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Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee president Yoshiro Mori (L) and CEO Toshiro Muto at the news conference in Tokyo, Tuesday, where they announced the postponement of the Games until 2021 because of the coronavirus outbreak. AP Photo

Tokyo Olympics postponed to 2021

Japan, Olympics chief agree to postpone the Games by one year as the world battles the coronavirus pandemic

24 March 2020 6:58 PM IST

A woman wearing a face mask, amid concerns of the COVID-19 coronavirus, walks past an Olympic rings sculpture. AFP Photo

Japanese PM Shinzo Abe proposes 1-year postponement for Olympics

Pressure mounts on IOC as Olympic Committees of Britain, New Zealand and Germany seek postponement

24 March 2020 5:59 PM IST

President of the German Olympic Sports Association (DOSB) Alfons Hoermann (L) and DOSB general director Michael Vesper. AFP Photo

German Olympic chief slams IOC, backs Tokyo delay

The public perception of the IOC and of sport as a whole will now be shaped by how the IOC takes its next steps: Alfons...

24 March 2020 5:07 PM IST

New Zealand latest to call for postponement of Tokyo Games

In a survey conducted among its athletes, NZOC gathered feedback which went against participating in the Olympics

24 March 2020 4:42 PM IST

Indian womens hockey team after their win recently against New Zealand. DC File Photo

Indian hockey players hone their English language and read books

Concerned about their families, players also keep in touch with them through video calls

24 March 2020 4:30 PM IST

Head of the British Olympic Association Hugh Robertson (L) with Australian Sports Minister Kate Lundy after the latter rowed 1000m of the Olympic course in 2012. AFP Photo

Britain unlikely to go to Olympics -'at time like this-'

Athletes are unable to train together and fear the spread of the coronavirus will worsen in the coming weeks in Britain

24 March 2020 4:16 PM IST

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) with Olympic Minister Seiko Hashimoto (L) at a recent cabinet meeting. AP Photo

Shinzo Abe - Thomas Bach talks on the way forward for Tokyo Games

Tuesday-'s con call also oncludes Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike, organising committee chief Yoshiro Mori and Olympics...

24 March 2020 2:01 PM IST

Anouk Vetter of the Netherlands clears the bar during the high jump event in the womens heptathlon at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, in 2019. AP Photo

World Athletics ready to shift 2021 World Championships for Olympics

If Tokyo Olympics are postponed to 2021, one of the major events it would clash with is World Athletic Championships

24 March 2020 1:23 PM IST

Bianca Andreescu of Canada celebrates after winning the womens singles final against Serena_Williams of the United States at the 2019 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. From this year the Center will use Laykold hard courts made by Advanced Polymer Technology. DC File Photo

US Open changing hard-court brand for 1st time since 1970s

The new surface courts have been used at the Miami Open and New York Open and for Fed Cup matches in the United States

24 March 2020 1:09 PM IST

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic flame is displayed outside Fukushima railway station in Fukushima Prefecture. AFP Photo

Olympic torch relay: No torch, no torchbearers, no public

-'Torch Relay-' or -'Torch Visits-' could be a very short event or the longest if it runs into 2021

24 March 2020 12:57 PM IST

In this file photo, Scuderia Ferraris German driver Sebastian Vettel drives during the Monaco street circuit in Monte-Carlo in 2015. AFP Photo

Formula One looks at a season of 15-18 races

While admitting that it was impossible to know exactly what the schedule will look like, F1 boss Chase Carey said he...

24 March 2020 10:03 AM IST

In this file photo taken on August 28, 2018 riot police are deployed to the stands where angry fans of Brazils Santos shout slogans during the Copa Libertadores football match against Argentinas Independiente at the Pacaembu Stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil. AFP Photo

Pacaembu Stadium in Sao Paulo turning into hospital for coronavirus

Almost all arenas used in the 2014 Football World Cup were also offered by clubs as open-air hospitals and health care...

24 March 2020 8:52 AM IST