Coronavirus: Uncertainty grows over resumption of French football season as country fights pandemic

The idea of simply declaring the season over is gaining ground in some quarters but others remain strongly opposed to the suggestion.

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· Yesterday · 10:22 pm

Coronavirus: Manchester City choose not to furlough employees at taxpayer’s expense

There has been considerable criticism from former players, who believe the safety net is not being used as intended.

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· Yesterday · 08:41 pm

Coronavirus: Manchester City to investigate defender Kyle Walker for breaching lockdown rules

Walker is the second high-profile Premier League player to have been caught flouting the government’s guidelines after Aston Villa’s Jack Grealish.

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· Yesterday · 08:28 pm

Coronavirus: Footballers made scapegoats, says Wayne Rooney over Premier League pay cut controversy

Rooney felt the public pressure being exerted on players was unhelpful.

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· Yesterday · 06:14 pm

NBA: Kobe Bryant heads star-studded list of honorees named to basketball’s 2020 Hall of Fame

The Los Angeles Lakers icon, who died in a helicopter crash in January, was named alongside nine others.

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· Yesterday · 10:40 am

I want fans back in the arenas: Trump hopes virus-hit sport is back 'sooner than later’

The NBA, Major League Baseball, Major League Soccer and National Hockey League have all halted or suspended their respective seasons.

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· Yesterday · 10:34 am

An example should be set: Ex-Pakistan cricket great Javed Miandad says spot-fixers should be hanged

His remarks follow player Mohammad Hafeez’s protests over former opener Sharjeel Khan’s return.

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· Yesterday · 09:21 am

Coronavirus: Ecclestone says enough races can’t be completed for 2020 F1 championship to be valid

The opening eight rounds of the 2020 season have been either cancelled or postponed, with doubts over a number of the other 14 races.

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· Yesterday · 09:09 am

Liverpool blasted over coronavirus furlough, players in $245m wage cut warning

It follows similar moves by Newcastle, Tottenham, Bournemouth and Norwich to take advantage of the scheme.

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· Yesterday · 09:03 am

Tokyo Olympics delay could boost Britain’s cycling medal haul, says performance director

Britain has dominated Olympic cycling events since Beijing 2008 but came back from the UCI Track World Championships last month with only one gold medal.

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· Apr 04, 2020 · 10:15 pm

Coronavirus: Belgian federation in talks with Uefa over season end after football body threatens ban

The Belgian Pro League recommended that the season be declared finished but Uefa threatened to ban all teams from European competition if they didn’t finish.

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· Apr 04, 2020 · 09:43 pm

Coronavirus: Tajikistan's football season begins behind closed doors amid pandemic fears

Tajikistan has yet to declare a single infection from Covid-19, which has reached over a million cases worldwide and caused more than 60,000 deaths.

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· Apr 04, 2020 · 09:41 pm