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Like hockey, tennis realises there’s only one winner when politicians up their game

You have to think the board of Tennis Ireland (TI) are feeling this week how the board of Hockey Ireland (HI) were feeling last week. You, have dotted(...)

Positive coronavirus tests on the Miami Marlins threatened to derail the MLB season days after it began. File photograph: EPA
MLB defends Covid-19 safety protocols after players test positive

Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred defended the sport’s Covid-19 safety protocols on Monday as positive coronavirus tests on the Miami Ma(...)

Nick Watney during the first round of the RBC Heritage at Harbour Town in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Photograph: Getty Images
Rory McIlroy had contact with Nick Watney before positive Covid-19 test
  • Golf
  • June 20, 2020, 11:55

Hopes that sport in the United States might soon return to business as usual suffered a blow on Friday as athletes from golf to hockey tested positive(...)

The Borg-Warner Trophy
Take Five: some of the biggest trophies in world sport

1 Borg Warner Trophy Awarded to the winner of the Indianapolis 500, the trophy – made of sterling silver – stands 1.63m tall and weights in at 69kg. (...)

Revenue at Disney’s theme park and resorts business was up 6 per cent to $4.38 billion.
Walt Disney beats estimates as it aims to lure web viewers

Walt Disney’s quarterly profit and revenue on Tuesday beat analysts’ estimates fuelled by movie studio hits, and the media company said it was taking (...)

Lionel Messi celebrates after scoring for Argentina against Bolivia. File photograph: Enrique Marcarian/Reuters
Panama Papers: How soccer has become enmeshed in offshore world

The law firm of a FIFA ethics watchdog had business relationships with three men who have been indicted in the world soccer association’s corruption (...)

Jack Johnson in acton for the Columbus Blue Jackets. When he filed bankruptcy papers the balance in his current account was $2,202.62. Photograph: Getty Images
Jack Johnson case adds to list of athletes prematurely losing fortunes

In 2011, Jack Johnson signed a seven-year contract with the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL) worth $30.5 million (€24.5m). Not ye(...)