Month: April 2020

12:00 PM ET Anthony Joshua’s mandatory heavyweight world title defense against Kubrat Pulev was formally postponed on Friday due to the coronavirus pandemic, Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn announced. England’s Joshua (23-1, 21 KOs), who holds three of the four major heavyweight world titles, and Pulev (28-1, 14 KOs), of Bulgaria, were due to meet
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6:26 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff England’s centrally-contracted men’s players have donated £500,000 to the ECB and selected good causes, while the England women’s squad has volunteered salary reductions for the months of April, May and June, in response to the COVID-19 outbreak and the implications for the finances of English cricket. The move had been
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12:07 PM ET Amid ongoing concern and escalating coronavirus infection rates in the United States, Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said he remains optimistic that the college football season will start on time. Asked his preference for how the sport might adjust to potential scheduling issues due to the pandemic, Swinney said his only focus is
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Apr 2, 2020 Former boxing world titleholder Orlando Salido said he would donate his salary as an elected deputy of the Sonora state legislature to help area families most affected by the coronavirus pandemic. The Mexican boxer, who won four titles as a featherweight and junior lightweight, said the economic consequences of the outbreak have
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9:33 AM ET ESPN News Services The U.S. Women’s Open has been postponed to December, the USGA announced Friday. The event had been scheduled for June 4-7 at Champions Golf Club in Houston, but it will now be played Dec. 10-13 because of the coronavirus pandemic. That would be the latest a major championship is
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10:16 PM ET The organizations that run the major championships along with the PGA Tour and European Tour are working collaboratively to put together a late summer/fall schedule in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Nothing is official, and the various entities appear to be waiting on a decision from the R&A, which runs The
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10:00 PM ET UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov says he is still willing to defend his title against Tony Ferguson at UFC 249 on April 18 at an undisclosed location, but is hopeful the fight could be re-booked as early as August if it that does not happen. As of Thursday evening, Nurmagomedov (28-0) and
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