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Grand Slam box ticked, Thiem targets Tokyo podium
(Reuters) - Having fulfilled his dream of joining the Grand Slam winners club by taking the U.S. Open title this year, Austrian Dominic Thiem is setting out his goals for 2021 and hopes to be standing...
Nov 27, 2020
Players can train in Australian Open quarantine, ATP Cup cancelled: report
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Tennis Australia (TA) has been granted permission by the Victoria state government to allow players to train during their 14-day quarantine ahead of the Australian Open, local me...
Nov 27, 2020
Top 25 roundup: No. 1 Gonzaga too much for No. 6 Kansas
Forward Drew Timme scored a career-high 25 points on 11-of-15 shooting as top-ranked Gonzaga opened its season with a 102-90 victory against No. 6 Kansas on Thursday afternoon at the Fort Myers Tip-Of...
Nov 27, 2020
Reigning league MVP Jackson tests positive for COVID-19: NFL report
(Reuters) - Baltimore quarterback Lamar Jackson, the NFL's reigning Most Valuable Player, has tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss the Ravens rescheduled game against the Pittsburgh Steelers on ...
Nov 26, 2020
Maradona wanted to be embalmed and put on show, friend says
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Few people had the power to say no to Diego Maradona in life but his family appear to have put their foot down on an unusual last request. Maradona, who died from a heart atta...
Nov 26, 2020
Maradona mourning shows again Latin America’s devotion to sport and arts
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - The crowds that bade farewell to Diego Maradona in Buenos Aires on Thursday were in keeping with the devotion Latin America has reserved for the passing of its sporting and ar...
Nov 26, 2020
F1 driver salary cap should not handicap sport’s top talent, says Hamilton
By Abhishek Takle MANAMA (Reuters) - Any proposed cap on the salaries of Formula One drivers should be careful not to hold back the sport's top talent, newly crowned seven-times champion Lewis Hamilto...
Nov 26, 2020
Former Cardinals coach Hanifan dies at 87
Former St. Louis Cardinals head coach and longtime NFL offensive line coach Jim Hanifan has died at age 87. Hanifan passed away Tuesday evening at Missouri Baptist Hospital in St. Louis. His daughter,...
Nov 26, 2020
Doping: World champion Coleman appeals two-year ban for breaching whereabouts rules
(Reuters) - World 100 metres champion Christian Coleman has appealed against his ban for breaching anti-doping whereabouts rules, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Thursday. CAS said it...
Nov 26, 2020
Meronk, Roussel hold one-stroke lead at Leopard Creek
MALELANE, South Africa (Reuters) - Poland's Adrian Meronk and Frenchman Robin Roussel hit seven-under-par 65s to share the lead by one stroke after the first round of the Alfred Dunhill Championship a...
Nov 26, 2020
