(Reuters): Juventus and Argentina soccer forward Paulo Dybala has tested positive for coronavirus but has no symptoms, the Italian Serie A club said on Saturday, making him one of the most high-profile pla
MILAN, March 22 (Reuters): Former AC Milan defender Paolo Maldini and his son Daniel, a current player for the same club, have both contracted the coronavirus, the club said in a statement on Saturday.
MADRID, March 22 (Reuters): Former Real Madrid president Lorenzo Sanz has died aged 76, his son Lorenzo said on Saturday.
The former Real president was taken to hospital on Tuesday, with newspaper El Mu
(Reuters): USA Track and Field (USATF), the governing body of American athletics, on Saturday called for a postponement of the Tokyo Olympics.
The federation, in a letter to United States Olym
MUMBAI, March 21 (Reuters): The coronavirus pandemic is restricting the fight against anti-doping, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has said while issuing new guidelines to continue testing of athletes
LONDON, March 21 (Reuters): Manchester United and Manchester City are the latest Premier League clubs to spring into action to help their communities during the coronavirus pandemic, joining forces to donate 10
(Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) should review plans to go ahead with the Tokyo Olympics during the coronavirus pandemic and ensure dialogue with athletes, the Sport and Rights Alliance (SR
Chennai, March 21 (IANS): Atanu Lahiri, the 44-year old chess International Master (IM), is a relieved man today. No more stints of going 'underground' and travelling without luggage, staying at various pl
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS): Amid panic over a possibility of community transmission of novel coronavirus, it has now come to fore that ace boxer and Rajya Sabha MP Mary Kom broke the 14-day quarantine prot
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS): The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has issued fresh dope testing guidelines in light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, which has so far claimed over 11,000 lives across the
Beijing, March 21 (IANS): Chinese international footballer Wu Lei has tested positive for the novel coronavirus with mild symptoms and has been in self-isolation at home in Barcelona, Spain.
A source co
Naples, March 21 (IANS): Despite the ongoing coronavirus outbreak which has claimed over 4,000 lives in Italy and a subsequent lockdown announced by the government, football club Napoli has said that they
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS): A teenager, who was a sparring partner for the Taiwanese (Chinese Taipei) badminton team has tested positive for coronavirus, drawing concern from Indian badminton players. The
Kolkata, March 20 (IANS): India women's team striker Bala Devi, who plays for Scottish football club Rangers F.C., has decided to stay back in Glasgow after the Indian government on Thursday said that no intern
DIMAPUR, MARCH 20 (MExN): In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the MFA and MPL Managing Committee has unanimously decided to suspend the league with effect from gameweek 6.
April 13 has been proposed as a pot
LONDON, MARCH 20 (REUTERS): Formula One drivers will join video gamers in a series of virtual grands prix to replace races postponed by the coronavirus outbreak, the sport announced on Friday.
The first, r
Kolkata, March 20 (IANS): Legendary footballer P.K. Banerjee died on Friday at a city hospital after battling a chest infection for a long time, family sources said. He was 83.
He was on ventilator support
People wear protective face masks following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as they try to watch the Olympic cauldron during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic's Flame of Recovery tour at Ishinomaki Mina
(Reuters): Promoter Eddie Hearn says Anthony Joshua's world heavyweight title defence againt IBF mandatory challenger Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev in June has not been postponed yet due to coronavirus, despite t
Three-time Olympic gold medalists Tadahiro Nomura and Saori Yoshida light the Olympic Flame at the Olympic cauldron during a ceremony at Japan Air Self-Defense Force Matsushima Base in Higashi-Matsuhsima, Miyag