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March 23, 2020 2:20 PM
Canada pulled out of the Tokyo Olympics over Coronavirus fears as Japan's prime Minister today admitted a delay may be inevitable and the International Olympic Committee said a decision should come within weeks. Australia also told its athletes to prepare for a Tokyo Olympics in 2021 as exp...
March 23, 2020 9:37 AM
Brazil's top football clubs are handing over their stadiums to allow health authorities to turn them into field hospitals and clinics to fight the coronavirus pandemic. Football in Brazil has been suspended until further notice and more than half the clubs in Brazil's "Ser...
March 22, 2020 10:12 PM
Pressure is mounted on Olympic organisers to postpone the 2020 Tokyo Games after the United States track and field federation urged this summer's showpiece be pushed back due to the coronavirus pandemic. USA Track and Field (USATF) became the latest influential sports body to ask for the Ga...
March 21, 2020 9:28 PM
France's Swimming Federation today joined its United States counterpart in calling for the Tokyo Olympics to be postponed because of the Corona virus pandemic. The federation said, after a video conference of its Executive Committee that the current context does not allow the 2020 Olympic ...
March 20, 2020 8:40 PM
The Olympic flame arrived in Japan to a scaled-down welcoming ceremony today. The flame, enclosed in a special lantern, landed on a charter flight at Matsushima airbase. Amidst speculation that the COVID 19 pandemic would lead to postponement of games, the chairman of the International Olympics Comm...
March 20, 2020 8:40 PM
March 20, 2020 2:31 PM
Cricketer Kevin Pietersen tweeted in Hindi urging Indian citizens to follow government directions on self-isolation to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. The 39-year-old former England captain said in the tweet that everyone is united in the fight against COVID-19. He urged everyone should to listen to ...
March 20, 2020 1:12 PM
New Zealand cricketers and support staff members have gone into a 14-day self-isolation period after returning from their aborted Australia tour due to COVID 19. New Zealand Cricket confirmed that all 15 players and support staff members who returned from Sydney last weekend have gone into self-isol...
March 20, 2020 8:59 AM
Union Sports Minister, Kiren Rijiju has said that the government will make efforts to take indigenous sport kabaddi to the Olympics. He was responding to supplementaries during the Question Hour in Lok Sabha yesterday. The Minister revealed that a total of 2,880 athletes have been selected under Khe...
March 20, 2020 8:59 AM
The Union Sports Ministry yesterday advised all National Federations to refrain from conducting tournaments and selection trials till April 15. It also asked them to ensure that Olympic-bound athletes are isolated from anyone who is not a part of their training camp. The directive has been necessita...
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