Sergio Perez will not take part in the British Grand Prix after testing positive for Covid-19. The Racing Point driver was not present at the circuit during media activities on Thursday after his original test produced an unclear result. A subsequent test returned a positive result.
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A Saudi Arabian-backed consortium has ended its bid to buy Newcastle United. The group, which included Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund PIF, PCP Capital Partners and Reuben Brothers, had agreed a £300m deal to buy the club from Mike Ashley in April.
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Formula 1 has added three more European races to the revised 2020 calendar, with returns to the Nurburgring and Imola, and a debut event at the Portimao circuit in Portugal – although there will be no Grands Prix in North or South America this season.
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Ferrari have announced a technical restructure in a bid to arrest the poor form the team’s 2020 car has shown in the opening three races of the season. The move should ease some of the pressure on team principal Mattia Binotto.
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There will be no winner of the Ballon d’Or in 2020, the organisers France Football magazine have announced. The world player prize, which was first awarded in 1956, has been suspended due to what France Football describes as “a lack of sufficient fair conditions” because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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