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Baseball-Rockies’ Desmond to sit out MLB season citing host of concerns
(Reuters) - Colorado Rockies outfielder Ian Desmond has said he will sit out the Major League Baseball (MLB) season, citing the risks of playing during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as concerns over t...
Jun 30, 2020
Horseracing: O’Brien seeking eighth Oaks win with 11/8 favourite Love
(Reuters) - Irish trainer Aidan O'Brien's Love has been listed as an 11/8 favourite with Unibet for the Investec Oaks, which will take place at Epsom Downs on July 4. Love, who won the 1000 Guineas in...
Jun 30, 2020
Punching through the pandemic: Kenyan boxing club gives kids a break
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Vanessa Wanjera packs a punch. The 14-year-old Kenyan took up boxing two years ago but she already has big dreams. "I want to be a champion, instead of staying in the slums," Wanje...
Jun 30, 2020
Motor racing: McLaren’s Formula One future was never a doubt, says Seidl
By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - McLaren's Formula One future was never in doubt despite a cash crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and now resolved by a fresh injection of funds, team princi...
Jun 30, 2020
Motor racing: Renault retain Sirotkin as F1 reserve
LONDON (Reuters) - Russian Sergey Sirotkin will be on standby in Austria this weekend after Renault announced on Tuesday they had retained him as their Formula One reserve driver. The role has come in...
Jun 30, 2020
Tennis: Kyrgios, Becker in war of words over Zverev’s partying video
(Reuters) - Nick Kyrgios and Boris Becker traded insults on social media on Tuesday following the Australian's criticism of Alexander Zverev after a video appeared to show the German dancing in a crow...
Jun 30, 2020
UEFA says Champions League final tournament still on but ‘we’ll adapt if we have to’
PARIS (Reuters) - UEFA currently sees no need for a plan B for the Champions League final tournament due to be held in Lisbon, despite several suburbs of the Portuguese capital preparing to go back in...
Jun 30, 2020
Players can stay in locker rooms during anthem: U.S. women’s soccer league
(Reuters) - The U.S. National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) has said players can choose to remain in the locker room or express their individual views on the pitch while the national anthem is being pl...
Jun 30, 2020
Sailing: Team New Zealand blames inside job for America’s Cup allegations
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Team New Zealand have blamed "informants" for spreading "highly defamatory and inaccurate" allegations about the body organising their America's Cup defence, triggering governme...
Jun 30, 2020
Soccer: English TV commentary across leagues shows racial bias, study claims
(Reuters) - Television commentators praise players with lighter skin as more intelligent and hardworking than those with darker skin, showed a study https://runrepeat.com/racial-bias-study-soccer by D...
Jun 30, 2020
