TOKYO — As the coronavirus spreads in Japan, the chief executive of the Tokyo Games said Friday he can’t guarantee the postponed Olympics will be staged next year — even with the long delay. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe issued an emergency declaration this week to battle the virus, putting the country under restrictions after it seemed it had avoided […]

Baseball has been delayed, but Aroldis Chapman’s bodybuilding has not. The Yankees closer took to Instagram again to show off his jacked frame while boxing in his driveway in a series of videos. Whenever baseball returns, Chapman may have an extra tick or two on his fastball that has already clocked an MLB-fastest 105.1 mph. The 32-year-old Chapman, who measures […]

PHILIPPE COUTINHO’S agent has claimed the Premier League could be his natural home – but the coronavirus pandemic could pay an end to his hopes of a return to England. Coutinho has failed to make an impact at Barcelona since his £145million move from Liverpool in 2018 and is currently spending the season on loan at Bayern Munich. The Brazilian […]

TORONTO – John Tavares lived in New York and his wife has worked in a hospital. As the reality of the COVID-19 pandemic started to settle in the last few weeks — desperate calls for medical supplies, heart-wrenching personal stories, social distancing, self-isolation — the captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs wanted to help. Along with the city’s other sports […]

DILLIAN WHYTE has offered out two of the UFC’s scariest heavyweights for a cross-sport showdown. The Brixton boxing star is currently the WBC’s No1 challenger for Tyson Fury’s title and should have been fighting ex-world champ Alexander Povetkin on May 2, before COVID-19 struck. But before he waged war on boxing’s big-money division, the teenage Body Snatcher was a terrifying […]

The final day of the 2016 Masters will live long in the memory. Defending champion Jordan Spieth stormed into a five-shot lead only to suffer a dramatic collapse, opening the door for Yorkshireman Danny Willett to come through and claim an unlikely win. Here we take a look back on that remarkable day four years ago. Willett’s Major history Willett, […]

Here are five things you might have missed on BBC Sport today. 1. Ronaldo gets the band back together Ronaldo (the original one) brought out a parade of stars for a video call on Instagram. David Beckham, Luis Figo, Roberto Carlos and Iker Casillas all showed up, but what did they have to say? The best bits from Ronaldo’s Galacticos […]

NOT managed to pick up your copy of The Sun today? Fear not. You can catch all of our top tips right here. Each-way Thief HAVE an each-way double at Gulfstream Park. TRAFFIC TROUBLE (6.00) had no luck in running last time and is capable of landing a blow in an open race. Pair him with STEADILY (6.30) who was […]

He was just a 28-year-old kid that day, brash and confident but probably too young to know better. Just six years earlier he’d nearly attended embalming school but decided to take a shot at coaching basketball instead. The team he inherited had gone 10-15 the year before, though the good news (or the bad news) was that everyone was coming […]

World Snooker Tour and Professional Darts Corporation chairman Barry Hearn is in “good spirits” after suffering a heart attack on Sunday. Hearn, 71, is set to return home on Wednesday after having surgery. His son, boxing promoter Eddie Hearn, posted on social media: “My dad was taken to hospital on Sunday after a minor heart attack and was operated on […]