coronavirus

Mar 03, 2020 20:03
TOKYO: As concerns increased that Japan's dream of hosting the Olympic Games could be a fatality of the spread of the new coronavirus, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Tuesday expressed its full commitment to the success of the Games and Japan’s Olympic Minister raised the possibility of Tokyo 2020's dates being "adjusted".
Mar 03, 2020 19:03
CHENNAI: Two squash events - the Asian Team Championships in Malaysia and the Asian Junior Individual Championships in China - have been postponed due to coronavirus outbreak. The Asian Team Championships was scheduled to be held in Kuala Lumpur from March 25 to 29, while the Asian Junior Individual Championship was to be staged in Quingdao, China from June 29 to July 3, PTI reports.
Mar 03, 2020 19:03
MADRID: Following the cancellation of the MotoGP class at the QNB Grand Prix of Qatar and the postponement of the OR Thailand Grand Prix, Dorna Sports, commercial rights holder for the world's premier motorbike racing series, came clean Tuesday that while its "wish is to do all the races in the 2020 season", it was aware that because the  situation was changing day by day its priority in the near term was to "continue with
Mar 02, 2020 19:03
MUMBAI: Even as growing fears related to the global spread of coronavirus is leading to the cancellation (at worst) or postponement (at best) of events across sporting disciplines, the Union Sports Ministry is “looking afresh” at the training and competition programmes abroad in an Olympic year. 
Mar 02, 2020 18:03
MUMBAI: The Asian Cricket Council meeting scheduled to be held in Dubai on Tuesday was postponed after multiple members, including the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly, decided to skip the meeting in light of the coronavirus scare in UAE, according to media reports. Ganguly and BCCI secretary Jay Shah were supposed to represent the BCCI at the ACC meeting.
Mar 02, 2020 17:03
NEW DELHI: The Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament on Monday became the latest sporting event to be affected by the coronavirus outbreak, pushed from April to September in the wake of the deadly disease which is spreading across the world.
Mar 02, 2020 16:03
DOHA: The global outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) has resulted in the opening two races of the MotoGP season, which were scheduled to take place in Qatar on March 8 and in Thailand on March 22, being taken off the grid.
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 17, 2020 18:02
NEW DELHI: Even as the uncertainty over Pakistani wrestlers' participation in the upcoming Asian Championships here was finally cleared after they were granted visas by the Union government, Chinese grapplers have not been granted visas due to the coronavirus outbreak there, a top official of the national federation said on Monday.