Top players including India's Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth, Parupalli Kashyap and H.S. Prannoy have been openly critical of the BWF for going through with tournaments despite COVID-19 outbreak.
The US Open golf tournament, which was scheduled between June 18-21 in New York, is likely to be postponed due to COVID-19 outbreak.
Brazil's health ministry has reported 2,915 confirmed coronavirus cases, 77 of which have been fatal.
Indian sprinter Hima Das pledged a month's salary to the government in Assam to aid them in fight against coronavirus.
The suspension, originally announced to last until April 30, was introduced in mid-March because of the rapidly worsening worldwide health crisis caused by the coronavirus.
The veteran athlete, who is a Deputy Superintendent of Police with the Himachal Pradesh Police, was spotted patrolling in Bilaspur town in the state.
The season is now slated to open with the French Grand Prix at Le Mans' Bugatti circuit on May 17. Races in Thailand, the United States and Argentina have also been postponed, as per a BBC report.
Turkish Boxing Federation revealed two fighters and a coach who took part in a Tokyo 2020 qualifying event in London earlier this month had since tested positive for COVID-19.
The 14th ranked India player, who hails from Jalpaiguri in West Bengal, was slated to return on March 24.
Bindra, who is India's lone individual gold medallist, said that the athletes around the world were overwhelmingly in favour of the postponement of the Games, which was duly conveyed to the IOC.
The decision to conduct the tournament despite the spread of the deadly disease across the globe had come in for criticism from many, including former world champion Vladimir Kramnik.
The Olympics were postponed to next year following the deadly outbreak of COVID-19 across the globe.
Bindra said the athletes around the world were overwhelmingly in favour of the postponement of the Games, which was duly conveyed to the IOC.
British boxing star Amir Khan has decided to offer a four-storey building to NHS in fight against COVID-19.
Indian shuttler PV Sindhu donated a sum of Rs 10 lakh to relief funds of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in fight against coronavirus.
The IOC and the Tokyo 2020 organising committee announced in a joint statement that the Olympics has been postponed so as to deal with the coronavirus outbreak.
In an unprecedented move, the 2020 Tokyo Games was on Tuesday pushed to next year due to COVID-19 pandemic that is wreaked havoc on the world.
Speaking to journalists, Bach said the postponed Tokyo Olympics could be held in the spring of 2021.
Bach spoke to about 400 reporters on a conference call and was quizzed why, despite growing concern from athletes, it took so long to postpone the Tokyo Games.
The Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei put the added cost at $2.7 billion, citing an estimate from local organizers.
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