Sports-On this day… April 12
TENNIS – Andre Agassi and Boris Becker pose with their respective trophies after the final of the Salem Open in Hong Kong — the 14th and last meeting between the two.
Tua on injury-prone label: ‘I’m not playing badminton’
Tua Tagovailoa tried again Friday to refute the notion that he is injury-prone.
NHL executive: Cities are offering to host neutral-site games
The NHL is listening to offers from venues around North America that are volunteering to host neutral-site playoff games.
Report: MLB considering radical 2020 realignment plan
Major League Baseball is considering a radical realignment plan that would scrap traditional leagues and place teams in six divisions based on spring training locations for the 2020 season, USA Today reported on Friday.
NHL exec: Cities are offering to host neutral-site games
The NHL is listening to offers from venues around North America that are volunteering to host neutral-site playoff games.
XFL suspending operations: reports
The rebooted XFL told staff on Friday it was suspending operations and laying off most employees after failing to finish its first season because of the COVID-19 pandemic, local media reports said.
Cycling: Riders’ union warns it won’t accept global pay cuts due to coronavirus
The professional riders association said on Friday it would not accept any global pay cut plan for cyclists amid the coronavirus crisis and called for unity across the sport.
ITF chief advises players to seek local support during shutdown
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is looking at ways to help those most severely affected by the sport’s shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic and advises players to claim government support where possible, its chief David Haggerty told Reut…
Motor racing: Renault furloughs ‘vast majority’ of F1 team to end of May
Renault have furloughed most of their British-based Formula One race team until the end of May due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with management also taking a pay cut, the French carmaker announced on Friday.
Soccer: 1982 Brazil team reunite to help fight COVID-19
Members of Brazil’s 1982 World Cup squad have reunited to ask their compatriots to work together and donate money to help the country’s overcrowded favelas avoid the worst ravages of the coronavirus.
