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Basketball star LeBron James has said that he will not play if the NBA bans fans from watching his games live due to the coronavirus. A number of sports organizations across the world have already taken such measures due to the virus, with some even canceling matches altogether. The coronavirus is becoming more and more prevalent in the US.

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Henri Richard, a National Hockey League Hall of Famer who won an unmatched 11 Stanley Cup Championships while playing for the Montreal Canadiens, has died aged 84 due to Alzheimer's disease. Richard headed the Canadiens team from 1971 to 1975, playing 1256 season games for the team, another record.

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Golf star Tiger Woods has been forced to drop out of the Player's Championship due to a back injury. Woods has missed every tournament in the last 3 weeks due to this injury saying that he needs to rest in order to properly heal. He last played the Genesis Open where he came 68th.

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Former Barcelona player Ronaldinho has been arrested trying to enter Paraguay with an adulterated passport. He and his brother were entering the country for a soccer clinic for children and a book launch. Ronaldinho was once regarded as the best player in the world during his peak but has since faded from the limelight.

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Liverpool goalkeeper Allison will be unable to play in the team's Champion's League match against Athletico Madrid. He has been forced to sit out the next few matched due to a hip injury that he got while training before a match. He will also be unable to play for Brazil during the World Cup qualifiers.

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Eric Dier, a Tottenham midfielder, had an altercation with a fan once the team's match against Norwich had ended. Tottenham was knocked out of the FA Cup and the 'fan' insulted dier from the stands, who then confronted the fan. Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho said that players should not do this but fully understands why Dier would want to.

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Liverpool has suffered its second defeat in a row after losing 2-0 to Chelsea in the FA Cup, ending the team's phenomenal winning streak. Chelsea midfielder Ross Barkley said that it was 'a dream' to score against Liverpool this season due to the team's previously untarnished record this season. Liverpool made some major changes to their lineup before this match.

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The England cricket team has said that it will be keeping human contact to a minimum during their Sri Lanka tour due to the spread of the coronavirus. They said they will instead greet the opposing team with fist bumps and wash their hands regularly. The rest of the tour will continue as per schedule.

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Manchester City has once again managed to win the League Cup, after beating Aston Villa 2-1 in the final. This is their third League win in a row and fourth win in the last five years. Although it is unlikely that the team will be able to do the same in the Premier League as they are a whopping 22 points behind Liverpool.

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Ex-football star David Beckham currently owns Inter Miami, a US-based football team that was unable to sign any big European players before the start of the season. The team had their first match against Los Angeles FC and lost 1-0 this Sunday. The team has already managed to secure a fairly large fanbase.

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Liverpool recently lost 3-0 to Watford in a Premier League match, ending their 18 game winning streak in the league. Liverpool set a new record for the longest winning run in the English top flight. This loss will not have any real impact on Liverpool's chances of winning the tournament, with the Reds 22 points ahead of everyone else.

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The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is investigating two officers who have been accused of sharing pictures of the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant, on social media. The officers were one of the first responders to the incident. Bryant was regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all time.

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Fifa president Gianni Infantino has said that it is possible that next month's scheduled international matches are canceled to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. He also said that people's health is more important than any game and that these matches would be at high risk for the coronavirus. These matches may also be played without spectators.

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The Court of Arbitration for Sport has issued an eight-year ban on Chinese three-time Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang, citing failure to comply with its regulators when they approached him to collect samples for an anti-doping test in September 2018. Sun Yang has announced that he will appeal the decision.

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Appearing on Jimmy Fallon's The Tonight Show, English football legend, the 44-year-old David Beckham revealed that he kept a souvenir from his first meeting with his wife Victoria, a former Spice Girl who came to one of his matches in 1997. After a few drinks, Beckham gathered the courage to speak to her, and she wrote down her number on her train ticket, which Beckham has kept ever since.

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Dele Alli, a Tottenham midfielder, has been charged by the Football Association for a Snapchat post he made where he appeared to be mocking a coronavirus victim. He was charged with breaching an FA rule as his post brought disrepute to football as a sport. He is supposed to respond to the charge by the end of the day.

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The 32-year-old Russian tennis legend Maria Sharapova, former world number one and five-time Grand Slam winner, has announced her retirement from professional tennis, after a disappointing year that saw her knocked out in the first rounds of three Grand Slam tournaments. Sharapova won her first Grand Slam at 17 in 2004, defeating Serena Williams to become one of the most well-known women in sports.

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Liverpool has recently managed to win 18 Premier League games in a row, a feat that only Manchester City was able to accomplish some years ago. Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said he did not think it was possible for his team to match City's record. The team is currently 22 points ahead of City in the league.

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The upcoming short-video mobile-based streaming platform Quibi has signed on football icon Megan Rapinoe to host its original show 'Prodigy', which chronicles the lives of eight athletes under the age of 21 who are believed to be rising legends in their fields. Rapinoe will provide both on and off-camera commentary on the show's featured athletes in the course of the docuseries.

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Chelsea has finalized the terms of a five-year contract with Ajax winger Hakim Ziyech who will join the team in the summer. He scored nine goals for Ajax this season, three of which were scored against Chelsea in the Champions League. This was Chelsea's first signing since their transfer ban.

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Manchester City consolidated its second place in the Premier League behind Liverpool, who are 22 points ahead, with a late-game 1-0 victory over third-place Leicester City. The only goal of the match came from 77th-minute substitute Gabriel Jesus, who shot a low ball into the net past Leicester goalkeeper Schmeichel's grasp.

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In their first match to take place in Las Vegas, unbeaten WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder will face rival Tyson fury in a hotly anticipated title rematch in the MGM Grand after their previous bout in 2018 resulted in a controversial draw, the only tie in both fighters' professional careers. Fury has weighed in at a massive 273 pounds while Wilder also measured up at a career-high 231 pounds.

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According to a recent tweet posted by Pakistan Cricket Board, West Indies cricketer Darren Sammy will get honorary citizenship of Pakistan next month. President of Pakistan Dr. Arif Alvi will confer the highest civilian award and honorary citizenship to Darren Sammy on 23 March for his valuable contribution to the revival of cricket in Pakistan. During difficult times, Darren Sammy was the first one to visit despite security threats

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Mike Fiers, the star pitcher for the Oakland Athletics and former pitcher for the Houston Astros, has revealed that he has been receiving death threats from angry fans after he made the Astro's illegal sign-stealing scheme public in 2017. Following the scandal, Fiers left the team and joined the Detroit Tigers before being traded to the Athletics.

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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola recently said in an interview that he does not intend to abandon the club after its ban from playing in Europe. When asked about the ban he simply said that 'the truth will prevail' and that the team feels they have reason to appeal and fight the ban

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