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Jul
08
Sports

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on association football Major League Soccer resumes its 2020 season after a four-mont

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on association football Major League Soccer resumes its 2020 season after a four-month hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic with a month-long tournament in Orlando, Florida. FC Dallas will sit out the tournament after 10 players and a coach were diagnosed with COVID-19. (Fox News)

Jul
30
Sports

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports 2019–20 NBA season The National Basketball Association season resumes at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex after a

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports 2019–20 NBA season The National Basketball Association season resumes at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex after a 141-day suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The season resumes with the New Orleans Pelicans taking on the Utah Jazz. (People) (CBS Sports)

Aug
08
Sports

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports, COVID-19 pandemic in the United States The Mid-American Conference announces that its 12 members will not play this f

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports, COVID-19 pandemic in the United States The Mid-American Conference announces that its 12 members will not play this fall season, including in football. While many other NCAA Division I leagues have already called off fall sports, the MAC becomes the first Division I FBS league to scrap the 2020 football season. (Mid-American Conference) (ESPN)

Aug
10
Sports

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports, COVID-19 pandemic in the United States The Mountain West Conference becomes the second NCAA Division I FBS league to

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports, COVID-19 pandemic in the United States The Mountain West Conference becomes the second NCAA Division I FBS league to call off its football season, as well as all other fall sports. This follows the lead of the Mid-American Conference, which announced an identical plan two days earlier. (Mountain West Conference) (ESPN)

Aug
11
Sports

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports, COVID-19 pandemic in the United States Two of the "Power Five" conferences of NCAA Division I FBS, the Big Ten and Pa

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports, COVID-19 pandemic in the United States Two of the "Power Five" conferences of NCAA Division I FBS, the Big Ten and Pac-12 conferences, postpone their fall 2020 sports seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Pac-12 also announces that winter sports whose seasons were scheduled to begin in calendar year 2020, most notably basketball, will not start play until at least January 1, 2021. (NPR) (ESPN)

Aug
11
Sports

Two of the "Power Five" conferences of NCAA Division I FBS, the Big Ten and Pac-12 conferences, postpone their fall 2020 sports seasons due to the COVID-19 pand

Two of the "Power Five" conferences of NCAA Division I FBS, the Big Ten and Pac-12 conferences, postpone their fall 2020 sports seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Pac-12 also announces that winter sports whose seasons were scheduled to begin in calendar year 2020, most notably basketball, will not start play until at least January 1, 2021. (NPR) (ESPN)

Aug
14
Sports

2019–20 UEFA Champions League, FC Barcelona 2–8 FC Bayern Munich In association football, FC Bayern Munich become the first team to score eight goals in a UEFA

2019–20 UEFA Champions League, FC Barcelona 2–8 FC Bayern Munich In association football, FC Bayern Munich become the first team to score eight goals in a UEFA Champions League knockout match after doing so against FC Barcelona in a quarter-finals match that ended 8–2. FC Barcelona suffer one of their worst defeats in history, having conceded eight goals for the first time since 1946. (AP via Philippine Daily Inquirer)

Aug
14
Sports

In association football, FC Bayern Munich become the first team to score eight goals in a UEFA Champions League knockout match after doing so against FC Barcelo

In association football, FC Bayern Munich become the first team to score eight goals in a UEFA Champions League knockout match after doing so against FC Barcelona in a quarter-finals match that ended 8–2. FC Barcelona suffer one of their worst defeats in history, having conceded eight goals for the first time since 1946. (AP via Philippine Daily Inquirer)

Aug
15
Sports

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports, 2019–20 Chinese Basketball Association season In basketball, the Guangdong Southern Tigers win their 10th CBA champio

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports, 2019–20 Chinese Basketball Association season In basketball, the Guangdong Southern Tigers win their 10th CBA championship, bringing an end to the 2019–20 CBA season, which was paused due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. (South China Morning Post)

Aug
23
Sports

2019–20 UEFA Champions League, 2020 UEFA Champions League Final In association football, FC Bayern Munich defeat French opponents Paris Saint-Germain F.C.

2019–20 UEFA Champions League, 2020 UEFA Champions League Final In association football, FC Bayern Munich defeat French opponents Paris Saint-Germain F.C. 1–0 at the Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, to win their sixth Champions League title and second continental treble. Bayern Munich become the first team to win any European competition with a 100% winning record. (BBC Sport)

Dec
06
Sports

2020 Formula One World Championship Racing Point's Sergio Pérez wins the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix at the Bahrain International Circuit, claiming his first Formula

2020 Formula One World Championship Racing Point's Sergio Pérez wins the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix at the Bahrain International Circuit, claiming his first Formula One win, and becoming the first Mexican Formula One driver to win a race since Pedro Rodríguez won the 1970 Belgian Grand Prix. (The Guardian)

Dec
17
Sports

COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Ireland The Northern Ireland Executive agrees to impose a new lockdown beginning on Boxing Day, which means that non-essential sho

COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Ireland The Northern Ireland Executive agrees to impose a new lockdown beginning on Boxing Day, which means that non-essential shops will be closed from the end of trading on Christmas Eve. During the first week of lockdown, essential shops will have to close each day at 8:00 p.m. GMT. (BBC)

Dec
17
Sports

The Northern Ireland Executive agrees to impose a new lockdown beginning on Boxing Day, which means that non-essential shops will be closed from the end of trad

The Northern Ireland Executive agrees to impose a new lockdown beginning on Boxing Day, which means that non-essential shops will be closed from the end of trading on Christmas Eve. During the first week of lockdown, essential shops will have to close each day at 8:00 p.m. GMT. (BBC)

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