Iceland becomes 5th country to boycott Eurovision Song Contest over Israel's participation
Read full article: Iceland becomes 5th country to boycott Eurovision Song Contest over Israel's participationIceland's national broadcaster has announced it will boycott next year's Eurovision Song Contest due to discord over Israel's participation.
Spain great Aitana Bonmatí out for five months after surgery on broken leg
Read full article: Spain great Aitana Bonmatí out for five months after surgery on broken legBarcelona says three-time Ballon d’Or winner Aitana Bonmatí will be out of action for about five months after successfully undergoing surgery on her fractured leg on Tuesday.
Spain is the latest country to threaten with Eurovision boycott if Israel participates
Read full article: Spain is the latest country to threaten with Eurovision boycott if Israel participatesSpain has joined the group of countries threatening not to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest unless Israel is excluded from the competition over the war in the Gaza Strip.
Netherlands is latest to threaten to boycott Eurovision if Israel participates
Read full article: Netherlands is latest to threaten to boycott Eurovision if Israel participatesThe Netherlands has joined several countries urging the Eurovision Song Contest to exclude Israel due to its actions in Gaza.
Spain women's team coach Montse Tomé is 'disappointed' after not having her contract extended
Read full article: Spain women's team coach Montse Tomé is 'disappointed' after not having her contract extendedMontse Tomé had expected to keep her job as coach of Spain’s women’s national team after leading it to the final of the European Championship last month and doesn’t know why her contract wasn’t extended.
Euro 2025: Bonmatí says Spain being 'the best team of the tournament' wasn't enough to win trophy
Read full article: Euro 2025: Bonmatí says Spain being 'the best team of the tournament' wasn't enough to win trophyBeing the most skillful and technically best team at the Women’s European Championship was not enough to get Spain the title on Sunday.
Israeli soldiers bar media from visiting West Bank villages on tour organized by Oscar winners
Read full article: Israeli soldiers bar media from visiting West Bank villages on tour organized by Oscar winnersIsraeli soldiers have barred journalists from entering villages in the West Bank on a planned tour organized by the directors of Oscar-winning movie “No Other Land."
Austria welcomes JJ back home with cheers, hugs and roses after he wins the Eurovision Song Contest
Read full article: Austria welcomes JJ back home with cheers, hugs and roses after he wins the Eurovision Song ContestAustrian fans have enthusiastically welcomed classically trained singer JJ back home at Vienna airport after he won the Eurovision Song Contest with “Wasted Love.”.
Austria's JJ wins Eurovision Song Contest with pop-opera song 'Wasted Love.' Israel comes 2nd
Read full article: Austria's JJ wins Eurovision Song Contest with pop-opera song 'Wasted Love.' Israel comes 2ndClassically trained countertenor JJ of Austria wins 69th Eurovision Song Contest with his pop-opera song “Wasted Love.”.
Estonia's Tommy Cash says Italians aren’t in a froth over his Eurovision song ‘Espresso Macchiato’
Read full article: Estonia's Tommy Cash says Italians aren’t in a froth over his Eurovision song ‘Espresso Macchiato’One song generating a lot of froth at the Eurovision Song Contest is “Espresso Macchiato.”.
Eurovision favorites KAJ fly the flag for Sweden and make saunas all the rage at the contest
Read full article: Eurovision favorites KAJ fly the flag for Sweden and make saunas all the rage at the contestThere’s one word you hear more than any other in Basel during the Eurovision Song Contest: Sauna.
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The Latest: Swiss Indoors asks to cancel October tournament
Read full article: The Latest: Swiss Indoors asks to cancel October tournamentThe Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:___The Swiss Indoors tennis tournament in Basel wants to cancel its 50th anniversary edition in October because of the coronavirus pandemic. Organizers say they told tour officials they would prefer to cancel this years edition of the tournament in light of the current situation.Tournament head Roger Brennwald says playing the event with no fans or with social distancing have to be ruled out for us in Basel on economic grounds.The ATP is expected to decide on its end-of-season indoor schedule in mid-July. Brennwald says it looks like coronavirus is on match point and is set for victory.Hometown great Roger Federer was already set to miss the tournament where he worked as a ballboy and is the record 10-time champion. He ended his season this month to recover from knee surgery. ___More AP sports: https://apnews.com/apf-sports and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports
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The Latest: Swiss soccer to restart earlier to help Basel
Read full article: The Latest: Swiss soccer to restart earlier to help BaselThe Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:___The Swiss soccer league will restart several days earlier than planned to help Europa League contender Basel cope with a backlog of matches in August. The Swiss soccer federation now says Basels Swiss Cup quarterfinal match against Lausanne Sport will be played without fans on June 14 instead of the Aug. 5-6 dates for the other quarterfinal matches. Basel is scheduled to resume play in the Europa League in early August. Basel also faces a potential clash with this seasons Europa League possibly overlapping with next seasons preliminary rounds. Basel is currently in third place in the Swiss league and the third-place team should enter the Europa League qualifying rounds in late July or early August.
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