Month: July 2020

Jul 14, 2020 Associated Press The Swiss Indoors tennis tournament has been canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. Organizers say it would be “irresponsible and logistically difficult to go ahead” amid uncertainty about public health and the economy. Tournament head Roger Brennwald says “social distancing or matches played behind closed doors were out of the
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9:47 PM IST Former Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza confirmed on Tuesday that he is Covid-19 negative. His wife Sumona Haque, however, continues to test positive. Mortaza, who is also a Member of Parliament representing the ruling Awami League party, was diagnosed with the virus three weeks ago, on June 20. “I heard the results of
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7:24 AM ET Pep Guardiola has never encouraged Manchester City‘s supporters to boo and jeer the Champions League anthem during the stand-off with UEFA during his four years in charge as manager at the Etihad Stadium. The former Barcelona and Bayern Munich coach has instead urged the fans to focus their energy on backing the
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7:46 AM ET Steve KimESPN Like everyone else, Mikaela Mayer found out about Jamel Herring’s positive test for COVID-19 on Monday morning. It postponed Herring’s junior lightweight world title defense against Jonathan Oquendo for the second time. Just like that, Mayer’s bout versus Helen Joseph was elevated to the main event spot of Tuesday’s Top
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9:37 AM ET A critical matchup in the UFC’s surging featherweight division is now official. Calvin Kattar and Dan Ige both successfully made weight Tuesday for their UFC Fight Night main event bout in Abu Dhabi. Kattar weighed in at 146 pounds and Ige was 145 pounds. Both co-main event fighters also weighed in successfully
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5:04 PM ET Manchester United dropped the chance to vault into third place of the Premier League standings after giving up a stoppage time goal in a 2-2 draw with Southampton on Monday. Goals by Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial seemed to have ensured United’s place ahead of Chelsea and Leicester City, but Michael Obafemi‘s
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