Tough for game to resume this year, says Tennis Australia chief
Tennis could lose the remainder of the 2020 season to the coronavirus pandemic, Tennis Australia (TA) chief executive Craig Tiley has said.
2020 Games postponement signals growing power shift from IOC to athletes
Tweeting from her Toronto couch two weeks ago, six-time Olympian Hayley Wickenheiser had two words for the International Olympic Committee, which had yet to postpone the Tokyo Summer Games amid the coronavirus pandemic: “Insensitive and irresponsible.”…
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Mickelson ‘working on’ potential rematch with Woods
American golfer Phil Mickelson got fans excited in the midst of a virtual halt to live sports by the coronavirus pandemic when he hinted at a rematch with longtime rival Tiger Woods.
WTA working on better pay, considers extending Tour
With lower-level players reeling financially from the tennis shutdown over the coronavirus, the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) said on Tuesday it was working to boost players’ earnings when the sport resumes and may extend the 2020 season.
New Zealand’s Radio Sport goes off air as coronavirus bites
New Zealand’s Radio Sport has ceased broadcasting indefinitely because of the coronavirus shutdown, bringing to an end nearly a quarter of a century of commentary, interviews and sport-related chat.
U.S. Open venue to host 350-bed temporary hospital amid coronavirus pandemic
A portion of the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center is set to transform into a 350-bed temporary hospital on Tuesday, the USTA said, as the coronavirus outbreak strains resources in New York City, which as been dramatically affected by the pandemi…
USA Rugby to file for bankruptcy
USA Rugby will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy due to “insurmountable financial constraints” that were accelerated by the coronavirus pandemic, the governing body said on Monday.
NFL transaction notebook: Steelers officially sign Ebron
The Pittsburgh Steelers officially signed tight end Eric Ebron on Monday, completing their biggest addition of the offseason.
Jailed CBF president given early release by NY judge
The octogenarian Brazilian soccer boss jailed as part of the corruption investigation inside world soccer’s governing body FIFA is to be released early on compassionate grounds, the judge in the case said on Monday.
