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New legal documents raise fresh questions over Newcastle takeover deal
Hatice Cengiz, the fiancee of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. "We should consider ethical values, not just financial or political ones". His remains were never found. The country has also been accused of "sportswashing", a term used to describe countries that try to improve their global reputation by investing in major teams or hosting big sporting events. [Full Article...]
White House Top Health Officials In Self-Quarantine As Precaution
Additionally, Vice President Pence has tested negative every single day and plans to be at the White House tomorrow, " said Devin O'Malley, a Pence spokesman. Despite Miller - a high-ranking member of Pence's staff - having tested positive for the illness, there are no plans for the vice president and Trump to be kept apart, according to the reports , though the measure has been discussed. [Full Article...]
Major League Baseball reportedly plans to use universal DH in 2020
Each team would play about 82 regular-season games, most against opponents in its own division with interleague matchups limited to AL East vs. NL East, AL Central vs. The paper also reported owners are offering to guarantee players 48 percent of their revenue, a historic move in that there has not been revenue sharing in baseball as there is in other sports. [Full Article...]
Major League Baseball could have approximately 80-game season beginning in July
The team with the best record in each league would receive a bye in the Wild Card round and advance to the Division Series. The Red Sox would face the New York Yankees , Toronto Blue Jays, Tampa Bay Rays, and Baltimore Orioles from the American League East, plus the Atlanta Braves, New York Mets, Washington Nationals, Miami Marlins , and Philadelphia Phillies from the National League East. [Full Article...]
Vente OM : Molina est CASH concernant la rumeur Al-Walid ben Talal !
Selon le journaliste, il n'y a aucun contact entre le Saoudien et les actuels propriétaires de l'OM ... La vente de l'Olympique de Marseille au riche homme d'affaires saoudien, Al-Walid ben Talal, revient avec insistance depuis la semaine dernière. [Full Article...]
Barr, Trump push federal law enforcement to an 'all time low'
Trump insiders say they wouldn't be surprised to see Flynn back on the campaign trail, where he was a warmup act for Trump in 2016. "These are dirty politicians and dirty cops and some disgusting people, and hopefully they're going to pay a price some day in the not too distant future", Mr Trump said. [Full Article...]
Adam Silver prepares NBA players for challenges ahead
Silver spoke to players in a call Friday night about the possibility of resuming the season, player safety and the impact the coronavirus pandemic will have on the 2020-21 season. As for a return to play this season, Silver indicated that discussions around training camp length in the resumption of the season centered on a minimum of three weeks. [Full Article...]
Barca return to training as La Liga eyes restart
All players trained with the exception of Ousmane Dembele, who is recovering from a hamstring injury and is not registered to play for the rest of the season due to Barca signing Martin Braithwaite in February. It added that all the players who have been found to be coronavirus positive are symptomatic. "LaLiga will continue to apply the Return to Training protocol approved by the CSD and Spanis... [Full Article...]
Djokovic has to follow rules, says Nadal
There is no one more unbeatable in men's tennis than Novak Djokovic when the Serb is at his best, former world No. 4 American Todd Martin has said. "It's between Novak, Rafa and Roger on who ends up with the most majors and who is considered the best of all time in the Open-era", Lendl advised Australia's Channel Nine tv in an interview posted on Friday, including that he considers Australian ... [Full Article...]
Un milieu de Liverpool en approche — FC Nantes
Selon les informations de 20 Minutes , souvent bien informé sur l'actualité du FC Nantes , les Canaris vont enregistrer l'arrivée du milieu de terrain de Liverpool Pedro Chirivella . Le Valencien ne devrait pas être retenu par sa direction. Débarqué sur les bords de la Mersey en 2013 en provenance de Valence, ce milieu de terrain relayeur/défensif ne s'est jamais imposé à Liverpool . [Full Article...]
Ex-Laker Shannon Brown accused of firing rifle at couple
That's when Brown confronted them, and pulled a firearm. The police spokesperson says the two individuals claim they were out searching for houses in the Tyrone, GA area. Brown was able to post bail two days later, according to TMZ. After spending some time in jail, Brown was released on bond and has been back home ever since. [Full Article...]
Ronaldo Souza out of UFC 249 after testing positive for coronavirus
Brazilian-born Souza was supposed to fight American Uriah Hall at UFC 249 , which was originally scheduled for 18 April in NY but postponed because of the coronavirus outbreak . Souza and Hall did faceoff against one another earlier today, but both men wore facemasks and practiced social distancing. We can have a discussion another time about UFC's decision to go on with this event, but what... [Full Article...]
F1 exploring 'all options' to revise 2020 calendar
Hamilton said the prospect of racing without spectators "gave me a really empty feeling because the fans make the race". Hamilton said it was particularly hard as he felt he was better prepared than ever. "But what's great is I get messages from people around the world who are struggling with this period and they're not getting to watch sport and it shows how significant sport is in people's liv... [Full Article...]
National Basketball Association season could extend into October, per Jared Dudley
Silver said that even when the season begins, there's no guarantee that fans will be in the stands, which will present a huge financial strain on the league. Players told Silver they were being pressured by their teams to participate in voluntary workouts at club facilities; Silver said he would instruct teams to stop doing so. [Full Article...]
Ce qui change si votre département est en rouge — Déconfinement
Ce jeudi, le Premier ministre, Édouard Philippe , accompagné de ses ministres, les a détaillées pour l'ensemble du territoire. Là encore, l'annonce du déconfinement se révèle très très partielle. Le port du masque grand public sera rendu obligatoire pour les plus de 11 ans. L'absence de ce dernier dans les transports en commun pourra faire l'objet d'une amende de 135 €. [Full Article...]
Six nouveaux cas de Covid-19 à la Fiorentina — Officiel
Le club italien de la Sampdoria a annoncé que quatre joueurs de son effectif ont été testés positifs au coronavirus, sans préciser leur identité. Le club toscan a détecté trois joueurs et trois membres de son staff positifs au Covid_19 et l'a annoncé officiellement ce jeudi via un communiqué. [Full Article...]
BCCI not keen on 5 Tests in Australia
The Australian government has already chose to seal the border till September, while later, the external people will likely have to face the two-week quarantine after landing in the country. Players coming in from other countries, whether they'll be willing to come here and be quarantined for two weeks and play IPL is not known. However, the International Cricket Council is yet to take the fin... [Full Article...]
World watches on as South Korea's K League kicks off
It could be the most significant game of soccer since the coronavirus pandemic caused the shut down of most leagues around the world. On Thursday afternoon, in the first match in the country since the outbreak of the coronavirus, reigning K-League champions Jeonbuk opened their title defence with a 1-0 win over 10-man Suwon Bluewings. [Full Article...]
Mourad Boudjellal pourrait arriver avec un entraîneur de Ligue 1 — SC Toulon
Le quotidien varois ajoute même que l'ancien président du RC Toulon pourrait arriver en compagnie de Pascal Dupraz au poste d'entraîneur. Rappelons que ce dernier a joué pour le club toulonnais de 1987 à 1989. [Full Article...]
Amiens : Laurent Blanc appelle à faire preuve d’humanité
Amiens a organisé un direct sur Facebook en présence notamment de Laurent Blanc , qui en a profité pour défendre le club picard. L'ancien entraîneur du PSG a pris la défense du club picard, en critiquant le choix de conserver des relégations dans cette situation exceptionnelle: " Il aurait été possible de prendre des mesures exceptionnelles avec un petit peu plus de recul ". [Full Article...]