TOKYO: Bowing to the inevitable, Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo and International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach announced Tuesday that the Tokyo 2020 Games would be postponed; an extraordinary move, unprecedented in peacetime, as the world battles the coronavirus pandemic.
The Olympics, which has experienced…
CHICAGO: The beleaguered US Soccer Federation, still feeling the aftershocks of the furore caused by the "blatant sexism" shown by its erstwhile president in the federation's response to a gender discrimination lawsuit by the US women's team, has named veteran sports executive Will Wilson as chief executive officer, filling a vacancy…
LONDON: The Azerbaijan Grand Prix has become the latest race of the 2020 season to be postponed, the organisers have announced.
Officials from the Baku City Circuit said on Monday: "The postponement was agreed upon after extensive discussions with Formula 1 as well as the FIA and the Government of the Azerbaijan Republic.…
MADRID: LaLiga and the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) have announced the indefinite suspension of professional football in Spain until the country's political leaders give the go-ahead.
There have been no LaLiga fixtures played since the first full weekend in March, and an initial two-week suspension was announced the…
THE IRONMAN GROUP, a Wanda Sports Group company, has announced that it will add the IRONMAN Virtual Racing (VR) Series to its portfolio, including the IRONMAN VR Pro Challenge that will debut on April 4 through the IRONMAN Now Page on Facebook Watch.
The IRONMAN VR Series will be offered through the soon to be launched IRONMAN…
MUMBAI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will reportedly get on a conference call on Tuesday with all eight Indian Premier League franchises to decide the fate of this year's IPL.
Earlier, BCCI President Sourav Ganguly said that the board will closely monitor the Covid-19 situation before taking a call.
…MUMBAI: Nivia Sports has been announced as Thane City FC’s official sportswear partner for the next two seasons - 2020-21 and 2021-22.
As a part of the deal, Nivia will supply Thane City FC with jerseys and kits for all teams, including the Senior team, Youth teams and all Soccer School centres across Thane.
Nivia…
THE ASIA PACIFIC pay TV sector is the most vibrant in the world, with subscribers up by 45 million and revenues up by $1.40 billion over the next five years. Pay TV penetration will stay at around 69%.
China and India together will account for 80% of the region’s 676 million pay TV subscribers by 2025. India will add 24…
THREE QUARTERS OF Indians think sport is important in their lives but just 36% participate in any kind of sport or physical activity, according to a BBC research study.
The research, based on answers received from 10,181 respondents from 14 Indian states, says that 42% of men said they played sport compared to 29% of women,…
CANADA AND Australia have become the first countries to withdraw their teams from the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympics, even as Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said for the first time on Monday that the Games could be postponed if it could not be held in its "complete form" because of the COVID-19 pandemic.