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Axel Witsel, left, was one of Tianjin's high-profile acquisitions. — AFP
From boom to bust as Chinese football faces 'bleak winter'
SHANGHAI — One Chinese Super League club is on the brink of going bust and a dozen lower-tier teams have already gone to the wall, indicating the problems facing football in China run far deeper than the current coronavirus suspension.All football in China is indefinitely on hold over the deadly virus, but even before the shutdown a string of clubs had folded in recent weeks and several more are in grave danger.It is a far cry from the lavish spending of 2016 and 2017 when Chinese Super League clubs, encouraged by President Xi Jinping's ambitions to make China a force in the sport, repeatedly smashed the Asian transfer record.Tianjin Quanjian were typical of the largesse that saw the CSL make headlines in attracting foreign coaches and players on world-leading wages.But now, just a...
March 11, 2020

From boom to bust as Chinese football faces 'bleak winter'

Arsenal were knocked out of the Europa League by Olympiakos in late February. — AFP
Premier League suffers first postponement as Arsenal players quarantined
LONDON — Arsenal's game at Manchester City on Wednesday was postponed after players from the London club were put into quarantine, making it the first Premier League football fixture to be called off because of coronavirus.Arsenal said players and four staff had been isolated at their homes after coming into contact with the owner of Greek club Olympiakos, Vangelis Marinakis, who has since tested positive for COVID-19."We are strictly following the government guidelines which recommend that anyone coming into close contact with someone with the virus should self-isolate at home for 14 days from the last time they had contact," an Arsenal statement said."As a result, the players are unavailable for tonight's (Wednesday's) match against Manchester City and the...
March 11, 2020

Premier League suffers first postponement as Arsenal players quarantined

The owners of drug-tainted champion racehorse Maximum Security severed ties with trainer Jason Servis on Tuesday over his alleged involvement in a massive doping scandal.
Maximum Security owners cut ties with Servis over drug scandal
LOS ANGELES — The owners of drug-tainted champion racehorse Maximum Security severed ties with trainer Jason Servis on Tuesday over his alleged involvement in a massive doping scandal, a statement said.Owner Gary West said Maximum Security, winner of last month's Saudi Cup in Riyadh, the world's richest horse race, would now be moved to the care of US trainer Bob Baffert.The move came after trainer Servis was charged along with 26 other individuals on Monday for involvement in a wide-ranging horse doping scandal.Authorities said Servis had routinely drugged horses in his care, including Maximum Security, which made headlines last year after crossing first in the Kentucky Derby only to be disqualified.In a statement, West described the allegations against Servis as...
March 11, 2020

Maximum Security owners cut ties with Servis over drug scandal

Trainer Nicky Henderson celebrated a remarkable eighth win in The Champion Hurdle as jockey Barry Geraghty rode Epatante to an impressive success at the Cheltenham Festival. — AFP
Henderson back on a high thanks to dazzling Epatante's champion display
LONDON — Nicky Henderson began the Cheltenham Festival on a low note with his star Altior an absentee but the sexagenarian training legend was all smiles a few hours later collecting his eighth Champion Hurdle with the dazzling Epatante.The 69-year-old lost the battle to have Altior fit for a tilt at a third successive victory in Wednesday's Queen Mother Champion Chase.However, an opening day double — Shishkin winning the Supreme Novices Hurdle — more than compensated the seasoned campaigner.It also propelled the urbane Henderson onto a record 66 Festival winners leap-frogging Irish great Willie Mullins, who drew a blank.Epatante justified 2-1 favoritism to give owner JP McManus a ninth Champion Hurdle on his 69th birthday and the fourth in succession for the Irishman.For jockey...
March 11, 2020

Henderson back on a high thanks to dazzling Epatante's champion display

Lewis Hamilton, seen in this file photo, believes his all-conquering Mercedes is even better than last year as he begins his bid to equal Michael Schumacher's record seven world titles at an Australian Grand Prix given the green light despite rising coronavirus fears.
Hamilton chases Schumacher as virus overshadows F1 season start
MELBOURNE — Lewis Hamilton believes his all-conquering Mercedes is even better than last year as he begins his bid to equal Michael Schumacher's record seven world titles at an Australian Grand Prix given the green light despite rising coronavirus fears.The British driver has been the dominant force in recent times, winning five of the last six drivers' championships, including in 2019 when he passed legendary five-time Argentine champion Juan Manuel Fangio on the all-time list."It's been intense, with a huge amount of work from everybody at the track and back home at the factories," the 35-year-old said of preparations overshadowed by concerns about the virus and its impact on the sport."The car's feeling like a step forward from last year," Hamilton...
March 11, 2020

Hamilton chases Schumacher as virus overshadows F1 season start

Rory McIlroy has his eye on a piece of PGA Tour history this week as he targets a successful defense of The Players Championship.
McIlroy chasing first back-to-back at Players Championship
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, United States — Rory McIlroy has his eye on a piece of PGA Tour history this week as he targets a successful defense of The Players Championship.The world No. 1 arrives at Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida aiming to become the first player to go back-to-back at TPC Sawgrass."I don't think you ever need an extra motivation when you come to this golf tournament, but to be the first one to defend here would be very cool," McIlroy told reporters on Tuesday.McIlroy will tee off on Thursday after an encouraging start to the season that has seen him post five top-five finishes in six starts.He was in the hunt for victory at last weekend's Arnold Palmer Invitational but slid out of contention after two double-bogeys on the final round.Nevertheless, the Northern...
March 11, 2020

McIlroy chasing first back-to-back at Players Championship

Spanish rider Ivan Garcia Cortina won stage three of Paris-Nice. — AFP
Garcia Cortina defies Sagan in Paris-Nice sprint
LA CHATRE, France — Spain's Ivan Garcia Cortina of the Bahrain-McLaren team took advantage of a late crash to emerge as surprise winner in a bunch sprint on stage three of the Paris Nice cycling race on Tuesday.Germany's Maximilian Schachmann (Bora-hansgrohe), the winner of the opening stage on Sunday, retained the overall lead after coming home 13th.He swore to keep the yellow jersey as long as possible."I showed in the past I could ride good time trials," he said in reference to stage four on Wednesday."I want to defend this beautiful jersey and I'm going give it my best in the time trial and then in the showdown in the hilly, mountain stages."The late fall Tuesday caused a ripple of panic as Garcia Cortina and Slovak superstar Peter Sagan reacted...
March 11, 2020

Garcia Cortina defies Sagan in Paris-Nice sprint

Japan and Olympic organizers are at pains to insist this summer's Games in Tokyo are on, despite the new coronavirus outbreak.
What would an Olympics cancelation cost Japan?
TOKYO — Japan and Olympic organizers are at pains to insist this summer's Games in Tokyo are on, despite the new coronavirus outbreak, but what would a cancelation cost the world's third-biggest economic powerhouse?With a dearth of reliable figures, opinions vary, yet experts all agree on one point: Games or no, the main risk to the Japanese economy this year is a prolonged global coronavirus epidemic.What has the Games cost Japan?At the end of 2019, organizers estimated the total cost of the Games at around 1.35 trillion yen ($12.6 billion).That is divided between the city of Tokyo, which is paying 597 billion yen, the Japanese organizing committee, which contributes 603 billion yen and the central government, which is paying 150 billion yen.But the actual costs for the country...
March 11, 2020

What would an Olympics cancelation cost Japan?

China has implemented stringent measures against the COVID-19 outbreak. — AFP
Disinfection chambers, eating alone: China's virus-hit Olympic training
BEIJING — Chinese athletes gunning for glory at the Tokyo Olympics are training behind closed doors, have their temperatures checked three times a day and cannot even share dining tables as part of strict measures against the coronavirus.The outbreak has led to fears this summer's Games could be postponed but the International Olympic Committee insists that will not be the case and Chinese competitors are plowing on with their build-up.The Chinese Athletic Association (CAA) is taking no chances, however, severely restricting access in and out of training camps at home and abroad.The coronavirus emerged in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in December but has since infected and killed thousands of people worldwide.Gong Lijiao, the reigning two-time world champion in women's shot...
March 11, 2020

Disinfection chambers, eating alone: China's virus-hit Olympic training

Yevgeny Yurchenko is the new head of Russia's rebranded athletics federation. — AFP
Russia in World Athletics' spotlight just months from Tokyo Olympics
MONACO — World Athletics will decide Thursday whether to start the procedure of reinstating the new-look Russian athletics federation, as well as initiating the process to allow Russian athletes who test clean to compete under a neutral banner at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.Russia has been suspended by World Athletics (then known as the IAAF) since 2015 over repeated doping scandals — a ban upheld 12 times — and has been fighting for readmission.Moscow's case has been made more complicated after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in December imposed a four-year ban from all international sporting competitions on Russia over what it considers a state-sponsored program of doping, a suspension the country took to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).CAS, the world's highest...
March 11, 2020

Russia in World Athletics' spotlight just months from Tokyo Olympics

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