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Dybala is third Juventus player to test positive

Saturday, 21 March 2020, 20:30 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Paulo Dybala is the third Juventus player to test positive for COVID-19. Juventus says that the Argentina soccer playmaker is in “voluntary home isolation (in Italy) and he is asymptomatic...

World Rugby delays sevens tournaments, cancels U20 World Cup

Friday, 20 March 2020, 20:43 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

World Rugby has postponed the final rounds of the men's and women's world sevens series and canceled the men's under-20 world championship in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The London...

Former Cardiff player Peter Whittingham dies at 35

Thursday, 19 March 2020, 15:31 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Peter Whittingham, a former Premier League soccer player who suffered a serious head injury in a fall on March 7, has died. He was 35. Whittingham, who retired from playing in 2018, had been in...

Football suspension in England extended to 30 April

Thursday, 19 March 2020, 15:02 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Football in England will stay suspended until at least April 30 because of the coronavirus outbreak and the season could be finished in June. The Football Association and Premier League say they...

Madrid striker Luka Jovic investigated for flouting isolation

Thursday, 19 March 2020, 14:48 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Real Madrid striker Luka Jovic is being investigated by Serbian authorities for allegedly flouting a mandatory self-isolation measure after returning home from a coronavirus-infected state, local...

English Football League agree to $57M relief package

Wednesday, 18 March 2020, 21:46 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

The English Football League put forward a short-term relief package worth 50 million pounds ($57 million) on Wednesday to assist cash-strapped clubs in the divisions below the Premier League during...

Tennis tours stop until June for COVID-19; rankings frozen

Wednesday, 18 March 2020, 20:23 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

The ATP and WTA professional tennis tours suspended all competition through at least June 7 because of the new coronavirus pandemic and froze their rankings Wednesday "until further...

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