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 ...

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We will win fight against coronavirus, says Kipchoge

By Reuters,

Eliud Kipchoge, the world’s greatest marathon man, reckoned his first reaction was shock when he heard at home in Kenya that the 2020 Olympic Games ...

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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

Italy to propose extending sports ban to beyond April

By Reuters,

Italy's sports minister said he will propose extending the ban on all competitions to the whole of April in an effort to contain the coronavirus. T...

coronavirus , italy , Serie A

‘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 ...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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Van Niekerk looks for positives in Tokyo postponement

By Reuters,

Olympic 400m champion Wayde van Niekerk says that while the postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Games due to the coronavirus outbreak was a “downer” th...

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Chinese students fleeing virus-hit U.S. paying Ksh.2M for seats on private jets

By Reuters,

As the coronavirus spreads across the United States, Chinese students from wealthy families are persuading their parents to pay tens of thousands of d...

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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...

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Kenyan athletes react to Olympics postponement

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

With Kenya having established itself as a global sporting powerhouse, the postponement of the Olympic Games is set to affect many  athletes who had s...

NOC-K, gov’t backs postponement of Olympic Games

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

The National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOC-K) and the Ministry of Sports have welcomed the move to postpone the Olympic Games due to the coronavirus...

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Tokyo Games delayed to 2021, easing athletes’ angst

By Reuters,

The Tokyo Olympics were postponed on Tuesday to 2021, the first such delay in the Games’ 124-year modern history, as the coronavirus crisis wrecked ...

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WADA to continue testing ‘where possible’ amid coronavirus

By Reuters,

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said on Monday that it would continue to test “where possible” while remaining in line with protocols set out ...

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Tokyo Olympics postponed until 2021, says IOC member Pound

By Agencies,

The 2020 Olympic Games will be postponed by one year because of coronavirus, says International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound. It comes after...

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NOC-K to engage IOC amid Olympic Games uncertainty

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

The National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOC-K) is set to consult with respective federations ahead of their presentation to the International Olympic...

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Tokyo Games not feasible in July says World Athletics chief Coe

By Reuters,

The Tokyo Olympics are not feasible at their current July starting date because of the coronavirus pandemic and must be delayed, World Athletics presi...

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Coronavirus: Olympic doubts grow as Canada withdraws athletes

By Reuters,

The 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo have been thrown into further doubt after Canada became the first major country to withdraw. Their a...

Canada , IOC , JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER , Shinzo Abe , Tokyo Olympics

IOC to start discussions on possible Tokyo 2020 postponement

By Reuters,

The International Olympic Committee is stepping up its “scenario planning” for the Tokyo 2020 Games — including a possible postponement — as t...

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