World Rugby to investigate Fiji Chairman
(UTV | COLOMBO) – World Rugby has begun an investigation into the chairman of the Fiji Rugby Union (FRU), which has backed Sir Bill Beaumont’s...
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Cricket match-fixers actively targeting players during lockdown
(UTV | Colombo) – Players around the world have been warned to remain vigilant of approaches from match-fixers despite coronavirus having put the sport on...
Swimming star Daiya Seto forcing himself to look past Olympic postponement
(UTV | Colombo) -The news of the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics due to the coronavirus pandemic rendered the host nation’s standout swimmer a shell...
Virus terminates Watling, Maxwell and Faulkner’s Lancs cricket stint
(UTV | Colombo) – New Zealand’s BJ Watling and Australia’s Glenn Maxwell and James Faulkner will no longer play for Lancashire this season because of...
US athletes to conduct own tests in ‘virtual drug testing’ trial
(UTV | Colombo) – A group of American athletes will provide samples for drug-testing in a “virtual session” as part of a “unique” programme being...
Indian Premier League suspended until further notice
(UTV | INDIA) -The 2020 Indian Premier League has been suspended “until further notice”, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced....
UEFA plans for Final on Aug. 29
(UTV | Colombo) – Uefa is working to plans that would see the Champions League final end the 2019-20 season on 29 August. European football’s...
Formula 1 faces ‘difficult’ decision on restart – McLaren boss
(UTV | COVID-19) – Formula 1 faces a “difficult” decision as to when racing can start later this year, says McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl....
Tour de France to go ahead at end of August after coronavirus delay
(UTV | COVID-19) – The postponed 2020 Tour de France will now start on 29 August, following the French government’s extension of a ban on...
Former London Marathon winner provisionally suspended
(UTV | COLOMBO) – Kenyan Daniel Wanjiru, winner of the 2017 London Marathon, has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit....