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GOLF

Man suing Woods over alleged caddie shove

A Florida man is suing Tiger Woods and caddie Joe LaCava over an alleged shove at the 2018 Valspar Championship.

On Wednesday, the man's lawyer asked witnesses to come forward. Attorney Josh Dreschel, who represents Brian Borruso, issued a statement seeking the public's help in identifying voices on a video that appears to capture portions of the incident.

"We're asking anyone who was there to contact us and let us know if you saw the incident, if you know whose voices are on the video and if you may have video or pictures of the incident," Dreschel, of the St. Petersburg-based Josh Firm, said.

The lawsuit, filed on Tuesday in Florida's Pinellas County, claims the incident took place on the 13th hole in the third round of the tournament at Innisbrook near Tampa, Florida.

Woods hit his tee shot over the green and near spectators, including Borruso－who tried to take a selfie with Woods in the background of the shot as the superstar approached the ball.

The complaint, seeking some $30,000 in damages, alleges that LaCava shoved Borruso into other spectators causing injuries.

SOCCER

Real players agree to pandemic pay cuts

Real Madrid's players and coaches have agreed to voluntarily reduce their salaries by at least 10 percent to help offset lost revenue caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

The club said the decision applied to its soccer and basketball teams. Some top club executives have agreed to take pay cuts that could reach 20 percent "depending on the circumstances that may affect" the rest of the season.

Sevilla also said on Wednesday it would put its players and other employees on government furloughs to reduce labor costs during the pandemic. Barcelona and Atletico Madrid had already requested the government furloughs, reaching agreements with players to reduce their salaries by 70 percent.

La Liga has estimated that clubs will lose a combined $1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) if the competition can't resume because of the pandemic.

ATHLETICS

World championships rescheduled for 2022

The first major domino tipped in the wake of the Olympic postponement on Wednesday when track leaders rescheduled next year's world championships for July 2022, setting up a busy summer for a sport that would normally be taking a breather.

The new dates for the event in Eugene, Oregon: July 15-24, 2022.

The track worlds are one of the largest global sporting events this side of the Olympics, drawing around 1,800 athletes from more than 200 countries and regions.

However, unlike the International Olympic Committee, which postponed its showpiece event by exactly 52 weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic, World Athletics had to pick dates to coordinate with other competitions already on the 2022 calendar.

It chose a spot 49 weeks after the original dates of Aug 6-15, 2021, which now overlap with the end of the rescheduled Tokyo Games.

AMERICAN FOOTBALL

Brady prepared for exit before last season

Tom Brady realized before the start of last season that it likely was his last ride in New England.

"I knew that our time was coming to an end," the new Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback said during a Wednesday appearance on The Howard Stern Show on SiriusXM.

After 20 seasons and a record six Super Bowl rings with the Patriots, Brady told Stern "it was just time" to move on.

"I don't know what to say other than that," Brady said."I accomplished everything I could in two decades with an incredible organization, an incredible group of people, and that will never change. No one can ever take that away from me, no one can ever take those experiences or Super Bowl championships away from us."

On being replaced by Brady at the Bucs, QB Jameis Winston told FOX News: "One thing about Tom Brady is it's understood that he is the GOAT(greatest of all time). For you to get replaced by Tom Brady in a city that you loves so much, I guess that's kudos to me."

MOTORSPORTS

F1 season could resume behind closed doors

Formula 1 motorsports managing director Ross Brawn says the 2020 season could potentially be held behind closed doors due to the coronavirus pandemic.

F1 has decided to postpone eight races so far this season while the Monaco Grand Prix was canceled.

"Travel for the teams and for everyone involved is going to be one of the big issues. You could argue once we get there we could become fairly self-contained. Our view is probably a European start will be favorable and that could even be a closed event," Brawn told Sky Sports.

"We have a race with no spectators. That's not great, but it's better than no racing at all," he added.

Xinhua - Agencies