With much of the planet now in complete shutdown because of the coronavirus pandemic, people from all walks of life have had their worlds turned upside down – including sports stars who have been left with no sport to play.As part of a new BBC Sport series, England international Sam Tomkins, who joined Super League…
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BBC Sport’s five things to do today
Read this…We all dream of representing our country on the international stage, right? Meet the team competing as ‘England’ in 2020… by chanceWatch this…Kids interrupting work was something of a novelty two weeks ago but now it is part of our daily routine, as Olympic gold medallist Greg Rutherford knows all too well… Media playback…
Camaraderie, confrontation & characters – life inside the dressing room
Dressing rooms are the one place at a football stadium the television cameras rarely enterThe dressing room is football’s inner sanctum, a place which can be defined by great togetherness or deep division, where games can be won or lost before a ball is even kicked.What goes on between players and managers behind closed doors…
A letter from the great quarantine: Missing football, pasta and friendship
8:00 AM ETWright ThompsonSenior Writer CloseWright Thompson is a senior writer for ESPN and is executive producer of TrueSouth and co-executive producer of Backstory. He is the author of New York Times bestselling The Cost of These Dreams.OXFORD, Miss. — On Wednesday, someone sent me a video clip of a quarantined Italian man playing the…
How Belarus is fighting the coronavirus: vodka first, soccer second
11:30 AM ETArtur PetrosyanESPN.com writer Belarusian football is not something even the most fanatical game lovers across the globe have been following over the years. Belarus is ranked 32nd out of 56 UEFA member associations, between Liechtenstein and Israel, while the national team — ranked 87th, between Haiti and Zambia, in the FIFA World Ranking…
‘Too early for Tour de France decision’
Egan Bernal became the youngest rider in 110 years to win the Tour de France in 2019The Tour de France is considering the option of going ahead without fans, says France’s sports minister. The race is due to run from 27 June to 19 July but is in doubt, with most major sports events off…
Burgers, beer or the buzz: What do you miss about sport?
All forms of professional sport in the UK are suspended because of the coronavirus outbreakWe’re all getting used to days on end without live sport, without the excitement and frustration of seeing our teams or our favourite sports stars doing what they do best.But as well as the obvious gap in live action it seems…
Roger Federer and wife Mirka donate 1M Francs to COVID-19 relief
Twenty-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer announced a donation of one million Swiss Francs ($1.46M CAD) with his wife, Mirka, on Wednesday to help families in Switzerland during the COVID-19 pandemic. “These are challenging times for everyone and nobody should be left behind. Mirka and I have personally decided to donate one million Swiss Francs for…
KRYK: Panthers cut Cam Newton, but that he’s healthy is even bigger news
Panthers release face of the franchise; now where will he land?Cam’s cut. That’s big news.Cam’s healthy? That’s even bigger news.Unable to find a trade partner for their face of the franchise last decade, the Carolina Panthers on Tuesday afternoon cut quarterback Cam Newton, the No. 1 overall NFL draft pick in 2011 and 2015 league…
Bayern and Dortmund players to take pay cut
Bayern’s players in training before the coronavirus lockdownBayern Munich’s players and directors have agreed to take a temporary 20% pay cut.The German giants said the move was to help the other employees at the club financially during the current coronavirus crisis.Last week, Borussia Monchengladbach’s players were the first in the country to offer to forgo…