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LAWRENCE, Kan. -- The University of Kansas athletic department required female rowers to attend games and encouraged them to socialize with football recruits, according to an amended lawsuit by a former rower who says she was raped by a football player.The allegations were made in an amended lawsuit filed Tuesday by Dan Curry, an attorney for Daisy Tackett, a former rower who no longer goes to Kansas.Tackett says she was raped in Jayhawker Towers in fall 2014 and that the university did not follow Title IX, a federal law that prohibits gender-based discrimination in education and requires universities to try and prevent sexual harassment and sexual violence.This is our clients way of saying there are more facts out there that support what theyre saying and want to make sure theyre on paper so everybody can see what theyre talking about, Curry said of the amended lawsuit, which was filed in response to the universitys motion to dismiss it.The AP generally doesnt identify victims of alleged sexual assault, but Tackett and rower Sarah McClure, who also says she was sexually assaulted by the same player, have said they want their names used.Even two rowers like [Tackett] and Sarah McClure, who had been sexually assaulted by a KU football player, were encouraged and expected to attend and root on the KU football players under KUs policy, the lawsuit said.Curry did not immediately respond to a Lawrence Journal-World inquiry about where that policy can be found. University officials have consistently refused to comment on the lawsuits except to say the school takes all claims of sexual violence seriously.McClure has said she was attacked in August 2015 by the same man whom Tackett accused of raping her. The two women and their parents are also suing the university in Douglas County District Court, claiming the school misled the public by saying student housing was safe. The school has also asked for that lawsuit to be dismissed.The man accused of rape, who has not been named, was expelled after a four-month investigation by the university concluded he committed the sexual assault. He has not been charged with any crime nor has he been sued. . Vancouver Whitecaps and Toronto FC failed to make the postseason while Montreal Impact fell at the first hurdle losing heavily to Houston Dynamo in the Eastern Conference Knockout Round. . 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It was the second consecutive time India had beaten Pakistan in an Asia Cup final, having done so in 2012-13 as well. The win also ensured India remained unbeaten in this years tournament, which was being played in the T20 format for the second time.It was Mithali Raj who set up the win, scoring an unbeaten 73 after India opted to bat and taking them to 121 for 5. The bowlers then sent down economical spells to choke Pakistan in the chase, restricting them to 104 for 6.Raj dominated almost every partnership she featured in. She started off by putting on 24 for the first wicket with Smriti Mandhana, who contributed just 6. After her dismissal, it was the turn of Sabbhineni Meghana to play second fiddle as she made 9 in a second-wicket stand of 44. Veda Krishnamurthy and Harmanpreet Kaur, the India captain, were also sent back for single-digit scores, before Jhulan Goswamis late cameo lifted India. Goswami pinged two sixes on her way to a 10-ball 17 before perishing offf the penultimate ball of the innings.ddddddddddddRaj had struck seven fours and a six in her 65-ball knock.Left-arm spinner Anam Amin topped the wickets column with 2 for 24 in four overs, while Sana Mir and Sadia Yousuf were economical in their respective quotas and took a wicket apiece.Pakistan scored at nearly a run a ball during the first half of the chase, but lost three wickets. Goswami had Ayesha Zafar bowled in the fifth over before Asmavia Iqbal fell in similar fashion in the next over, sent down by Shikha Pandey. Javeria Khan added 28 with captain Bismah Maroof, but could not make her start count as she was snuffed out by Ekta Bisht, the left-arm spinner, and Pakistan became 56 for 3. That third-wicket stand was the highest Pakistan could manage as regular wickets stalled them. Nida Dar and Mir made identical scores of 12 not out in late resistance, but both were kept quiet - neither scored a single boundary - as Pakistan fell short.Indias bowlers shared the wickets around. Bisht, who opened the bowling, took 2 for 22. Anuja Patil, Goswami, Pandey and Preeti Bose took a wicket apiece. ' ' '
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