Coronavirus: 'Worst yet to come' for countries in conflict, says UN chief
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Carlos Tevez calls on footballers to help out more
Tevez stopped short of asking players to donate part of their salary but said top footballers have enough money put aside to see themselves through tough times.
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Percy Tau's Club Brugge declared Belgian champions after season cancelled
Brugge had a runaway 15 point lead at the top of the standings with one round of matches left to play before the start of the post-season playoffs, involving the top six clubs.
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Wimbledon chief fears 'no more tennis this year'
Tennis has been in lockdown since early last month and is not scheduled to return until July 13 at the earliest following the cancellation of Wimbledon for the first time since World War II on Wednesday.
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English Premier League footballers should 'take pay cut': UK govt
Tottenham, Newcastle and Norwich have said they will use a government scheme to guarantee 80% of salaries for staff up to a maximum of £2,500 per month.
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Sport on TV can lift spirits during coronavirus lockdown: Morgan
The England and Wales Cricket Board has suspended all professional cricket until May 28 but is looking at the possibility of playing internationals behind closed doors.
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Athletics anti-doping programme 'severely disrupted' - AIU
The AIU, the independent anti-doping watchdog for track and field set up in 2017, operates testing procedures in more than 100 countries.
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French MotoGP postponed over coronavirus
The French MotoGP is the latest sporting casualty of the coronavirus pandemic and follows the cancellation of the elite category season-opening MotoGP in Qatar.
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Spurs' Son set for military training during virus shutdown: report
All able-bodied South Korean men are obliged to serve in the military for nearly two years, making up the bulk of Seoul's 600,000-strong forces -- who face off against North Korea's army of 1.3 million.
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Boateng fined for leaving Munich and visiting injured son 'without permission'
According to TVO television, the 31-year-old had left the city in order to visit his son who suffered minor injuries in a road traffic accident on Tuesday.
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Jones to lead England at 2023 World Cup
The 60-year-old Australian took charge following hosts England's first-round exit at the 2015 World Cup.
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McLaren to put staff on furlough, F1 drivers take pay cut
The sportscar maker said in a statement the temporary three-month wage reduction was part of wider cost-cutting measures due to the impact of the pandemic on its business.
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Wimbledon cancelled due to coronavirus: organisers
'The Championships 2020 will be cancelled due to public health concerns linked to the coronavirus epidemic,' organisers said in a statement.
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Winning medals in Tokyo still the goal for SA Rowing coach Barrow
The team were in preparation for the Olympics when the coronavirus pandemic struck.
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Newlands aftermath helped Australia improve behaviour - Paine
Australia’s ill-tempered tour of South Africa exploded in a ball-tampering scandal in Cape Town two years ago, leading to a review of the team culture among other measures.
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Top players donate, lower tier counts cost of coronavirus shutdown
Novak Djokovic last week pledged one million euros (895,305.69 pounds) to help buy medical equipment in his native Serbia, while Rafa Nadal has called on fellow Spanish athletes to help raise 11 million euros to fight the pandemic.
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New Zealand Rugby slashes salaries, fears huge losses
NZR chief executive Mark Robinson said under a worst case scenario Super Rugby teams and the All Blacks would not be able to take the field this year.
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Cricket South Africa won't reduce player salaries for 2020-21 season
A number of sports teams and organisations around the world have either reduced the salaries of players and officials, or cut their staff numbers in the wake of the virus outbreak that has crippled global sport.
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Beijing 2022 Olympics face 'special situation' after Tokyo delay
The Tokyo Olympics are now scheduled to run from July 23 to August 8, 2021 after they were put back a year because of the coronavirus pandemic.
