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Japanese MotoGP round cancelled due to pandemic
(Reuters) - Japan will not have a MotoGP round for the first time since 1986 after organisers on Monday cancelled the Oct. 18 race at Motegi due to the COVID-19 pandemic that will keep the series in E...
Jun 01, 2020
On this day: Born June 2, 1980: Abby Wambach, American soccer player
By Arvind Sriram (Reuters) - When Abby Wambach towered over the Brazilian defence to head home a desperately late equaliser at the 2011 World Cup it set a United States side struggling to emerge from ...
Jun 01, 2020
Hamilton criticises F1 for staying silent on Floyd death
LONDON (Reuters) - Six times Formula One motor racing champion Lewis Hamilton has criticised his sport for its silence on the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died after a white U.S. ...
May 31, 2020
NBA great Michael Jordan speaks out on death of George Floyd: ‘We have had enough’
(Reuters) - Basketball great Michael Jordan voiced outrage on Sunday over the death of George Floyd, a black man shown on video gasping for breath as a white policeman knelt on his neck in Minneapolis...
May 31, 2020
Spurs gueard Walker helps clean damage in San Antonio
Spurs guard Lonnie Walker IV was among the volunteers helping clean up damage in downtown San Antonio on Sunday, one day after protests that included looting raged in the area due to the death of Geor...
May 31, 2020
Golf: Singh pulls out of developmental tour event after criticism
(Reuters) - Former world number one Vijay Singh, who drew criticism for signing up for a tournament on the developmental Korn Ferry Tour (KFT), has since decided not to play the event, the PGA Tour sa...
May 31, 2020
Elite sport to get exemptions from British quarantine rules: report
LONDON (Reuters) - British quarantine rules are set to be relaxed for elite sport in a boost for soccer clubs in European competition and Formula One's plans for races at Silverstone, the Times report...
May 31, 2020
Soccer: Hat-trick hero Sancho wears ‘Justice for George Floyd’ shirt
PADERBORN, Germany (Reuters) - Borussia Dortmund players Jadon Sancho and Achraf Hakimi became the latest athletes to join a chorus of outrage over the death of a black man in Minneapolis by wearing s...
May 31, 2020
NHL players call for change after death of unarmed black man
(Reuters) - A number of NHL players have voiced a call to stand together for change amid fiery clashes between police and protesters over last week's death of a black man shown on video gasping for br...
May 31, 2020
Vanessa Bryant shares Kobe’s ‘I Can’t Breathe’ photo
Amid nationwide unrest over the death of George Floyd, Vanessa Bryant shared a photo of her late husband Kobe wearing an "I Can't Breathe" T-shirt. Her Instagram post included a reminder that life is ...
May 31, 2020
