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Reuters exclusively reports World Athletics president says athletics can play huge role in fixing global health crisis

Reuters exclusively reports that World Athletics president Sebastian Coe says that his sport can have a huge influence on helping the post-pandemic world address the global health crisis and is making plans to ensure that it is ready to take on that...

Reuters exclusively reports Tennis-T7 gets down to the business of evolution

Reuters exclusively reported that Tennis could be set for a radical overhaul as the game’s main stakeholders come together in an unprecedented effort to chart a roadmap for streamlining the governance of the sport, ATP chief Andrea Gaudenzi has told...

Reuters exclusively reports UEFA’s COVID-19 chief says Euro 2020 will happen this year and fans could travel

Reuters exclusively reported that UEFA’s COVID-19 tsar said there is no question of June’s Euro 2020 tournament being cancelled or postponed and that fans could yet be allowed to travel internationally to the games. The tournament was po...

Reuters reports Japan’s Dentsu lobbied for and funded Tokyo Olympics campaign

In an insightful report, Reuters revealed how Dentsu Group Inc donated more than $6 million to Tokyo’s successful campaign to host the 2020 Olympics, according to bank records, and lobbied members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on beha...

Messi wants out: Reuters delivers every twist and turn with fast, deep video coverage

A shockwave went through the world of professional soccer in late August when one of the world’s top paid players, Lionel Messi, announced he was leaving his club, FC Barcelona. As the story went through multiple twists and turns, Reuters was ahead...

Reuters first with Euro 2020 Championship postponement over coronavirus crisis

Reuters was first to report on Tuesday that the Euro 2020 soccer Championship, trumpeted as a continent-wide feast of football to mark the 60th anniversary of UEFA’s flagship tournament, was postponed as the coronavirus pandemic claimed its biggest s...

Reuters reveals Russia tells its officials not to tip off athletes about dope tests

Reuters exclusively revealed that Russia’s sports ministry has sent an internal memo instructing staff of national training centers not to tip off athletes about doping tests, a rare Russian acknowledgement of methods used in the past to hide drug-ta...

Reuters provides comprehensive graphics coverage of World Cup

Reuters is providing comprehensive World Cup graphics coverage. Not feeling World Cup fever? Ever wondered what the winners actually take home? Here’s an outsider’s guide to the game, including an interactive quiz. And check out all graphics coverage...

Reuters interview with convicted Russian soccer fan: We’ve been warned against World Cup violence

A Russian soccer fan leader jailed over clashes with England supporters at the 2016 European Championship said he and other fans had been warned by police against engaging in violence at the upcoming World Cup in Russia. Sergei Gorbachev spent seven...

Explore Reuters Breakingviews World Cup interactive calculator

Who will lift soccer’s ultimate trophy in Russia this summer? Reuters Breakingviews ranked the 32 contenders according to player values, population, home support and participation in the sport in an interactive calculator. In 2014, the calculator cor...

Reuters scores interview with IBU president after raid

Following a raid by Austrian police at the International Biathlon Union (IBU) headquarters in Salzburg, Reuters scored an interview with IBU president Anders Besseberg before the Executive Board met later in the day. Besseberg told Reuters he planned...

Reuters exclusively reports cycling-X-ray trucks to be used at top races to detect motors

Reuters exclusively reported that the International Cycling Union (UCI) will use X-ray equipped trucks on Grand Tour stages and leading classic races this season following an increase in concerns about riders using motors inside their bikes. A source...