Golf: Masters ‘proceeding as scheduled’, monitoring coronavirus
The Masters will proceed as scheduled next month and precautions will be established to ensure the safety of everyone at the year’s first major following the coronavirus outbreak, Augusta National Golf Club said on Wednesday.
NHL bans overseas business travel due to coronavirus concerns
The NHL has banned its employees from overseas business travel while it monitors the spreading coronavirus outbreak, Commissioner Gary Bettman said on Wednesday.
Canoeing: Report finds ‘culture of fear’ existed at British body
A ‘culture of fear’ existed at British Canoeing as a result of a commonly held view that the pursuit of medals was at any cost, an independent investigation found in a report published on Wednesday.
Islanders’ Boychuk gets 90 stitches to eyelid after taking skate to face
New York Islanders defenseman Johnny Boychuk needed 90 stitches to close a wound on his eyelid after taking an opponent’s skate blade to the face, the NHL team announced on Wednesday.
Motor racing: New Mercedes steering wheel is classic F1, says amused Brawn
An innovative Mercedes dual-axis steering (DAS) system is ‘classic Formula One’ but could be protested at next week’s season-opening Australian Grand Prix and will be banned anyway next year, F1 motorsport head Ross Brawn has said.
Cycling: Teams pull out of Strade Bianche due to coronavirus
Dutch team Lotto Jumbo Visma and Australia’s Mitchelton-Scott have pulled put of Saturday’s Strade Bianche, one of several cycling races in Italy under threat because of the coronavirus outbreak.
IOC to allow male/female flagbearers at Tokyo Games
National teams can appoint a man and a woman as their flag bearers at the opening ceremony for this year’s Tokyo Olympics after the International Olympic Committee broke with tradition to send a message of gender parity.
IOC not discussing cancellation or postponement of Tokyo 2020: Bach
The words ‘cancellation’ or ‘postponement’ were not mentioned during an International Olympic Committee meeting focusing on preparations for the Tokyo 2020 Games amid the coronavirus outbreak, IOC President Thomas Bach said on Wednesday.
Motor racing: Seven F1 teams challenge secret Ferrari settlement
Seven of Formula One’s 10 teams put on a rare show of unity on Wednesday in threatening legal action against a confidential settlement between the governing FIA and Ferrari over the Italian team’s 2019 power unit.
Cycling: Two teams pull out of Strade Bianche amid coronavirus
Dutch team Lotto Jumbo Visma and Australia’s Mitchelton-Scott have pulled put of Saturday’s Stade Bianche cycling race in Italy due to the coronavirus outbreak.
