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Alpine skiing: Vonn urges athletes to be mindful of wellbeing amid unprecedented challenges
By Amy Tennery (Reuters) - Winter Olympic athletes are facing enormous challenges ahead of the 2022 Beijing Games, former Olympic Alpine skiing downhill champion Lindsey Vonn told Reuters, as the COVI...
Oct 14, 2020
Daimler CEO committed to F1, seeks to slash costs
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Mercedes owner Daimler is committed to Formula One but is working to slash costs and cut the environmental impact of motor racing, Chief Executive Ola Kaellenius on Wednesday. "W...
Oct 14, 2020
Fognini tests positive for COVID-19
Fabio Fognini of Italy withdrew from the Forte Village Sardegna Open after testing positive for COVID-19. Fognini, who is ranked 16th in the world, announced the news on Wednesday in an Instagram stor...
Oct 14, 2020
Cycling: Demare sprints to another Giro stage win
(Reuters) - Frenchman Arnaud Demare's prolific Giro d'Italia continued as he claimed his fourth stage victory in this year's race after a bunch sprint at the end of Stage 11 in Rimini on Wednesday. Th...
Oct 14, 2020
Figure skating: Skate Canada cancelled after rise in COVID-19 cases
(Reuters) - The Skate Canada International Grand Prix has been cancelled because of COVID-19 health and safety concerns, Skate Canada said on Wednesday. The second event on the figure skating Grand Pr...
Oct 14, 2020
Athletics: Canada withdraws team from world half-marathon championships
(Reuters) - Canada has pulled its team out of the world half-marathon championships in Poland this weekend over COVID-19 health and safety concerns, Athletics Canada said on Wednesday. A five-member t...
Oct 14, 2020
Swimming: Australia takes short course ‘champs’ virtual due to COVID-19
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's national short course swimming championships scheduled for next week have been abandoned because of COVID-19 restrictions and replaced with virtual 'championships' inste...
Oct 14, 2020
Swimming: Japan’s Seto escapes Olympic ban following scandal
TOKYO (Reuters) - Four-time world champion Daiya Seto has been suspended for the rest of the year for breaching the Japan Swimming Federation's sportsmanlike conduct standards due to a scandal over an...
Oct 13, 2020
Australian sport in mourning after death of women’s footballer Barclay
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australian sport was in mourning on Wednesday following revelations of the sudden death of women's footballer and former baseball star Jacinda Barclay at the age of 29. Barclay, ...
Oct 13, 2020
Player warned over political protest in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A beach volleyball player who was hauled in front of sporting authorities for publicly criticising Brazil's far-right president Jair Bolsonaro has escaped with a warning. Ca...
Oct 13, 2020
