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MGM Pitches Plan For NBA To Finish Season In Vegas

MGM Pitches Plan For NBA To Finish Season In Vegas

May 3, 2020 6:23 pm

MGM Resorts International has pitched a proposal to the NBA to complete the coronavirus-halted 2019-20 season on courts in Las Vegas convention centers, the New York Times reported.

The plan, according to the newspaper, would have players and their families, plus other essential personnel, stay in a quarantined area in MGM hotels along the Las Vegas Strip while practicing and competing on courts in the same facilities.

Players and broadcasters would have access to the usual resort facilities while in the protected area under the plan by MGM, which has 13 Vegas resort properties.

The plan would convert MGM convention …

Bundesliga Restart Blow As Three Test Positive For Coronavirus

Bundesliga Restart Blow As 3 Test Positive For COVID-19

May 2, 2020 5:21 pm

Three people have tested positive for coronavirus at Cologne and will be placed into a 14-day quarantine, the Bundesliga club said Friday in a potential blow to hopes of restarting the German football season this month.

“Cologne had the entire team and coaching staff, along with the backroom staff, tested on Thursday for COVID-19. Three people tested positive, all are symptom free,” the club said in a statement on its website.

“After an assessment of the cases by the responsible health authorities, the three people who tested positive will go into a 14-day quarantine at home.

“Cologne will not confirm …

US women's football team

US Women’s Football Team To Continue Equal Pay Fight

May 2, 2020 1:20 pm

Players led by Alex Morgan had sued in March 2019, asking for more than $66m in damages under the Equal Pay Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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In a 32-page decision Friday, US District Judge R Gary Klausner handed out a victory to the US Soccer Federation by throwing out players’ claims that they were underpaid

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World Beach Games Moved From 2021 To 2023

World Beach Games Moved From 2021 To 2023

May 2, 2020 6:22 am

The 2021 World Beach Games have been moved to 2023, the Association Of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) said on Friday.

ANOC said the shift was to enable countries to have time to prepare their athletes for the rescheduled Olympics in 2021.

The Olympic Games, originally scheduled to start in July this year in Tokyo, have been postponed to July 23 to Aug. 8, 2021.

This was due to the COVID-19 pandemic which has infected more than 3.29 million people worldwide and killed nearly 233,000.

ANOC had opened a bidding process to find a host for the Beach Games in January …

Rugby League Star Jordan Cox Found Dead At His Home

Rugby League Star Jordan Cox Found Dead At His Home

May 1, 2020 2:39 am
Rugby League star Jordan Cox has died at the age of 27.

The former Hull KR and Warrington forward was found dead at his home, in Hull earlier today.

However, Police are treating his death as non-suspicious.

His death is also believed not to be related to the coronavirus outbreak

Read Also: France Orders 10 Metres Between Joggers, Cyclists

A statement released by the Rugby League Benevolent Fund said: “The family of Jordan Cox are devastated by his passing earlier today.

“Jordan, who played for Hull KR and also Warrington Wolves, Sheffield Eagles, Doncaster and York City Knights, was 27.

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France Orders 10 Metres Between Joggers, Cyclists

France Orders 10 Metres Between Joggers, Cyclists

April 30, 2020 6:06 pm

France’s sports ministry said Thursday that joggers and cyclists will have to stay at least 10 metres (33 feet) from one another once stay-at-home orders are lifted on May 11.

The measures are designed to prevent a surge of new coronavirus cases.

Running has become a popular way to get a break from the nationwide lockdown in place since mid-March, since short exercise jaunts close to home are among the handful of accepted reasons for being outside.

But officials have been alarmed by scenes of hundreds of runners crowding sunny sidewalks and promenades in recent weeks, leading Paris authorities to …

PSG declared champions of France’s Ligue 1

PSG Declared Champions Of France’s Ligue 1

April 30, 2020 1:58 pm
Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) were crowned Ligue 1 champions, for the ninth time, on Thursday as France’s football league declared the season.

PSG led the table by 12 points from Marseille when the season was suspended in mid-March because of the coronavirus outbreak, which has gone on to kill more than 24,000 people in France.

The announcement by the LFP comes after Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said on Tuesday that “professional sports leagues, notably football, cannot restart” because of the risks linked to the pandemic.

“There is no ambiguity about this declaration. We needed to make a final decision about this …

Maradona Pleads For 'Hand Of God' To End Pandemic

Maradona Pleads For ‘Hand Of God’ To End Pandemic

April 29, 2020 6:47 pm

Argentine football legend Diego Maradona has asked the “Hand of God” to deliver the world from the coronavirus pandemic and allow normal life to resume.

The World Cup winner referred to his hand-assisted goal in the 1986 World Cup after Argentine football chiefs voted to end the current season as well as suspend relegation, saving Maradona-managed bottom club Gimnasia from the drop.

“Today this happened to us and many people say it is a new Hand of God,” said Maradona, alluding to his infamous goal against England.

Read Also: Olympics Will Be Cancelled If Pandemic Is Not Over

“But today …

PSG Boss Khelaifi, Ex-FIFA Scribe Valcke Face Trial

PSG Boss Khelaifi, Ex-FIFA Scribe Valcke Face Trial

April 29, 2020 7:05 am

Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi and FIFA’s former secretary general Jerome Valcke will face a corruption trial in September, the Swiss judiciary said.

The corruption case arose over the attribution of broadcasting rights.

The two will be tried in the southeastern Swiss city of Bellinzona along with a third, unidentified man.

They will be tried for criminal mismanagement, incitement to criminal mismanagement, falsifying documents and corruption, the federal criminal court said.

Al-Khelaifi, who is also the boss of Qatari television channel BeIN Sports, is suspected of giving inappropriate gifts to Valcke to secure broadcasting rights to prestigious events, including the …

Dybala Tests Positive For Coronavirus For Fourth Time

Dybala Tests Positive For Coronavirus For Fourth Time

April 29, 2020 7:03 am
Paulo Dybala has tested positive for coronavirus for the fourth time in just six weeks.

The Juventus forward confirmed to his 37.9million Instagram followers on March 21 that both he and girlfriend Oriana Sabatini had caught the disease.

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However, The Sun UK stated that Spanish programme El Chiringuito confirmed Dybala has had four tests across the last six weeks and the latest one was positive again.

 

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Should The Premier League Season Cancelled

Should The Premier League Season Be Cancelled?

April 28, 2020 6:28 pm

Will Liverpool get the chance to end their long wait for the Premier League title or will there forever be an asterisk against a season that remains unfinished due to coronavirus?

Premier League stakeholders are meeting on Friday to discuss the way forward, with widespread speculation over a potential June 8 restart.

With the Dutch Eredivisie already called off and the Belgian season in the balance, there have been calls for the English top-flight to draw a line under the season.

But the clubs remain committed to ending the 2019/20 campaign and there are compelling financial and legal ramifications to

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Decrease In Footballers’ Market Value Imminent

Decrease In Footballers’ Market Value Imminent

April 28, 2020 6:45 am
Ralph Hasenhuettl, manager of English Premier League club side Southampton, says the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic could mean a decrease in the market value of players when the transfer window reopens.

Hasenhuettl, while speaking on Monday, however, said Southampton were prepared for all eventualities.

Professional football had been suspended indefinitely across Europe since March.

But countries and leagues were now planning for a return to training and competition without fans in attendance in May or June when restrictions are relaxed.

Read Also: COVID-19: Italy To Resume Sports Training In May

With nine rounds left to be played in …

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