Six Australian Open warm-up events were on hold and hundreds of players and officials were in isolation Thursday as a fresh coronavirus case left organisers scrambling to ensure the Grand Slam tennis tournament goes ahead.
Vivek Jacob, Meghan McPeak, and Jevohn Shepherd cover Canada basketball at all levels in North Courts, a truly Canadian basketball show.
A study finds the WNBA continuing to earn the highest marks of all professional leagues when it comes to racial and gender diversity in hiring.
Psychologists have called for better support for cricketers' mental wellbeing as they head into a second year confined to biosecure "bubbles" around the world.
Dinesh Karthik's leadership skills came to the fore at the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT) which Tamil Nadu won after a gap of 14 years.
Newcastle United came back to earth with a bump as Crystal Palace recovered from conceding an early goal to claim a 2-1 victory in the Premier League at St James' Park on Tuesday.
A coalition of 180 rights group on Wednesday called for a boycott of next year's Beijing Winter Olympics tied to reported human rights abuses against ethnic minorities in China.
Nikolaj Ehlers scored the eventual game-winner for the Winnipeg Jets in a 3-2 win Tuesday over the visiting Calgary Flames.
The 157-Test and 606-wicket veteran, England's proverbial 'old dog' James Anderson with a bite sharper than anyone else in their long history, will stand between India and their quest to make the World Test Championship final later this year.
Players wanting to stare down or glare at a line judge at the Australian Open after a close or contentious call will have difficulty doing so this year. There won't be any. In a Grand Slam first, there will be no on-court line judges on any of the courts in an effort to reduce the number of staff on-site during the COVID-19 pandemic. Only players, chair umpires and ball kids will be on the court.
Jofra Archer has played some white-ball cricket in India thanks to the IPL, but he is on his first tour of India with the England team with no red-ball experience in these conditions. Archer, who has played 11 Tests so far, acknowledged that red-ball cricket in Indian conditions is a different thing altogether.
Cricket Australia (CA) interim chief executive Nick Hockley on Wednesday denied "in the strongest possible terms" that financial considerations had played a part in the decision not to play next month's test series in South Africa.
Lucas Ocampos' second-half goal was enough to see Sevilla edge past second-tier Almeria 1-0 on Tuesday to reach the Copa del Rey semi-finals.
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta took the positives from his side's 2-1 defeat at Wolverhampton Wanderers on Tuesday, saying David Luiz's controversial red card for conceding a penalty on the stroke of halftime had turned the game upside down.
Canadian diver Meaghan Benfeito has been "overwhelmed with love" after losing her belongings and prized possessions, including three Olympic bronze medals, in a Jan. 28 condo fire. "I think I'm more mentally drained than physically," she says.
Fred VanVleet, hitting 11 three-pointers, put on a show with a franchise-record 54 points as the Toronto Raptors defeated the Orlando Magic 123-108 on Tuesday.
Tyler Toffoli and Josh Anderson each scored twice, and the Montreal Canadiens celebrated captain Shea Weber's 1,000th game with a 5-3 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday.
The Indian team had its first look of the pitch on Tuesday when the team practised and one understands that the feeling is that it is a "traditional Chepauk pitch". It will mean that there will be some bounce on Day 1 with Days 2 and 3 being superb for batting and ball turning on the last two days.
Manchester United matched the Premier League record win with a 9-0 demolition of nine-man Southampton on Tuesday to move level on points with Manchester City at the top of the table. It is the second consecutive campaign Saints have suffered a 9-0 thrashing after Leicester last season at St Mary's equalled the record set by United against Ipswich in 1995.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Juventus came from behind to beat Inter Milan 2-1 at the San Siro in their Italian Cup semi-final first leg on Tuesday.
The upcoming India-England four-match Test series will decide which team joins New Zealand in the inaugural World Test Championship final - India, England or Australia. All will depend on the scoreline of the series.
Arsenal's ill-discipline cost Mikel Arteta's men again as the nine-man Gunners were beaten 2-1 at Wolves on Tuesday to halt their charge towards the Premier League's top four.
Manchester United thrashed Southampton 9-0 on Tuesday to equal the biggest win in Premier League history.
Bottom side Sheffield United gave their Premier League survival hopes a shot in the arm with a third victory in five games after coming from behind to beat fellow relegation candidates West Bromwich Albion 2-1 on Tuesday.
Canada's Gabriela Dabrowski was ousted in straight sets on Wednesday at the Grampians Trophy by Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine.
Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic got his season off to a perfect start with a battling win over hot-shot Denis Shapovalov in the ATP Cup Tuesday, but world number three Dominic Thiem crashed to defeat.
Morgan Campbell, Meghan McPeak, and Dave Zirin suggest some readings for February as we celebrate Black History Month.
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic and Serbian teammate Filip Krajinovic came back to beat Canadians Milos Raonic and Denis Shapovalov in a deciding doubles match at the ATP Cup on Tuesday.
Three RT-PCR tests for coronavirus were conducted at regular intervals and all the Indian players were tested negative. The hosts were then cleared to begin their nets sessions from Tuesday as they have completed the six-day quarantine.
Kuldeep Yadav has been warming the bench for more than three months now but Irfan Pathan said he is a "unique bowler" who would do well in the upcoming Test assignment, starting February 5 in Chennai. Yadav has so far played six Tests and picked 24 wickets. He played his last Test against Australia at Sydney in January 2019.
Australia's national cricket coach Justin Langer said media reports that his coaching style had caused discontent in the dressing room will serve as a "wake-up call".
The St. Louis Cardinals completed their blockbuster trade to acquire All-Star third baseman Nolan Arenado from the Colorado Rockies on Monday night.
Sofia Kenin admitted on Tuesday she was "very nervous" ahead of her Australian Open title defence, but returning to the site of her breakout triumph had rekindled special memories.
Anthony Davis scored 25 points and LeBron James added 21 as the Los Angeles Lakers overpowered the Atlanta Hawks on Monday to end their road trip with a hard-fought 107-99 victory.
Johnny Gaudreau scored the shootout winner as the Calgary Flames downed the Winnipeg Jets 4-3 on Monday night. The winger beat Connor Hellebuyck on a nice move between the pads in the fourth round to secure his team's second straight win.
Batsman Shubman Gill has the potential to become "a little bit of a legend" in the future judging by the abilities he showed during India's recent tour of Australia, says former spinner Brad Hogg.
Asserting its Executive power and taking a confrontationist stand, the Sports Ministry has decided to bring changes to the provisions governing the National Sports Development Code of India, 2011 (NSDCI) by incorporating a 'relaxation' clause which will shield the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and National Sports Federations (NSFs) from any coercive action by outside forces, including the judiciary, concerning their recognition, governance and management.
Former fast bowler Merv Hughes has been inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame, the country's cricket board said on Tuesday.
It's an Olympic year and the country's sports administrators would have hoped for an increased monetary allocation in the Union budget for the financial year 2021-22.
Former US Open champion Bianca Andreescu's much-anticipated return from a year-plus injury lay-off has been delayed after she withdrew from her Australian Open warm-up event on Tuesday.
Dominic Thiem's Australian Open preparations got off to a slow start on Tuesday as the US Open champion slumped to a 2-6, 4-6 defeat to Italy's Matteo Berrettini in his opening match of the ATP Cup in Melbourne.
Jeff Petry had a three-point night including a pair of goals, and the Montreal Canadiens torched the Vancouver Canucks 6-2 on Monday.
Former India captain Rahul Dravid advised Ajinkya Rahane not bat a lot in the nets and put pressure on himself while leading the team in Australia. "Rahul bhai loves batting, and he was like 'that's the mistake I did'. He said, 'don't bat a lot in the nets, your preparation is really good. Just think about how you are going to lead the team, how you are going to give confidence to the players," Rahane recalled.
The sports ministry's decision to allow full capacity crowds into stadiums for outdoor events and the Tamil Nadu government's revised guidelines of permitting 50% crowd entry at stadiums opened the door for the development after it was earlier stated that fans would not be allowed for the first two Tests.
Liverpool finally bolstered their defensive options by signing Schalke's Ozan Kabak and Preston's Ben Davies as the clock ticked down to the end of the Premier League transfer window on Monday.
Canadian Bianca Andreescu will skip this week's Grampians Trophy and instead return to action at the Australian Open. WTA announced on Monday that the Mississauga, Ont., native has withdrawn to focus her time on the Aussie Open.
The B.C. Lions announced Monday that Bryan Burnham had signed a one-year contract extension.
With CFL free agency slated to open Feb. 9, teams have been busy signing players to extensions or having them restructure existing deals while facing the harsh reality of league economics amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Dinesh Karthik-led Tamil Nadu team defeated Baroda comfortably by 7 wickets to clinch their second Syed Mushtaq Ali title on Sunday. Completely dominating the opposition in the one-sided affair, Karthik and co. first restricted Baroda to a lowly 120/9 and then comfortably chased down the target with 12 balls to spare.
