Entertainment & LifestyleHuman InterestSports 20 July 2021, 2:11 pm 1 minute First his torch relay was canceled because of COVID-19 fears. Then spectators were banned from the Games’ first-ever surfing competition. In a Special Report, Reuters details how 78-year-old “Ted” Adegawa and the surfing town he helped build, symbolize the disappointment in Japan over this…
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save The Washington Commanders wasted no time starting anew. On Monday morning, a day after his team fell to the Dallas Cowboys to finish the season 4-13, Commanders owner Josh Harris fired coach Ron Rivera and announced he had enlisted former Golden State Warriors general manager…
CNN — Swedish tennis player Mikael Ymer was disqualified from the Lyon Open on Wednesday after smashing his racket against the base of the umpire’s chair. The incident occurred after Ymer had pleaded with umpire Rogerio Santos to check a ball mark on the clay during his round of 16 match against France’s Arthur Fils….
Business & FinanceSports 23 November 2021, 12:22 pm 1 minute Reuters revealed that a FIFA proposal for a World Cup every two years and changes to the Club World Cup could cost the big domestic soccer leagues and UEFA around 8 billion euros ($9 billion) per season in lost TV rights and match day and commercial agreements,…
CNN — ESPN’s lead tennis analyst John McEnroe said he tested positive for the virus that causes Covid-19 and will miss some time covering the US Open tennis championships. “Unfortunately, after feeling a bit under the weather, I tested positive for Covid,” McEnroe said in a statement Tuesday. “I’m watching the US Open from home…
Kings center Anze Kopitar always knew where he wanted to go, never mind the prohibitive odds stacked against him. He was determined to become a professional hockey player, even though his homeland of Slovenia — part of Yugoslavia until 1991 — had little hockey tradition and few ice rinks. He realized at a young age…
