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Celtic twice lost a lead as they gained their first Champions League point in a 2-2 home draw with 10-man Atletico Madrid sports
Kyogo Furuhashi got Celtic off to a flying start with his second goal in two Champions League games and Luis Palma quickly restored Celtic’s lead after Antoine Griezmann scored following his own saved penalty sports
Celtic were deservedly on course for a first Champions League group-stage home win in 10 years following a first-half display full of pace and purpose but they started slowly after the break and Alvaro Morata levelled inside eight minutes of the restart sports
The Scottish champions never rediscovered their spark - even after Atletico went down to 10 men in the 82nd minute - and their run without a home win at this level is now at 12 games sports
Feyenoord’s win over Lazio left Celtic three points adrift of the Italians at the bottom of Group E, halfway through the campaign with trips to Spain and Rome to follow sports
The build-up to the game had been dominated by internal and external strife sports
Thousands of Celtic fans defied the club before kick-off by displaying Palestine flags, an act which will inevitably lead to UEFA sanctions sports
Atletico’s decision to dispense with their striped shirts and wear an all-red top based on the one worn by the team that beat Celtic in the 1974 European Cup semi-finals also opened old wounds sports
Two of the team that gained a goalless first-leg draw at Parkhead had travelled with the current side but the tribute did not go down well among the Celtic support given Atletico had three men sent off and seven others booked in that brutal encounter sports
Furuhashi ignited the highly-charged atmosphere inside four minutes following a one-touch move sports
The Japan international twice exchanged passes with Matt O’Riley before taking a touch and slotting home from six yards sports
There was a blow for Brendan Rodgers moments later when Reo Hatate went off injured sports
The Celtic manager brought on 21-year-old midfielder Paulo Bernardo, who is yet to start a game since his loan move from Benfica sports
The home side remained positive, roared on by the crowd as they pressed Atletico high up the park, but the visitors levelled in the 25th minute after Greg Taylor was penalised for a trip on Nahuel Molina sports
Joe Hart saved Griezmann’s penalty at full stretch but the France international dispatched the rebound sports
Taylor atoned three minutes later when he played a searching ball beyond right-back Molina which sent Daizen Maeda in behind sports
The resulting cross found fellow winger Palma and the Honduran took a touch and rifled a shot in off the post sports
Luis Palma gave Celtic the lead for a second time (Getty Images)Palma had been denied a late goal against Lazio three weeks ago by a marginal VAR ruling and an offside decision soon went Celtic’s way after Axel Witsel headed home from a set-piece sports
O’Riley had earlier threatened with a first-time strike which was met with a diving save as Celtic continued to attack with verve sports
Diego Simeone made two half-time changes and substitute Marcos Llorente vindicated his introduction within eight minutes as he crossed for Morata to equalise with a diving header sports
Morata and Llorente both threatened and Rodgers responded by bringing on centre-back Nat Phillips for Palma and changing formation sports
Atletico continued to boss possession and Celtic were contributing to their difficulties with some slack passing sports
Hart saved well from Morata after the Spain international turned Cameron Carter-Vickers sports
Celtic got a lifeline when Argentinian midfielder Rodrigo de Paul received a second yellow card following a sliding tackle on Bernardo sports
Substitute James Forrest shot not far over but Celtic could not seriously trouble the 10 men sports
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As often was the case amid an American society embedded in racism in the 1980s, Muhammed Ali put it best sports
Advising black racing driver Willy T Ribbs, the people’s champion made his point in no uncertain terms: “There are Blacks in my sport sports
But there are no Blacks in your sport sports
“They’re going to want to kill you sports
”Yet for all the death threats, discrimination and abuse, Ribbs had long decided that the only option was to meet the uphill battle head-on sports
He made history in 1986 when he became the first Black driver to test an F1 car sports
Five years later, he was the first to race in the Indy 500, one of the world’s most famous events sports
But on the course of that journey, Ribbs faced it all sports
Don’t let me tell you though; let the man himself sports
“Of course, there were death threats, the n-word,” he reflects, in a slow but deadpan fashion that tells you the wounds have long since healed sports
Instead, the metaphorical bruises are worn with pride sports
“But I enjoyed it sports
It didn’t make me mad, it was fun sports
I was going to dish out what they were dishing out to me, it never scared or intimidated me sports
I actually enjoyed it because it was motivating sports
I was never going to play the victim, that was not Willy T Ribbs sports
”Now 68, Ribbs is an ambassador for Formula One, raising awareness for diversity and equality sports
A role given a matter of months after his riveting biopic movie, Uppity, was released in 2020 sports
So titled because that was his nickname in motorsport circles – “and he loved it” sports
But to this interview, he’s late sports
And he apologises, quipping: “Race drivers are never late, you know! Or they’re not supposed to be…”Son to William “Bunny” Ribbs, an amateur racer himself, Willy’s career path was set in stone from day dot it seems sports
It was the racing way or the highway sports
Ribbs faced an avalanche of racism and abuse throughout his career (Getty)“I was born in this sport,” he tells The Independent, from his home in Texas sports
“I watched it from three years old when my dad was racing, watching the likes of Jim Clark and Graham Hill sports
That’s all that was discussed in the family sports
We didn’t discuss any other sport sports
“I was lucky, I think sports
At nine years old, I knew what I wanted to do and I knew what my career path was going to be sports
Most kids that age don’t know what the hell they’re going to do, but I did sports
And I didn’t want to be an amateur at it – I wanted it to be a profession and I wanted it to be Formula One sports
”He learned his craft, in the UK, racing alongside future F1 world champion Nigel Mansell in Formula Ford in the mid-1970s sports
He raced in Nascar and the Trans-Am Series, later on, too sports
But his F1 calling, in ’86, came in the Portuguese town of Estoril sports
Bernie Ecclestone’s Brabham team – “Bernie has always been good to Willy T Ribbs” – gave the American the chance to buck the trend and become a true trailblazer sports
But the tag was not something he felt comfortable with at the time sports
Ribbs made history in an F1 test in 1986 and in the Indy 500 in 1991 (Getty)“All that mattered was I thought of myself as a race driver,” he says sports
“I had two responsibilities: to myself and to my team sports
For those who record social history, that’s their job [to say trailblazer] – but I’m not going to carry that weight on my shoulders sports
“Sure sports
I was a role model because I was doing something no other Black kid had done sports
And great, if that’s the category they want to put me in and how they want to document it sports
But for me? It was about going fast sports
”It was a mindset of not bowing to the status quo, embodied most especially in the late 20th century by Ali sports
“What I admired about him the most was not his sports boxing skills,” Ribbs says of Ali sports
“What I admired about him was his resolve as a man, not to be squashed, manipulated or controlled sports
Ali said: ‘You have to let them know that you can’t be killed, there’s nothing they can do to you, and then they’ll leave you alone for a while sports
’”Now in motor racing, the baton has been passed on to seven-time Formula One world champion and the sport’s only Black driver Lewis Hamilton, whom Ribbs is full of praise about sports
“Lewis Hamilton, after seven world titles and more victories than any other human being, gets unfairly targeted,” insists Ribbs sports
“If you can equate it to Tiger Woods, what did Tiger Woods do for golf? He broadened the audience sports
The attention went off the chart sports
That’s exactly what happened in F1 – Lewis Hamilton has been Formula One’s Tiger Woods sports
“He’s a very kind man sports
He’ll let it roll off, turn the other cheek – I wasn’t that way sports
He deals with it and in a lot of cases it’s unfair sports
Then again, he is in an environment which was not nearly as brutal as I was dealing with sports
Willy T Ribbs was treated differently sports
”The third-person references point to a man who is now comfortable in his own skin; in the significance of the struggle – and what it means to many around the world sports
And despite a sport notoriously still dominated by white men, progress is being made sports
“One thing I love about Formula One is not only is it evolving commercially around the world, it’s evolving socially,” he says sports
“When F1 hired me, I asked them: ‘What made you make this call?’“They said: ‘We watched your film and we thought you’d be the perfect person for inclusion and equality in Formula One sports
’“I said: ‘Well, you called the right guy’ sports
”More aboutMuhammed AliLewis HamiltonBlack History MonthFormula 11/3F1 icon Willy T Ribbs: ‘I was never going to play the victim’F1 icon Willy T Ribbs: ‘I was never going to play the victim’Ribbs faced an avalanche of racism and abuse throughout his careerGetty ImagesF1 icon Willy T Ribbs: ‘I was never going to play the victim’Ribbs made history in an F1 test in 1986 and in the Indy 500 in 1991Getty ImagesF1 icon Willy T Ribbs: ‘I was never going to play the victim’‘Sure sports
I was a role model because I was doing something no other Black kid had done sports
But for me? It was about going fast’ Getty✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today sports
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