(Reuters) – New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard is on track to become the first transgender athlete to compete at an Olympics after meeting modified qualifying requirements for the Tokyo Games.
(Reuters) – The days of 140,000 fans cheering Fernando Alonso to a home victory in Spain are long gone but the double Formula One world champion returns this weekend firm in the belief he can drive better than ever.
(Reuters) – Villarreal held out for a 0-0 draw on a nerve-jangling night at Arsenal yesterday to reach the Europa League final 2-1 on aggregate as visiting manager Unai Emery returned to haunt the London club that sacked him in 2019.
(CMC) – Chief selector Roger Harper has admitted to being concerned about the future of Shimron Hetmyer, after the talented stroke-maker this week lost his Cricket West Indies central retainer contract.
(Reuters) – Former world number one Lleyton Hewitt’s induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame will be deferred by a year due to COVID-19 travel restrictions from Australia to the United States, the Hall of Fame said yesterday.
The Indiana Pacers suspended assistant coach Greg Foster for one game and fined center Goga Bitadze for their tense in-game argument during Wednesday’s 104-93 home loss to the Sacramento Kings.
(Reuters) – Manchester City will be crowned Premier League champions if they beat Chelsea tomorrow in a game which is now a dress rehearsal for the Champions League final.
(Reuters) – After staging a stunning revival to rein in leaders Atletico Madrid, Barcelona can finally go top of La Liga when they host Diego Simeone’s side on a mouthwatering weekend as the four teams in the title race come face to face.
(Reuters) – Trainer Bob Baffert, who won a record-setting seventh Kentucky Derby with Medina Spirit last week, said the dark bay colt had another light workout yesterday and is currently in peak form ahead of next week’s Preakness Stakes.
(Cricinfo) Kyle Mayers and Nkrumah Bonner, who helped West Indies secure the fifth-highest successful chase in Test history in Chattogram in February earlier this year and then were also impressive during the home Test series against Sri Lanka, have been rewarded with their maiden red-ball central contracts, for 2021-22.
Ernesto De Mattos was elected president of the Pomeroon Cricket Board when the body held elections at the ‘old hospital’, Charity Neighourhood Democratic Council on Tuesday.
(Cricinfo) Australian players have been sent a message about doing their “homework” on the risks of overseas T20 deals due to the Covid-19 pandemic and its effect on this year’s IPL, according to Todd Greenberg, the chief executive of the Australian Cricketers’ Association.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Goals by Timo Werner and Mason Mount sent Chelsea into a Champions League final showdown with Manchester City as they outclassed Real Madrid to win 2-0 for a 3-1 aggregate triumph at Stamford Bridge yesterday.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – The Indian cricket board faces losing about $270 million in revenue after its lucrative and star-studded Indian Premier League (IPL) was halted by the COVID-19 crisis in the country, a senior official told Reuters yesterday.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Eight England players returned to London yesterday after the abrupt suspension of the Indian Premier League (IPL), with tournament organisers planning an airlift to Maldives or Sri Lanka for the stranded Australian cohort.
Tim Hardaway Jr. matched the franchise record with a career-high 10 3-pointers as part of a 36-point effort to help the Dallas Mavericks rally for a 127-113 victory over the host Miami Heat on Tuesday night.
With the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to be a blight on the sports landscape, General Secretary of the East Coast Demerara Football Association (ECDFA) Gidell Austin, has disclosed that the entity is yet to confirm a date for its constitutionally due electoral congress.
DELHI, India, CMC – Shimron Hetmyer’s Delhi Capitals teammate, Amit Mishra, has become the latest player in the Indian Premier League to test positive for COVID-19.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australian police arrested four men in dawn raids yesterday in connection with the alleged kidnap and assault of former test cricketer Stuart MacGill, media reported.
Four unidentified NBA players tested positive for COVID-19, the league and the National Basketball Players Association said yesterday.
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