George Preston Marshall, the original owner of the N.F.L. team in Washington that was the last franchise to integrate its roster, will have his name removed from the team’s stadium and website. The decision comes amid pressure on the team to acknowledge Marshall’s resistance to signing and drafting African-American players and his decision in 1933 […] More
Liverpool’s men are on the verge of adding a Premier League crown to their European and world titles, while the club’s underpowered, overlooked women’s team has just been relegated. More
The Orlando Pride said on Monday that it would not participate in the National Women’s Soccer League Challenge Cup — the monthlong tournament the league planned in lieu of a 2020 season — because of coronavirus cases among its players and staff. “The guidelines and process that are put in place, including the important protocols […] More
A Premier League title celebration that was once years away, and then just months, now could be on in less than a week. More
Germany’s top soccer league continues to be a bellwether for sports. The Bundesliga’s return to action in May after a two-month hiatus caused by the coronavirus pandemic gave other big leagues the courage, and also some helpful guidance, as they pressed forward with their own returns. Now the Bundesliga has become the first major European […] More
A memorial for the former N.F.L. owner George Preston Marshall in Washington and a statue of the former baseball owner Calvin Griffith in Minneapolis were removed on Friday as cities and franchises continued to reckon with the legacies of figures from their racist pasts. The memorial for Marshall, whose team was the last in the […] More
President Trump said that the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick should get a shot at another job in the N.F.L. if he was qualified, his latest attempt to meddle in the business of the country’s biggest sports league. “I would love to see him get another shot, but obviously he has to be […] More
LONDON — A trusted adviser to the billionaire Gulf owner of the English Premier League champion Manchester City has emerged as a key player in discussions to sell another Premier League club, Newcastle United, to a group led by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund. Documents reviewed by The New York Times show that the adviser, […] More
