A late equalizer saw Scottish champion Celtic draw 1-1 against Hibernian after one of its players tested positive for Covid-19 and 15 other members of playing and coaching staff were required to self-isolate.
Australian Open: Quarantining tennis players voice ‘unequal practice’ frustrations
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Instead of training for up to five hours a day as they prepare for the Australian Open, 72 players find themselves unable to leave their hotel rooms under quarantine rules -- and a number of them are vocally express...
Australian Open: 47 players In quarantine after positive Covid-19 tests on two charter flights
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Preparations for the Australian Open hit a major stumbling block on Saturday after 47 players were told they couldn't train or practice after some passengers on two charter planes arriving in Melbourne returned posi...
US bans cotton and tomato products from China’s Xinjiang region over forced labor concerns
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The US has banned imports of cotton products and tomatoes produced in China's Xinjiang region over forced labor concerns, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said on Wednesday. The agency said the region-wide ban...
The academic gap between Black and White college football players grew in 2020, report says
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College students faced unprecedented challenges in 2020 as the Covid-19 pandemic swept across the country, prompting remote-learning provisions and shortening athletic seasons. For student-athletes playing football...
Robert Lewandowski and Lucy Bronze named players of the year at the Best FIFA Football Awards
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Robert Lewandowski and Lucy Bronze were respectively named the men's and women's player of the year at the Best FIFA Football Awards on Thursday. Bayern Munich striker Lewandowski saw off competition from Lionel Me...
A football game was abandoned in China because players broke rules forbidding dyed hair
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A university football match in China was abandoned after players with dyed hair ran afoul of organizers' strict rules on appearance, according to state-run tabloid Global Times. The women's teams of Fuzhou Universit...
National rugby players sing Australia’s national anthem in Indigenous language for first time before match
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National rugby players sang an Indigenous version of Australia's national anthem for the first time on Saturday, a move that won widespread praise and spurred calls to make it a permanent feature at Australian sport...
‘Your Honor’ stars Bryan Cranston as a judge forced to deal with a bad break
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The consequences of one bad act pile up in "Your Honor," a solid but unspectacular miniseries produced by and starring Bryan Cranston. The casting is generally superior to the material, which sets up the moral dilem...
Fears of forced removals as Bangladesh moves hundreds of Rohingya refugees to remote island
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Hundreds of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are being relocated to a controversial island facility in the Bay of Bengal this week amid fears that some could be forced to move there and held indefinitely. A ship ca...
Democratic lawmakers introduce a resolution to amend the 13th Amendment to end forced prison labor
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Congressional Democrats want to amend a section of the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery, to end what they refer to as another form of slavery -- forced prison labor. Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon and Rep. Willi...
Argentina rugby captain Pablo Matera, two other players suspended for ‘discriminatory and xenophobic’ social media posts
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Pablo Matera has been stripped of his role as Argentina's rugby captain and suspended alongside teammates Guido Petti and Santiago Socino for "discriminatory and xenophobic" social media posts dating from between 20...
Utah State football game canceled after players reportedly vote not to play because of comments from university president
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Members of the Utah State football team unanimously voted Friday to not play in Saturday's game against Colorado State in Fort Collins, Colorado, according to a statement from the players given to digital sports net...