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Tonight, america closing in on three million cases of covid-19 as new concerns over those massive holiday weekend crowds hundreds packed in, partying without masks as some states broke records. hospitals pushed to the limit. in florida, 44 icus at capacity the mlb revealing its shortened schedule, even as several players test positive. and just in, the big city mayor and vp contender also testing positive. also growing fears. how airborne is the virus? over 200 scientists urging the w.h.o. t...

I dont think you can say for certain that on the 23rd of july every team will be playing. i hope they are. but like all of us, major league baseball is at the hands of the virus, depends on what happens. >> and jonathan lemire, sometimes it just takes the biggest names at the top to start this kind of cascading effect of people saying this isnt worth it. you have david price opting out, mike trout said hes not comfortable yet needs more safeguards in place. how are you feeling about the season? ...

5-year-old sons, theyre desperate for there to be games this season and have baseball played. i think what weve seen the last two weeks with the surge of cases throughout this country including a number of players being affected. freddy freeman of the braves announced he has coronavirus and has been laid low by it. certainly cant be playing baseball any time soon. the other sports as well, questions raised whether basketball and their bubble in orlando, the nhl, nfl, all these leagues trying to ...

Bring it back even though we have taken none of the steps to flatten the curve. >> tonight the major sports leagues planning return to action this month are seeming to be stopped by the resurgent virus. more than three dozen major league players and staff tested positive and the national hockey league reporting similar numbers. in the nba five teams have shut down practice facilities after positive tests, all of it throwing into question the wisdom of the leagues returning to action now. >> stee...

Dozense1 of major league baseball players have now tested positive for coronavirus as the league resumes training wednesday. carolyn mano has more on that,ew plus the growing call for someç teams to change name amid social justice reforms. here she is.lp >> reporter: aslp major league baseball continues its push for a resumption of their season at the end of july, were learning about positive coronavirus cases after an initial round of testinge1 performed by both the league and its players asso...

Seven staff members out of a pool of just over 3,000 tests. this happening as the braves and other teams are facing mounting pressures to address team nicknames viewed in the past as racially divisive. the braves did not give any indication that they are willing to consider a change to the braves moniker but did say they will continue to support and honor the native-american community. the teams counter part in cleveland, the indians, went a step further, saying they will reconsider the nickname...

So 31 major league baseball players have tested positive for coronavirus as the league resumed training on wednesday. "world sports" has more on that, plus the growing call for teams to change their names. >> as major league baseball continues its push for the resumption of the season at the end of july, were learning about positive coronavirus cases after an initial round of testing performed by both the league and the players association. four atlanta braves players are the latest additions to...

This nonsense narrative that people dont want to watch womens sport, yet what we have seen over the last few years is that people do want to watch womens sport.|j few years is that people do want to watch womens sport. i really hope people do feel still inspired and a hope that people still want to get involved. id genuinely think the future of sport is going to look very different now. a warry for community sport and the lower grassroots sport, getting people involved, whether thats men or wome...

Thats his first since returning from a lenghty spell out with an injury. that is great to see. west ham will drop into the bottom three if bournmouth win later today. last nights other game was a goal—less draw between brighton and leicester theres loads more football this evening — five premier league games including one live on bbc two. coverage of norwich against everton starts at 5:30. and finally englands test series against pakistan is still scheduled to go ahead. thats despite a total...

Of their day online. honouring russias heroes — after a delay forced by the coronavirus pandemic, moscow holds its victory parade marking the defeat of nazi germany. sport and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, heres sally nugent. good morning. novak djokovic has apologised, saying he is "deepy sorry" after testing positive for coronavirus at a tournament that hed organised himself. four other players had already tested positive for covid—19 after playing at the adria tour comp...