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Olympic Games
/ 5 years agoJapan ends Olympic flame display due to virus
The Olympic flame will be removed from display in Japan, officials said Tuesday, as the country braces for a state of...
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Basketball
/ 5 years agoWNBA season postponed due to coronavirus
The start of the 2020 WNBA season has been postponed indefinitely because of the coronavirus pandemic, league officials said Friday. The...
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Football
/ 5 years agoDonations show ‘togetherness’ against virus, says Rashford
The public response in donating to charity to help feed deprived children after an appeal by Marcus Rashford has impressed the...
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Football
/ 5 years agoBayern Munich extend contract with coach Flick until 2023
German Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich have handed coach Hansi Flick a new contract keeping him at the club until 2023, the...
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Football
/ 5 years agoLa Liga urges Spanish clubs to furlough staff to ‘guarantee recovery’
La Liga urged its football clubs on Friday to furlough their staff to limit the economic damage caused by the coronavirus...
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Football
/ 5 years agoPremier League clubs lobby players to take 30 percent pay hit
Premier League clubs will ask players to take a combination of pay cuts and deferrals amounting to 30 percent of their...
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Football
/ 5 years agoDortmund stadium to be used as medical centre in virus crisis
Germany’s biggest football stadium, Borussia Dortmund’s Signal-Iduna-Park, is to be partially transformed into a medical centre to help treat patients during...
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Football
/ 5 years agoWatch: Townsend hits out at UK health minister for ‘blaming’ footballers
Crystal Palace’s Andros Townsend has accused the British government’s Health Secretary of “deflecting blame” onto footballers after Matt Hancock said they...
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Athletics
/ 5 years agoKipsang held for breaking virus curfew
The Kenya marathon star was arrested on Friday
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Boxing
/ 5 years agoWatch: Joshua could prioritise Fury fight in 2020: promoter
Anthony Joshua wants to face Tyson Fury in a world heavyweight unification fight if he has to settle for just one...
