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Games will not be done with splendor, but will be simplified: Tokyo 2020’s Muto
TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto said on Wednesday that the rearranged Olympics will "not be done with grand splendor", but will be simplified. The Games, originally scheduled to start ne...
Jun 10, 2020
FIFA to choose from three bids for 2023 women’s World Cup
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - World soccer's governing body FIFA will decide on which of three bids will host the next women's World Cup, to be held in 2023, during an online meeting of its ruling c...
Jun 10, 2020
Coronavirus shutdown may help Serena’s Grand Slam quest: coach
By Sudipto Ganguly MUMBAI (Reuters) - Serena Williams is as motivated as ever to add to her 23 Grand Slam singles titles and the COVID-19 shutdown could end up helping her in that quest, the American'...
Jun 10, 2020
Snooker: O’Sullivan struggles in Championship League’s biosecure bubble
(Reuters) - Former world number one Ronnie O'Sullivan has said a night in the cells was a more enjoyable experience than competing at the Championship League Snooker event in Milton Keynes, where he r...
Jun 10, 2020
Federer out for rest of 2020 season after second knee surgery
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Roger Federer will miss the rest of the 2020 tennis season after undergoing a second knee surgery few weeks ago, the winner of 20 Grand Slam singles titles said on Wednesday. Federe...
Jun 10, 2020
On this day: Born June 11, 1956: Joe Montana, American football player
By Frank Pingue (Reuters) - Getting agreement on the greatest NFL player of all-time may be a lost cause but it would be hard to argue that anyone was more consistently prolific on the biggest stage t...
Jun 10, 2020
Osaka in no mood to back down on support for Black Lives Matter
By Jack Tarrant TOKYO (Reuters) - Naomi Osaka, the world's highest paid sportswoman, says the voices of prominent athletes can be more influential than those of politicians and is determined that hers...
Jun 10, 2020
Pepperdine senior Theegala wins Ben Hogan Award
Pepperdine fifth-year senior Sahith Theegala won another of college golf's top prizes on Tuesday. Theegala was selected the recipient of the Ben Hogan Award in an event at Colonial Country Club in For...
Jun 10, 2020
Reports: Spike Lee joins Saints’ Zoom call, compliments Brees
Academy Award-winning writer/director Spike Lee served as a guest speaker on the New Orleans Saints' virtual team meeting Tuesday, according to multiple reports. Lee, 63, has directed some of the most...
Jun 10, 2020
IOC confirms protest ban remains: Telegraph
(Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed that athletes are still banned from protesting at the Games after several sports moved to allow protests in the wake of George Floyd...
Jun 09, 2020
