Mar 26, 2020 18:03
SHENZHEN, China: Chinese smart wearable technology company Huami has signed a formal partnership agreement with the Chinese Athletics Association, and by extension, the Chinese athletics team.
The two sides are teaming up to develop Chinese sports by leveraging brand, market, R&D, and big data of smart wearable devices from Huami.
Mar 25, 2020 18:03
CHENNAI: The world governing body of chess, FIDE, has postponed the Olympiad, scheduled for August 5-17 in Moscow, to 2021 owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.
FIDE issued a statement saying that the Olympiad and the FIDE Congress, slated to be held in August in Moscow and Khanty-Mansiysk respectively, are rescheduled to the summer of 2021 at the same locations.
Mar 24, 2020 18:03
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.
Mar 23, 2020 16:03
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.
Mar 20, 2020 18:03
NEW DELLHI: In the wake of the spiralling coronavirus cases in the country, the Union Sports Ministry has issued an advisory to all sports organisations that bars "all sports organisations and their affiliate units" from holding any events till April 15.
Additionally, all Sports Authority of India (SAI) facilities too will be shut for the duration.
Mar 20, 2020 12:03
TOKYO: The Olympic flame for Tokyo 2020 touched down in Japan early on Friday to start its 121-day Olympic Torch Relay journey around the country, bringing a message of peace and hope to the world.
The flame was transported by a special aircraft “Tokyo 2020 Go” from Athens, Greece, and arrived at Japan Air Self-Defence Force (JASDF) Matsushima Air Base in Miyagi Prefecture shortly before 10am local time.
Mar 19, 2020 17:03
NEW DELHI: In an attempt to forge a gender-equal world, adidas launched its latest campaign “#FasterThan”, that inspires women across all fields and ages to participate and celebrate sport in their daily lives. Bringing together real women, influencers and athletes; the campaign focuses on ‘Women in Sport’ and inspires them to be bigger than their challenges.
Mar 18, 2020 18:03
TOKYO: In the face of major sports organisations across the world either canceling or postponing major events in the face of the spiralling COVID-19 pandemic, the biggest of them all - the International Olympic Committee - on Tuesday remained steadfast in its messaging that the Tokyo 2020 Olympics would go ahead on scheduled and there was "no need for any drastic decisions at this stage".
Mar 17, 2020 12:03
INDIAN OLYMPIC ASSOCIATION (IOA) secretary general Rajeev Mehta on Monday said he is hopeful that Kho Kho, a traditional Indian sport, will be included in the 2026 Asian Games roster scheduled to be held in Japan.
Kho Kho is currently played by 25 countries across the globe.
"Kho Kho was formally recognised by the Olympic Council of Asia during the 18th Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia, in 2018.
Mar 17, 2020 11:03
HOCKEY INDIA has postponed various National Championships for Junior and Sub Junior (Men and Women) categories which were to begin from April 10 onwards at different venues spread across the country. The decision was taken by the Hockey India Executive Board following growing concerns around Covid19 situation in India.
