BERN, (Reuters) – Professional footballers often live alone in a strange country, far from their families and work in a high-adrenaline profession where they can be heroes one day and forgotten the next.
(Reuters) – North America’s sports leagues may be itching to return to action but 72% of those who responded to a Seton Hall poll said they would not feel safe to attend games until a vaccine for the novel coronavirus is developed.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Some of England’s leading players will go head-to-head from their living rooms over Easter as part of a new FIFA 20 tournament launched by the FA on Thursday.
(Field Level Media) Trae Young is planning on living at half court.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia batsman Marnus Labuschagne has had to devise an innovative way to get some practice and stay busy with cricket currently shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic and is facing throwdowns with a taped-up tennis ball.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Two former 21st Century Fox executives and a South American sports marketing company pleaded not guilty yesterday to criminal charges in New York in the long-running corruption probe surrounding FIFA, the world governing body for soccer.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies legend Michael Holding has identified the batting trio of Nicholas Pooran, Shimron Hetmyer and Shai Hope as proof of the exceptional talent in the Caribbean, and believes they can serve as the catalyst for the regional side’s revival in coming years.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Novice West Indies leg-spinning all-rounder, Hayden Walsh, says he has embraced head coach Phil Simmons as a “father figure”, following his international debut for the regional side last year.
PARIS, (Reuters) – Formula one is facing a new reality and must make deeper cost cuts to ensure the sport emerges intact from the coronavirus crisis, FIA president Jean Todt said.
(Reuters) – England’s county cricketers will forgo 1 million pounds ($1.24 million) in prize money and take pay cuts in April and May to help protect the domestic game during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA) has said.
MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – Among the multitude of viral videos flying around social media during Britain’s coronavirus lockdown, is one which ridicules Premier League footballers in a brutal, unsubtle fashion.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Convenor of selectors, Roger Harper, has hailed the improved batting of the white-ball unit as one of the positives for West Indies in recent months.
The local rugby community is now mourning the loss of former President and stalwart of the union, Colonel (Ret’d) John Lewis who passed away on Tuesday night.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Apr 8, CMC – Legendary fast bowler Michael Holding has given a thumbs up to some of the initial moves made by the new Ricky Skerritt-led Cricket West Indies administration, and believes one of the major achievements so far is the renewed commitment by players to represent the embattled regional side.
Much has been raved about Guyana’s recent success during the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Professional Cricket League Regional Four-Day Tournament after the South Americans won the title for five consecutive years up until they were dethroned by Barbados in this year’s season shortened by two rounds because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Cricket West Indies (CWI) Chief Executive Officer, Johnny Grave has expressed optimism that the body can resume cricket within the scheduled timeframe.
Ben Stokes has become the first Englishman since 2005 to be named Wisden’s leading cricketer in the world.
CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Cricket South Africa (CSA) will introduce fitness clauses into player contracts in the future in a bid to set minimum standards for selection, national team coach Mark Boucher said yesterday.
BERN, (Reuters) – FIFA president Gianni Infantino has said that football will be “totally different” when it re-starts after the coronavirus.
(Reuters) – The organisers of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar have strongly denied allegations from the U.S.
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