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Soccer: 29-0 loss reopens debate on women’s football in Brazil
By Leonardo Benassatto TABOAO DA SERRA, Brazil (Reuters) - When the women's team of Taboao da Serra lost a league match 29-0 last month it looked like things could hardly get much worse for the small ...
Nov 18, 2020
NFL free agency to open March 17: report
The NFL free agency period is slated to open March 17. That's according to the tentative 2021 calendar agreed to by the league and the NFL Players Association and shared Wednesday by NFL Network. Beca...
Nov 18, 2020
Rams working from home after player tests positive
The Los Angeles Rams are working remotely on Wednesday after an unidentified player tested positive for COVID-19. The team said the player is in quarantine. Players and coaches will hold virtual team ...
Nov 18, 2020
Soccer: Egypt’s Salah, Elneny test positive for COVID-19 again
(Reuters) - Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah and Arsenal midfielder Mohamed Elneny have returned another positive test for COVID-19, the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) said on Wednesday. Salah had...
Nov 18, 2020
Olympics: Athletes’ Village must be safest place in Tokyo, IOC official says
By Jack Tarrant TOKYO (Reuters) - The purpose-built Athletes' Village must be the safest place in Tokyo during next year's Olympics, a senior International Olympic Committee (IOC) official said on Wed...
Nov 18, 2020
Pro Bowl will be contested on Madden NFL 21
The Pro Bowl, previously canceled by the NFL due to the coronavirus pandemic, is back on -- albeit with a major twist. The game will be conducted virtually using the Madden NFL 21 video game. Gamemake...
Nov 18, 2020
NBA expands 2021 playoffs with play-in games
The 2020-21 NBA postseason will be expanded to include a play-in tournament in each conference, the league announced Tuesday. The pandemic-shortened regular season, reduced to 72 games, will start Dec...
Nov 17, 2020
Seattle icon Griffey joins Sounders’ ownership group
Seattle baseball icon Ken Griffey Jr. is now a part-owner of Seattle Sounders FC, the club announced Tuesday. Griffey spent 13 of his 22 big league seasons with the Mariners and remains among the most...
Nov 17, 2020
Boxing: Alvarez to fight Smith for WBA super-middleweight title on December 19
(Reuters) - Mexican Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez will fight Callum Smith at a yet to be confirmed venue in the United States next month with Britain's WBA world super-middleweight title at stake. "I'll be re...
Nov 17, 2020
ATP Cup, season-opening events uncertain due to Australia “challenges”
By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Tennis authorities have encountered "challenges" over the arrival dates of players in Australia ahead of the new 2021 season, the men's ATP Tour said on Tuesday, th...
Nov 17, 2020
