Budapest [Hungary], Mar 11 (ANI): In the wake of coronavirus outbreak, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has postponed the European Championships to June. The competition was earlier scheduled to take place between April 13-21 in Moscow, Russia.
New Delhi [India], Mar 9 (ANI): The 18th Federation Cup National Junior Athletics Championships, scheduled to be held from April 6 to 8 in Bhopal, has been postponed till further notice, the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) confirmed on Monday.
Hong Kong, Mar 7 (ANI): The Asian Canoe Confederation (ACC) on Saturday postponed the upcoming Asian Canoeing Championships amid coronavirus scare and travelling restriction to the host city Pattaya, Thailand.
Quai Antoine [Monaco], Mar 7 (ANI): World Athletics agreed with the Mayor of Gdynia and the organisers of the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships Gdynia 2020 to postpone the event until October due to coronavirus scare.
New Delhi [India], Mar 6 (ANI): Six Indian shuttlers including HS Pronnoy, Chirag Shetty, and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy have pulled out of the All England Open Badminton Championships as a precautionary measure over coronavirus outbreak in many countries.
Amman [Jordan], Mar 5 (ANI): Asian Championships silver medallist Ashish Kumar (75kg) knocked out the fourth-seeded Bekzhigit Uulu Omurbek of Kyrgyzstan 5-0 to move into the quarter-finals of the Asian/Oceanian Olympic Qualifiers on Thursday.
Amman [Jordan], Mar 4 (ANI): Indian boxer Sakshi Choudhary defeated fourth seed and 2019 Asian Championships silver medalist Nilawan Techasuep 4-1 in the 57 kg category of the Asian/Oceanian Olympic Qualifiers here on Wednesday.
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], Mar 4 (ANI): The Badminton World Federation (BWF) on Wednesday shifted the Asia Championships 2020 from Wuhan, China, the epicentre of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, to Manila, in the Philippines.
Lausanne [Switzerland], Feb 25 (ANI): The 2020 World Team Table Tennis Championships which were scheduled to be held in Busan from March 22-29 has been postponed due to coronavirus, the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) confirmed on Tuesday.
Rohtak (Haryana) [India], Feb 25 (ANI): "Want to give India their own Roger Federer," said the 13-year-old Vansh Nandal after getting selected in the Indian team for the upcoming World Junior Tennis Championships.
New Delhi [India], Feb 24 (ANI): The Commonwealth Archery and Shooting Championships are set to take place in India in 2022 after a proposal to stage the event was approved by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) Executive Board.
New Delhi [India], Feb 23 (ANI): After settling for the bronze medal in the Asian Wrestling Championships, Indian wrestler Deepak Punia has said that his main focus is now on the Tokyo Olympics 2020.