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NFL puts restriction on in-person meetings amid COVID-19
(Reuters) - The NFL will prohibit in-person meetings at team facilities for two days after games as part of its evolving COVID-19 protocols designed to mitigate the risk of exposure and transmission o...
Dec 04, 2020
League suspends marijuana tests for 2020-21 season, cites pandemic challenges
(Reuters) - The National Basketball Association (NBA) and its NBPA players' association have agreed to suspend random testing for marijuana during the 2020-21 season, a league spokesman said on Friday...
Dec 04, 2020
World championship battle down to three as Neuville crashes
MILAN (Reuters) - Hyundai's Thierry Neuville crashed out of world rally championship contention on Friday, leaving Toyota's Elfyn Evans and Sebastien Ogier as front-runners in a three-way title tussle...
Dec 04, 2020
Shields ready to fight in the ring, in the cage and for a cause
By Steve Keating (Reuters) - Claressa Shields has scaled the Olympic peak, ruled over women's boxing but is looking for new mountains to climb by conquering the world of mixed martial arts, becoming t...
Dec 04, 2020
NHL aiming for mid-January start to new season, reports say
(Reuters) - The National Hockey League (NHL) is targeting a mid-January start to its season that would wrap up the Stanley Cup Final in July, according to multiple media reports on Friday. According t...
Dec 04, 2020
Donaldson storms into share of lead with Bezuidenhout
SUN CITY, South Africa (Reuters) - Veteran Welshman Jamie Donaldson stormed through the course at Sun City on Friday, sinking 10 birdies in a round of 63 to share the lead with Christiaan Bezuidenhout...
Dec 04, 2020
WTA plan return to China and a full 2021 calendar
By Sudipto Ganguly MUMBAI (Reuters) - China is central to the WTA's plans for 2021 as women's tennis seeks to put a COVID-ravaged season behind it and hit the new year with a full bouquet of tournamen...
Dec 04, 2020
Fittipaldi’s advice to his F1 grandson: pedal to the metal
By Alan Baldwin (Reuters) - Brazilian Pietro Fittipaldi geared up for his Formula One debut on Friday with some words of advice from double world champion grandfather Emerson, who made his first grand...
Dec 04, 2020
Former 800m world champion Arzamasova gets four-year doping ban
(Reuters) - Former 800 metres world champion Marina Arzamasova of Belarus has been banned for four years for an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV), the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Friday. Ar...
Dec 04, 2020
Super-sub Russell sets the pace on Mercedes debut
MANAMA (Reuters) - George Russell established himself at the top of the Formula One timesheets on his first outing as seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton's stand-in with the fastest time in Frid...
Dec 04, 2020
