O’Neil will serve a one-match touchline ban at the Etihad Stadium after comments he made in the aftermath of last month’s defeat to West Ham.
World series front-runner Argentina dismissed signs of a slump by blowing away titleholder New Zealand 33-5 to close the Singapore Sevens first day on Friday. Argentina won three successive tournaments until it surprisingly crashed in the Los Angeles quarterfinals in March and failed to reach the Hong Kong quarterfinals in April, when New Zealand beat it 22-0 en route to the title. The loss of star Marcos Moneta to a broken right fibula in Los Angeles seemed to weigh heavier when the Argentines started Singapore by losing to Australia 26-19 for the first time in 15 months.
Trump lawyer Todd Blanche has been unrepentant in defending Trump’s repeated attacks on jurors and witnesses in violation of the court’s gag order during the hush money trial.