For a platform tennis championship, the players socially distanced by wearing gloves and not touching the same tennis balls. There was a trophy, but the winner didn’t take it home. But this was live sports, and ESPN streamed it.
Players who won’t take pay cuts. Clubs seeking government handouts. Coronavirus is exposing the schisms that will trouble soccer, a world with plenty of money but little trust, long after the crisis abates.
Foreign players in the Korean Baseball Organization who went home during the peak of South Korea’s outbreak are self-isolating as the league aims to resume exhibitions later this month.
European soccer leaders have written to teams and leagues to map out a plan to return to action in July and August, warning there would be consequences should leagues abandon seasons unilaterally.
The event, originally slated for early June, is the third women’s golf major tournament to be rescheduled. The decision may augur a decision from the U.S. Golf Association on the men’s Open.
Some providers break out sports fees on bills. With seasons on pause because of the coronavirus, it’s another reminder to customers of what they’re paying for but not getting.
Tottenham Hotspur star Son Heung-Min will undertake military service in South Korea during football's ongoing shutdown, his agent, Son Seung-hyuk, confirmed to CNN.
First it was off, then it looked like it might be back on again; but now, after weeks of back and forth, the highly anticipated Khabib Nurmagomedov-Tony Ferguson fight is finally off.
With the tennis calendar in disarray amid the coronavirus pandemic, Canadian star Milos Raonic hopes the rescheduling of tournaments won't be detrimental to player welfare.
Sports betting was poised for a big moment. Then the coronavirus pandemic led to closed casinos and the cancellation of the N.C.A.A. basketball tournaments.
As play is delayed to at least mid-July, small tournaments and many players are at risk of significant financial losses, and the French Open’s unilateral rescheduling has added to the chaos.
Before the U.S. Golf Association settled on a September date for the rescheduled U.S. Open at Winged Foot in Mamaroneck, N.Y., a backup plan to hold the major event at Riviera Country Club near Los Angeles in December was considered. A USGA executive told Golfweek on Monday of the maneuverings.
