sports2021-04-08
Former NFL player Phillip Adams fatally shot five people including a prominent doctor, his wife and their two grandchildren before later killing himself, authorities said Thursday. Source: CBC ....Read more
sports2021-04-05
North Korea's sports ministry said on Tuesday that it will not participate in the Tokyo Olympics this year to protect its athletes amid the coronavirus pandemic. Source: CBC ....Read more
sports2021-03-28
Denmark became the latest European soccer team on Sunday to use World Cup qualifying games to direct attention to workers' rights in Qatar, which hosts the 2022 tournament. Source: CBC ....Read more
sports2021-03-20
Officials said the risk was too great to admit ticket holders from overseas during a pandemic, an idea strongly opposed by the Japanese public. Source: CBC ....Read more
sports2021-03-11
IOC president Thomas Bach said the organization would "pay for extra doses" for Olympic and Paralympic participants. Source: CBC ....Read more
sports2021-02-25
Prosecutors in Michigan filed charges Thursday against a former U.S. Olympics gymnastics coach with ties to disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar. Hours later, the coach was dead. Source: CBC ....Read more
sports2021-02-22
New York Rangers forward Artemi Panarin is taking a leave of absence from the team after a Russian tabloid printed allegations from a former coach he attacked a woman in Latvia almost a decade ago, which he denies. Source: CBC ....Read more
sports2021-02-18
Japan's Seiko Hashimoto, a woman who has competed in seven Olympics, said on Thursday she had been chosen as president of the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee, replacing a man who resigned after setting off a furor with sexist remarks. Source: CBC ....Read more
sports2021-02-10
Japan's Kyodo news agency and others reported on Thursday — citing unnamed sources — that Yoshiro Mori will step down on Friday as the president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee. Source: CBC ....Read more
sports2021-02-08
Fear of tarnishing the Olympic brand and the money it generates is the prime motivation for the International Olympic Committee to go ahead with this summer's Games in Tokyo, says one Olympic expert. Source: CBC ....Read more
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