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COVID-19: FIDE postpones Chess Olympiad to 2021
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], Mar 25 (ANI): The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has decided to postpone the Chess Olympiad to 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Environment would not have been appropriate to go on with Tokyo Olympics:
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 24 (ANI): Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra on Tuesday welcomed the decision to postpone the Tokyo Olympics to next year due to the coronavirus pandemic and said that the current environment would not have been appropriate to go on with the event.
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Will create better opportunities for India's best medal tally: Rijiju on O
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 24 (ANI): Kiren Rijiju, the Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports on Tuesday welcomed International Olympic Committee's (IOC) decision to postpone the Tokyo Games.
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Hockey India to make schedule adjustments following postponement of 2020 T
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 24 (ANI): As International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to postpone the Tokyo Olympics to next year due to coronavirus, Hockey India on Tuesday said that it will be working with both men's and women's team coaches in order to work out a suitable competition and trai
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Athletes' health comes first: Bajrang Punia welcomes decision to postpone
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 24 (ANI): Wrestler Bajrang Punia on Tuesday welcomed the International Olympic Committee's decision to postpone the Tokyo Olympics due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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This is what athletes wanted: World Athletics on Tokyo Olympics postponeme
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Monaco, Mar 24 (ANI): As the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to postpone the Tokyo 2020 Games, the World Athletics on Tuesday welcomed the decision, saying this is what the athletes eventually wanted.
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Paramount to suspend training camps: Abhinav Bindra after Tokyo 2020 Olymp
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 24 (ANI): Former Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra on Tuesday welcomed the decision to postpone Tokyo Games 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, saying it is now paramount for every federation to suspend the training camps for athletes.
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IOA welcomes postponement of Tokyo Olympics
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 24 (ANI): The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Tuesday welcomed the decision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to postpone the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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For the very first time, Olympics get postponed
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Mar 24 (ANI): It is for the first time in the history of the mega global event that the Olympics have been postponed by a year.
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Japan's PM and IOC reach an agreement to postpone Olympics due to coronavi
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Mar 24 (ANI): Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday confirmed that an agreement has been reached with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to postpone the Olympics for one year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Be safe, we have to fight against COVID-19 together, says Sunil Chhetri
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 24 (ANI): India's football skipper Sunil Chhetri on Tuesday made an appeal to the citizens of the country, asking them to stay indoors and be prepared to fight the battle against COVID-19 together.
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Stay indoors: Badminton Association of India to players
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 24 (ANI): Badminton Association of India on Tuesday advised all its players and officials to stay indoors as a precautionary measure against COVID-19.
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