Sports Stories from June 26, 2020 (Change date)
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Welcome back: The NBA sets the schedule for season restartJun 26, 2020 7:00 am - Zion Williamson is about to get another chance at opening night. Injury kept him out of New Orleans' appearance in the first game of this NBA season when the Pelicans st...
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Shouting distance: Henry, Werner cheer Liverpool titleJun 26, 2020 7:00 am - They had waited 10 years for this, just the last of three decades of frustration for Liverpool supporters that included tragedy and heartbreak yet rarely silenced the pa...
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Tunisian tennis player banned 7 years for match-fixingJun 26, 2020 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Tunisian tennis player Majed Kilani has been banned from professional tennis for seven years after the sport's anti-corruption body concluded he conspired ...
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Play-in round team wins draft lottery, shot at LafreniereJun 26, 2020 7:00 am - Alexis Lafreniere was supposed to walk on stage Friday night in Montreal as the top pick in the NHL draft. After the COVID-19 pandemic paused the hockey season and postp...
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Lyon drawn to face Bayern in Women's Champions LeagueJun 26, 2020 7:00 am - NYON, Switzerland (AP) - Four-time defending champion Lyon was drawn Friday to play Bayern Munich in the Women's Champions League quarterfinals. The game is scheduled in...
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49ers sign first-round picks Kinlaw, Aiyuk to 4-year dealsJun 26, 2020 7:00 am - SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) - The San Francisco 49ers have signed first-round draft picks Javon Kinlaw and Brandon Aiyuk to four-year deals, the team said Friday. The defen...
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Ivanisevic, the coach of Djokovic, tests positive for virusJun 26, 2020 7:00 am - ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) - Former Wimbledon champion Goran Ivanisevic, who now coaches Novak Djokovic and attended the top-ranked player's exhibition series in Serbia and Cr...
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No paychecks for 11 big leaguers: advance larger than salaryJun 26, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Grant Dayton will notice one glaring absence this season after he reports to the Atlanta Braves: his twice-a-month salary. He is among 11 major leaguers ...
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NWSL takes field first as other pro leagues chart futuresJun 26, 2020 7:00 am - The National Women's Soccer League opens its Challenge Cup tournament Saturday and the pressure is on as it becomes the first professional team sports league to play in ...
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Liverpool police warn of virus threat after Anfield partyJun 26, 2020 7:00 am - LIVERPOOL, England (AP) - Warning about the ongoing threat posed by the coronavirus pandemic, police have criticized Liverpool fans for partying on the streets in their ...