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Messi unwilling to renew Barca contract – report
By Richard Martin BARCELONA (Reuters) - Barcelona captain Lionel Messi has called off negotiations over renewing his contract with the club and is ready to leave the Catalans when his current deal exp...
Jul 02, 2020
NFL: Redskins stadium sponsor FedEx requests team change its name
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Key sponsor FedEx Corp has asked the Washington Redskins to change their name, adding to renewed calls for the NFL franchise to be rebranded. FedEx has the naming rights to the te...
Jul 02, 2020
Baseball: Exemption allows Blue Jays to return home, but for how long
(Reuters) - The Toronto Blue Jays will return home to the Rogers Centre for training camp after the Major League Baseball team was granted an exemption by the Canadian government on Thursday but where...
Jul 02, 2020
NFL to play ‘Black national anthem’ before Week one games
By Rory Carroll (Reuters) - The NFL will play "Lift Every Voice and Sing," a song often referred to as the Black national anthem, prior to the kickoff of Week 1 games, a source familiar with the leagu...
Jul 02, 2020
NFLPA hasn’t signed off on two-game preseason: report
The NFL Players Association reportedly has not yet signed off on an abbreviated, two-game preseason. "Some in union leadership continue to question whether it's smart to play ANY preseason games," NFL...
Jul 02, 2020
Toronto FC rookie Achara out for season
Toronto FC rookie midfielder Ifunanyachi Achara is out for the season after tearing the ACL in his left knee, the team announced Thursday. The 22-year-old Nigeria native is scheduled to have surgery o...
Jul 02, 2020
Flyers F Lindblom completes cancer treatments
Philadelphia Flyers forward Oskar Lindblom completed his treatments for bone cancer Thursday. To mark the occasion, the 23-year-old Swede rang a ceremonial bell at Abramson Cancer Center at the Hospit...
Jul 02, 2020
MLB will be lucky to finish season amid virus surge: Manfred
While attempting to clarify comments he made a day earlier that caused a bit of a stir, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred on Thursday admitted the league will "be lucky" to play a full 60-game abbreviated ...
Jul 02, 2020
TobiWan quitting esports following allegations
Dota 2 commentator Toby "TobiWan" Dawson stated his innocence Thursday but said he is quitting esports after allegations of sexual assault and harassment. "I want to make it very clear: I am not guilt...
Jul 02, 2020
UK confirmed coronavirus death toll rises by 89 to 43,995
(Reuters) - The United Kingdom's death toll from confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus rose by 89 on Thursday to 43,995 from 43,906 the day before, government figures showed. Including suspected ca...
Jul 02, 2020
