British authorities suspend Saunders’ boxing license
WBO super middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders had his license suspended by Britain’s boxing authorities on Monday after a social media post in which he advised men how to hit their female partners during the coronavirus lockdown.
Dates in summer 2022 being sought for 2021 world championships
Athletics’ world championships have been postponed until the summer of 2022 and the global governing body is seeking new dates for the event in Eugene, Oregon that was originally scheduled for 2021.
Next year’s Olympics set for July 23 2021 start, Tokyo games organizers say
Next year’s Olympic Games have been set to begin on July 23, 2021 and will run until Aug. 8, the head of the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee, Yoshiro Mori said on Monday, after he made the decision with the International Olympic Committee.
Tokyo 2020’s Muto: venue problems already apparent for next year’s Games
Problems have already become apparent in planning for venues for next year’s Olympics, although organizers have yet to be told that they can’t use any venue, the CEO of Tokyo 2020, Toshiro Muto, told a news conference on Monday.
Japan, IOC set July 23 next year for start of delayed Olympics: Kyodo
Japanese organizers and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided on Monday that the Tokyo Olympic Games would start on July 23, 2021, and run until Aug. 8, Kyodo news reported.
Japan, IOC agree for next year’s Olympic Games to start on July 23, Kyodo says
Japanese organizers and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided on Monday that the Tokyo Olympic Games would start on July 23, 2021 and run until Aug. 8, Kyodo news reported.
Baseball: Masked South Korean players in practice game broadcast online
The twanging sound of bat hitting ball pierced the eerie silence of an empty baseball stadium as a Lotte Giants player wearing a white surgical mask doubled to right field during an in-house practice game on Monday.
Triathlon: No swimming but Zaferes keeps running and cycling toward Olympic goal
Triathlon world champion Katie Zaferes has been unable to keep on top of her swimming while she is on an enforced break due to the coronavirus pandemic but she is confident that come 2021, competing at the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics will be more meanin…
We will win fight against coronavirus, says marathon great Kipchoge
Eliud Kipchoge, the world’s greatest marathon man, reckoned his first reaction was shock when he heard at home in Kenya that the 2020 Olympic Games had been postponed because of the coronavirus outbreak.
Olympics organizers in talks to hold opening ceremony on July 23, 2021: Asahi TV
The organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics are in final-stage discussions to hold the opening ceremony for the rescheduled Games on July 23, 2021, Japan’s Asahi TV reported on Monday, citing unnamed sources.
