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Russian high jumper Shustov receives four-year doping ban
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian high jumper Alexander Shustov, the 2010 European champion, has received a four-year ban for anti-doping violations, the country's athletics federation said on Monday. Shusto...
Jun 08, 2020
Evans dismisses Djokovic’s U.S. Open concerns over COVID-19 protocols
(Reuters) - Britain's Dan Evans believes Novak Djokovic's concerns about players having only one member of their support staff at the U.S. Open does not apply to the majority of the field and compromi...
Jun 08, 2020
Former athletics chief Diack in French court for corruption trial
PARIS (Reuters) - Lamine Diack, the disgraced former head of world athletics' governing body, arrived in a French courtroom on Monday for the start of a trial on charges of corruption and money launde...
Jun 08, 2020
Soccer: Grampus goalkeeper Langerak tests positive for COVID-19
(Reuters) - Nagoya Grampus goalkeeper Mitchell Langerak has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the Japanese club have said. Grampus forward Mu Kanazaki tested positive last week, shortly after...
Jun 07, 2020
Bubba Wallace appears to faint after race
NASCAR Cup Series driver Bubba Wallace said he was good Sunday night, hours after he appeared to faint following the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. After cameras caught Wallace...
Jun 07, 2020
NASCAR: Harvick prevails to continue dominance at Atlanta Motor Speedway
Kevin Harvick added to a sizable list of good memories at Atlanta Motor Speedway when he won Sunday's Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at the 1.5-mile oval in Hampton, Ga. The victory was the third for the...
Jun 07, 2020
Tennis: At tournaments ‘extra-security to make sure I belong’, says Townsend
(Reuters) - American world number 73 Taylor Townsend said the tennis world is not a united place when it comes to racism and she gets extra-attention from security at tournaments while others breeze t...
Jun 07, 2020
Trial of former athletics chief Diack for doping cover-up to begin
PARIS (Reuters) - Lamine Diack, the disgraced former head of athletics' governing body, goes on trial in Paris on Monday on charges of corruption and money laundering linked to a Russian doping scanda...
Jun 07, 2020
NASCAR can do more to address racial injustice, its president says
(Reuters) - Bubba Wallace, NASCAR's only African-American driver, wore a black T-shirt with the words "I Can't Breathe" and Steve Phelps, the Series president, promised the sport would do more to addr...
Jun 07, 2020
Soccer: Manchester City’s Sterling backs anti-racism protests
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Manchester City's England soccer international Raheem Sterling has backed anti-racism protests in Britain after the death of unarmed black man George Floyd in police cu...
Jun 07, 2020
