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Young Gaza amputees play soccer again after coronavirus curbs eased
By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - Young Palestinian soccer players, all amputees and many on crutches, were back on the field in Gaza on Tuesday for the first time since coronavirus restrictions w...
Jul 07, 2020
Women’s British Open to go ahead without fans
LONDON (Reuters) - The women's British Open will go ahead without fans in August at Royal Troon, the R&A said on Tuesday. The tournament from Aug. 20-23 will be the first women's major to take place t...
Jul 07, 2020
Tennis: Winners and winners, what revised rankings mean for top five men
By Sudipto Ganguly MUMBAI (Reuters) - Men's governing body ATP on Monday unveiled a revised system for calculating world rankings when the season resumes in August following a five-month suspension du...
Jul 07, 2020
BWF cancels China Masters, Dutch Open due to coronavirus
(Reuters) - Badminton's BWF Tour Super 100 events in China and Netherlands have been cancelled due to the coronavirus crisis, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) said on Tuesday. The China Masters, o...
Jul 07, 2020
Golf: Baby crashes Pieters’ Olympic plans but then came the virus
ANTWERP, Belgium (Reuters) - Belgium's Thomas Pieters reckons he is one of just a handful of sportspeople who did a merry jig when this year's Olympic Games were postponed. "I was pretty ecstatic when...
Jul 07, 2020
Armenia won’t send athletes to CIS Games due to COVID-19 concerns
(Reuters) - Armenia will not send athletes to the first Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Games in the Russian city of Kazan in September due to concerns about the coronavirus pandemic. The lan...
Jul 07, 2020
U.S. women’s league dedicates season to social justice
(Reuters) - The U.S. Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) has said teams will wear uniforms bearing the names of Black female victims of police brutality and racial violence during the leagu...
Jul 07, 2020
First tranche of COVID-19 sport relief funding released by New Zealand government
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's government said on Tuesday it has released the first installment of a NZ$265 million ($174.21 million) funding package to help the local sports industry cope with ...
Jul 06, 2020
MLB unveils schedule for 60-game season; Nationals-Yankees first up
(Reuters) - The defending World Series champion Washington Nationals will play host to the New York Yankees on July 23 in the first game of the 60-game Major League Baseball season, the league announc...
Jul 06, 2020
MLB announces full regular-season schedule
Major League Baseball on Monday announced the full 60-game schedules for every team this season, with the regular season beginning July 23 and ending Sept. 27. MLB suspended the season during spring t...
Jul 06, 2020
