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Weightlifting: Three Russians’ samples test positive for same banned substance, IWF says
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) said on Friday that doping samples taken from three-time world weightlifting champion Nadezhda Evstyukhina and two other Russian wei...
Jun 05, 2020
LA Galaxy part with midfielder Katai after wife’s racist posts
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The LA Galaxy has parted company with Serbian midfielder Aleksandar Katai after his wife published "a series of racist and violent social media posts," the Major League Soccer (ML...
Jun 05, 2020
North America’s start-up operations hit by COVID-19 fallout
By Steve Keating TORONTO (Reuters) - On the North American sports scene the Canadian Premier League is a corner store operation and, like all small businesses that have been hit by the new coronavirus...
Jun 05, 2020
IndyCar serves up ‘daunting’ test in season opener
(Reuters) - IndyCar drivers eager to get back behind the wheel will face a test unlike any other on Saturday when, with limited practice, they kick off a season delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic on one...
Jun 05, 2020
Ryan donates $500K to Atlanta’s black community
Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan is donating $500,000 toward helping the black community in Atlanta. Ryan, who is preparing for his 13th season with the team, said he can no longer stand on the sidelines...
Jun 05, 2020
Hungarian GP contract extended by a year to 2027
LONDON (Reuters) - Hungarian Grand Prix organisers have negotiated a year's contract extension to 2027 to compensate for having to hold this year's Formula One race without spectators due to the COVID...
Jun 05, 2020
Tennis: German Becker does not rule out a return to coaching
MUMBAI (Reuters) - German tennis great Boris Becker, who previously worked with reigning world number one Novak Djokovic, has not ruled out a return to coaching, the six-times Grand Slam champion said...
Jun 05, 2020
Swimming: Australia seeking Taylor-made gold rush in Tokyo
By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Few jobs in sport come with as much pressure as the head coach of Australia's Olympic swimming programme, and Rohan Taylor knows full well that no matter what happe...
Jun 05, 2020
On this day: Born June 6, 1944: Tommie Smith, American sprinter
By Frank Pingue (Reuters) - Tommie Smith was once among the fastest men on the planet but it is the raised-fist protest he took part in at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, a gesture that became a sym...
Jun 05, 2020
Tennis: Evans lets go of the anger after difficult return from ban
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Briton Dan Evans says a sports psychologist described him as one of the angriest people he had ever met during his one-year ban from tennis for cocaine use in 2017. Evans, who teste...
Jun 05, 2020
