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Chengdu Games to maintain summer timing after Oly new dates
A statement released via the FISU website said the dates of Chengdu 2021, which had originally been scheduled to run from August 16-27, will be...
'Not since the world wars': Tokyo Olympics postponed to 2021
It is the first time in the Olympics’ 124-year history that they had been postponed, though they were cancelled outright several times during the two...
Olympics in 2020 'neither feasible or desirable': Sebastian Coe
In his letter, Coe has said that an Olympics in July 2020 is "neither feasible or desirable" because of the coronavirus crisis.
Olympics should definitely be postponed, feels Sharath Kamal
India's veteran table tennis player Sharath Kamal is in line to play his fourth Olympics in July-August but he wants the IOC to postpone the mega...
Olympics should be postponed, feels UK Athletics chairman
Organisers have been hell-bent on staging the Olympics as scheduled from July 24 to August 9 despite mounting athlete criticism as key qualifying...
Norwegians: Olympics must wait until virus 'under control'
The NIF laid out its position in a letter sent to IOC President Thomas Bach on Friday, entitled “Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 and COVID-19” and signed by...
COVID-19 shuts door of European competition for Dutee, worried about...
Asked how confident she is about qualifying for Tokyo Olympics scheduled for July-August, Dutee, who won a silver each in both 100m and 200m in 2018...
Japan's Abe pledges Olympics to go ahead despite virus havoc
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday resisted pressure for changes to the Tokyo Olympics schedule even as sporting events worldwide fall...