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Neck guards have previously been optional in Olympic competition, while in other competitions around the world they are not required.

While the guards are compulsory at youth international level, having to wear the guards will be a new experience at elite level for some of the world’s best players.

The British Elite League has not made them mandatory, despite the fatal incident involving Johnson occurring in their competition, and they are not yet required in the North America’s National Hockey League (NHL).

The NHL – regarded as the number one league in the world – will make the guards mandatory for new players, external entering the competition from the 2026-27 season onwards. However, those who already play in the league will not need to wear the protective equipment.

NHL players will feature at next year’s Milan-Cortina Olympics,, external having not appeared at the past two Games because of disruption to the domestic season in 2018 and concern over coronavirus at Beijing 2022.

The Olympic ice hockey competition will take place in Milan between 5 and 22 February 2026.

Former NBA player Patrick Beverley was arrested after being accused by his teenage sister of grabbing her by the neck with a tight grip and punching her in the eye during an incident early Friday morning at their mother’s home in Fort Bend County, Texas.

Beverley, 37, is being charged with the third-degree felony of assault family/household member impeding breath and could face two to 10 years in prison and/or up to $10,000 in fines. A bond of $40,000 was set, which TMZ reports was posted the same day.

On Friday, Beverley wrote on X, “Please don’t believe everything you see on the internet.”

Later that day, the former Lakers and Clippers player posted a statement on X regarding the alleged incident. The same statement had been published by TMZ and attributed to attorney Letitia Quinones-Hollins, who did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Times.

“Patrick Beverley has no criminal record,” the statement said. “He cares deeply about his little sister — a young lady, a minor. Given that, when he unexpectedly found her alone in the home with an 18-year-old man in the middle of the night, he was understandably concerned, as any brother would be about his sister.

“However, we don’t believe what followed happened the way it’s been described and we look forward to the opportunity to address that in court.”

Beverley indicated in a separate post the next day that his sister “just turned 15.”

“So yea but please keep the fam in prayers,” he wrote.

According to a probable cause affidavit filed Friday, Fort Bend Sheriff’s Deputy Miguel Ramirez was dispatched to a residence at around 3:50 a.m. in response to a possible family violence situation. Ramirez spoke to Beverley’s sister, who said she had gone out Thursday night to see her boyfriend without the permission of her mother, Lisa Beverley.

After Beverley’s sister arrived home, she told Ramirez, her mother had her tell her boyfriend to come over. Once he was there, the affidavit states, Lisa Beverley had her son come to her house.

According to the affidavit, Beverley’s sister said that after Beverley arrived, he “began to tell her a statement to the extent what is wrong with her, in reference to her leaving the residence without permission” and then “grabbed her by her neck with both hands, and picked her up off the ground, by having her feet come up from the floor.”

The affidavit states that Beverley’s sister said her brother “squeezed her neck causing her to feel pain” and she felt like “she was losing oxygen and not able to breathe” for approximately 20 to 30 seconds. Beverley’s sister also stated that he slammed her body against the walls and punched her in the left eye, according to the affidavit.

The affidavit notes that Ramirez saw “markings” on the alleged victim’s neck and petechiae — tiny spots — “in the white part of her eyes.”

The alleged victim told Ramirez that “Patrick Beverley made a statement to her during the assauit, to the extent that he will be the family relative to kill her,” the affidavit states.

Beverley left the residence to follow the boyfriend, according to the affidavit. He returned and informed his mother and sister that the boyfriend had called law enforcement.

“I placed Patrick Beverley in custody and transported him to the Fort Bend County jail to prevent further family violence,” Ramirez wrote.

A court appearance is scheduled for Dec. 15.

Thirty years after Selena Quintanilla’s death, a recently released autopsy report revealed new details about her murder.

In March 1995, the 23-year-old Tejano singer was gunned down inside a motel room in Corpus Christi, Texas, by the president of her fan club, Yolanda Saldívar, who had been accused of embezzling money from Quintanilla.

The autopsy report, obtained by Us Weekly, was carried out three hours after Quintanilla’s death. Her death, which had been ruled a homicide by the coroner’s report, was caused by a bullet wound that had entered through her shoulder.

The bullet’s path continued through her ribs until it eventually punctured her chest and exited her body from her upper chest. The autopsy report shows that the gunshot wound hit the subclavian artery — a major blood vessel that brings blood to the arms, neck and head.

Coroner Lloyd White wrote in the report that her death was “a result of an exsanguinating internal and external hemorrhage, in other words massive bleeding, due to a perforating gunshot wound of the [chest].” It also noted that her clothing was covered in blood.

After Saldívar shot Quintanilla, she engaged in a 10-hour standoff with law enforcement, sitting in her vehicle in the motel’s parking lot and threatening to take her own life. She was later charged with first-degree murder and pleaded not guilty. During the trial, Saldívar claimed that the shooting was accidental, but she was eventually found guilty in October 1995.

Saldívar was sentenced to life in prison, with the potential of parole. The 65-year-old applied for parole last December and was denied in March. Her case will be eligible for review again in 2030.

In the 30 years since Quintanilla’s death, she’s become a mainstay in pop culture. From the posthumous success of “Dreaming of You,” her first album to hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200, to being played on-screen by Jennifer Lopez in the 1997 biopic “Selena,” the singer, dubbed the Queen of Tejano music, continues to leave her mark on the rising generation of Latino artists.

Recently, “Selena Y Los Dinos” a new documentary, was released on Netflix. It features never-before-seen footage filmed by her sister Suzette Quintanilla and closely documents her rise to fame.

“I want to leave a nugget of love for the future generation coming up, that’s embracing Selena and our music,” said Suzette Quintanilla, earlier this year at the documentary’s Sundance premiere. “We are 30 years without Selena, but her legacy is stronger than ever.”

Liverpool forward Mia Enderby has been taken to hospital with a suspected neck injury following her side’s 2-1 defeat at Tottenham.

She appeared to land on her neck after jumping for an aerial challenge and was taken from the field on a stretcher.

There were 22 minutes of stoppage time played at the end of the match, owing largely to Enderby’s injury.

Enderby, 20, has featured in all six of Liverpool’s Women’s Super League games this season and started against Spurs.

Former Sheffield United player Enderby signed a new two-year deal in the summer, having made 42 appearances and scored six goals in her first two seasons with the club.

Liverpool are already without Marie Hobinger and Sophie Roman Haug, who suffered anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries before the international break.

The Reds are second-bottom at the WSL, having failed to pick up any points from their first six matches.