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- Djokovic says important all players free to travel to U.S. Open
Thursday - 06/18/2020 - 11:22 AMWorld number one Novak Djokovic says he is excited by the prospect of playing at the U.S.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - On this day: Born June 19, 1978 - Dirk Nowitzki, NBA player
Thursday - 06/18/2020 - 02:03 AMDallas Mavericks' Dirk Nowitzki was one of the finest imports to feature in the NBA and became the first European player to win the league's Most Valuable Player award (MVP) in 2007 before he led the franchise to a maiden championship in 2011.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Kvitova hopes for 'easy' U.S. Open decision, Barty also waits
Thursday - 06/18/2020 - 04:30 AMPetra Kvitova is yet to make a call on participating in the U.S.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Le Mans schedule condensed due to pandemic
Thursday - 06/18/2020 - 06:31 AMThe rescheduled 24 Hours of Le Mans in September will be condensed into a four-day timetable incorporating free practice, qualifying, warm-up and the race, organizers announced on Thursday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Alcott slams U.S. Open 'discrimination' over wheelchair omission
Wednesday - 06/17/2020 - 09:54 PMAustralian Paralympic tennis champion Dylan Alcott has slammed the omission of the wheelchair tournament from the U.S.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Horse racing: Favourite Tiz the Law draws eighth post for Belmont
Wednesday - 06/17/2020 - 01:42 PMThe Belmont Stakes's 6-5 favourite Tiz the Law will break from the eighth post on Saturday, at the start of American horse racing's prized Triple Crown.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Golf: Top three eye rebound at Harbour Town after rough re-start
Wednesday - 06/17/2020 - 02:40 PMThe top three golfers in the world - Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm and Brooks Koepka - will all try to bounce back from a rough return to competition when they tee it up at this week's RBC Heritage in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Soccer: Players take a knee as Premier League restarts
Wednesday - 06/17/2020 - 03:27 PMPremier League players, including champions Manchester City, took a knee before kickoff in support of the "Black Lives Matter" movement as the English season restarted on Wednesday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - McLaren considering sale of a minority stake in F1 team: Sky
Wednesday - 06/17/2020 - 05:57 PMMcLaren are considering selling a minority stake in their once-dominant Formula One team to raise funds to help the company weather the COVID-19 crisis, Sky News reported on Wednesday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Champions League to be completed with eight-team tournament in Lisbon
Wednesday - 06/17/2020 - 11:38 AMThis season's Champions League, suspended in March because of the COVID-19 pandemic, will be completed with an eight-team mini-tournament which will be held in Lisbon in August, European soccer's governing body UEFA said on Wednesday.
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- Speaking about social issues more normal for players now: Rashford
Thursday - 06/18/2020 - 01:40 AMExpressing opinions on social issues and campaigning for change is becoming more normal for the current generation of players, Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford has said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Exclusive: La Liga television audiences soar 48% in first week back
Thursday - 06/18/2020 - 02:08 AMSpanish football's international viewing figures have increased by over 48% since the season returned after being halted for three months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, organising body La Liga said on Thursday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Water polo: Hungary's triple Olympic champion Benedek dies at 47
Thursday - 06/18/2020 - 06:31 AMThe former captain and coach of Hungary's water polo team Tibor Benedek, who won three straight Olympic golds as a player in the 2000s and a world championship as coach, died on Thursday aged 47, the Hungarian Water Polo Federation said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump backs ex-QB activist Kaepernick returning to NFL
Wednesday - 06/17/2020 - 08:06 PMU.S.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Lamine Diack should serve four years in jail, French prosecutor tells court
Wednesday - 06/17/2020 - 01:38 PMFrench financial prosecutors on Wednesday sought a four-year jail sentence for Lamine Diack, the former head of athletics' governing body, on trial for corruption and money laundering linked to a Russian doping scandal.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - French Open to be held with fans: French federation president
Wednesday - 06/17/2020 - 01:52 PMThe French Open, unlike its U.S. counterpart, will be held with fans when it takes place from Sept. 27-Oct.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Golf: You should be here, McIlroy tells European players upset about rankings
Wednesday - 06/17/2020 - 03:13 PMThe European players who opted not to travel to the United States for the PGA Tour's restart after a three-month COVID-19 break should not complain about losing out on world ranking points, world number one Rory McIlroy said on Wednesday
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Manfred, MLBPA's Clark agree to framework of 2020 season
Wednesday - 06/17/2020 - 04:17 PMMajor League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred and players union executive director Tony Clark re-opened talks geared toward getting baseball back on the field and away from the negotiating table and are closing in on an agreement.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - World No. 2 Halep currently does not plan to play U.S. Open
Wednesday - 06/17/2020 - 11:33 AMSimona Halep does not currently plan to play the U.S.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ATP and WTA Tours announce August resumption
Wednesday - 06/17/2020 - 11:38 AMThe men's ATP Tour and women's WTA Tour on Wednesday issued revised calendars for the resumption of professional tennis after the shutdown caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic.
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- Fauci casts doubt on football this fall
Thursday - 06/18/2020 - 11:52 AMWith the United States bracing for a possible second wave of the novel coronavirus, Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, on Thursday cast doubt on the National Football League playing this year.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - High penalty count will open game up eventually: Gatland
Thursday - 06/18/2020 - 02:33 AMFans should get used to a greater number of penalties in the early stages of Super Rugby Aotearoa as teams adjust to new rule interpretations but the end result should be a more open, free flowing game, Waikato Chiefs coach Warren Gatland has said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - CONMEBOL, Colombia complain to FIFA about 2023 World Cup bid report
Thursday - 06/18/2020 - 04:32 AMColombia's soccer chief and the head of South American football confederation CONMEBOL have written to FIFA complaining of "erroneous and discriminatory conclusions" in the assessment of the country's bid to host the 2023 Women's World Cup.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - NBA coaches union expresses concerns over Orlando plan
Wednesday - 06/17/2020 - 09:07 PMThe NBA coaches' union is concerned that the league's return-to-play setup at Walt Disney World Resort will risk their members' health and hurt their future job prospects.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Football to return in Brazil on Thursday
Wednesday - 06/17/2020 - 11:38 PMBrazilian football will kick off again in Rio de Janeiro this week after the city's mayor gave the go ahead for the local league to start after a three-month hiatus caused by the new coronavirus.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - French Open pushed back a week, ATP and WTA announce August resumption
Wednesday - 06/17/2020 - 01:53 PMThe re-scheduled French Open has been pushed back a further week and the ATP Tour and WTA Tour have both issued revised calendars as professional tennis gears up to emerge from the shutdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Racing Point get 2020 F1 car on track at Silverstone
Wednesday - 06/17/2020 - 03:01 PMRacing Point became the first Formula One team to get their 2020 car on track after the COVID-19 shutdown when Lance Stroll took part in a limited-mileage private test at Silverstone on Wednesday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - MLB and players agree framework for 2020 season
Wednesday - 06/17/2020 - 04:18 PMMajor League Baseball (MLB) Commissioner Rob Manfred said on Wednesday he met with the head of the MLB Players Association this week and they put together the framework of a deal to salvage a 2020 season amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Heavy fog may have disoriented pilot in Kobe Bryant helicopter crash: NTSB
Wednesday - 06/17/2020 - 06:57 PMThe pilot of a helicopter that crashed outside Los Angeles in January, killing basketball great Kobe Bryant, his daughter and all seven others on board, likely became disoriented in the fog, federal investigators said on Wednesday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - UEFA praises players for taking political stance
Wednesday - 06/17/2020 - 11:47 AMUEFA president Aleksander Ceferin on Wednesday praised footballers for taking a political stance and said the European soccer governing body's own attempts to tackle racism in the game were "not enough."
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