Two of SDSU's leading players moving on
BROOKINGS, SD (KELO.com) -- It appears as though South Dakota State University will have some rebuilding to do before the 2024-25 basketball season. Two of its leading players are entering the NCAA transfer portal. William Kyle the Third was the first to announce he would enter the portal. Now, Zeke Mayo is declarin...
Mar 27, 2024
Milbank native, former USF standout new coach at Alabama
TUSCALOOSA, AL (KELO.com) -- A Milbank native now holds the reigns of one of college football's premiere programs. Kalen DeBoer has succeeded Nick Saban as coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide A record-setting receiver at the University of Sioux Falls, DeBoer became head coach of the Cougars in 2005. Over the next five se...
Jan 13, 2024
Boxing: AIBA cancels European Forum amid coronavirus fears
(Reuters) - The international boxing federation (AIBA) has canceled its European forum, which was scheduled to take place in the Italian town of Assisi on Saturday, amid fears over the coronavirus outbreak, AIBA said on Thursday. Italy has reported ove...
Jan 05, 2024
Wrestling: Bulgaria's Nazaryan aims to follow in father's footsteps
By Angel Krasimirov SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgarian Greco-Roman wrestler Edmond "Eddie" Nazaryan is determined to emulate his father and stand on top of the Olympic Games podium with a gold medal hung around his neck. Earlier this month the baby-faced Eddi...
Jan 05, 2024
Basketball: Bulgaria's China tour canceled due to coronavirus
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's national men's basketball team have canceled their summer tour of China following the coronavirus outbreak, their coach said on Thursday. "We had to play between six and nine matches in China against strong clubs and visiti...
Jan 05, 2024
Factbox: Sports events hit by the coronavirus epidemic
(Reuters) - The following is a list of international sports events hit by the outbreak of the new coronavirus. ATHLETICS * The World Athletics Indoor Championships, scheduled for Nanjing from March 13-15, were postponed until next year. World Athleti...
Jan 05, 2024
IOC president 'fully committed' to holding Olympics on schedule: media
TOKYO (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee is "fully committed" to holding the Tokyo Olympics on schedule despite the coronavirus outbreak, IOC President Thomas Bach told Japanese media in a conference call on Thursday, Kyodo news agency rep...
Jan 05, 2024
Swimming: CAS clears Italian Magnini of doping, quashes ban
(Reuters) - The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has annulled the four-year ban imposed on Filippo Magnini by the Italian National Anti-Doping Tribunal following an appeal by the retired Italian swimmer. Magnini, a two-times world 100 meters freest...
Jan 05, 2024
Athletics: British hammer thrower given four-year ban for 'gone fishing' lie
LONDON (Reuters) - British hammer thrower Mark Dry has been banned from all sport for four years after falsely claiming he had "gone fishing" to explain why he missed an out-of-competiton doping test. A statement on Thursday from UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) ...
Jan 05, 2024
Swimming: CAS to announce decision in Sun Yang case on Friday
(Reuters) - The Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS) will announce on Friday whether multiple Chinese swimming champion Sun Yang has been found guilty of a doping offence, it said in a statement on Thursday. CAS has to decide whether to accept an appeal...
Jan 05, 2024
MLB names first black, Latino umpire crew chiefs
Major League Baseball achieved historic diversity with its umpiring staff on Thursday, naming Kerwin Danley the first black crew chief and Alfonso Marquez the first Latino-born crew chief. Danley, 58, is a 23-year veteran who has worked two World Seri...
Jan 05, 2024
Doping: Russia's Olympic ban appeal not heard before late April - CAS
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's appeal against a four-year ban from the Olympics and other major sporting events will not be heard before the end of April and will be closed to the public, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Thursday. The Worl...
Jan 05, 2024
Laviolette to coach Team USA at hockey worlds
Former Nashville Predators coach Peter Laviolette was named head coach of Team USA for the upcoming world hockey championships in May, announced USA Hockey. "It's great to have Peter as our head coach," said Chris Drury, general manager of the 2020 U....
Jan 05, 2024
Coronavirus poses a logistical headache for F1 teams
By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - The coronavirus epidemic is giving Formula One teams a logistical headache as they prepare for a new season and the run of long-haul races scheduled to start in Australia on March 15. The Chinese Grand Prix on April 1...
Jan 05, 2024
Vettel fastest as Hamilton hits trouble in testing
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel posted the fastest lap on the penultimate day of Formula One's pre-season testing on Thursday as six-times world champion Lewis Hamilton hit engine trouble. Vettel set a time of one minute 16.841 seconds...
Jan 05, 2024
Cycling: Dynamite Danes smash world record again to win team pursuit
By Martyn Herman BERLIN (Reuters) - Denmark's men's team pursuit squad installed themselves as hot favorites for the Tokyo Olympics as they powered to gold at the world championships with a third world record in little over 24 hours on Thursday. The qu...
Jan 05, 2024
Djokovic bamboozles despairing Khachanov with drop shots in Dubai
(Reuters) - Novak Djokovic used a dizzying array of drop shots to make short work of Karen Khachanov at the Dubai Open on Thursday, reaching the semi-finals with a dominant 6-2 6-2 win over the Russian seventh seed. Victory extended the Serbian world n...
Jan 05, 2024
Coronavirus could impact NHL's plans to play in China this year
(Reuters) - The coronavirus epidemic could impact the National Hockey League's plans to have preseason games in China later this year, according to a report on the North American league's website. The NHL held preseason games in China in 2017 and 2018 ...
Jan 05, 2024
Kobe Bryant handprints among Beverly Hills auction items
(Reuters) - A copy of Kobe Bryant's handprints, cast in cement outside Hollywood's famed Grauman's Chinese Theatre, are going up for auction in April along with other memorabilia of the basketball legend who died in January. Julien's Auctions said on T...
Jan 05, 2024
No audience at Polish e-gaming event due to coronavirus fears
WARSAW (Reuters) - The finals of the computer games world cup in Poland will take place without an audience on site after the regional governor decided to revoke its permit due to coronavirus fears. Intel Extreme Masters attracts thousands of people to...
Jan 05, 2024
Cycling: Froome says awaiting coronavirus test as UAE Tour canceled
By Martyn Herman (Reuters) - The UAE Tour featuring some of the world's leading riders has been canceled with two stages remaining due to a coronavirus scare, four-time Tour de France champion Chris Froome said late on Thursday. While there was no offi...
Jan 05, 2024
Barty sets up Kvitova semi-final after downing Muguruza in Doha
(Reuters) - World number one Ash Barty eased into the semi-finals of the Qatar Open with a gritty 6-1 6-7(4) 6-2 victory over Spanish 11th seed Garbine Muguruza on Thursday. The Australian will meet two-times Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova in the nex...
Jan 05, 2024
Coronavirus spread has major champions Lincicome, Lewis fearing for LPGA season
(Reuters) - The LPGA Tour's return to the United States after three Asian events were canceled due to the coronavirus has not allayed the fears of new mothers Brittany Lincicome and Stacy Lewis. Though there had been only 60 known cases diagnosed in th...
Jan 05, 2024
Englishman Lewis and American English lead Honda Classic
(Reuters) - Tom Lewis conjured up his inner Nick Faldo in earning a share of the first-round lead with a bogey-free four-under-par 66 in strong winds at the Honda Classic in windy Florida on Thursday. Lewis joined American Harris English one stroke ahe...
Jan 05, 2024
NBA fines Timberwolves $25K for resting Russell
The Minnesota Timberwolves were fined $25,000 by the NBA on Thursday for violating the league's player resting policy. The violation occurred when the Timberwolves were on the road to face the Denver Nuggets on Sunday, and they rested guard D'Angelo R...
Jan 05, 2024