1:22 PM GMT There’s no cricket on the horizon, yet, for Pakistan’s players, but lockdown or no lockdown, they’ll have to keep their fitness levels up. That’s the message from the PCB, which will conduct fitness tests for over 200 of its contracted domestic and international players, via video link, on April 20 and 21.
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8:00 AM ET The text arrived about 10 p.m. It was Thursday, March 12, and Justin Thomas was getting ready to go to bed at the house he was sharing with Rickie Fowler at The Players Championship near Jacksonville. Thomas looked at his phone. Normally, the PGA Tour’s mass texting service sends automated messages to
8:25 AM ET Serena Williams‘ coach Patrick Mouratoglou has called on tennis governing bodies to come together and devise a way of helping lower level professionals struggling financially due to the coronavirus shutdown. The tennis season was halted in early March due to the pandemic, leaving players in the lower tiers who solely depend on
British Cycling has announced it will furlough 90 roles in anticipation of a £4m drop in revenue because of coronavirus. Around a third of the workforce will be furloughed in April and May. Chief executive Julia Harrington and members of the leadership team will take a 10% pay cut in May and June. “Employees who
7:59 AM GMT International cricket of some kind in the next Australian summer is probable, the domestic Big Bash League and WBBL are highly likely and even the men’s T20 World Cup remains a chance of happening. These are among the views that may be drawn from a report issued to Cricket Australia and the
12:19 AM ET Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea — With new cases of the coronavirus falling in South Korea, the country’s baseball league is targeting an early May restart with teams ready to play preseason exhibition games as early as April 21. On Wednesday, the country recorded 53 new infections, the third consecutive day that
9:05 PM ET Tiger Woods has been mostly quiet since the sports world went into lockdown, but he acknowledged Tuesday on social media that he would have been hosting the Champions Dinner at Augusta National had the Masters not been postponed. “Masters Champions Dinner quarantine style. Nothing better than being with family,” Woods captioned a
8:21 PM ET ESPN News Services Kevin Garnett was recently selected to be enshrined into the Basketball Hall of Fame, but he’s “not entertaining” the idea of the Minnesota Timberwolves retiring his No. 21, saying he still hasn’t forgiven team owner Glen Taylor after an acrimonious split in 2016. “Glen knows where I’m at, I’m
7:00 AM ET Barclay Goodrow was traded from the San Jose Sharks to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Feb. 24. Seventeen days into his tenure with his new team, the NHL shut down. Goodrow had just settled into his condo with his girlfriend, Madison. They could have gone back home to Toronto, but Goodrow was
5:27 PM ET Associated Press Roger Federer offered stuck-at-home amateurs the ultimate online fantasy camp of sorts Tuesday, a chance to get tennis tips from a guy many consider the greatest of all time. While people all over the world are cooped up because of the new coronavirus — social distancing while trying to stay
7:36 PM ET UFC lightweight Justin Gaethje says he’ll have “18-to-19 minutes of pure hell” for Tony Ferguson at UFC 249 on April 18, adding that he’s confident that will be enough to get it done. Gaethje (21-2) has agreed to face Ferguson (25-3) at an undisclosed location on short notice. The 31-year-old has notoriously
6:42 PM ET The Toronto Maple Leafs signed coveted forward Alexander Barabanov to a one-year, entry-level contract, the team announced on Tuesday. Barabanov, 25, was a star in the Kontinental Hockey League, playing for SKA St. Petersburg. He had 11 goals and 20 points this season, in 43 games, and had three points in four
7:00 AM ET Devin Gordon IF THIS STORY WERE a prizefight, Bruce Buffer would get introduced first. He’s the challenger, after all, the baby brother by 13 years. Coming up in the shadow of a legend drove him to find his own voice, conquer his own sport, be his own Buffer. And so he should
5:56 PM ET David Wilson Following a controversial tweet by Mike Leach, Mississippi State athletic director John Cohen issued a statement Tuesday saying there is a plan in place to provide the first-year football coach with opportunities to “expand his cultural awareness of Mississippi.” Leach’s tweet, depicting a woman knitting her husband a noose during
4:26 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Burton and Carl Edwards were among the new nominees for NASCAR’s next Hall of Fame class announced Tuesday under a revamped voting protocol. Voters for 11 years elected five members per class first from a list of 25 candidates; it was trimmed to
4:27 PM ET Arizona Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury believes the trade that sent running back David Johnson to the Houston Texans in exchange for wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins will be completed before the NFL draft begins on April 23. “There’s not concern,” Kingsbury said on a video conference call with reporters on Tuesday. “But those
3:02 PM ET In an attempt to shield lesser-income employees from being asked to take a pay cut during the uncertain economic times caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the Los Angeles Lakers plan to ask the team’s top brass to make a monetary sacrifice, league sources confirmed to ESPN. Lakers ownership, after consulting with the
3:39 PM ET A day after announcing an intended November date for the Masters, Augusta National officials locked the field for the proposed 2020 tournament, adding four players off the most recent Official World Golf Ranking. An Augusta National spokesman confirmed that the field had been updated, with 96 players qualifying for the event that