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South Korea’s K-League kicks off with no crowd, but big broadcast interest


The league, which paid for 1,100 tests on players and staff at the end of April that all came back negative, has shortened its season from 38 games to 27.




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Uber's report on sexual assaults and accidents offers some answers, more questions

Uber's first-ever safety transparency report establishes a baseline from which the ride-hailing giant must improve.




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Riot Games accuses regulators of 'questionable tactics' to block gender bias settlement

California state agencies argue that women who worked at the video game company could deserve up to $400 million. The company—and the lawyers for women who worked there—strongly disagree.




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California sues Uber and Lyft, saying drivers are employees

California's suit against Uber and Lyft says the companies have illegally treated drivers as independent contractors, depriving them of benefits.




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Un retour des Nordiques pourrait être favorisé par la pandémie, selon Pierre Karl Péladeau

Selon Pierre Karl Péladeau, la crise du coronavirus pourrait permettre d’établir les bases du retour d’une équipe de hockey professionnelle à Québec.




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Des rues en l'honneur de Suzuki et Tatar... à Vegas

Nick Suzuki et Tomas Tatar seront associés à jamais à Las Vegas.




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MLB : un repêchage à cinq rondes plutôt que 40

Ce changement pourrait causer du tort aux espoirs du baseball québécois, qui sont généralement sélectionnés tardivement lors des repêchages.




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Impact: Samuel Piette craintif à l'idée de revenir

Samuel Piette est plus ou moins chaud à l’idée de revenir à Montréal pour reprendre l'entraînement avec ses coéquipiers dans le contexte actuel.




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Douche froide pour les joueurs de la LCF

Le commissaire a évoqué l’annulation de la saison.




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De la rue Molson... à président

François Dumontier est devenu en avril le président de l’Autorité sportive nationale (ASN) et siège maintenant au conseil mondial de la FIA.




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Tony Heffernan a influencé Gilles Duceppe

L’ex-entraîneur qui a succombé à la COVID-19 a notamment dirigé le politicien et l’animateur Claude Mailhot.




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Swimming championships moved to accommodate Olympics delay due to coronavirus outbreak

Swimming follows a similar move by track, shifting to 2022 to make room for the delayed Tokyo Olympics in 2021.




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This day in sports: Angels' Bo Belinsky pitches first major league no-hitter in L.A.

A look at what happened in sports history on May 5, including the first major league no-hitter pitched in L.A. by the Angels' Bo Belinsky.




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Baseball with no fans? Korean league opener shows glimpse of possible MLB future

The Korean baseball season is underway, but the games have a much different look with no fans in attendance because of the coronavirus crisis.




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Rams' potential replacements for Greg Zuerlein have made big kicks, just not in NFL

Kickers Lirim Hajrullahu and Austin MacGinnis welcome the challenge of a three-man competition with Rams draft pick Sam Sloman to replace Greg Zuerlein.




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How are major sports leagues adjusting to the new normal of coronavirus?

A series examining the challenges major sports leagues, teams and athletes are facing amid the COVID-19 pandemic.




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'The Last Dance' shows how Michael Jordan created rivals to conquer

Michael Jordan often created a rivalry with an opponent like LaBradford Smith over a perceived slight to help fuel a desire to dominate on the court.




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Corrie's Yasmeen tells police her version of events - but has worrying request

Corrie's Yasmeen recalled her memory of the bottle attack on Geoff to the police, but was she telling the truth?




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BGT's furious David Walliams threatens to sue Simon Cowell after backstage crash

The Britain's Got Talent judges come crashing into tonight's auditions when Simon can't work the breaks - leaving David to claim he has whiplash




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Weather forecasting drops up to 90% due to pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting the quantity and quality of weather observations and forecasts, according to the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO).




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Gary Neville explains how he would end Premier League season

The Premier League are set for crunch talks with its 20 clubs on Monday amid the suspension of football.




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Manchester United have a fully fit squad for possible Premier League restart

Man United are fifth in the Premier League, in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup and all but in the last eight of the Europa League and have Paul Pogba and Marcus Rashford fit again.




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GW survey evaluates influence of social media in attracting patients

A recent survey from the George Washington University suggests that patients do not take social media into consideration when looking for a dermatologist and recommend that practitioners should use social media as a tool in engaging and educating patients.




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Do I look mad? Reading facial cues with the touch-screen generation

Are today's children, who grew up with mobile technology from birth, worse at reading emotions and picking up cues from people's faces than children who didn't grow up with tablets and smartphones? A new UCLA psychology study suggests today's kids are all right.




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How to manipulate light on the nanoscale over wide frequency ranges

An international team has discovered an effective method for controlling the frequency of confined light at the nanoscale in the form of phonon polaritons (light coupled to vibrations in the crystal). The results have now been published in Nature Materials.




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COVID-19 and the role of tissue engineering

Tissue engineering has a unique set of tools and technologies for developing preventive strategies, diagnostics, and treatments that can play an important role during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.




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The role of European policy for improving power plant fuel efficiency

A new study published in the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists investigates the impact of the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS), the largest international cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gas emissions in the world, on power plant fuel efficiency.




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Special front cover of The Big Issue created by Gruffalo illustrator

Characters created by Axel Scheffler from his popular books with Julia Donaldson are on the cover.




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Thai elephants return to villages due to fall in tourist numbers

The pandemic has meant more than 100 of the animals are walking as far as 95 miles to their homes.




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Nicola Sturgeon says lockdown must continue in Scotland but people may be allowed out more than once per day to exercise

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says the lockdown period in the country should be extended.




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Police chief calls on Premier League clubs objecting to neutral venues to 'get a grip'

Mark Roberts believes those who say the proposal compromises the integrity of the league need to look at the broader context.




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Increase in driving blamed on ‘lockdown fatigue’

RAC data shows that drivers clocked up 23% more miles per day last week compared with four weeks earlier.




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Queen’s televised addresses just weeks apart

The monarch will speak to the nation on Friday to mark 75 years since VE Day.




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The Queen's praise for a nation that WWII veterans would still 'recognise and admire'

It is rare for the Queen to give a national televised addressed so it is a measure of the times we are living through, writes Chris Ship.




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90-year anniversary since St Kilda islanders requested evacuation

Members of the remote community wrote to the secretary of state for Scotland asking for help on May 10, 1930.




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China should be sued for $6.5 trillion for coronavirus damages says top UK think tank

China could be sued under 10 possible legal avenues for its role in the early cover up and spread of the coronavirus, according to report.




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'We will meet again': The Queen invokes war during historic coronavirus broadcast

The rare address from Windsor Castle was filmed by a lone cameraman dressed in full-body protective equipment.




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Blue skies amid darkness, India transforms under lockdown

In its desperate attempt to flatten the curve, India is flattening something else: its notorious air pollution.




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"Very messy": Principals question premier's part-time learning plan

Premier Gladys Berejiklian wants students to resume learning under a roster system, but principals have slammed the idea as confusing and unrealistic




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'Very messy': Principals question Premier's part-time learning plan

Premier Gladys Berejiklian wants students to resume learning under a roster system, but principals have slammed the idea as confusing and unrealistic.




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Target and superquiz, Tuesday, April 21

Trivia buffs: test your knowledge with today's interactive superquiz and target.




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Time stands still at Sydney Observatory due to virus lockdown

The yellow and black cast-iron Time Ball has sat atop Sydney Observatory since June 1858.




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"Very messy": Principals question premier's part-time learning plan

Premier Gladys Berejiklian wants students to resume learning under a roster system, but principals have slammed the idea as confusing and unrealistic




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'Very messy': Principals question Premier's part-time learning plan

Premier Gladys Berejiklian wants students to resume learning under a roster system, but principals have slammed the idea as confusing and unrealistic.




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Target and superquiz, Tuesday, April 21

Trivia buffs: test your knowledge with today's interactive superquiz and target.




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Time stands still at Sydney Observatory due to virus lockdown

The yellow and black cast-iron Time Ball has sat atop Sydney Observatory since June 1858.




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Queensland pubs and eateries to reopen gradually from next weekend

Up to 10 patrons will be allowed in pubs, restaurants and cafes in a week's time, in the first step of a gradual unwinding of coronavirus contact restrictions across Queensland, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announces.






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Uni student Jeena Weber Langstaff enjoying Queensland's Sunshine Coast with friends and other exchange students