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With 100 days to go, Tokyo scrambles to stage pandemic Olympics
By Sakura Murakami, Elaine Lies and Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) - When Japan won the bid to host the Olympic Games eight years ago, it billed Tokyo as a reliable and secure location, contrasting ...
Apr 13, 2021
Pacers coaching legend Bob ‘Slick’ Leonard dies at 88
Hall of Fame coach Bobby "Slick" Leonard, who won three ABA titles with the Indiana Pacers, has died at 88. The Pacers announced Leonard's death on Tuesday but no other details were revealed by the cl...
Apr 13, 2021
Masters ratings increase from 2020 but lower than usual
The return of a springtime Masters tournament brought more television viewers than last November, but ratings were down from previous April events. The final day of the tournament at Augusta National ...
Apr 13, 2021
PSG knock holders Bayern out of Champions League to reach semis
(Adds Pochettino quote) By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) - Paris St Germain reached the Champions League semi-finals despite a 1-0 home defeat by holders Bayern Munich on Tuesday as they progressed on...
Apr 13, 2021
NBA: Players hold moment of silence for Black shooting victim ahead of rescheduled game
(Reuters) - Members of the NBA'S Minnesota Timberwolves and Brooklyn Nets wore warm-up T-shirts on Tuesday reading "With liberty and justice FOR ALL" and held a moment of silence for a Black man fatal...
Apr 13, 2021
Soccer-Chelsea see off Porto to reach semis despite Taremi stunner
SEVILLE, Spain (Reuters) -Chelsea hung on to reach the Champions League semi-finals with a 2-1 aggregate win despite Mehdi Taremi's stunning overhead kick in added time handing Porto a 1-0 victory in ...
Apr 13, 2021
Stefanos Tsitsipas advances to third round in Monte Carlo
Fourth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece recorded a 6-3, 6-4 win over Aslan Karatsev of Russia on Tuesday in their second-round match at the Rolex Monte Carlo Masters in Monaco. Tsitsipas smashed fo...
Apr 13, 2021
Medvedev tests COVID-19 positive, out of Monte Carlo Masters – ATP
(Reuters) - World number two Daniil Medvedev of Russia has tested positive for the novel coronavirus and has been withdrawn from this week's Monte Carlo Masters, the ATP said on Tuesday. Medvedev, who...
Apr 13, 2021
MLB roundup: Tyler Glasnow fans 14 as Rays edge Rangers
Tyler Glasnow recorded a career-high 14 strikeouts over 7 2/3 innings and Willy Adames homered as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Texas Rangers 1-0 Monday night in St. Petersburg, Fla. Glasnow (1-0) was e...
Apr 13, 2021
Mixed doubles back at French Open – organisers
PARIS (Reuters) - The mixed doubles event will be back at the French Open after it was cancelled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, though it will return with a slimmed down draw, organisers said...
Apr 13, 2021
