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Naoki Inose, the governor of Tokyo, apologized for comments he made recently about Istanbul, a rival city hoping to host the Olympics in 2020. Inose, who is also the chairman of Tokyo's bid committee, said in a recent interview with The New York Times that Istanbul may be less equipped than Tokyo to host the Games.
International Olympic Committee rules prohibit bidders from making disparaging remarks about rival candidates, and Inose's remarks could lead to a reprimand. Officials from Istanbul have complained about Inose's comments.
In his apology, Inose said that the article focused on a few comments regarding other bidders and did not reflect his "wider thoughts" on the 2020 bid.
"I regrettably acknowledge, however, that some of my words might be considered inappropriate and consequently would like to offer my sincere apology," Inose said in a statement.
On Sept. 7, the I.O.C. will choose a host city for the 2020 Summer Games. Tokyo, Istanbul and Madrid are the candidates.
Chris Froome says he will lead Team Sky at the Tour de France, despite his teammate Bradley Wiggins's saying a decision has not been made by team management. Though Wiggins won the Tour last year, Froome finished second and is widely considered a better climber.
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Tim Taylor, who was the winningest coach in the history of Yale University hockey and coached the 1994 United States Olympic team and four national teams in the world championships, died on Saturday in Branford, Conn. He was 71.
The cause was cancer, said his son, Justin.
Taylor, who turned around a losing program at Yale and coached the Elis for 28 seasons, died only two weeks after they won their first N.C.A.A. men's hockey championship, defeating their in-state rival Quinnipiac University in the Frozen Four final. Yale's current coach, Keith Allain, played four seasons for Taylor as his first goaltender, was an assistant coach under him and succeeded him in 2006.
Taylor turned Herb Brooks down when he offered him a post as an assistant coach of his 1980 Olympic hockey squad, which became the "Miracle on Ice" team that won the gold medal at Lake Placid. Taylor had been coaching at Yale for only a few seasons and was not ready to take a leave. But he would make his mark in New Haven and beyond.
Coaching at Yale from 1976 to 2006, with two leaves of absence to coach in subsequent Olympics, Taylor won six Ivy League championships and was a three-time Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference coach of the year.
He received the Spencer Penrose Award as the N.C.A.A. Division I Coach of the Year in 1998, when Yale went to the N.C.A.A. tournament for the first time since 1952. His 337 career coaching victories at Yale eclipsed the school record set by Murray Murdoch, a longtime Rangers player.
Taylor's Yale players who went on to the National Hockey League included Bob Brooke, Chris Higgins, Ray Giroux and Jeff Hamilton, all of whom played for the Rangers, the Islanders or the Devils.
Taylor was the assistant general manager and assistant coach of the 1984 United States Olympic team, which finished seventh at Sarajevo, and the head coach of the 1994 squad, which was eliminated by Finland in the quarterfinals of the Lillehammer Games in Norway en route to an eighth-place finish.
He also coached the United States to its best finish in the Canada Cup, second place, in 1991. He had played on the national team in 1965 and 1967, then coached it at the world championships from 1989 to 1992.
Timothy Blake Taylor was born on March 26, 1942, in Natick, Mass., and was a member of the family that published The Boston Globe from 1873 to 1999. He was the captain of Harvard's 1963 Ivy League hockey champions and was one of the last two players cut from the 1964 Olympic team. He played for the Waterloo Black Hawks of the United States Hockey League, then became an assistant coach at Harvard before taking the head post at Yale.
He had a career record of 337-433-55 at Yale and was later director of player personnel for the United States National junior team.
Taylor, who lived in Guilford, Conn., is survived by his second wife, Diana Cooke. In addition to his son, other survivors include his daughter, Leah Van Ness Taylor, both from his marriage to Amy Taylor, which ended in divorce; his brothers, Ben, David and John; a stepdaughter, Elizabeth Bashawaty; a stepson, Tim Caputo; a grandson and seven step-grandchildren.
When Taylor graduated from Harvard, he faced a choice between the newspaper industry and the hockey world.
"I don't think I ever seriously considered the newspaper business," he told The New York Times in 1994. He said his father, John I. Taylor, the president of The Globe from 1963 to 1965, told him that "society needs responsible journalists," and he worked for a while on several desks at The Globe.
But, as he put it: "There were enough Taylors around, so that they didn't need me in the business. I saw I'd be a good coach."
This article has been revised to reflect the following correction:
Correction: May 1, 2013
An obituary on Tuesday about the hockey coach Tim Taylor, using information from his family, omitted several survivors. Besides his wife, son, daughter, three brothers and one grandson, he is also survived by a stepdaughter, Elizabeth Bashawaty; a stepson, Tim Caputo; and seven step-grandchildren.
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Rafael Nadal won the Barcelona Open for the eighth time Sunday, defeating Nicolás Almagro, 6-4, 6-3, for his fourth title of the year. This latest victory, with the French Open approaching next month, is a promising sign that Nadal is getting back to full strength after a knee injury that sidelined him for several months.
After trailing, 3-0, in the first set, Nadal found his form and broke his fellow Spaniard in three of his next four service games to take command in a final played in a drizzle. He has made six straight finals since returning.
¶ Maria Sharapova beat Li Na, 6-4, 6-3, to retain her WTA Porsche Grand Prix title in Stuttgart, Germany, in a final between the last two French Open champions. ¶ The former French Open champion Francesca Schiavone won her first title in nearly a year, beating Lourdes Dominguez Lino, 6-1, 6-3, in the Grand Prix SAR final in Marrakesh, Morocco.
