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Rallying-WRC cancels February’s Rally Sweden due to COVID-19
(Reuters) - The second round of the 2021 World Rally Championship (WRC) in Sweden, which was scheduled for Feb. 11-14, has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, WRC announced on Tuesday. Rally ...
Dec 15, 2020
‘You’re scared to fight me’, rants YouTuber Paul in bizarre McGregor call-out
(Reuters) - YouTuber-turned-amateur boxer Jake Paul pulled no punches on Tuesday as he called out Ireland's former UFC champion and king of trash talk Conor McGregor in a foul-mouthed tirade that sent...
Dec 15, 2020
World Athletics partially upholds corruption charges against UAE Federation chief
(Reuters) - President of the UAE Athletics Federation Ahmad Al Kamali has been suspended for six months and fined 5,000 euros ($6,080) for gifting watches to delegates in an attempt to win votes, the ...
Dec 15, 2020
Olympic flame will still visit every corner of Japan – organisers
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Olympic flame will still visit all of Japan's 47 prefectures during the torch relay starting on March 25, organisers said on Tuesday, sticking to the original plan before the Gam...
Dec 15, 2020
Top 25 roundup: Marquette upends No. 9 Creighton
D.J. Carton scored 20 points and Dawson Garcia registered a double-double of 14 points and 10 rebounds as visiting Marquette navigated a back-and-forth finish to upset No. 9 Creighton 89-84 on Monday ...
Dec 15, 2020
Goodell: NFL won’t jump ahead in COVID-19 vaccine line
With the COVID-19 vaccine starting to make its way across the United States this week, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on Monday said that the league will not use its influence jump ahead in line with ...
Dec 15, 2020
Golf-Kim in no hurry to leave Houston after US Women’s Open triumph
(Reuters) - U.S. Women's Open champion Kim A Lim likes the Champions Golf Club venue so much she said she wants to put up a tent and stay a few more days. With two weeks quarantine awaiting her back i...
Dec 14, 2020
Sailing-America’s Cup gets real with first competitive races this week
By Greg Stutchbury WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Years of planning and design work for the four teams hoping to get their hands on this year's America's Cup will come to fruition on Thursday when the superfa...
Dec 14, 2020
Athletes bring fight for equality into sporting arena in 2020
By Steve Keating TORONTO (Reuters) - A big part of sport's appeal is that when you buy a ticket or turn on the television for a few hours it provides a respite from the turmoil engulfing the outside w...
Dec 14, 2020
Lakers emerge victorious in turbulent season
By Rory Carroll LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - LeBron James and the Lakers overcame the death of Kobe Bryant, widespread social unrest and the isolation of the Orlando bubble to emerge victorious in an NBA s...
Dec 14, 2020
