An Australian jockey has been given a six-month ban after headbutting a rival rider and breaching social distancing rules.

Luke Tarrant injured Larry Cassidy during an altercation after a race at Doomben.

Racing in Australia has continued during the coronavirus pandemic, behind closed doors and with strict protocols.

A stewards' report said Tarrant's helmet "made contact with the nose" of Cassidy and caused him an injury.

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Former England and Manchester United defender Gary Neville believes lower league players should be learning a new skill just in case they cannot secure deals to carry on playing.

"I don't think it has sunk in yet with players and agents but it will do in two months' time," Neville, who is co-owner of League Two side Salford City, told Sky Sports.

"It's going to be very difficult to secure contracts with football clubs in the next 18 months because clubs are going to find it very difficult to pay.

"If I was a football player today I would be online learning, I'd be getting a degree or a BTEC. I would be doing something different and trying to get a dual skill.

"That's not panicking. That's just good planning. The jobs in football are going to be less, the money is going to be less, and thousands of players are going to need to do a job next year or something out of football.

"They have to plan for that now. The smart ones will get their heads around that now because the clubs want real action. They want to reset the game."

Formula 1 racer Charles Leclerc has been talking about his life in lockdown.

The Ferrari driver says "training, simulator, cooking - that is basically my days".

Leclerc has won his first four major e-races in a row, the most recent one Formula 1's official virtual Chinese Grand Prix last weekend.

He adds: "At the moment my main priority is to try to entertain the people at home and to keep myself entertained and to try to train on the simulator.

"So I am thinking of some ideas I can come up with to help the people who are at home bored who do not have a simulator like me and put a smile on their face. I think it has worked quite well."

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The 2021 Solheim Cup will not be moved if the 2020 Ryder Cup gets pushed back because of the coronavirus pandemic, says LPGA commissioner Mike Whan.

The biannual tournament is scheduled from 4-6 September 2021 in Ohio.

There has been speculation the Ryder Cup, currently set for 25-27 September 2020, could be pushed back a year to September 2021.

"Nothing drowns out a Solheim Cup. We wouldn’t change our Solheim Cup if the Ryder Cup changed theirs," said Whan.

West Ham United manager David Moyes hopes the coronavirus pandemic might mean a "reset" of football following the financial difficulties clubs are facing.

"I hope we will all look back and think: 'Maybe we were indulging too much,'" said Moyes, who has been volunteering by delivering fruit and vegetables during the lockdown.

"The people who run football clubs have got to look and say: 'If anything like this happened again in the future, would we be able to survive and get through it?'

"I'm hoping it might help football reset itself when we start up again. We have to make sure that all football clubs are saved. There is no way any club can go under."

He added: "We have to make sure the players are protected as well."

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Chelsea and Germany defender Antonio Rudiger is raising money for face masks in Sierra Leone, where his mother is from.

He says Chelsea team-mates N'Golo Kante, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Olivier Giroud, along with Arsenal's Mesut Ozil, have already donated to the cause.

England fast bowler Chris Woakes says players would ideally be tested for coronavirus before returning to action.

The England and Wales Cricket Board is due to meet on Thursday and is set to extend the shutdown past the current date of 28 May, as well as potentially agreeing a new summer schedule.

"We don't know what people are going to have to do before they go back to playing sport," said Woakes.

"In a dream world, everyone would be tested and know whether they had it."

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Golf stars Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson will join American football legends Tom Brady and Peyton Manning in a charity golf match next month.

The event has been organised to raise funds for the coronavirus relief fund and is expected to take place in Florida.

There would be no fans but the match would be broadcast on television.

Woods and Mickelson are respective 15-time and five time major winners. Brady is a six-times Super Bowl champion, while Manning, who retired in 2016, is the only starting quarterback to win Super Bowls with different teams.

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Leeds United are to rename the South Stand at Elland Road in honour of club legend Norman Hunter, who died aged 76 after contracting coronavirus.

Hunter made 726 appearances during 14 years as a player for the club.

He helped them win six trophies and also played 28 times for England.

"Naming the South Stand after Norman is the very least we could do to recognise the lifetime of hard work and dedication he gave to our football club," said owner Andrea Radrizzani.

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