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Maya Moore marries man she helped free from prison
Maya Moore is married to Jonathan Irons, the man she helped free from prison when his wrongful conviction from 23 years ago was overturned. Moore announced Wednesday on "Good Morning America" with Iro...
Sep 16, 2020
Manfred, MLB expect 16-team playoff format to continue
Baseball is embracing bigger is better when it comes to the postseason. Commissioner Rob Manfred said the 16-team playoff bracket established for the pandemic-shortened 2020 season was likely here to ...
Sep 16, 2020
Big Ten to start its college football season next month
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Big Ten Conference on Wednesday said it would launch its college football season the weekend of Oct. 23-24 after adopting "significant medical protocols" amid the novel coro...
Sep 16, 2020
Halep advances in Rome despite sluggish start
(Reuters) - Top seed Simona Halep overcame a couple of hiccups in her first match at the Italian Open in Rome to beat wildcard Jasime Paolini 6-3 6-4 to move into the third round on Wednesday. The 28-...
Sep 16, 2020
Russia’s Medvedeva returns to former coach Tutberidze – RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Olympic silver medallist Evgenia Medvedeva has parted ways with Canadian coach Brian Orser and returned to Russia to train under her former coach Eteri Tutberidze, the RIA news agen...
Sep 16, 2020
Djokovic sails past wildcard Caruso in Rome
(Reuters) - World number one Novak Djokovic turned the page on his contentious U.S. Open exit and began his claycourt season with a convincing 6-3 6-2 victory over wildcard Salvatore Caruso in the sec...
Sep 16, 2020
Ex-head of world athletics Diack found guilty of corruption
PARIS (Reuters) - The former head of world athletics' governing body, Lamine Diack, was convicted in France on Wednesday of corruption in a Russian doping scandal. Diack, 87, was found guilty of accep...
Sep 16, 2020
Frenchman Tsonga ruled out for rest of 2020 due to back injury
(Reuters) - A lingering lower back problem has forced Jo-Wilfried Tsonga out of his home Grand Slam at the French Open and the rest of 2020, the former world number five said on Wednesday. The 35-year...
Sep 16, 2020
COVID-19 pandemic to cost football $14 billion this year, says FIFA
BERN (Reuters) - The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to cost club football $14 billion this year worldwide, around one third of its value, a leading official at global soccer body FIFA said on Wednesday. ...
Sep 16, 2020
German doctor accused of masterminding sports doping goes on trial
MUNICH (Reuters) - A German sports doctor accused of masterminding an international blood doping network for professional sportspeople, from at least 23 athletes from eight countries over many years w...
Sep 16, 2020
