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Katerina Stefanidi, of Greece, falls towards the mat after clearing the bar during the pole vault competition in the Millrose Games track and field meet in New York, Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018. Stefanidi went on to win the event. (AP Photo/C

IOC-'s -'Committed to Olympics-' statement puts athletes at risk

The IOC wants us to keep risking our health, our family-'s health and public health to train every day: Katerina...

18 March 2020 12:52 PM IST

Triple Crown and Belmont Stakes contender Justify is walked in his barn by trainer Bob Baffert in 2018 at Elmont, New York. AFP Photo

Churchill Downs postpones Kentucky Derby from May 2 to September 5

Through wars and world turmoil, Kentucky Derby never stopped to run

18 March 2020 12:30 PM IST

Great Britains Christopher Froome thumbs up as he celebrates his overall leader yellow jersey on the podium at the end of the 181,5 km ninth stage of the 104th edition of the Tour de France cycling race between Nantua and Chambery.

Fears for Tour de France as mudfest Paris-Roubaix postponed

The body which runs the Tour and Paris-Roubaix also announced the postponement of two huge cycling dates in Belgium

18 March 2020 10:57 AM IST

Four-time Canadian Olympic gold medalist Hayley Wickenheiser (left) at the United Nations Young Changemakers Conclave, in New Delhi, on Saturday. Also seen is Laxmi Narayan Tripathi, transgender rights activist. PTI Photo

Tokyo Olympics plans -'insensitive, irresponsible-': IOC member

-'This crisis is bigger than even the Olympics-'

18 March 2020 10:11 AM IST

File photo of Brooks Koepka of the United States celebrating with the Wanamaker Trophy after winning the 2018 PGA Championship in St Louis, Missouri, in 2018. AFP Photo

US PGA Championship called off amid coronavirus pandemic

Six counties in the San Francisco Bay Area were part of a lockdown effort after data showed 258 confirmed cases with...

18 March 2020 9:32 AM IST

Kevin Durant (2nd right) of the Brooklyn Nets was mostly on the bench throught the just postponed season. AFP Photo

Durant among Brooklyn Nets players diagnosed with COVID-19

News that Durant the two-time NBA Finals MVP was among those who had contracted the virus came soon after the Nets...

18 March 2020 9:19 AM IST

Reporters wearing face masks wait for Toshiro Muto, the chief executive officer of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, to attend a press conference in Tokyo on on Tuesday, as the Lausanne-based International Olympic Committee (IOC) is set for emergency talks as doubts grow over whether it remains feasible to hold the Games during the coronavirus emergency. AFP Photo

Time not right for any drastic decisions on Tokyo Olympics: IOC

The Olympic Committee feels any speculation at this moment would be counter-productive

17 March 2020 9:31 PM IST

Vimal Kumar with PV Sindhu, a medal prospect. PTI Photo

Allow Tokyo-bound Indian athletes to train after testing them: Vimal...

-'There will be about 100 athletes who have qualified for the Olympics. It-'s not difficult to find ways to allow them...

17 March 2020 5:43 PM IST

Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra. AP Photo

Neeraj Chopra forced to leave his training base as Turkey is set to...

Shivpal Singh too is returning home from his Potchefstroom training base in South Africa

17 March 2020 5:25 PM IST

Japan Football Association chairman and Japans Olympic Committee deputy head Kozo Tashima. AFP Photo

Japan Olympic Committee deputy head has coronavirus: statement

Tashima himself released a statement throug Japan Football Associaiton that his test result showed positive for the new...

17 March 2020 5:13 PM IST

Torchbearer Greeces Anna Korakaki (R), Rio 2016 gold medallist in the 25m pistol shooting, gives the Olympic flame to Japans Mizuki Noguchi, Athens 2004 womens marathon gold medalist, during the Olympic flame lighting ceremony in ancient Olympia, Athens, Greece, last week. AFP Photo

Tokyo Olympics flame festivities scaled back over virus

Welcome ceremonies will no longer take place but spectators can watch the torch relay from the roadside

17 March 2020 3:34 PM IST

Spectators at a rugby game. AFP Photo

Financial fears spur Australian sport to play on despite virus

Rugby League and Australia-'s most popular spectator sport, Australian Rules (AFL), have stated they too want to carry...

17 March 2020 2:52 PM IST