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Judo: Jordanian Judoka stays in shape during lockdown by lifting little sister
(Reuters) - With no access to gym equipment during the lockdown in Jordan, Olympic hopeful judoka Hadeel Alami has hit upon an unorthodox way to stay in peak condition - using her little sister as a w...
Apr 13, 2020
Soccer: More than 1,000 fans shrug off virus concerns to attend match in Belarus
BREST, Belarus (Reuters) - More than 1,000 soccer fans cheered, chanted and hugged each other as they attended a Belarusian top-flight league match on Sunday despite calls from a growing number of sup...
Apr 13, 2020
On this day: Died April 14, 2001: Jim Baxter, Scottish footballer
(Reuters) - The Scottish footballer Jim Baxter, who died of cancer at the age of 61 on April 14, 2001, is remembered as one of the greatest talents never to have featured in a World Cup. Had the Glasg...
Apr 13, 2020
Baseball, soccer seasons get underway in Taiwan
TAIPEI (Reuters) - The baseball and soccer seasons got underway behind closed doors in Taiwan at the weekend, providing rare live action for fans at home at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has shut ...
Apr 12, 2020
ITTF chief mulls scrapping individual world championships
SYDNEY (Reuters) - International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) chief Steve Dainton has suggested the sport's annual individual world championships be scrapped, with champions instead decided by the w...
Apr 12, 2020
Goodell to announce picks from his basement
The 2020 NFL Draft won't have crowds, big stage and the usual fanfare that comes with the offseason's biggest night because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. But fans who do tune in for the first n...
Apr 12, 2020
Golf: Four-time major runner-up Sanders dies aged 86
(Reuters) - American Doug Sanders, who was three feet away from beating Jack Nicklaus and winning the 1970 British Open at the home of golf, has died of natural causes aged 86, the PGA Tour said on Su...
Apr 12, 2020
Froome says recovery almost complete as he waits out lockdown
(Reuters) - Four-times Tour de France winner Chris Froome said his recovery from a horrific accident last year was nearly complete and his training load was back to normal as he prepares for when comp...
Apr 12, 2020
Former Cubs All-Star Beckert dies at 79
(Reuters) - Glenn Beckert, the Major League Baseball leader in runs scored in 1968, died on Sunday aged 79, the Chicago Cubs announced. Beckert, an infielder, played nine seasons with the Cubs and two...
Apr 12, 2020
Hungarian triathlon champion who works with COVID-19 patients baptized at Easter
By Bernadett Szabo and Krisztina Fenyo BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Akos Vanek, a former triathlon World Cup winner, works as a paramedic these days in Budapest taking patients ill with COVID-19 to hospital a...
Apr 12, 2020
