Soccer: Players take a knee as Premier League restarts
Premier League players, including champions Manchester City, took a knee before kickoff in support of the “Black Lives Matter” movement as the English season restarted on Wednesday.
French Open pushed back a week, ATP and WTA announce August resumption
The re-scheduled French Open has been pushed back a further week and the ATP Tour and WTA Tour have both issued revised calendars as professional tennis gears up to emerge from the shutdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
French Open to be held with fans: French federation president
The French Open, unlike its U.S. counterpart, will be held with fans when it takes place from Sept. 27-Oct. 11, the head of the French tennis federation (FFT) said on Wednesday.
Horse racing: Favourite Tiz the Law draws eighth post for Belmont
The Belmont Stakes’s 6-5 favourite Tiz the Law will break from the eighth post on Saturday, at the start of American horse racing’s prized Triple Crown.
Lamine Diack should serve four years in jail, French prosecutor tells court
French financial prosecutors on Wednesday sought a four-year jail sentence for Lamine Diack, the former head of athletics’ governing body, on trial for corruption and money laundering linked to a Russian doping scandal.
Serena ‘cannot wait’ to play in this year’s U.S. Open
Fears that strict health protocols due to the COVID-19 outbreak could deter the game’s biggest names from competing at this year’s U.S. Open were somewhat allayed on Wednesday when Serena Williams confirmed she will play the New York event.
French prosecutors request four-year jail sentence for Lamine Diack
French financial prosecutors on Wednesday asked for a four-year jail sentence for Lamine Diack, former head of world athletics, on trial for corruption, money laundering and breach of trust.
French Open pushed back one week, includes qualifying draw
The re-scheduled French Open will begin a week later on Sept. 27 following a qualifying draw, organizers confirmed on Wednesday after the ATP and WTA Tours announced their revised calendars.
UEFA praises players for taking political stance
UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin on Wednesday praised footballers for taking a political stance and said the European soccer governing body’s own attempts to tackle racism in the game were “not enough.”
World No. 2 Halep currently does not plan to play U.S. Open
Simona Halep does not currently plan to play the U.S. Open with the health protocols put in place by the organisers for the Grand Slam due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Romanian women’s world number two told Reuters on Wednesday.
