Bundesliga to lure global TV audiences as soccer-starved fans tune in
Germany’s Bundesliga will attract legions of new armchair fans around the world this weekend when it becomes the first of Europe’s major soccer leagues to resume after a two-month shutdown due to the coronavirus.
Motorcycling: No return for Lorenzo in 2020 as MotoGP cancels wild cards
Former MotoGP world champion Jorge Lorenzo will not have a chance to race this season after series organisers ruled out wild card entries due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
World body says clean record required for athletes seeking welfare grant
Olympic-bound professional athletes must have clean anti-doping records to be eligible for a one-off grant aimed at assisting them financially during the COVID-19 crisis, World Athletics said on Friday.
‘We don’t know how IOC money will be spent’: Tokyo 2020 chief
The organisers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, the first in history to be postponed, said on Friday they were not aware of detailed spending allocations for $800 million committed to next year’s rescheduled Games by the International Olympic Committee (IOC…
William Hill looks to football, horseracing to ride out crisis
William Hill said on Friday it is counting on the return of Germany’s Bundesliga and horseracing in the UK to turn the odds in its favour, and that it expects a lower hit to core earnings from coronavirus-led disruptions which have cancelled sports eve…
Baseball: Former All-Star and World Series-winning GM Watson dies aged 74
Two-time Major League Baseball All-Star Bob Watson, who served as a general manager and league executive, died Thursday in his home at age 74.
William Hill revenue falls 57% in COVID lockdowns
Total net revenue at William Hill plunged 57% in the weeks following the start of coronavirus lockdowns in Europe and North America, as sports betting volumes collapsed and it was forced to close its retail network of betting shops.
On this day: Born May 16, 1955: Olga Korbut, Soviet gymnast
At the 1972 Munich Olympics, an unheralded 17-year-old gymnast broke the Cold War stereotype that the Soviets were stone faced performers who displayed no emotions as she sobbed on the bench after her performance on the uneven bars went horribly wrong….
Former baseball All-Star, GM Watson dies at 74
Bob Watson, a former All-Star player who became the first African American general manager to win a World Series, died Thursday at age 74.
Former baseball All-Star, GM Watson dies at 74
Bob Watson, a former All-Star player who became the first African American general manager to win a World Series, died Thursday at age 74.
