IOC chief Bach says Games would be cancelled if not held in 2021

By Reuters,

International Olympic Committee (IOC) chief Thomas Bach says the Tokyo Games would have to be scrapped if the event cannot be held next year due to th...

Covid-19 pandemic , IOC , Thomas Bach

NOCK, Kurume City to reschedule Japan camp deal

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

The plan for Kenyan athletes to train in Japanese City of Kurume in Fukuoka Prefecture prior to the Olympic Games will be rescheduled to new dates fol...

Francis Mutuku , JAPAN , karume , Noc-k

Athletes now able to register for support from welfare fund

By World Athletics,

Professional athletes who are experiencing financial hardship due to the coronavirus pandemic will be able to register for a one-off welfare grant f...

athletes , Covid-19 pandemic

Tokyo Games could be ‘greatest ever’, says Coates

By Reuters,

Senior international Olympics official John Coates said on Saturday the delayed Tokyo Olympics could end up being the greatest Games ever, coming next...

Covid-19 pandemic , John Coates , Tokyo 2020 Olympics

Japan’s Abe says impossible to hold Olympics unless pandemic contained

By Reuters,

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday that the Tokyo Olympics could not take place next year unless the coronavirus pandemic is contained, as th...

Olympics will be ‘scrapped’ instead of delayed again, says Games chief

By Agencies,

The postponed Tokyo Olympics will be "scrapped" if they cannot take place in 2021, Games chief Yoshiro Mori has said. Tokyo 2020 is now scheduled t...

COVID-19 , Games chief Yoshiro Mori , olympics , scrapped , Tokyo

Olympics: Organisers must be flexible if coronavirus vaccine not ready in time, experts say

By Agencies,

The Tokyo Olympics next July will be a “uniquely risky” event, demanding flexibility from organisers amid the uncertainty of the coronavirus pande...

coronavirus , JAPAN , olympics , Tokyo

Too early to worry coronavirus will further delay Tokyo Games

By Reuters,

It is premature to think the novel coronavirus outbreak will further delay the Tokyo Olympics, which have already been postponed a year, Brian McClosk...

2021 , Brian McCloskey , games , JAPAN , Tokyo Olympics

Undeterred Bitok keeping Malkia fit through WhatsApp

By Stanley Mativo,

National women’s volleyball team head coach Paul Bitok has turned to WhatsApp as his latest tool to help keep the Malkia Strikers squad fit, amid th...

Malkia Strikers , olympics , Paul Bitok , whatsapp

Tokyo 2020 working towards new date, but virus clouds future

By Reuters,

Tokyo Olympics organisers are focusing on their new Games start date in 2021, they stressed on Friday — even if the coronavirus outbreak complicates...

coronavirus

Wimbledon cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic

By Reuters,

The Wimbledon tennis championships were cancelled for the first time since World War Two as the coronavirus pandemic wiped another blue-riband sports ...

coronavirus , Wimbledon , Wimbledon tennis championships

Postponed Olympics set for July 23 2021 start

By Agencies,

The 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games have been rescheduled to start on July 23, 2021 after being postponed due to coronavirus, the International Olympic Commi...

coronavirus , olympics , Tokyo 2020

Nairobi Under-20 Championships preps to continue

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

The preparations for the World Under-20 Championships as well as the World Athletics Continental Tour will proceed despite the postponement of the eve...

coronavirus , Nairobi World Under-20 Championships

‘We’ll be stronger than ever in 2021’ – Naomi Osaka

By Reuters,

Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka, the poster girl of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, took to social media on Saturday to show her support for the decision ...

Japanese tennis player , Naomi Osaka , Tokyo 2020 Olympics

Weeks of anguish and a ‘black box’ – Inside Tokyo’s decision to delay the Olympics

By Reuters,

Officials in charge of staging Tokyo’s Olympic Games crowded around a low table inside Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s residence late Tuesday, wincing...

coronavirus , olympics , Tokyo 2020

KIPROTICH: How coronavirus is stretching the 2021 athletics calendar

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

@gil_kiprotich After months of speculation, the Olympics Games were finally, as widely expected, postponed to next year due the coronavirus pandemic....

coronavirus

IOC working toward July-August Olympics in 2021

By Reuters,

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is working with sports bodies to arrange a July-August window for the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021 and h...

olympics , Tokyo 2020

IOC criticised after Turkish boxers get coronavirus

By Reuters,

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been accused of irresponsibility after two Turkish boxers and a trainer caught the coronavirus during a ...

coronavirus , IOC , Turkish boxers

Rescheduled Tokyo Games may come before summer 2021: Bach

By Reuters,

The head of the global Olympic movement said on Wednesday that the rescheduled Tokyo Games faced “thousands” of logistical and financial problems ...

International Olympic Committee , Tokyo Olympics

Nairobi World U20 Championships postponed

By Matthews Mutai,

The 2020 World Athletics Championships has been postponed, the global governing body announced Tuesday as major sports events continued to tumble unde...

Nairobi World Under-20 , World Under-20 Championships