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For the majority of professional footballers pre-season training is a necessary evil. Something most would happily forget as quickly as jumping in and out of an ice bath for aching muscles. But what if countless hours running on tracks, pitches and over hills felt like they were never going to end? That has been the situation facing players in Sweden, Covid-19’s rapid spread in the capital was the key reason why London Pulse argued for the cancellation of the Vitality Netball Superleague, according to CEO Sam Bird. While the UK celebrates the return of horse racing, snooker and football to our screens, netball is facing a blackout until 2021 with the domestic league terminated last week and the international Quad FLOYD MAYWEATHER has, and always will, play by his own rules. Throughout his career Mayweather adopted a unique style of working out in the early hours of the morning. He believes it gave him a psychological advantage over his rivals – they slept while he trained. Mayweather, unbeaten in 50 pro fights, shunned the usually strict regime most boxers followed Part 5 in a series analyzing the Yankees’ top prospects Any conversation about Yankees pitching prospects these days begins with Deivi Garcia and Clarke Schmidt. Or Clarke Schmidt and Deivi Garcia. You pick the order. Garcia, 20, pitched for Single-A Tampa, Double-A Trenton and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre last year and was mentioned as a possible September call-up in a relief role ARSENAL fans are eager to see their team in action once again as Project Restart draws nearer. It's just over a fortnight until the Gunners are set to face Man City on June 17, while we've also the very latest on their approach for Ryan Fraser. Follow all the latest updates from North London below… LUIZ DEAL Arsenal are reportedly ‘Unity is strength’: Liverpool ‘s first training session back at Anfield is halted as EVERY player stops to take a knee and show solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement after George Floyd’s death Liverpool players all took a knee around the centre circle of the pitch at Anfield They showed solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement during training JADON SANCHO bagged three goals for Borussia Dortmund on Sunday – but in Germany his trio is not considered a true hat-trick. In his side's 6-1 hammering of Paderborn, the England winger marked his first start since the return of the Bundesliga with an awesome second-half display. The fact that all of his goals came in the same period ticks England forward Jadon Sancho was among a number of sports stars adding their voice to worldwide protests against racism on Sunday. Protests have been held after George Floyd, an unarmed black man, died while being restrained by Minneapolis police. Sancho unveiled a ‘Justice for George Floyd’ T-shirt after scoring for Borussia Dortmund against Paderborn. Earlier, Marcus Thuram took a knee Editor’s note: Fourth in a series about basketball icons in Colorado. The first three installments profiled Alex English, Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf and Rudy Carey. BOULDER — A chorus of singing birds fills the air on a late-May morning when the most accomplished college basketball coach in state history seeks a moment to reflect. Standing in her backyard, surrounded by trees that LIVERPOOL wonderkid Harvey Elliott got the red carpet treatment as Real Madrid tried to convince him to move to the Bernabeu – but they blew it when they offered him a one-to-one with legend Sergio Ramos. The Reds midfielder quickly told them: "I don’t like him after what he did to Mo Salah.” Ramos, known for using the 'dark arts'
Sweden: The footballers enduring a six-month pre-season
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Inside Floyd Mayweather’s bizarre training regime including running back from nightclubs in jeans and 4am workouts – The Sun
Yankees prospect Mike King could have inside track on roster spot
7am Arsenal news LIVE: Coutinho transfer LATEST, Fraser switch ‘one step closer’, Partey update, David Luiz contract – The Sun
Liverpool squad show solidarity with Black Lives Matter by taking knee
Jadon Sancho’s 35-minute hat-trick doesn’t count in Germany due to strange rule after he stars in Dortmund’s 6-1 win – The Sun
George Floyd death: Jadon Sancho & Marcus Thuram join protests against racism
Ceal Barry’s legacy empowering women’s sports to continue after CU retirement: “I don’t feel finished” – The Denver Post
Liverpool star Harvey Elliott stunned Real Madrid when he refused to meet Sergio Ramos ‘after what he did to Mo Salah’ – The Sun