Paolo Rossi’s teammates from Italy’s 1982 World Cup-winning squad spoke of their shock at his death on Thursday.

Rossi’s death aged 64 was announced in the early hours of Thursday by the Italian TV channel RAI Sport, for whom the former striker and star of that 1982 team had been working as a pundit.

I don’t know what to say, it’s a bolt out of the blue,” said Dino Zoff, Italy’s goalkeeper and captain in 1982. “We always had a great relationship with Paolo. He was kind, intelligent … We hadn’t heard from each other for a while and they told us something [was wrong], but I didn’t think it was serious. It’s difficult to understand.”

...The former Juventus and Milan player is widely regarded as one of the best forwards of all time and is most famous for his heroics at the 1982 World Cup in Spain. In the final he scored the opening goal as Italy defeated West Germany 3-1. Earlier in the tournament, in what is still considered one of the best World Cup performances, he scored a hat-trick to beat Brazil 3-2 and send one of the favourites out early.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/dec/10/paolo-rossi-italian-football-great-and-world-cup-winner-dies?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

ATLANTA — Gabriel Sterling, the voting implementation manager with the Georgia Secretary of State's office is mad. During an afternoon news conference on Tuesday, he was visibly shaken up about some of the threats some election workers have received.

"It's all gone too far," he said with a raised voice to start the event. "All of it."

It comes after a 20-year-old contractor for Dominion received death threats, Sterling said. He said the worker received threats with a noose on social media -- saying he should be hanged for treason. He said the tech was transporting a report for batches in Gwinnett County.

"He was just trying to do his job," Sterling said. "It's not right."

...Sterling called on everyone, including the President and senators to condemn this type of action.

"Mr. President, you have not condemned these actions or this language. Senators, you have not condemned this language or these actions. This has to stop! We need you to step up and if you're going to take a position of leadership - show some."

https://www.11alive.com/article/news/politics/elections/gabriel-sterling-message-to-president-trump/85-ac7f0376-b968-4f38-b97c-96034dc25552

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