Organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest have announced a final list of 35 countries that will take part in the glitzy pop-music gala next year.
Iceland's national broadcaster has announced it will boycott next year's Eurovision Song Contest due to discord over Israel's participation.
Barcelona 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 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.
The Netherlands has joined several countries urging the Eurovision Song Contest to exclude Israel due to its actions in Gaza.
Montse 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.
Being 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 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."
Austrian fans have enthusiastically welcomed classically trained singer JJ back home at Vienna airport after he won the Eurovision Song Contest with “Wasted Love.”.
Classically trained countertenor JJ of Austria wins 69th Eurovision Song Contest with his pop-opera song “Wasted Love.”.
One song generating a lot of froth at the Eurovision Song Contest is “Espresso Macchiato.”.
There’s one word you hear more than any other in Basel during the Eurovision Song Contest: Sauna.
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The 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 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.