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Tiger Woods paid tribute to his parents, who he described as “my biggest fan,” on Tuesday by revealing that his mother Kutilda had passed away. ”

“It is with heartfelt sadness that I want to share that my dear mother, Kultida Woods, passed away early this morning,” the 15-time major champion wrote on Instagram.

“My Mom was a force of nature all her own, her spirit was simply undeniable. She had a quick laugh and a quick needle. She was my biggest fan, and greatest supporter, without her none of my personal achievements would have been possible.

“She was loved by so many, but especially by her two grandchildren, Sam and Charlie.

In this difficult time for me and my family, I thank you all for your prayers, privacy, and support. Love you Mom. ”

In Bangkok in the late 1960s, Thai national Kutilda met Woods’ father Earl while he was a member of the US military.

Woods has frequently elatedly described how his mother’s support helped shape his career, noting in an interview that he was more afraid of her than his father, and is present on the course during his greatest successes.

“He was very worldly and deep in his thinking,” Woods said of his father. “My mom was the enforcer. Although my father may have served in the Special Forces, I never worried about him.

Real Madrid’s Copa del Rey quarter-final against Leganes will be played on Tuesday against Chelsea, and Carlo Ancelotti confirmed that Kylian Mbappe would have a bruised calf and backed his club’s complaints about Spanish refereeing.

Espanyol’s Carlos Romero hit French striker Mbappe down during their 1-0 defeat to the league leaders on Saturday, avoiding a red card and going on to score the winning goal.

Madrid criticized refereeing in Spain as “rigged” and “completely discredited,” in a letter to the Spanish football federation on Monday.

“Mbappe started to train today, yesterday we gave him an extra day of recovery”, Ancelotti told reporters.

He trained normally, but he will miss the game tomorrow because he has a bruised calf.

After the game, Ancelotti claimed that Romero’s decision to not send him off was “inexplicable” and that he had reiterated his position prior to the Leganes’ clash.

“We’re talking about something that’s inexplicable, we’re talking above all about the welfare of the players, and what Madrid’s message asks for is an explanation, and that seems right to me”, said Ancelotti.

We want an explanation of what transpired and why no action was taken to protect the player’s welfare.

Additionally, Ancelotti stated that David Alaba, who had been ruled out with a thigh injury earlier on Tuesday, and Jude Bellingham, who had been ruled out with a knock.

The Austrian defender will miss between two and three weeks, according to Ancelotti.

Alaba, who was only recently back from a year-long knee injury layoff, is unlikely to play in the Champions League play-off game against Manchester City on Saturday. He will not be able to play in the derby against Atletico Madrid.

On February 11, Los Blancos will face the Premier League side in Manchester, followed by the second leg on February 19.

With another thigh injury, Antonio Rudiger, who is likely to start at center-back for Madrid, is a major doubt.

For Madrid’s defense, Eder Militao and Dani Carvajal have been out for a long time due to injury.

“Unfortunately in the last two days we’ve lost two important players, that’s something we did not contemplate… Alaba was ready to play tomorrow, as he had good feelings”, said Ancelotti.

“It’s a moment of emergency which we have to bear out, because these are small problems, Alaba will be out for 15-20 days, Rudiger the same, so we have to deal with it with (the players) we have”.

Luis de la Fuente, the coach of Spain, said he had no idea the scale of the scandal or how to silence it at the forced kiss trial of the former football federation chief.

Jenni Hermoso, who had just helped Spain defeat England in the 2023 Women’s World Cup final in Australia, was the subject of Rubiales’ kiss, which sparked outrage all over the world.

Hermoso has become a symbol of the fight against sexism and macho culture as a result of Rubiales’ scandal, which forced him to resign in disgrace that year.

For Rubiales, the prosecution wants one year in prison for the forced kiss, and 18 months for allegedly coercing Hermoso, 34, to downplay the incident.

Rubiales, 47, has called the kiss an innocuous “peck between friends celebrating” and denied any coercion.

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De la Fuente claimed to have no knowledge of a press release released in Hermoso’s name to a court hearing in Madrid, which he had prepared to stoke the growing outcry.

The men’s team coach, appointed during Rubiales ‘ 2018-2023 tenure, said he found out about the kiss on the plane but was “unaware of the scale” of the backlash.

He claimed he “didn’t exchange a word” with federation press chief Patricia Perez Requena during a crisis meeting between senior federation officials on August 23, 2023.

De la Fuente said, “We’re getting into a huge mess with the kiss business,” but we continued to speak about issues that bothered him.

Pablo Garcia Cuervo, a former communications director before the scandal broke out, made a statement defending his role in writing it.

Hermoso’s lawyer claimed in an interview that he had obtained her permission to write it.

He feared that Hermoso would “change her version” as the scandal spread back home and he denied asking her to appear in a video with Rubiales.

“Hermoso is a rather influence-prone and pretty manipulable person, so she can change her opinion”, Cuervo said.

Hermoso claimed on Monday that she felt “disrespected” following a “should not happen in any social or work setting.”

The trial will continue until February 19 until then.

Following Khvicha Kvaratskhelia’s departure last month, Napoli announced on Monday the signing of AC Milan attacker Noah Okafor.

Switzerland’s Okafor arrives at the Serie A leaders on loan until the end of the season, with an option to buy.

Georgia’s Kvaratskhelia left Napoli in January for Paris Saint-Germain in a deal worth a reported 70 million euros ($72 million).

Aurelio De Laurentiis, the owner of Napoli, said, “Welcome Noah,” on X.

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De Laurentiis had attempted to sign Borussia Dortmund’s Karim Adeyemi and Fenerbahce’s Allan Saint-Maximim before turning his attention to Okafor.

Since joining Milan from Salzburg in July 2023, the 24-year-old has only managed one goal in 11 league games this year.

Before hosting Udinese on Sunday, Napoli are three points clear of Inter Milan in the standings.