The victory against the Bundesliga club kept Dortmund’s slim hopes of the title alive, but it was Sancho’s performance and his personal protest at Floyd’s death that turned out to be the main topic of conversation. Dortmund was leading 1-0 through Thorgan Hazard when Sancho grabbed his first goal since the Bundesliga restart, quickly taking off his team’s shirt to …
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Vanessa Bryant posts touching photo of Kobe Bryant
Shock and tragedy are a constant in 2020, starting with Kobe Bryant, his daughter, Gianna, and seven other people killed in a helicopter crash. But after George Floyd’s unnecessary death, Vanessa Bryant remembers how much her living husband hasn’t changed. Hearing Floyd helplessly say “I can’t breathe” when Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin pinned him to the ground with one …
Read More »Dana White steps up UFC feud with Jon Jones amid currency battle
Dana White goes to another round with the “best of all time”. The UFC president intensified his feud with light heavyweight champion Jon Jones on Saturday, not so subtly referring to the 32-year-old’s criminal record, while declaring that the MMA legend was a mediocre draw at the box office. The public dispute between White and Jones was sparked by failed …
Read More »Antonio Brown working with Deion Sanders: ‘Witness this return’
Antonio Brown is training with a Hall of Fame member as he continues his quest to return to the NFL. Deion Sanders, the two-time Super Bowl winning cornerback and NFL Network analyst, posted photos to Instagram on Sunday of his work with the 31-year-old wide receiver who is under investigation by the league after being indicted by his former coach. …
Read More »Hungarian League allows football fans to enter stadiums
The country became the first in Europe to admit viewers back into the stands, but with the crowd size drastically reduced and the social distancing measures implemented. According to regulations imposed by the Hungarian National Football Federation (MLSZ), fans had to be distributed so that it did not occupy more than one seat in four and each second row was …
Read More »Are the young stars of the Bronx Bomber overrated?
You ask, we answer. The Post is answering readers’ questions about New York’s biggest professional sports teams and having our rhythm writers answer them in a series of regularly published mailbags. In today’s installment: the Yankees. Are we victims of the degree inflation of the young Yankee “stars” [Aaron Judge, Gary Sanchez, Gleyber Torres, Luis Severino] Given the amount of …
Read More »Where each sport is found in planning for the return of the coronavirus
Ryan Dunleavy of the Post provides a status report on how all the different sports are handling their COVID-19 return planning: NHL Actual state: Suspended since March 12, when all teams had 11-14 regular season games remaining. Restart situation: An approved 24-team tie will be grouped together in two central cities, with the top four teams in each conference playing …
Read More »Samuel Eto’o celebrated for more than football
CNN was with soccer legend Samuel Eto’o when he last visited his hometown in February, before the coronavirus pandemic forced countries around the world to shut down. Many of New Bell’s residents filled the streets when word spread that the international superstar had returned home. A woman, dressed only in a bath towel, quickly stepped out of the shower to …
Read More »Lionel Messi and La Liga stars move forward to resume play early next month
“The resumption of the main professional sports competitions and, in particular, La Liga will be allowed from the week of June 8,” Sánchez said in a televised address to the nation. The League was suspended on March 12 after Real Madrid was quarantined the same day after a positive test for coronavirus by one of the sports club’s basketball players. …
Read More »Ellie Goulding: Formula E is “literally the future”
Although the British singer-songwriter was introduced to motorsport through the gasoline version, the environmental aspect of Formula E makes it “much cooler,” she says. “The cars are amazing, looking at how they are made, looking at the craftsmanship, the work that goes into them, the technology, the equipment,” Goulding told CNN’s Supercharged at the Marrakech ePrix in Morocco. “They are …
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