MotoGP events in Italy, Catalunya join list of postponed races
The MotoGP season will not begin until mid-June after the Italian and Catalan races were postponed on Tuesday due to the coronavirus pandemic....
Fukushima Olympic Flame display cancelled over virus concerns
The exhibition of the Olympic Flame, due to remain on display in Fukushima until the end of the month, will be cancelled over coronavirus concerns,...
FIFA bribe allegations raise more questions over Qatar World Cup
The 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the only major scheduled football event left unchanged after this year’s calendar was wrecked by the coronavirus, has become...
Parisians banned from outdoor sports between 10am and 7pm
French authorities tightened their lockdown measures in the capital on Tuesday by banning Parisians from outdoors sports activity between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. local...
Report: MLB looks at possible closed-door restart in Arizona
Major League Baseball is exploring the possibility of restarting its season with games behind closed doors at facilities in the Arizona area, multiple media outlets...
Tokyo 2020 delay gives everyone a fair chance, says Riner
Double Olympic judo champion Teddy Riner believes that staging the Tokyo Games in 2021 will put all athletes on an equal footing after the sports...
American wins golden toilet roll after 63-hour virtual ultramarathon
American Michael Wardian was the last runner standing in the ‘Quarantine Backyard Ultra’ on Tuesday as the endurance athlete took the title after completing 422km...
World Championships provisionally scheduled for Sept-Oct in South Korea
The Table Tennis World Championships, which was postponed due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic, has been provisionally scheduled to be held in South Korea...
Players to swap rackets for game controllers as Madrid Open goes online
The world’s top tennis players will swap rackets for game controllers this month after organisers of the cancelled Madrid Open said they will stage a...
Sport: On this day: Born April 8, 1912: Sonja Henie, Norwegian figure skater
Oslo’s shock April snowfall of 1912 is remembered as one of the city’s more memorable events of the last century, but it pales in comparison...