SHANGHAI: All international tennis tournaments in China including the Shanghai Masters and WTA Finals were cancelled Friday (Jul 24) because of the coronavirus, the ATP and WTA said. The major blow to attempts to restart tennis comes after China said it would not stage most international sports events for the […]
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PRAGUE: An outbreak of coronavirus in a Czech music club has grown to 98 positive cases, including footballers from several Prague clubs, public health officials said on Thursday. The outbreak was one of several surges of infections in the central European country of 10.7 million people. Public health officials have […]
LONDON: Leeds United defended the club’s decision for the players to parade the Championship trophy in an open-top bus at Elland Road after thousands of fans ignored pleas not to gather at the stadium. Marcelo Bielsa’s side had already sealed promotion back to the Premier League for the first time […]
LONDON: The re-scheduled Diamond League meeting due to be held in Gateshead on Sep 12 has been cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic, British Athletics confirmed on Thursday (Jul 23). “It is with sad news that we announce that the proposed Müller Grand Prix Gateshead due to take place this […]
LONDON: Liverpool’s Premier League title winning captain Jordan Henderson was named England’s Footballer of the Year on Friday (Jul 24) in the annual vote of the Football Writers’ Association (FWA). Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne, Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford and Liverpool pair Virgil van Dijk and Sadio Mane made up […]
SHANGHAI: The National Basketball Association (NBA) has severed ties to a training centre in China’s western Xinjiang region, where Beijing faces growing international condemnation over its treatment of minorities. In a letter published online by US Senator Marsha Blackburn, the US league also said it had lost “hundreds of millions […]
TOKYO: Japan held subdued celebrations to mark one year to go until the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics on Thursday (Jul 23), with the coronavirus pandemic raising stark concerns about whether the Games will go ahead at all. In Tokyo, which should have been buzzing with thousands of athletes and fans […]
SUZHOU, China: Some players have brought their own pillows and one even has a box of Lego as the much-delayed Chinese Super League prepares to launch on Saturday (Jul 25) in a tightly controlled environment to thwart the coronavirus. Hundreds of players will spend about 70 days in two sealed-off […]
WELLINGTON: Rugby’s governing body defended its election processes Thursday (Jul 23) after a report accused it of allowing backroom deals in the vote for a new chairman and said it had ignored corruption in the Pacific. The report, from lobby group Pacific Rugby Player Welfare, called for an independent review […]
MELBOURNE: Australia’s gymnastics federation will set up “listening groups” for athletes to speak out and seek support amid a slew of allegations of physical and emotional abuse by coaches and staff. The mistreatment of gymnasts has been in the spotlight since last month’s release of Netflix documentary “Athlete A”, which […]