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Refunds sought for 18% of tickets sold in Japan, organisers say
TOKYO (Reuters) - Refund requests have been made for around 18% of the tickets sold in Japan for the Tokyo Olympics, the organising committee said on Thursday. Ticket holders in Japan were given the c...
Dec 03, 2020
Grosjean hails crash heroes as FIA launches investigation
By Alan Baldwin (Reuters) - Formula One's governing body said it had opened an investigation into Romain Grosjean's Bahrain Grand Prix crash on Thursday as the French driver hailed those who helped hi...
Dec 03, 2020
Paralympics: Athletes offered grants worth $2 million to offset COVID-19
By Jack Tarrant TOKYO (Reuters) - The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) announced on Thursday an unprecedented grant package worth 1.8 million euros ($2.2 million) to compensate losses from the...
Dec 03, 2020
Top 25 roundup: No. 17 Texas tops No. 14 UNC for Maui title
Matt Coleman III made the game-winning basket with one-10th of a second remaining as No. 17 Texas won the Maui Invitational for the first time, defeating No. 14 North Carolina 69-67 on Wednesday in As...
Dec 03, 2020
Rockets to trade Westbrook for Wizards’ Wall, first-round pick: ESPN
(Reuters) - The Houston Rockets have agreed to trade 2017 NBA MVP Russell Westbrook to the Washington Wizards for five-time All Star point guard John Wall and a first-round draft pick, ESPN reported h...
Dec 02, 2020
Forty-eight NBA players test positive for COVID-19 as league gears up for new season
(Reuters) - Forty-eight NBA players tested positive for COVID-19, the league said on Wednesday, as players returned to their team's home markets for the start of the 2020-21 season on Dec. 22. The NBA...
Dec 02, 2020
Decathlete Rafer Johnson, ‘World’s Greatest Athlete’, dies at 86
(Reuters) - Rafer Johnson, who was crowned the world's greatest athlete after winning the decathlon gold medal at the 1960 Olympics and later helped tackle Robert F. Kennedy's assassin, died on Wednes...
Dec 02, 2020
BMW follows Audi to the Formula E exit
(Reuters) - BMW will be following Audi out of the electric Formula E series at the end of next year after announcing its departure on Wednesday. Audi said on Monday it would withdraw as a works team t...
Dec 02, 2020
Fans allowed for world championships, but no fancy dress
LONDON (Reuters) - Dressing up as an elf, Elvis Presley or a nun and singing loudly while watching darts at London's Alexandra Palace has become something of a pre-Christmas ritual but things will be ...
Dec 02, 2020
Rafer Johnson, 1960 decathlon champion, dies at 86
Rafer Johnson, the 1960 Olympic gold medalist in the decathlon, died on Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles at age 86. His family confirmed his passing. Johnson was the flag bearer for the U.S. deleg...
Dec 02, 2020
