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TOKYO, Mar 29 (NNN-IBNS) – Tokyo 2020 chief, Yoshiro Mori, said that, the new dates for the postponed Olympic Games, could be decided by the end of next week.

The Olympic Games, which will be held in the summer of 2021, at the latest, is most likely to be held between Jun and Sept, Mori said, during a programme, broadcast by Nippon Television.

“I want to offer some conclusions by the end of next week, after we’ve mulled it over,” Mori said.

“The games are meant to be in summer, so we should be thinking of a time between Jun and Sept,” Kyodo News Agency said.

Chennai, Mar 25 (PTI) 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.

The global chess body 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.

TOKYO, Mar 14 (NNN-NHK) – Tokyo 2020 will work closely with all municipalities and related organisations in Japan, to ensure the Olympic Torch Relay safely begins on Mar 26, the organisers said, after the torch relay for the Games on Greek soil was cancelled.

The Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC) announced on Friday, the suspension of the Greek leg of the Olympic Torch Relay, citing concerns about public gatherings amid the spread of the COVID-19 in Greece.

Sydney, Mar 13 (PTI) Australian fast bowler Kane Richardson has been tested for the novel coronavirus after he reported illness and will miss the first ODI against New Zealand on Friday.

The right-arm pacer, who returned with the Australian team from South Africa earlier this week, informed the medical staff of a sore throat on Thursday and was tested for the virus, though the results of the test are awaited.

Kanpur: Coronavirus has spread its dangerous wings on the sports events at the regional level also. The inter-regional junior and sub-junior girls football championship slated to be organized at different districts have postponed due to the virus attack.

The junior girl's championship was scheduled to be held between March 14 and March 21 in Barabanki district. While the sub-junior competition was allotted for March 23 to March 30 in Bareilly.

DUBAI, Mar 9 (NNN-WAM) – Organisers of the Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix, confirmed that, this season’s race will take place without spectators, in order to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.

“In consultation with our international partners and the Kingdom’s national health Taskforce, Bahrain made the decision to hold this year’s Bahrain Grand Prix as a participants-only event,” a statement said.

CONAKRY, March 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Guinean football is in mourning following a terrible road accident involving second-tier team Club Sportif Etoile de Guinee.

The accident claimed the lives of eight players with 17 others seriously injured.

Etoile were leaving for the city of Kankan for a league fixture against newly-promoted Karfamoriah there on account of the first day of the second-tier season.

The tragic accident happened on Timbo-Mamou stretch about 250 kilometres from the capital Conakry.

Chandigarh, Mar 5 (PTI) In the wake of the coronavirus scare, the all-women marathon scheduled for March 8 has been postponed to an indefinite date.

The Haryana government was to organise the marathon on March 8 to mark International Women's Day.

29 Feb 2020; MEMO: The 2020 UAE Tour cycling race was abandoned midway on Friday after two Italian participants tested positive for the coronavirus, Anadolu reports.

The Abu Dhabi Sports Council issued a statement announcing that the remaining rounds of the race were cancelled.

New Delhi, Feb 27 (PTI) The International Boxing Association (AIBA) on Thursday cancelled the European leg of its continental forum in Italy, citing the novel coronavirus outbreak in that country.

The forum was scheduled to be held on Saturday in Assisi, where the Indian boxing team is currently participating in a preparatory camp for next month's Olympic qualifiers in Jordan.