The president of World Athletics says he is concerned for the wellbeing of athletes as they prepare for the delayed Tokyo Olympic Games amid the “rumours” of cancellation. Key points: Sebastian Coe remains confident the Games will go ahead Television rights deals provide 75 per cent of the Games’ revenue, …
Read More »Zimbabwe marathon champ pitches camp in Kapsait, chases Olympic ticket
What you need to know: The camp was catapulted into global limelight when Brigid Kosgei, who trains at Kapsait, broke the women’s marathon world record at the 2019 Chicago Marathon Zimbabwe’s top-ranked men’s marathon star Munyaradzi Jari is one of the foreign elites who have picked their spot at Kapsait, …
Read More »Only 300 runners for 2021 Access Bank Lagos City marathon
• 10km, wheelchair race out • Five journalists, 60 VIPs allowed To stay within the COVID-19 protocol globally, organisers of the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon have decided to reduce the number of participants from its usual 100,000 runners to 300 for the 2021 edition, billed for February 13. …
Read More »Edo athletes hit camp for sports festival, Mills wants Tokyo Olympics cancelled
Edo State athletes and their coaches are expected to hit camp tomorrow ahead of the February 14 commencement date of the 20th National Sports Festival. The festival, tagged Edo 2020, was earlier fixed for January 3, 2021, but the state government kicked against it. It was initially slated for March …
Read More »IOC chief says ‘no plan B’ for Tokyo Olympics: Kyodo News
The virus-delayed Tokyo Olympics will go ahead this summer, and there is “no plan B”, International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach said in an interview Thursday. “We have at this moment, no reason whatsoever to believe that the Olympic Games in Tokyo will not open on the 23rd of July,” …
Read More »CAS hands Russia two-year ban from Olympics, World Cup, World Championship
Russia will not be officially represented at the next summer and winter Olympic Games or the 2022 football World Cup after a ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), reports independent.ie. A panel of three judges at CAS unanimously found the Russian anti-doping agency RUSADA non-compliant with the …
Read More »Maradona mourned, Kobe’s tragedy: Sports deaths in 2020
Diego Maradona’s death last month shook the world of sport in a year which began with the tragic loss of basketball hero Kobe Bryant in a helicopter crash. Diego Maradona, 60 Maradona’s death brought Argentina to a standstill and caused a wave of grief in his adopted home of Naples. …
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