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The Premier League said on Tuesday that clubs will only be allowed to perform the anti-racism gesture known as “taking the knee” prior to certain major games beginning with the new season. In the wake of the murder of George Floyd, a Black man who passed away while in the custody of the police in Minneapolis in May of that …

After defeating England 3-0 on Tuesday during the badminton mixed team competition at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Singapore was awarded the bronze medal, which they carried home with them (Aug 2). In the mixed doubles competition, Singapore’s Terry Hee Yong Kai and Jessica Tan Wei Han faced off against England’s Lauren Smith and Ben Lane. The Singaporean team emerged victorious …

At the Commonwealth Games on Sunday (July 31), English cyclist Matt Walls was flung over the barriers and into the fans at the Lee Valley VeloPark. The incident was described as a “horrific crash,” and it occurred during the competition. After receiving medical attention for more than forty minutes at the location in London where the men’s scratch qualifiers were …

Once the season resumes on August 5, the Chinese Super League will not take a break for the World Cup finals in November and December as the Chinese football authorities have stated. The World Cup finals will be held in Russia in November and December. After the completion of the first ten rounds on July 12, the league went on …

On Sunday, July 24th, the Indian sporting community heaped praise onto Olympic javelin champion Neeraj Chopra after he brought India its first-ever silver medal at the World Championships. Chopra won the award competing for India. Chopra’s effort of 88.13 meters was not enough to defeat Anderson Peters of Grenada’s attempt of 90.54 meters, but it was enough to end India’s …

Yuzuru Hanyu, a two-time Winter Olympic champion, announced on Tuesday that he would quit competitive figure skating and become pro. At a news conference held in a Tokyo hotel, Hanyu, 27, declared with a smile, “I will continue my career as a professional athlete.” At the press conference headlined “Decision announcement,” Hanyu was dressed in a suit. In his opening …

After being forced to postpone the event in Hangzhou due to COVID-19, the organizers of the 2022 Asian Games announced on Tuesday (July 19) that China will now host the games in 2023. The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) made the announcement on Tuesday that the Asian Games 2022 will now take place from September 23 to October 8, 2023. …

PHILIPPINES — As the supremo of Philippine weightlifting, there will be no shortage of possible heirs or heiresses of Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz. With another world-class lifter in 15-year-old Angeline Colonia at the Asian Youth and Junior Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Colombia’s champion weightlifting machine continues to grind like clockwork. Colonia, who originates from Zamboanga just like Diaz, …

US: All four of the United States’ men’s 100m sprinters advanced to the finals on Saturday, giving the Americans renewed hope of a clean sweep in the event for the first time since 1991. Toe-to-toe at 7:50 p.m. will be Fred Kerley, Marvin Bracy, Trayvon Bromell, and Christian Coleman (0250 GMT). There have been no clean sweeps since Carl Lewis …

JAPAN: World Athletics has declared that Tokyo will host the 2025 World Athletics Championships, beating out Singapore, Nairobi, and Silesia (Jul 14). Last year’s Olympic Games will be returning to their original location for this year’s JAAF centennial celebration. The 2023 World Athletics Championships will be held in Budapest, according to World Athletics. WADA president Sebastian Coe remarked after the …