Major League Baseball's Opening Day, which was scheduled for March 31, will be canceled after the league and the players' association failed to reach a deal, commissioner Rob Manfred announced Tuesday.
Why it matters: It will be the first time in 27 years that regular-season games have been canceled due to a labor dispute between the two sides.
Russian and Belarusian tennis players will not be allowed to compete under the name or flag of their countries but will still be allowed to play in tournaments, the international governing bodies of tennis announced on Tuesday.
Driving the news: The Women's Tennis Association and the Association of Tennis Professionals will also be suspending a joint scheduled event in October in Moscow.
Three House Democrats reintroduced a bill last week that would eliminate public subsidies for the construction of professional sports stadiums.
Why it matters: Since 2000, 43 professional stadiums have been at least partially funded using $16.7 billion worth of such tax-exempt bonds, costing the federal government $4.3 billion in lost tax revenue, per a 2020 study in the National Tax Journal.
The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee early on Tuesday called for a "complete ban on international sport participation" for Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials over the invasion of Ukraine, "effective immediately."
Why it matters: If this were to happen, the countries' athletes would be barred from competing in the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games, which start this Friday.
FIFA and UEFA on Monday announced that they will suspend Russia's national and club teams from all international competition "until further notice" due to the country's invasion of Ukraine.
The big picture: It follows a slew of boycotts and condemnation by sports organizations in response to Russia's unprovoked attack on Ukraine.
