Charles Schwab Challenge at colonial 2020, returns without Tiger Woods

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 Sixteen of the world's top 20 will play Thursday at Colonial Country Club, but Tiger Woods will not be among them.

The 15-time main winner last played on the Tour in February at Riviera and missed the following four tournaments

Tiger Woods and the fans will be missing when golf returns this week after a three-month hiatus due to the novel coronavirus but the Charles Schwab Challenge will otherwise get the full major treatment with a strong field on display.

Led by world number one Rory McIlroy, the world’s top five players and 101 PGA Tour winners will be at the stately Colonial Country Club outside Forth Worth, Texas.

Play starts on Thursday in the first tournament since the Players Championship was halted in mid-March by the pandemic.

But like the conditions surrounding those sports, golfers will be returning to a very different looking arena where social distancing and the results of nasal swabs and thermal scans will be as important as what they put on their scorecards.

The most jarring change will be the absence of galleries that would normally flock to any tournament featuring the world’s best players.

Golf’s biggest name and winner of 15 majors, Woods will be the only noticeable absentee in the elite field as he continues to get his game in shape after recovering from back issues.

Television coverage of the Charles Schwab will be extensive and have all the technological bells and whistles, including a few new features such as Augmented Reality technology virtual signage.

Some golfers will also wear microphones in an effort to liven up a subdued soundtrack.

Whatever technology or viewer-friendly gimmicks are rolled out they will not replace the familiar buzz that resonates across the course when a player holes out or drains a monster putt.

Roger Federer out for rest of 2020 season

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Roger Federer will miss the rest of the 2020 tennis season after undergoing a second knee surgery few weeks ago, the winner of 20 Grand Slam singles titles said on Wednesday (June 10).

The Swiss struggled with injury at the 2020 Australian Open, where he made a semi-final exit to eventual champion Novak Djokovic, and has not played since.

He underwent surgery on the right knee in February but said he needed another procedure after suffering a setback while rehabilitating after the initial operation.

A few weeks ago, having experienced a setback during my initial rehabilitation, I had to have an additional quick arthroscopic procedure on my right knee. I will be missing my fans and the tour dearly but, I will look forward to see everyone back on tour at the start of the 2021 season," the 38-year-old said in a Twitter post.

With professional tennis shut down due to the Covid-19 pandemic it remains to be seen how many tournaments Federer will actually miss.

He also had knee surgery to repair a torn meniscus in 2016 and missed the second half of that season.

When he returned to the tour for the 2017 season it looked like he had never been away, winning the Australian Open to end a near five-year Grand Slam title drought and adding the Wimbledon title later that year.

The last of Federer’s record 20 Grand Slam singles titles came at the 2018 Australian Open. The closest he has come since was at Wimbledon last year when he lost in the final.

 

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The League of stars is back ✨ in Spain / Seville vs Betis

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 After more than two months of having suspended the Professional Soccer League in Spain, as well as in the rest of the planet by COVID-19, this week soccer in the Iberian country returns to the fray.

The return of soccer in Spain, will become the fourth to return to sports activity, thus joining the Bundesliga, Costa Rican League, Portuguese League, which have already had competitiveness behind closed doors, with some avatar as fans .

In this round of soccer, we will have a classic Sevillano, when Sevilla FC faces Betis FC at stake that has always had a great rivalry, between both hobbies.

Ronaldinho "It was a very long two months"

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 The former Barcelona player, Ronaldinho, has already completed sixty days of confinement in a hotel in Paraguay, the also former Canarinha, recounted his feelings with the legal situation he lives in.

In an interview for the Spanish newspaper, Mundo Deportivo, Ronaldinho explained that the days have been very long.

«Here at the Hotel Palmaroga we have an excellent treatment. We have everything well ordered, we are very calm and they do anything to pass it in the most pleasant way possible. It has been sixty long days. People in their homes must imagine what it must be like not being able to do what you are used to. I think that is something that will remain forever in all of us after living this complicated experience, "he said.

He also commented on the support that some former colleagues have offered him, such is the case of Carles Puyol.

The relationship we have (he and Puyol) is very special and how nice we had at Barça and with all the teammates of this adventure that is playing soccer. I am a soccer player for love and profession. They know me well and they know that it was not an easy time. His words were important and that they supported me to get out of this storm as soon as possible

Manchester City : Guardiola, appoints mentor Juan Manuel Lillo. as an assistant coach

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 Pep Guardiola has appointed his inspirational mentor and coach Juan Manuel Lillo as his new assistant, Premier League club Manchester City said Tuesday.

Lillo, who previously directed Real Sociedad, Vissel Kobe and Real Oviedo, has worked with several world-class talents during his career, including Andrés Iniesta, David Villa and Yaya Toure.

He also coached Guardiola towards the end of his playing career, during his timeshare in Mexico at Dorados de Sinaloa.

"My relationship with Pep goes back many years and I am delighted to join him as part of this exciting team," Lillo said on the club's website.

"Manchester City has been very successful in recent seasons and has played a beautiful brand of football that we look forward to from this club and its coach."

BundesLiga / All results, Standings' and scorers / Date 30

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After 30 dates played, these were all the results, scorers and standings, in the soccer League in Germany.

NBA / Michael Jordan donates $ 100 million to fight racism

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The former NBA player and star, now the owner of the Charlotte Hornets, will donate $ 100 million over the next 10 years to fight racism.

 Jordan has announced that he will donate the figure of $ 100 million to the fight against racism. The statement reports that it will give that amount over a decade, and that it will go to organizations "dedicated to guaranteeing racial equality, social justice and greater access to education." From the moment the information was made public, the positive reactions have continued to occur on social networks.

The statement was made in response to the massive demonstrations that have taken place across the United States after the murder of George Floyd, and that have had broad support from the NBA.


Recall that last Tuesday, four policemen from the city of Minneapolis, in the north of the country, were fired as a result of the broadcast of a video in which a white agent is seen for minutes tightening the neck of the detainee, the already mentioned Floyd, who is black, and who later died in hospital. 

The action was quickly interpreted as an abuse of authority and a racist crime, something that has sparked a chain reaction across the NBA, in which demands for racialized people have come to light again.

Programming of the Date 30 / Bundesliga in Germany

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The German league continues in activity, and this weekend the date number 30 is played, in the so-called Bundesliga, with a game today Friday and the others between next Saturday and Sunday.


This is the schedule of all matches.

Vitoria SC 2 vs Sportin CP 2 / Portugal Soccer League

Written by : Jose Alvarado Sandoval ( Dj Malanga ) 

Soccer returned to the Portuguese league, a competition that I enjoy very much from date to date, due to its high level of soccer and the great players who play there.

After the suspension of soccer worldwide, where the Portuguese league was also affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, today we enjoyed a great game again, one of several that was played at the same time, between the Victoria teams. SC vs Sportin CP, in a match of emotions, good soccer, with two teams that sought the opposite frame during the 90 minutes.


It was Sporting who would open the scoreboard through the player Sporar, would tie Vitoria SC, through Joao Texeira, Sporting went back to the top on the scoreboard, again through Sporar, tie for Vitoria SC, the player Marcus Edwards , for the definitive 2 x 2, marker with which a disputed and colorful game would end in the return of the professional soccer league in Portugal.

Rafa Nadal says he would not travel to US Open

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Ordinarily, Rafael Nadal would likely be closing in on a 13th French Open title this week. Instead, he is home in Mallorca trying to make sense of a world that feels anything but normal.

Tennis is on hold until at least the start of August because of the coronavirus pandemic, and while there have been positive noises about the prospects of the US Open taking place, followed by the French Open, the Spaniard served a dose of reality.

Speaking via Zoom to tennis media on Thursday (June 4), the day after his 34th birthday, Nadal was asked his thoughts of playing at the US Open, of which he is reigning champion.

"If you asked me today if I want to travel today to New York to play a tennis tournament, I will say: no, I will not," the world No. 2 told reporters. "In a couple of months, I don't know. Hopefully yes.

"We need to wait probably until we have more information about how the virus evolves, how the situation's going to be. New York has been one of the places that has been hit most strongly by the virus."


When tennis returns, it will most likely be without fans.

NBA: Michael Jordan talks about the death of George Floyd

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Basketball star Michael Jordan expressed outrage Sunday (May 31) over the death of George Floyd, an African American killed in Minneapolis where he is watched in a breathless video as a white police officer knelt on his neck, an incident that has sparked protests in more than 27 cities in the United States.

Jordan said his heart was with the family of Floyd and others who died from acts of racism.

"I am deeply saddened, really hurt and just pissed off," said Jordan, who is a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame and owner of the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association.

"I see and feel everyone's pain, outrage and frustration.

"I am with those who are calling for entrenched racism and violence against people of color in our country. We have had enough."

Jordan's comments came as many U.S. cities prepared for another night of unrest after cleaning streets littered with broken glass and burned cars, as curfews failed to quell confrontations between protesters and police.

Jordan, a six-time NBA champion who was at the heart of the Chicago Bulls dynasty in the 1990s, called on people to show compassion and empathy and never turn their backs on meaningless brutality.


"We need to continue peaceful expressions of injustice and demand accountability," said Jordan. "Our unified voice needs to pressure our leaders to change our laws, or else we need to use our vote to create systemic change."

Fifa calls for 'common sense' as German FA investigates Floyd protests

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Fifa has called on leagues to use "common sense" when deciding whether to discipline footballers for displaying political messages after several players in the German Bundesliga called for justice for George Floyd during matches.

"Fifa fully understands the depth of sentiment and concerns expressed by many footballers in light of the tragic circumstances of the George Floyd case," world football's governing body said in a statement on Tuesday.

After scoring in his team's win at Paderborn on Sunday, Borussia Dortmund's English winger Jadon Sancho lifted his shirt to reveal the message "Justice for George Floyd".

His team-mate Achraf Hakimi and Schalke's American midfielder Weston McKennie expressed similar calls for justice, while Borussia Monchengladbach's French forward Marcus Thuram took a knee after scoring for his team in memory of Floyd.

Floyd died last week after a white policeman in Minneapolis kneeled on the handcuffed man's neck for several minutes. The incident has sparked days of violent protests across the United States.

The International Football Association Board (IFAB), the sport's lawmakers, bans players from showing "any political, religious or personal slogans, statements or images".

However, pointing to its own anti-racism campaigns, Fifa intimated that no action should necessarily be taken against Sancho, Hakimi or McKennie.

"The application of the laws of the game approved by the IFAB is left for the competitions organisers which should use common sense and have in consideration the context surrounding the events," Fifa said.


The German Football Association (DFB) is investigating the players in line with IFAB's laws, although president Fritz Keller said he understood their actions.

LDA 2 vs Saprissa 2 / Classic, Costa Rica Soccer League / Standings Date 19

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Yesterday, the soccer classic was played in the Costa Rican league, with a final result of 2 x 2, between the teams, Alajuelense vs Saprissa

The match was played at the Alejandro Morera Soto stadium, in the beautiful city of Alajuela, located about 16 km from the capital San José.

The game was played behind closed doors by the pandemic that attacks the world (COVID-19.) And it was a highly contested game, with possibilities in both goals.

Alajuelense hit first and scored the 1 x 0 with a goal from the player Allen Guevara, minutes later, the player Ariel Lassiter, son of the North American player Roy Lassiter, who also played in years ago for the same team, put the 2 x 0 at that time .

Saprissa advanced his lines, and coach Walter Centeno moved his change chips, which allowed him a better performance, until he achieved a draw in the game, thanks to two annotations by the player Ariel Rodriguez.


In the end the 2 x 2 did not move anymore on the board and the game ended with a point for each team, in the Tico soccer classic.

It should be noted that the Costa Rican league, the German BundesLiga and the South Korean league are the only active leagues so far, worldwide.

SC Paderborn. 1 vs Borussia Dortmund 6 / BundesLiga / Date 29

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Borussia Dortmund thrashed with a scandal marker, 6 x 1, to a neglected team of SC Paderborn.

The Dortmund team's goals were scored by: Thorgan Hazard, Jadon Sancho, with three goals, Achraf Hakimi, and Schmelzer, for the Padermon team, scored from the penalty spot, HuneMeier

The game was a single team on the court, which ran, put pressure, attacked from all sides of the field of play, risk and with a clear idea of play, the other team came to make an appearance and had a game quite detached in all its lines.

Bayern Munich 5 vs Fortuna Düsseldorf 0 / Bundesliga

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In a game that was complicated and somewhat blocked in the first half, but not in the second, where Bayern was master and master of the game and at the end of the scoreboard, where he thrashed with a 5 x 0 scoreboard, the Fortuna 95 team

The goals were scored by Zanca, own goal, Pavard at minute 29. Lewandowski at 44, and 50, Alphonso Davies at minute 52 would put his hand up, for 5 x 0 on the final scoreboard.

In a few more hours, there would be an agreement for Mauro icardi, between PSG and Inter Milan.

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Negotiations between Inter Milan and Paris Saint Germain on the forward have progressed well and could end in the next few hours.

Icardi, has had a top performance this season just ended and his goal average, and quick adaptation in the Parisian team, has convinced Leonardo and PSG managers to assert, through negotiations with Inter, the purchase option.


The dates of the transfer window are not yet known, this does not prevent the team from the French capital from advancing its recruitment. Leonardo's priority file is that of the Argentina soccer team player (Icardi,) The operation would be around € 60 million, including bonus.

Italia Soccer League / Serie A, confirmed June 20 return

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 Serie A on Friday ) confirmed that top-flight football will return to Italy after a three-month coronavirus-enforced absence on the weekend of June 20-21.

Sports Minister Vincenzo Spadafora on Thursday gave the government’s approval for a restart on June 20, in a championship which has been suspended since March 9.

“The clubs welcomed the green light given yesterday by Minister Spadafora for the resumption of Serie A and voted unanimously to play the four postponed matches on the weekend of June 20-21,” Serie A said in a statement.

The four matches in question are Atalanta vs Sassuolo, Hellas Verona vs  Cagliari, Inter Milan vs Sampdoria and Torino vs Parma.

The league added that the 27th round of matches would be organised from the week of June 22.

“Dates and times of the matches will be announced in the coming days,” it added.

As Spadafora had requested, Italian Cup matches will take place the previous week with the final of that tournament on June 17.

No dates have been given yet for the return legs of the semi-finals, with Napoli set to host Inter Milan and Juventus at home against AC Milan, but they could be played on the weekend of June 13 and 14.

Kobe Bryant's induction to Hall of Fame postponed to next year

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The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame enshrinement ceremony for Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett and six others is postponed until 2021.

Hall of Fame Board of Governors chairman Jerry Colangelo broke the news on Wednesday (May 27) to ESPN.

The ceremony was due to be held Aug 29 in Springfield, Massachusetts, following a presentation the previous day in Uncasville, Connecticut.

The Boston Globe recently reported that the Hall of Fame was looking to postpone the events until October, but Colangelo told ESPN that holding the ceremony this year won't be possible due to the ongoing effects of the Covid-19, pandemic.

"We're definitely cancelling," Colangelo said. "It's going to have to be the first quarter of next year. (The board will) meet in a couple of weeks and look at the options of how and when and where."

He told ESPN that the Hall of Fame explored the possibility of moving the ceremony from Springfield's 2,611-seat Symphony Hall to the city's 8,319-seat MassMutual Centre to provide more opportunity for social distancing, but ultimately the decision was made to wait until next year.

Kobe Bryant died on Jan 26 aged 41 in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, that also claimed the life of daughter, Gianna, and seven others.

Indignation of Lebrón James and the entire planet over the death of citizen George Floyd, in Minneapolis

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Today when I watched the video, I felt helplessness, anger, resentment, wanting to get on the screen of my cell phone, and smash the face of those two unhappy people who call themselves police, it is not possible that four or two irresponsible savages, stained the honor and kill a citizen who was already controlled and with handcuffs on.

Incredible that these atrocities happen in the middle of the 20th century, not only did they kill this citizen, but they stained the honor of the Minneapolis police department, I am sure that in that police force, there are honorable police officers who deserve to wear that badge , plus the awful scene, that we observe today with so much indignation, through that video, has gone around the world, and left that entire police department badly stopped.

 The late George Floyd, 46, was a close friend of former player Stephen Jackson, who went through nine franchises and lived his best years with the Pacers and Warriors. On social media, he has mourned the death of his friend he calls "brother" and "twin." Floyd was detained by the Minneapolis police on charges of forgery. There are images in which he can be seen on the ground while a police officer has his knee on the detainee's neck, who on more than one occasion says he cannot breathe. After a few minutes, the detainee was put on a stretcher and transferred by ambulance to a hospital where he finally died. The Mayor of Minneapolis has already said that the four police officers involved have been fired.


"Please. His knee in my neck I can't breathe!" Was what Floyd was pleading. For his part, a witness told the police officers: "Take off his knee from the neck, check his pulse. He is not breathing, check his pulse!" Jackson and Floyd were born in Texas and grew up in Cuney Homes, a Houston social housing . "Anyone over there knows you were my brother. Not many came out, but my twin was happy that I did. I'm going to keep making you feel proud. It makes me so angry that after all the things you went through when you got to your best version you serve like this ... Rest Easy Twin, "wrote the former NBA player.

The event has also been commented by the President of the United States, Donald Trump, who said he gave orders to the FBI and the Justice Department to investigate the case of atrocity in the city of Minneapolis.

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At my request, the FBI and the Department of Justice are already well into an investigation as to the very sad and tragic death in Minnesota of George Floyd...