2020 tokyo olympics
Next year's Tokyo marathon postponed until after Olympics
The race was originally set to take place on March 7 and include around 38,000 runners, including top athletes.
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World Rugby scraps more 7s tournaments, offers $2.5 million in Olympic funding
The governing body said it had called off the Sydney and Hamilton rounds of the World Sevens Series scheduled for January “due to the ongoing and dynamic global nature of the COVID-19 pandemic”.
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RFU scraps sevens programme due to COVID-19 fallout: Telegraph
The RFU told players this week that their contracts would not be renewed at the end of the month, the report said, a decision that is likely to harm Britain’s medal prospects in the event at the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics next year.
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Tokyo 2020 must be simple and safe, says IOC's Coates
Australian Coates heads up the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Coordination Commission for the Tokyo 2020 Games, which have been postponed until 2021 because of the global COVID-19 pandemic.
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US opening Olympic training centres after shutdown
USOPC chief executive Sarah Hirshland said the centers at Colorado Springs and Lake Placid would welcome small groups of athletes from June 26.
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80% of venues secured for next year's Games - Tokyo 2020 CEO Muto
In the original plan for the Olympics due to start next month, 43 venues, including eight new sites built for the Games, were included.
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Tokyo weighs scaled-back Olympics, says governor
The Games are now due to open on 23 July 2021, but organisers face the unprecedented headache of rearranging the event, which requires a costly rejigging of everything from venues to transport.
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Olympic chief Bach consults with IOC members over virus fallout
Bach's aim is to canvas the members for their view on "how to handle the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic", a source told AFP.
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'Insensitive' Japan Olympic coronavirus logo pulled
"We are all in this coronavirus crisis together and clearly the cover offended some people in our host country Japan."
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Suspension of Olympic qualification gets cool reception
World Athletics announced on Tuesday that qualification for the Tokyo Olympics, which will now take place in July and August next year, would restart on Dec. 1, subject to the global situation returning to normal.
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Tokyo Olympics postponed: IOC
The Games were scheduled for 24 July to 9 August 9, but after telephone discussions between IOC president Thomas Bach and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a joint decision was taken for the first postponement of an Olympics in peacetime.
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Le Clos faces uncertain training future amid Olympic doubts
Le Clos had set up in Turkey after an earlier camp in Italy had been cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak, but is now at home in Cape Town.
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Thousands flock to see Olympic flame in Japan despite virus fears
The flame arrived in Japan to a scaled-down welcoming ceremony on Friday as doubts grew over whether the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will go ahead on schedule due to the coronavirus.
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Semenya switches to 200m in search of more Olympics glory
The South African must clock a 22.80-second 200m to qualify for Tokyo and her best time, achieved Friday in Pretoria when winning a provincial championships final, is 23.49 sec.
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Inside the coronavirus impact on sporting events
The coronavirus pandemic is wreaking havoc on the global sporting calendar. EWN has compiled a list of the key developments affecting the sporting fraternity.
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FACTBOX: Sports events hit by the coronavirus epidemic
Here's a list of international sports events hit by the outbreak of a coronavirus.
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PSG 'within their right' to stop Mbappe playing at Olympics, says Deschamps
"PSG, and maybe other clubs elsewhere, have taken a position and that is within their right", Deschamps said in Amsterdam, where he was attending the draw for the next Uefa Nations League.
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Olympic chiefs prepare for 'successful' Tokyo 2020
Many sporting events around the world have either been cancelled or postponed in the wake of the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
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'I lost an important Olympic moment,' says Chad le Clos
Yes, Chad le Clos wants his Olympic gold medal after losing to drug cheat China's Sun Yang in Rio 2016, but SA's swimming superstar laments that what he lost cannot be returned.
