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The rescheduled Tokyo Olympics will be the centrepiece of a crammed sporting year in 2021 as sports administrators who had their calendars wiped away by the coronavirus pandemic try to fill the gaps even as a second wave hits.   While the Games will still be called the 2020 Olympics, …

• States in dilemma over poor finances • Okowa expresses worries over COVID-19 surge   The build-up to the February 14 commencement date of the 20th National Sports Festival in Edo State seems to be shrouded with uncertainty once again. The Ministry of Youths and Sports Development had, in November …

Tokyo Olympics organisers played down a poll showing plunging support for the Games on Tuesday and said a report claiming cancellation could be discussed next month was “fake news”. The comments, less than 200 days before the postponed Games start in July, come with greater Tokyo under a state of …

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, …

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, …

• 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. …

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 …

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,” …

One thing is clear, the other more uncertain. Firstly, Chelsea have a good enough squad to be challenging for trophies. Very few can rival the strength in depth at Stamford Bridge. More questionable is whether they have the right manager to take advantage. Recent performances, of course, would suggest not. Whether it’s …

Millwall are in talks about signing Birmingham City’s midfield dynamo Maikel Kieftenbeld on a permanent deal before the transfer window closes. Gary Rowett is looking to bolster his midfield and has first hand experience of Kieftenbeld’s destructive qualities having taken him to St Andrew’s in the summer of 2015. Indeed …