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Soccer-Spain joins Premier League in daily testing of vaccinated players
By Simon Evans and Fernando Kallas (Reuters) - Spain's top two divisions are to bring in daily COVID-19 testing of all players, regardless of vaccination status, in a bid to respond to a rise in posit...
Dec 22, 2021
Soccer-Seven stalwarts bring winning experience back for Cameroon
YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Hosts Cameroon on Wednesday named seven players from the squad that won the Africa Cup of Nations finals in 2017 for next month's tournament where they will seek to replicate that ...
Dec 22, 2021
Spain’s top court annuls 2.1 million euro fine on Barcelona’s Pique
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's top court has annulled a 2.1 million euro ($2.37 million) fine imposed on 34-year-old FC Barcelona defender Gerard Pique in 2016 as part of a dispute over his tax returns in...
Dec 22, 2021
Nets’ game against Trail Blazers postponed due to depleted squad
(Reuters) - The Brooklyn Nets' game against the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday has been postponed because the Nets do not have the required number of players, the National Basketball Association (...
Dec 22, 2021
Olympics-NHL says players will not be able to participate in Beijing Winter Games
(Reuters) - The National Hockey League said on Wednesday it will not send its players to compete in the men's ice hockey tournament at the Beijing Winter Olympics after the regular season schedule was...
Dec 22, 2021
Alpine skiing-Hector denies Shiffrin back-to-back wins in Courchevel giant slalom
(Reuters) - Sweden's Sara Hector pipped American Mikaela Shiffrin to win the second giant slalom event in Courchevel in France on Wednesday for only her second alpine skiing World Cup victory. Shiffri...
Dec 22, 2021
Ice Hockey-Small nations can benefit from NHL’s Beijing absence, says Loob
By Philip O'Connor STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The expected absence of NHL players from the Winter Olympics in Beijing may rob fans of the chance to see some of the game's greats, but Sweden's former Olympi...
Dec 22, 2021
Soccer-Child refugee to play for Gambia at Cup of Nations finals
BANJUL (Reuters) - AS Roma midfielder Ebrima Darboe, who made a perilous journey as a child migrant from Africa across the Mediterranean by boat, has been included in Gambia's squad for next month's A...
Dec 22, 2021
Soccer-Man City’s Mendy charged with seventh count of rape
(Reuters) - Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy has been charged with an additional count of rape in addition to earlier charges of rape and sexual assault, British media reported on Wednesday. Me...
Dec 22, 2021
Tennis-Zverev predicts Djokovic, Medvedev and himself to form big three in 2022
(Reuters) - Olympic champion Alexander Zverev is confident a changing of the guard is almost complete in men's tennis with next year's big silverware likely to be shared between Novak Djokovic, Daniil...
Dec 22, 2021
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