The Badminton World Federation (BWF) had last week sent a letter to BAI, asking it for a slot to conduct the BWF World Tour Super 500 tournament, which was suspended last month along with the other Tokyo Games qualifiers due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Following the continuous rise in the global pandemic, the International Olympic Committee and the Japanese government, last month, mutually decided to postpone the Olympics to July 2021.
Japan Medical Association president Yoshitake Yokokura said the Games are possible only if the infections are under control not only in Japan but globally.
From her hospital bed, the ailing markswoman joined the proceedings in the second international online shooting championship through Zoom App.
With the world in lockdown to contain the deadly disease, Lakshya too is enduring the uncertain times within the confines of his apartment, near the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy (PPBA) in Bengaluru.
Kiren Rijiju said that kabaddi has huge potential not just in India and Asia, but globally and the ultimate aim of the country is to have the sport included in the Olympics.
Last week, the International Hockey Federation(FIH) extended the second edition of the Pro League by one year till June 2021.
Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) President Deepa Malik has said that she's relieved the Paralympics were not cancelled, as it would've meant a wait for four more years.
The PCI was on their way back to regaining recognition from the sports ministry and thus kickstart India's final preparations for the Tokyo Paralympics
After Hima won the 400m gold in the 2018 World U-20 Championships in Finland, the top German brand roped her as their brand ambassador and later made custom-made shoes for her that has her name on one side and 'create history' on the other.
Chahal, a former national under-12 champion, participated in the fund-raiser. He had taken part in an online blitz event on April 5.
Hima also claimed that Indians have begun following athletics after the 2018 Asian Games where the nation had finished with their best medals tally of 69. India also equalled the record of 15 gold medal hauls with their tally of 1951 Asiad.
The ministry generally invites the nominations for the awards in April while the ceremony to confer them is held on August 29 on the occasion of National Sports Day celebrated to mark the birth anniversary of hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand.
The NBA season has been suspended since March 11 due to the pandemic.
The government insists Nicaragua has been barely touched by COVID-19 but Pan American Health Organization has cautioned local experts of increasing risks of the spread of coronavirus.
Except for the BCCI, all national sports bodies get funds from the ministry under the Scheme of Assistance to National Sports Federations. The budge set aside for them this year is an accumulated Rs 245 crore.
Will sports and watching sports ever be the same again in a world scarred by the COVID-19 pandemic?
2028 Los Angeles Olympics chairman Casey Wasserman said that the Tokyo Olympics has the opportunity to bring the world together in a "truly special, unique way."
As the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games have been delayed until 2021, the IHF has confirmed the dates for the rescheduled events.
Dingko Singh headed to the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS) in an ambulance, straight from the airport.
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