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Ferraris No. 1 driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany. AP Photo

Vettel dismisses back-to-back races as 'not realistic'

The German driver however suggested that he would favour staging races without fans if it allowed a quick resumption

17 April 2020 1:27 PM IST

US PGA Tour plans to resume in June without fans

The only major championship left on the 2019-20 calendar is the PGA Championship from August 6-9 in San Francisco

17 April 2020 9:41 AM IST

GM Vidit Gujrathi. DC File Photo

Vidit Gujrathi sets sights on next Candidates event

The India No.2 had reached No. 18 in world rankings but slipped to his current 23rd rank

16 April 2020 6:31 PM IST

Formula 1 World Champion Nico Rosberg speaks during a panel discussion at the 47th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland. AP Photo

Nico Rosberg suggests double-headers to save F1 season

Formula One has said it hopes to run a 15-18 race championship from the European summer in a season that has yet to...

16 April 2020 12:00 PM IST

Bookies seek winning formula 'to survive' coronavirus slump

Like any industry suffers losses when its main product is withdrawn from the market, bookies took a big hit with sport...

16 April 2020 11:25 AM IST

Karl-Anthony Towns. AFP Photo

NBA star Karl-Anthony Towns' mother dies of Covid19

Utah Jazz's center Rudy Gobert tested positive for the coronavirus on March 11 forcing NBA to shutdown

16 April 2020 10:22 AM IST

Leading U.S. health expert, Anthony Fauci. Twitter Photo

Sport could resume in empty stadiums, says top U.S. disease expert

He says fans should be kept away and athletes should be tested roughly once a week after resuming play

16 April 2020 9:58 AM IST

McLaren Team Principal Andreas Seidle. Twitter Photo

McLaren boss says virus is final wake-up call for unhealthy F1

The biggest risk faced by Formula One at the moment is that it might lose teams if decisive actions are not taken now

16 April 2020 9:44 AM IST

Koneru Humpy. Twitter Photo

PM Modi lauds chess players' innovative method of raising money

Five leading players -- Vidit Gujrathi, P Harikrishna and B Adhiban, Koneru Humpy and D Harika -- joined Anand in an...

15 April 2020 6:59 PM IST

Werner Kogler, Austrian Vice Chancellor and also sports minister at a press conference in Vienna. AFP Photo

Austria to allow tennis, golf and other social distancing-friendly...

Plans are afoot to restart Austria's top soccer league, with strict testing requirements and matches being played in...

15 April 2020 6:39 PM IST

Tour de France postponed to Aug. 29-Sept. 20

Tour de France postponed to Aug. 29-Sept. 20

Consequently, the Spanish three-week cycling tour La Vuelta a Espana scheduled for begin on August 14 is to be...

15 April 2020 5:17 PM IST

HI restructures domestic events; new format for national championships...

The events to be restructured are sub-junior, junior and senior national championships for both men and women

15 April 2020 3:11 PM IST