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Worcester held on for a gripping 23-23 Aviva Premiership draw against Gloucester after their former Bath flanker Alafoti Faosiliva was sent off at Sixways.The Warriors appeared well on course to christen their new artificial pitch in style when they opened up a 20-9 lead, but Gloucester hit back following Faosilivas red card.Faosiliva appeared to lead with his forearm in a 52nd-minute challenge on Gloucester lock Mariano Galarza, who required a lengthy spell of treatment on the pitch before going off.Gloucester then scored tries through centre Matt Scott and wing Henry Purdy, but they remain without a league win at Worcester since 2010 after touchdowns from England squad centre Ben Teo, wing Cooper Vuna and substitute Perry Humphreys for the Warriors.Ex-Gloucester fly-haf Ryan Lamb added a penalty and conversion, and Tom Heathcote also kicked a penalty, while Greig Laidlaw kicked three penalties for the visitors and two conversions - but worryingly for Gloucester, they have already conceded eight tries this season.Worcester showed three changes from the side beaten by champions Saracens at Twickenham last weekend, with head coach Carl Hogg calling up Faosiliva, prop James Johnston, lock Donncha OCallaghan, while Gloucester boss David Humphreys retained the team that blew a 31-7 second-half lead in losing to Leicester seven days ago.Laidlaw kicked Gloucester into a third-minute lead, and a dominant opening quarter looked to have yielded a try when wing Charlie Sharples dived over in the corner following poor Worcester defensive work, but it was ruled out after Sharples failed to play the ball again following a completed Wynand Olivier tackle.The Sixways crowd, though, were denied video replays after the big screen went blank, leaving referee Luke Pearce to communicate with television match official Stuart Terheege without the aid of pictures.And Worcester made the most of Gloucesters missed opportunity, breaking out of their own half for the first time and setting up an impressive attacking platform that saw Teo finish impressively following scrum-half Jonny Arrs strong run.A second Laidlaw penalty put Gloucester back in front, but Worcester were determined and they created a superb second try through some impressive handling that ended with Vuna crossing wide out.Lamb kicked the touchline conversion and then landed an angled penalty, by which time Gloucester had seen their Wales international flanker Ross Moriarty for further assessment after he appeared to have been briefly knocked out.Gloucester looked to cut their nine-point deficit as the interval approached, but Worcester easily kept them out and trooped off with a 15-6 advantage.Teo did not appear at the start of the second-half, and his replacement Humphreys was immediately heavily involved after Laidlaw completed his penalty hat-trick by running aggressively into Gloucester territory and setting up a five-metre scrum, only for Worcesters forwards to infringe.But the Warriors then saw Faosiliva dismissed for his challenge on Galarza, meaning they were reduced to 14 men less than just midway through the third quarter, yet it appeared to make little difference as Humphreys sprinted over for Worcesters third try.Gloucester hit back when Scott went over between the posts, with Laidlaw adding the extras, before Purdy touched down wide out and another Laidlaw conversion tied things up, but neither side could apply a decisive winning touch.Phil McConkey Giants Jersey .ca. 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Also Wednesday, Gilles Simon (6) of France beat Donald Young of the United States 6-4, 6-3, Ukraines Alexandr Dolgopolov downed Frenchman Jeremy Chardy 6-3, 6-4 and Croatias Ivo Karlovic defeated Dudi Sela of Israel 7-6 (4), 6-2.ROME -- Irresponsible, unsustainable and unaffordable.Refusing to put up with more debt in a city besieged by corruption and poor public services, Mayor Virginia Raggi rejected Romes bid for the 2024 Olympics on Wednesday, effectively dooming the capitals candidacy for the second time in four years.This city is unlivable, Raggi said in a news conference at city hall atop ancient Capitoline Hill. We need to focus on that.We have a much more ambitious project for Rome than the one for the 2024 Games, Raggi added. We want to upgrade the services, give back to citizens a city that is as worthy as any other European capital.If approved by Romes city assembly, Raggis motion to withdraw the bid would leave only Los Angeles, Paris and Budapest, Hungary, in the running for the 2024 Games. The International Olympic Committee will decide on the host city in September 2017.Raggis rejection comes after then-Premier Mario Monti stopped Romes plans to bid for the 2020 Olympics because of financial concerns.Weve lost all credibility, if we pull out, Italian Olympic Committee president Giovanni Malago said, ruling out an eventual bid for the 2028 Games, even from another Italian city. Because theyll think people in Italy are not serious.Raggi said it would be financially irresponsible to pursue the bid any further given the city is barely able to get its trash picked up. She highlighted the debts that previous Olympic host cities have incurred and the unfinished infrastructure already blighting Rome from previous sporting bids as reasons to justify the withdrawal.In light of the data we have, these Olympics are not sustainable. They will bring only debt, she said. We dont want sports to become another pretext for more cement foundations in the city. We wont allow it.Raggi drew up a motion to withdraw the bid Wednesday and put it before the city assembly, which has the final say. There was no immediate word if and when the council would take it up.Malago said the committee would continue working on the bid in the absence of a formal vote, noting the next dossier must be submitted to the IOC on Oct. 7.If theres no formal act, we can continue, he said. They cant just declare it in a news conference.Indeed, rival cities werent ready to count Rome out altogether.There is no confirmation that Rome has departed from the 2024 race and as such it is not appropriate for us to offer any comment except to wish our Italian colleagues well during this period of difficult time, thhe Budapest Olympic committee said.ddddddddddddRaggi, a 38-year-old lawyer who is Romes first female mayor, was elected in June representing the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement.The Rome bid was approved by the city assembly last year with 38 votes in favor and only six against -- meaning Raggi will have to put the issue up for another vote to officially end the candidacy.The IOC requires bidders to have support from the government and city.Previous Mayor Ignazio Marino, who was forced out over an expense account scandal, had supported the bid. And Premier Matteo Renzi has been a big fan of the candidacy since he helped launch it in 2014. He has said the bid would be doomed if Romes mayor doesnt support it.A budget of 24 million euros ($27 million) has already been allotted -- much of it spent -- to the bid committee, even though candidacy head Luca Cordero di Montezemolo has no salary.Raggis rejection was another stinging blow for the IOCs Olympic Agenda 2020 program, which was designed to make bidding for and hosting the games more flexible and more affordable.Rome was able to bid only after the IOC changed its rules with Agenda 2020 and reduced the costs of putting together a candidacy, Malago said.The bid had been slated to be centered around Romes historic monuments: a cycling sprint alongside the Roman Forum, beach volleyball at the Circus Maximus and the marathon passing through St. Peters Square and finishing under the Arch of Constantine. Plus, a nightly parade of athletes at the Colosseum.Relying on many venues that were used for the 1960 Olympics in Rome, the candidacy proposed using existing structures for 70 percent of the required sites. The budget had been projected at 5.3 billion euros ($6 billion) -- 2.1 billion euros for the construction of permanent venues and the balance for temporary venues.The withdrawal is another clear signal that the IOC still has a lot of work to do to convince cities that hosting the games is a boon and not a burden.Voters in Hamburg rejected the German citys 2024 bid in a referendum. Boston also dropped out last year amid a lack of public and political support and was replaced by Los Angeles.Its very upsetting, Rome bid vice president Luca Pancalli said. Its like we started a race and someone gets out of the pool in the middle of the race and says were not racing any longer. ' ' '