16 off 23. From there they found their stride with Pope and Root each peeling a six off McBrine, Pope down the ground and Root wide over mid-on.
The first of back-to-back fours off Curtis Campher took Pope past the 150-mark in 166 balls, equalling the previous record for the fastest 150 in Tests at Lord's held by Sir Donald Bradman and which Duckett had smashed by reaching the milestone at a-run-a-ball in the morning session.
Pope also equalled Duckett's earlier feat of adding 100 runs in a session shortly before tea, but there was still time for Root to bring up his half-century and take England past the 500-mark with a pulled four off Campher. Next ball, a leg-side single left Root unbeaten on 52 at tea.
By the time Root fell, he had added 146 runs with Pope and, as England maintained a staggering run-rate of 6.34, it was done with an air that was more clinical than brutal. There is no doubt whatsoever that the hosts will be preparing to unleash the beast once more when the Ashes begin.
Valkerie Baynes is a general editor, women's cricket, at ESPNcricinfo
Gumbie, Marumani, Kaia in Zimbabwe squad for World Cup qualifiers
Full squad: Ryan Burl, Tendai Chatara, Craig Ervine (capt), Bradley Evans, Joylord Gumbie, Luke Jongwe, Innocent Kaia, Clive Madande, Wessly Madhevere, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Wellington Masakadza, Blessing Muzarabani, Richard Ngarava, Sikandar Raza, Sean Williams
The Blaze 133 for 4 (S Bryce 67*) beat Northern Diamonds 129 for 7 (Winfield-Hill 40, de Klerk 3-31) by six wickets
Bryce took the attack to the Diamonds bowlers, using both power and guile to propel her team ahead of the required rate. She notched her first fifty of the competition and ended the contest unbeaten after scoring six four and three sixes. The Blaze can now prepare for their last four fixture, while Diamonds still have work ahead of them after suffering their first defeat.
Diamonds won the toss and elected to bat in the bright sunshine at Chester-le-Street. The Blaze's opening bowlers made life difficult for Winfield-Hill and Leah Dobson, restricting them to just one run off the first two overs as Grace Ballinger sent down a maiden.
Winfield-Hill had trouble timing the ball in the early stages before finding her range in the fifth over, taking de Klerk for two boundaries. Dobson was given a life when she was dropped by Kathryn Bryce for 14 on the boundary, but the visitors still had control of the scoreboard as Diamonds mustered just 26 from the Powerplay.
Gordon made the breakthrough as the drop proved costly as Dobson fell for 19. Hollie Armitage offered a semblance of power as she found the rope three times in a bid to up the run rate. Armitage provided the foundation of the innings with Winfield-Hill with a stand worth 47 before the Diamonds skipper was caught on the fence presenting Gordon with her second wicket.
Winfield-Hill manoeuvred the hosts into a decent position after working her way to 40, but Sophie Munro ended her knock with her first ball of the innings. Bess Heath and Chloe Tryon added quick runs in the closing overs with 19 and 20 respectively, but de Klerk ensured the Diamonds couldn't push towards 140 removing Heath before prising out Tryon and Lizzie Scott with the final two balls of the innings.
The Blaze had no issues getting off to a strong start in their chase of 130. Marie Kelly put the pressure on the Diamonds bowlers from the off, scoring four boundaries to work herself to 19 before Scott produced an inswinger to prise out the opener.
Sarah Bryce kept up the intensity and struck Katie Levick for the first two sixes of the game over long-on. She followed that with further sublime striking to take 16 off Scott's third over, putting the visitors almost halfway to their victory target at the end of the powerplay. Bryce was in full flow at the crease, easily finding the gaps in the field.
The 23-year-old notched her first fifty of the season from 30 deliveries, whittling down the required total. Abi Glen gave Diamonds a glimmer of hope by skittling Kathryn Bruce and Michaela Kirk in successive balls. De Klerk survived the hat-trick ball and with Bryce extinguished the hosts' hope of a miraculous comeback. The Blaze cantered over the line, securing their win with 4.2 overs to spare.
Djokovic survives French Open scare to move on
Two-time champion Novak Djokovic huffed and puffed his way into the French Open fourth round with a 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5), 6-2 win over Spanish 29-seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina on Friday.
Djokovic, who is aiming to leapfrog injured champion Rafael Nadal and win a record 23rd Grand Slam title, came into the match on Court Philippe Chatrier having lost to Davidovich Fokina the last time they met at Monte Carlo.
"I knew it was going to be a very difficult match, a very physical match," Djokovic said. "We played three hours for only two sets. He contested very well.
"He is an amazing fighter and an amazing player. He has very few weaknesses in his game. Congratulations to him for fighting. Bad luck, but he played a great match."
The 36-year-old Serbian player was given an early reminder of his struggles in that 2022 match by the man-bun-sporting Davidovich Fokina, who had the world No. 3 tied up in knots with some heavy hitting and breathtaking drop shots.
Djokovic creaked on serve but hit back when it mattered to level at 3-3 and edged the 83-minute first set with a blistering crosscourt winner that drew huge roars.
A charged-up Djokovic responded to an early break with two of his own but dropped serve again in the wildly swinging second set. He then shrugged off three double faults at 5-5 and a time violation to double his advantage in another tiebreak.
He called the trainer onto court for an apparent left leg issue, sparking fears the injury that accompanied his run to the Australian Open title in January had returned, but pulled away in the third set and crossed the finish line in style.
"A win is a win. The first two sets, three hours, I thought if I lose the second set, I will probably be playing five hours today," said Djokovic, who will play 13-seed Hubert Hurkacz or Juan Pablo Varillas in the next round.
"You have to be ready. That is what Grand Slams are all about, playing best-of-five. You have to believe in yourself and make the most out of it. I am proud of the performance today."
Source: Big 12 talks expansion plan at meeting
Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark said Friday that the conference has "a plan" when it comes to expansion, and while league leaders are satisfied with their current membership, they continue to explore "all options and considerations at this point in time."
A source who participated in the meetings this week told ESPN there were no votes on membership, but there were discussions about scenarios.
Yormark, who addressed reporters via videoconference after the Big 12 spring meetings in West Virginia, was asked specifically about the possibility of Gonzaga or another school joining the conference as a basketball-only member.
"We do see the upside in basketball moving forward for all the right reasons," Yormark said without mentioning any specific schools. "We think it's undervalued and there's a chance for us to double down as the No. 1 basketball conference in America, but football is the driver and we all know that.
"As we think about the future and ways to create value," he added, "there is always that option to decouple basketball from football to see if there's further value we can create for the conference."
A source told ESPN that UConn and Gonzaga were "certainly talked about" in the meetings, which were held at the posh Greenbrier resort, but the presidents and chancellors are in a holding pattern until the Pac-12 announces its television deal.
The Big 12 is adding four members -- BYU, Houston, Cincinnati and UCF -- in time for the college football season.
Texas Tech president Lawrence Schovanec, who joined the videoconference with Yormark, said the Big 12's current presidents and chancellors have certain priorities they are weighing as expansion discussions continue.
"Our institutions share the same high academic standards and we compete at a very high level athletically, so naturally those sort of criteria enter into our considerations, but also I think we have to open to this changing landscape of athletics," Schovanec said. "That's one of the skills and perspectives Brett brings us. We're taking a very open attitude, weighing all the different issues that are presented, and when the timing is right and the situation is right, we'll make a decision."
Since he was hired in August, Yormark has been outspoken in his desire to make the Big 12 a "national conference in our makeup from coast to coast." He created some friction with the Pac-12 when he announced at the league's media days last year that the Big 12 was "open for business."
Yormark also said Friday that the conference will equally distribute a record $440 million to the 10 members from last year, which means Oklahoma and Texas will each receive $44 million before joining the SEC in 2024.
The commissioner also said the Big 12 will announce a "brand refresh" next year that could include "different colors and applications," but the conference won't change its logo or name.
Oklahoma City Thunder forward Aleksej Pokusevski suffered a small fracture in his upper right arm during an offseason workout and will be reevaluated in four to six weeks, the team announced.
Pokusevski, 21, averaged 8.1 points, 4.7 rebounds and 1.3 blocks in 34 games (25 starts) last season. He suffered a broken left leg in December that sidelined him for two months.
Pokusevski has contributed 7.9 points, 4.9 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 140 career games (65 starts) with the Thunder since being selected with the 17th overall pick of the 2020 NBA draft.
The Utah Jazz's G League affiliate, the Salt Lake City Stars, is hiring former Marquette coach Steve Wojciechowski as head coach, sources told ESPN on Friday.
Wojciechowski, who has been living in the Salt Lake City area since departing Marquette in 2021, has been eager to make the leap into pro coaching and now lands with a franchise replete with young players and three first-round picks in the 2023 NBA draft.
He had spent time around the Jazz organization over the past two years, especially in the 2021-22 season because of his longtime relationship with former Jazz coach Quin Snyder. Wojciechowski spent time this past season attending some Jazz practices and building a relationship with coach Will Hardy.
Wojciechowski joins Snyder as one of several college coaches who have made the transition to the NBA through the G League, where teaching and development is often paramount to organizations over results in the standings.
In seven seasons at Marquette, Wojciechowski had a 128-95 (.574) record with two trips to the NCAA tournament and one NIT appearance. After Marquette, he spent a summer as an assistant coach for USA Basketball's 2022 AmeriCup team.
Wojciechowski was an All-American and national defensive player of the year at Duke, where he spent 15 seasons as an assistant under Hall of Fame coach Mike Krzyzewski.
The Phoenix Suns and Frank Vogel are finalizing a five-year deal to make him the franchise's next coach, sources told ESPN on Friday.
The Suns offered Vogel the job on Friday morning and nearing completion on a long-term deal that'll deliver him the chance to coach All-NBA stars Devin Booker and Kevin Durant, sources said.
Vogel emerged from a finalist group that included former Philadelphia 76ers coach Doc Rivers and Suns assistant Kevin Young, sources said. Vogel comes with a 2020 NBA championship as head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers and a history of constructing elite defenses.
The Suns were engaged in talks with Nick Nurse among a group of finalists before eventually landing on Vogel, another championship coach. Nurse accepted the Sixers job this week. Mat Ishbia, general manager James Jones and CEO Josh Bartelstein were among the principals who worked through the process to secure Vogel.
The team has been pursuing a successor to Monty Williams, who was fired after Phoenix lost in the Western Conference semifinals to the eventual conference champion Denver Nuggets. Williams was hired earlier this week as the new head coach of the Detroit Pistons.
Phoenix gave strong consideration to Young, who was Williams' top assistant, and the team is hopeful that Young might stay on Vogel's staff, sources said. Young has several options elsewhere in the NBA, too.
This will be Vogel's fourth time as a head coach, after stops with the Lakers, Orlando Magic and Indiana Pacers. Before winning a title in L.A., Vogel led the Pacers to the Eastern Conference semifinals twice. Vogel has had the NBA's top-rated defense three times in his career -- twice with Indiana and once with the Lakers, according to ESPN Stats & Information data.
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