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Portugal’s Sporting to cut player wages by 40% amid coronavirus losses
LISBON (Reuters) - Players at Sporting will have their salaries cut by 40% for three months as the club attempts to mitigate financial losses from the suspension of games during the coronavirus outbre...
Apr 12, 2020
British racing great Stirling Moss dies aged 90
LONDON (Reuters) - British racing driver Stirling Moss, regarded as one of the Formula One greats despite never winning the world championship, died on Sunday at the age of 90 after a long illness. "H...
Apr 12, 2020
On this day: Born April 13, 1963; Russian chess champion Garry Kasparov
By Alan Baldwin (Reuters) - Garry Kasparov hated losing but in defeat, to an "alien opponent" incapable of fear or the faintest flicker of emotion, the youngest of chess champions and greatest of gran...
Apr 12, 2020
King says women athletes should stay focused on fight for equality
By Rory Carroll (Reuters) - Tennis great Billie Jean King on Saturday said that despite the myriad of setbacks facing female athletes due to the coronavirus pandemic, they should not lose sight of the...
Apr 11, 2020
Memorial tournament to slot into British Open dates: Nicklaus
(Reuters) - Golf's prestigious Memorial tournament is likely to slot into the calendar on the July dates of the cancelled British Open, tournament host Jack Nicklaus said. Nicklaus thinks it unlikely ...
Apr 11, 2020
Running back McCoy wants to land with ‘winning franchise’
Free agent running back LeSean McCoy says he wants to play two more years and hopes to sign with a "winning franchise." McCoy, who was recently named to the NFL's 2010s All-Decade Team, talked with Si...
Apr 11, 2020
Factbox: Sports events around the world hit by coronavirus pandemic
(Reuters) - Major sports events around the world that have been hit by the coronavirus pandemic: OLYMPICS * The postponed Olympic Games will now begin on July 23, 2021 and run until Aug. 8. * World At...
Apr 11, 2020
Women’s Rogers Cup in Montreal postponed until 2021
(Reuters) - The women's Rogers Cup tournament in Montreal in August has been postponed until 2021 due to the coronavirus outbreak, the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) announced on Saturday. The WTA s...
Apr 11, 2020
Haas furlough UK staff, fifth F1 team to do so
LONDON (Reuters) - The U.S.-owned Haas Formula One team have furloughed most of their British-based employees, meaning half of the grid has now taken similar measures in response to the new coronaviru...
Apr 11, 2020
Frodeno completes home Ironman triathlon for charity
BERLIN (Reuters) - Olympic gold medallist Jan Frodeno completed a full Ironman triathlon in his home on Saturday to raise more than 200,000 euros ($217,280) for charity. The German, currently in coron...
Apr 11, 2020
