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Mar 30, 2020

ITTF Suspends All Events Till June 30, Freezes World Rankings

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has suspended all planned events till June 30, 2020 and froze the world rankings due to the upheaval caused by the dreaded Covid-19 pandemic.
The ITTF Executive Committee met to discuss the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on the international table tennis events schedule.
Due to the continued uncertainty caused by Covid-19 pandemic and postponement of 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, the ITTF Executive Committee reached the following decisions: Suspension of all currently planned ITTF events and activities that involve international travel until 30 June 2020.

India's Olympic-Bound Boxers To Be Provided Online Classes Amid Coronavirus Lockdown

India's Olympic-bound boxers will be provided online classes by their coaches after training halted by the coronavirus-forced national lockdown. Nine Indian boxers M C Mary Kom, Simranjit Kaur, Lovlina Borgohani, Pooja Rani, Amit Panghal, Manish Kaushik, Vikas Krishan, Ashish Kumar and Satish Kumar have qualified for the Tokyo Games, postponed to 2021 due to the global pandemic.
The classes for women will be conducted by their high performance director Rafaelle Bergamasco.

Mar 27, 2020

Sunil Chhetri Among 28 Players Named For FIFA's Campaign To Combat COVID-19 Crisis

Talismanic Indian football captain Sunil Chhetri was picked among 28 past and present stars for world governing body FIFA's campaign to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
FIFA and the World Health Organization (WHO) have teamed up to combat the coronavirus by launching a new awareness campaign led by world-renowned footballers, who are calling on all people around the world to follow five key steps to stop the spread of the disease.

Mar 25, 2020

Tokyo Olympic Torch Relay Cancelled Following Postponement Of Games

The Japan leg of the Tokyo Olympic torch relay, scheduled to begin March 26, 2020, has been canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak, Yoshiro Mori, president of the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee.
The move comes after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach agreed to postpone the games by roughly one year during a telephone conference.
"We will not start the torch relay, while we will discuss countermeasures," Mori told a press conference in Tokyo. "In response to the postponement of the Olympics, we will draw a new plan for the relay."
The IOC said in a statement that the Olympic flame will remain in Japan.
The torch relay was scheduled to start in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, before traveling to all 47 prefectures in the country. Mori said a new schedule would be determined at a later date.

Tokyo 2020 Olympics Are Postponed Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

The coronavirus pandemic has hit the biggest sporting event in the world — the Summer Olympics.
The International Olympic Committee postponed the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, officials announced Tuesday. The event was scheduled to start July 24 in Tokyo.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he and the head of the International Olympic Committee agreed to delay the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo for about a year. The games, which had been scheduled to end Aug. 9, will take place "no later than summer 2021," the IOC said. The Paralympic Games had been scheduled for Aug. 25 to Sept. 6.

Mar 24, 2020

Lorenzo Sanz: Former Real Madrid President Dies After Contracting Coronavirus

Former Real Madrid president Lorenzo Sanz died after being taken to hospital with coronavirus.
Sanz, 76, was president at the Bernabeu from 1995-2000, a period in which Real won the Champions League twice.
Sanz signed players such as Roberto Carlos, Clarence Seedorf and Davor Suker during his time in charge of the 33-time Spanish champions,
He lost the 2000 presidential election to Florentino Perez, which sparked Real's big-spending 'Galatico' era.
Sanz's son Fernando, 46, played for Real Madrid from 1996-1999 before spending the final seven years of his career at Malaga.

Mar 23, 2020

Canada Pulls Out Of 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games Over Coronavirus Fears

Team Canada have called on the International Olmypic Committee [IOC] to postpone this summer's Olympic Games after confirming they will not send any athletes to Tokyo in 2020 due to the risks posed by the coronvairus pandemic.
Tokyo officials confirmed that they will make a decision on whether the Games will go ahead in the next four weeks but as yet, they have not yet postponed the event which begins on July 24th. That means a decision in late April but Team Canada are taking no risks and they have announced that they will not participate should the Games go ahead.

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