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Feb 28, 2020 17:02
ABU DHABI: Sports officials in the Emirates have canceled the final two stages of UAE Tour cycling event has been cancelled with two stages remaining after two Italian "staff members" tested positive for coronavirus.
"Two Italian staff members of one of the teams participating in the UAE Tour have tested positive for the coronavirus," the UAE Tour declared on Twitter.
Feb 28, 2020 17:02
NEW DELHI: Even as the coronavirus threat continues to wreak havoc on sporting calendars across the world, India on Friday pulled out of next month's Shotgun World Cup in Cyprus.
The Shotgun World Cup, recognised by the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF), is scheduled to be held in Nicosia from March 4 to 13, PTI reports.
Feb 27, 2020 18:02
MONACO: Jakob Larsen, the man who led the organising committee behind the World Athletics Cross Country course in Aarhus, Denmark, last year, has been appointed director of Competition and Events for World Athletics.
Following a worldwide search which began at the end of last year, the 50-year old Danish national was selected from a list of 74 candidates from more than 20 countries.
Feb 27, 2020 18:02
RIYADH: The richest horse race in the sport’s history - the $20 million Saudi Cup - is all set to have its first staging on Saturday at the King Abdulaziz Racetrack.
Feb 26, 2020 17:02
NEW DELHI: The first-ever Khelo India Winter Games in the Union Territory of Ladakh at Leh, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir was flagged off Tuesday by Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju.
The event is being organised to promote winters ports in India and to popularise these games among the youth of the country.
Feb 25, 2020 16:02
NEW DELHI: The Archery Association of India (AAI), fresh of elections that put in place a new governing team that has the support of the Union government, on Saturday proposed launching the Indian Archery League (IAL), a franchise-based league featuring top Indian and overseas archers.
Feb 25, 2020 13:02
LONDON: The Commonwealth Games Federation has approved a plan for a Commonwealth Archery and Shooting Championships to be held in Chandigarh in January 2022.
It comes after neither sport was approved as an optional addition to the programme of the next Commonwealth Games, which is scheduled to take place from 27 July to 7 August 2022 in Birmingham, Great Britain.
Feb 24, 2020 13:02
CUTTACK: The inaugural edition of the Khelo India University Games was launched here on Saturday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi doing the "virtual" honours via a video hook-up.
Feb 22, 2020 12:02
LONDON: World Rugby is consulting with expert voices and the global women’s game ahead of a ground-breaking forum next week that will pave the way for a comprehensive review and evidence-based commitment to rugby’s policies relating to transgender players, reflecting its mission of inclusivity while promoting player welfare.
Feb 22, 2020 11:02
MONACO: The inaugural World Athletics Continental Tour, a series of leading international one-day meetings around the globe, kicks off this weekend with back-to-back meetings in Sydney and Auckland.