Month: June 2020

6:48 AM ET Sebastian Vettel says the Mugello circuit in Tuscany deserves to have its own Grand Prix after testing a 2018 Ferrari at the Italian circuit earlier this week. 1 Related Mugello is among the circuits being considered as a backup option if Formula One is unable to secure 15 races at venues with
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2:25 PM ET Formula One has responded to comments made by Bernie Ecclestone on racism, saying it “completely disagrees” with its former CEO and confirming Ecclestone no longer holds any formal position in the sport. 1 Related Ecclestone, who has not been involved in the running of F1 since it was purchased by current owners
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12:58 PM ET NEW DELHI — India’s Davis Cup tie against Finland was on Friday postponed until 2021 as the International Tennis Federation (ITF) pushed back all the matches, including the Finals in Madrid, to next year owing to the Covid-19 pandemic. India were scheduled to travel to Finland for the World Group I tie
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12:15 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Ten days ago, as Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association continued haggling over finances in return-to-play discussions, one official said the whole thing felt like “Game of Thrones.” All this
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11:11 AM ET ESPN News Services The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association said 16 players tested positive for the coronavirus in the first wave of mandatory tests done in preparation for the restart of the season. Those 16 players were part of a pool of 302 tested on Tuesday — a 5.3% rate
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11:51 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — Tunisian tennis player Majed Kilani has been banned from professional tennis for seven years after the sport’s anti-corruption body concluded he conspired to fix matches in 2016. Kilani was also fined $7,000 by the Tennis Integrity Unit on Friday. The TIU investigation “established that Mr. Kilani conspired with
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