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Football: Premier League clubs lobby players to take 30 pct pay hit

Agence France-Presse
Apr 04 12:01 AM

The league's highly paid players have come under increasing pressure to take pay cuts from government officials in recent days.   Read more »

MPBL: Mac Tallo mends fences with coach, returns to Bacolod

ABS-CBN News
Apr 03 10:26 PM

During the now suspended Lakan Cup, Tallo was forced to move to Manila-Frontrow midseason after a "misunderstanding" with head coach Vic Ycasiano. Read more »

PBA: Paul Desiderio, Jio Jalalon distribute rice, grocery items to the needy

ABS-CBN News
Apr 03 10:18 PM

PBA players continue to step up in these distressing times. Read more »

NFL medical chief: Plenty of hurdles before league can reopen

Field Level Media/Reuters
Apr 03 07:33 PM

NFL executive vice president Troy Vincent said the NFL's plan is for a "full" and "normal" regular season. Read more »

UEFA warn clubs risk Champions League exclusion if seasons are not completed

Andy Scott, Agence France-Presse
Apr 03 07:25 PM

UEFA, the European Club Association, and the European leagues said that they were working on the possibility of playing on into July and August if need be. Read more »

Sumo tournaments postponed, as Japan coronavirus cases spread

Agence France-Presse
Apr 03 06:38 PM

The next sumo "basho" or tournament, scheduled to open on May 10 in Tokyo will be delayed by two weeks, the Japan Sumo Association said. Read more »

LOOK: Ninoy Aquino Stadium turns from sports facility to quarantine space

ABS-CBN News
Apr 03 06:30 PM

The PSC is working with the Manila city government and the AFP to set up 112 beds at the venue located in the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex. Read more »

Tennis: With Wimbledon lost, Federer and Williams running out of Grand Slam opportunities

Sudipto Ganguly, Reuters
Apr 03 05:59 PM

MUMBAI - The cancellation of Wimbledon this week has not only fanned the possibility of a total tennis wipeout for the rest of the season but may also have put an end to the Grand Slam title chase for both Roger Federer and Serena Williams. Read more »

ONE Championship: Brandon Vera talks movie projects and The Apprentice

Santino Honasan, ABS-CBN Sports
Apr 03 04:50 PM

Reigning ONE Heavyweight World Champion Brandon "The Truth" Vera is one of just many professional athletes who have found themselves under home quarantine during this ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »

An exhausting war over lack of live sports is starting; consumers are losing

Kevin Draper, The New York Times
Apr 03 04:47 PM

Without live games featuring action from the top American leagues, U.S. channels have been shells of their former selves. Read more »

From Negros, NCAA MVP Oftana finds way to help out in COVID-19 crisis

Norman Lee Benjamin Riego, ABS-CBN Sports
Apr 03 04:47 PM

NCAA MVP Calvin Oftana is all well and good back in his hometown of Tanjay in Negros Oriental. Read more »

AOC boss Coates takes pay cut due to coronavirus

Reuters
Apr 03 04:22 PM

MELBOURNE - Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) President John Coates said on Friday he has taken a 20% cut to his "consulting fees" due to the coronavirus crisis. Read more »

Russian coach diagnosed with coronavirus after Olympic qualifiers

ABS-CBN News
Apr 03 03:51 PM

MOSCOW - A Russian national boxing team coach has tested positive for the coronavirus after returning home from Olympic qualifiers cut short in London last month. Read more »

Live practice games a 'beam of light' for baseball-starved Korean fans

Hyonhee Shin and Soohyun Mah, Reuters
Apr 03 03:48 PM

SEOUL - For student Kim Jin-won, watching his favourite baseball team's practice games live on YouTube is a rare slice of happiness while stuck at home during South Korea's social distancing campaign aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus. Read more »

Basketball: Australia's NBL denies Hawks sold to NBA prospect Ball

Reuters
Apr 03 12:07 PM

Australia's National Basketball League (NBL) has denied the struggling Illawarra Hawks club have been sold to teenage NBA prospect LaMelo Ball after the player's manager said it was a "done deal." Read more »

NBA top-pick hopeful LaMelo Ball buys Aussie league team

Agence France-Presse
Apr 03 08:48 AM

LOS ANGELES - LaMelo Ball, who solidified his 2020 NBA Draft top pick contender status playing for the Illawarra Hawks, has purchased the Australian club, his manager told ESPN on Thursday. Read more »

WATCH: Team Lakay's version of the 'Toilet Paper Challenge'

ABS-CBN News
Apr 02 11:39 PM | Updated Apr 02 11:41 PM

Team Lakay joined the Tiktok fever and came up with its own version of the "toilet paper challenge."   Read more »

National committees have final say on qualified athletes for Tokyo Games

Karolos Grohmann, Reuters
Apr 02 10:54 PM

ATHENS - Athletes already qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will need to be picked again by their respective National Olympic Committees to compete at the postponed Games in 2021, the International Olympic Committee said on Thursday. Read more »

Infantino says football will be totally different after coronavirus

Reuters
Apr 02 08:53 PM

ROME - Football will be totally different when it eventually resumes after the coronavirus outbreak, the head of global soccer body FIFA Gianni Infantino said on Thursday.   Read more »

Nurmagomedov in quarantine, says Ferguson fight off

Reuters
Apr 02 08:34 PM

UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov says his fight against American Tony Ferguson at UFC 249 is off as he is in quarantine in Russia amid the coronavirus pandemic.   Read more »

Williams F1 former engineering arm to help produce 5,000 ventilators for UK

Reuters
Apr 02 08:03 PM

LONDON - The former engineering unit of the Williams F1 team said it will help produce an initial batch of 5,000 ventilators for Britain's National Health Service as part of an engineering consortium which is scrambling to deliver 10,000 units. Read more »

LOOK: Boxer Irish Magno helps repack rice for needy

ABS-CBN News
Apr 02 05:18 PM | Updated Apr 02 05:43 PM

While taking some time off from boxing, Filipino boxer Irish Magno has found ways to help the needy amid the coronavirus threat.   Read more »

Morado, Galang jerseys fetch over P100K in auction for frontliners

Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News
Apr 02 05:02 PM

A pair of jerseys by former Ateneo star Jia Morado and another by former La Salle standout Ara Galang have fetched over P100,000 in an auction meant to raise funds for front liners and health care workers. Read more »

PANOORIN: Kenneth Duremdes, may panawagan sa gitna ng lockdown

ABS-CBN News
Apr 02 04:09 PM

Nakiisa si Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) Commissioner Kenneth Duremdes sa panawagan na mabuti pang manatili sa kanilang mga bahay ang mamamayan para makaiwas sa COVID-19. Read more »

MPBL: Jonathan Banal picked as new Rizal coach

ABS-CBN News
Apr 02 03:59 PM

The Rizal Golden Coolers has a new basketball coach. Jonathan Banal, former NCAA Rookie of the Year, will be calling the shots for the Golden Coolers in the next season of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League Read more »