Churchill Downs, the home of the Kentucky Derby, said on Thursday it will open for spectator-free racing on May 16 under strict guidelines to mitigate risks from the COVID-19 pandemic and hopes to have fans in attendance for its famous race in September.
Tennis stars Serena Williams, Venus Williams and Naomi Osaka plus NFL players DeAndre Hopkins and Ryan Tannehill are among the celebrities who will participate in a virtual charity tennis tournament.
The final 10 rounds of Portugal’s top-flight Primeira Liga soccer season could be played from May 30, Prime Minister Antonio Costa announced on Thursday as the country begins to ease its COVID-19 lockdown to kick-start an ailing economy.
An ambassador for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar has tested positive for the new coronavirus, the tournament's organisers said on Thursday.
It was on May 1, 2005, exactly 15 years ago today, that Lionel Messi roared into the consciousness of the football aficionados when he scored his first-ever goal against Albacete at Camp Nou.
NASCAR will be the first major sport in the United States to return to action amid the Covid-19 pandemic after the organisers of the popular racing series said on Thursday that the season will resume without fans in mid-May. NASCAR, which postponed racing in mid-March due to pandemic, said its season will resume on May 17 at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina.
Former world snooker champion Peter Ebdon on Thursday said he was retiring from the sport to avoid having to endure daunting spinal surgery.
The PGA Tour will extend its exempt player membership status into next season due to the COVID-19 pandemic which has interrupted this year's schedule, it said on Thursday.
Legendary forward Subimal 'Chuni' Goswami, who at 82 breathed his last in Kolkata on Thursday, was the poster boy of Indian football, a cricketer par excellence who once took Bengal to the Ranji Trophy final in the 1971-72 season and helped India demolish the mighty West Indies in a tour match.
Andy Murray won the Virtual Madrid Open title on Thursday, helped by a semi-final walkover when opponent Diego Schwartzmann, logging in from Argentina, suffered a connection glitch.
Moeen Ali is keen to make a "fresh start" and regain his place in England's Test side after ending his self-imposed exile from the five-day game.
Top order batsman Usman Khawaja has been omitted from Australia's annual list of 20 elite, contracted players in 2020 after falling out of favour with selectors midway through last year's Ashes.
Nearly a quarter century after PILCOM organised ICC World Cup matches in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, the Supreme Court has dismissed its appeal against tax liability of Rs 39 lakh to the Indian income tax department with interest from 1996.
It's not only countries, sports ministries & federations, and individual athletes across the world who have had their plans flung over the roof after the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics.
Argentine football legend Diego Maradona has asked the "Hand of God" to deliver the world from the coronavirus pandemic and allow normal life to resume.
The Austrian Grand Prix, now set to be the first race of the coronavirus-hit Formula One world championship, will only be given the green light on condition it is raced behind closed doors.
La Liga clubs will begin testing players for the novel coronavirus next week as the first step towards restarting the season in June, a source familiar with the league's plans said on Wednesday.
British police want to be able to cancel the football season if fans do not respect social-distancing guidelines once matches return after a halt due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Britain's highest-ranking football police officer has said.
Rahul Dravid, head of cricket at the National Cricket Academy says that there are much larger things at play currently and the future is uncertain because of the crisis and safety is the priority for everyone right now.
Goa has told the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) that they will continue with preparations for the National Games 2020 until a review about the ground reality is done post May 31.
The men's ATP and women's WTA tours are suspended until at least July 13 due to the pandemic, while this year's Wimbledon has been cancelled.
Australia are slated to play against Scotland in a one-off T20I on June 29 while the side is scheduled to take on England in three T20Is and three ODIs from July 3.
Covid-19 may have brought sporting activity across the world to a halt, but thanks to technology, your favourite sporting icons are keeping themselves in good cheer. Be it posting quirky videos or conducting live chats with colleagues on Instagram, welcome to a trend that has captured the imagination of the world's leading athletes — from Nadal, Ronaldo to Kohli.
Spain's professional athletes, including La Liga players, can restart basic training from May 4, the country's government announced on Tuesday. The Spanish top-flight has been on hold since March 12 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Italy's Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte, has announced that individual athletes can train from May 4, but team sports, including football, must wait until at least May 18.
It's being speculated that in order to restore the balance between bat and ball, the ICC may allow seamers to use external substances like Vaseline, sandpaper or even cork of a bottle to aid the old ball to swing. However, TOI understands that nothing has been proposed or even considered (in this direction as yet) in the ICC as yet.
The new 100-balls-per-side format, to be played by eight franchises rather than English cricket's established 18 first-class counties, is meant to start in July.
The two-time FIFA world player of the year was arrested on March 6 along with his brother and business manager Roberto Assis after they tried to enter Paraguay with the fake documents.
Spurs said a limited number of players will be taking part in each session at their Enfield Training Centre, and there will be no access permitted to any building on site.
For someone who is known to be a stickler for routine, life during lockdown can get frustrating. India Test opener Mayank Agarwal, however, has done well to fight the blues. But given the prevailing circumstances, Mayank hasn't had a nets session in five weeks but has embraced the situation, is grateful for what he has, living in the present not the future.
JMA chief Yoshitake Yokokura also called on Japan to increase coronavirus testing, which he said was not widespread enough to judge whether infection rates in the country were falling.
Dutee Chand is an unhappy person these days. She is counting her losses post the Tokyo Olympics postponement due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting lockdown in India. The loss is not only monetary but the time and effort India's premier sprinter invested in preparing for the Games since October last has also been weighing heavily on her mind.
With professional tennis tours closed down until mid July at the earliest because of the coronavirus pandemic, an eSports version of the claycourt event is being staged online.
Ashwin has been the most successful Test spinner for India in the recent years; however, there has been just one instance where the off-spinner has played every match in a Test series held outside Asia.
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte gave the go-ahead on Sunday for professional sports teams to start training again in May following the novel coronavirus outbreak but did not set a date for soccer's top-flight Serie A championship to resume.
"From my point of view, I'm very pessimistic that the circuit can resume a normal activity," said the world number two in a virtual chat organized by the Spanish Federation of Tennis (RFET) involving the team that won last year's Davis Cup.
The Football Players Association of India (FPAI) has started getting calls and messages from worried players after their contracts for the season were prematurely terminated.
The Delhi Police on Sunday provided ration to India's kho-kho team skipper Nasreen, who is struggling for basic amenities amid the coronavirus outbreak.Beyond the cold numbers, the spell of magic cast by a 38-year-old Englishman will stay etched in the memories of those who managed to squeez...
