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U.S. President Barack Obama says that he expects Russia to welcome gay and lesbian athletes to the 2014 Sochi Olympics. Obama cancelled a planned September meeting in Moscow on Wednesday in a diplomatic rebuke over Russias harbouring of NSA leaker Edward Snowden, having also said in a television interview hours earlier that he had "no patience" with countries who discriminate against gay people. "I think (President Vladimir) Putin and Russia have a big stake in making sure the Olympics work," Obama said Tuesday night on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. "And I think they understand that for most of the countries that participate in the Olympics, we wouldnt tolerate gays and lesbians being treated differently. "And if Russia wants to uphold the Olympic spirit, then every judgment should be made on the track, or in the swimming pool, or on the balance beam, and peoples sexual orientation shouldnt have anything to do with it." There have been a few calls for a boycott of the Sochi Games, after a law signed by Putin last month banned the "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations" and imposed fines for providing information about the gay community to minors or holding gay pride rallies. Foreign citizens arrested under the law can be jailed for 15 days and then deported. Going into next years games in Russia, theres also concern about a long-running problem of violence against gays, as well as a new law restricting adoptions of Russian children by people in countries allowing same-sex marriage. The IOC said it has received assurances "from the highest level of government in Russia that the legislation will not affect those attending or taking part in the Games." The sporting body also pledged to ensure there would be no discrimination against athletes, officials, spectators and the media in Sochi. However, the Human Rights Campaign, a leading U.S. gay-rights group, said the IOC should take a stronger stand. "They should be advocating for the safety of all LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) people in Russia, not simply those visiting for the Olympics," said HRC President Chad Griffin earlier this month. "Rescinding this heinous law must be our collective goal." Files from The Associated Press were used for this report. Custom Atlanta Braves Jerseys . Team physician Dr. Steve Traina performed the surgery Friday. Robinson was injured in a spill underneath the Nuggets basket during the first quarter of Wednesday nights loss to the Charlotte Bobcats. Ronald Acuna Jr. Braves Jersey . 10 Texas Rangers jersey for one last time. Young formally announced his retirement Friday after returning to Rangers Ballpark, his baseball home for all but the last of his 13 major league seasons. https://www.cheapbraves.com/ . 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The autumn series at Twickenham opens with Saturdays visit of the Springboks, with the hosts keen to claim their 10th successive victory under Eddie Jones since he took over as head coach from Stuart Lancaster.Hartley has noted the recent breaking of unwanted runs in Chicago, with Ireland defeating New Zealand for the first time in their history and the Cubs baseball team claiming the World Series for the first time in 108 years. Hartley looks ahead to Englands first Autumn international against South Africa on Saturday But rather than dwell on Englands poor string of results against the Springboks of nine defeats and a draw, Hartley believes they have the quality to claim a confidence-boosting victory.Whatever happened in the past, the Irish wrote their own history and the Cubs wrote their own history, so we want to do the same as a team, said captain Hartley. England vs South Africa November 12, 2016, 2:00pm Live on Get Sky Sports Get a Sky Sports pass We are a team that have got a goal under Eddie Jones to be the best in the world and winning this game at the weekend is a huge step for us going forward as a team.Losses and wins are all in the past. We have been building for this game for a long, long time. The team is prepared and are desperate to win.The thing for us is the next step as a team. We are always focusing on the next game. Beatiing South Africa this weekend is just the next step in this teams progression.ddddddddddddEngland have built an impressive head of steam under Jones with a Grand Slam and 3-0 series whitewash of Australia among the results that has seen them climb to second in the world rankings. We take a look back at Hartleys reign as England captain But Hartley insists that will count for little against South Africa, while drawing strength from the knowledge they are heading in the right direction.Its not a momentum roll. If we had played the Australia series and then wed gone straight into playing South Africa, then we could take momentum from that, Hartley added.What we can take from it is experience - we know that weve been in tough corners before and weve fought our way out.So its not so much about momentum, its about experiences and trusting your team-mates, knowing what it takes to regain control of the game or make the final push to win a game. We have been building for this game for a long, long time. The team is prepared and are desperate to win. Dylan Hartley People talk about us being on a run but that is only on paper. We have drawn a line under those matches. If you talk about momentum, well we have just come together as a team.South Africa are at the end of a season so they are battle-hardened but we need to find that Test match intensity in those opening exchanges and get up to speed pretty sharpish.Watch England v South Africa on Saturday. Coverage begins on Sky Sports 1 HD at 2pm. Also See: WATCH: Eddie Jones special England v SA: Key battles Paynes predictions Rugby Union on Sky ' ' '