4:44 AM BST DUBLIN — The suspension of rugby’s Guinness PRO14 2019/20 competition has been extended indefinitely, and the final scheduled for June has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, organisers said on Thursday. The competition, which features leading clubs and provinces from Ireland, Scotland, Wales, South Africa and Italy, had already been put
9:59 AM BST A quarter of the Gallagher Premiership’s clubs have told players they will be taking a 25% pay cut in what looks set to be a league-wide measure due to the postponement of professional rugby in the coronavirus outbreak. London Wasps released a statement on Friday to say they had taken the decision
9:00 AM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print The NBA and the NHL have both been shut down for over a week now. We should be getting excited for the playoffs — instead, we’re left wondering when we’ll ever see competitive basketball and hockey again. Well, you’re in luck — at least
11:23 AM GMT David Warner has withdrawn his name from the inaugural edition of the Hundred citing “family and personal reasons”, ESPNcricinfo understands. The tournament is also set to clash in part with Australia’s three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe, which is included in the ODI League that will serve as a qualification pathway to the
7:00 AM ET Formula One has launched a Virtual Racing Series to fill the delay to the 2020 season caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The first six races of F1’s season have been postponed, with Monaco Grand Prix organisers making the decision to cancel their event outright. A start date for the new F1 season
6:07 AM ET Formula One teams are exploring ways to aid government and health authorities in the fight against coronavirus by supplying ventilators. The coronavirus pandemic has stretched healthcare systems across the world to breaking point. Several F1 teams have applied-technology divisions as part of their operations and are looking at ways to aid the
9:58 AM GMT With the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) pandemic possibly lasting several more months, sports administrators are on edge, with the showpiece event of the year, the summer Olympics in Tokyo, likely to be postponed. Cricket, which is played all year, has come to a standstill, too, for the first time since World War II.
1:02 AM ET Safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix has reached a deal with the Dallas Cowboys, his agency, SportsTrust Advisors, announced Friday morning. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports the deal is for one year and worth $4 million with $2.5 million guaranteed. Clinton-Dix, who turned 27 in December, started all 16 games for the Bears in
3:12 PM ET NBA Insiders The 2019-20 NBA season began an indefinite hiatus on March 11 after Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert tested positive for the coronavirus. When will the league be back, and what will the rest of the season look like? Commissioner Adam Silver initially said that the suspension would last at least
12:55 AM ET Thursday night saw a busy schedule of NHL games, with 10 teams in action. That feels odd to read, because the entire NHL season is currently on pause due to concerns over the coronavirus. But teams around the league have turned to video games to entertain their hockey-starved fanbases safely practicing social