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World Athletics championship shifted to 2022 after new Tokyo Olympics dates

The athletics federation said it was also talking to the organisers of the 2022 European Athletics Championships, which are due to take place in Munich on August 11-21

On this day 21 yrs ago, Sachin became 1st batsman to reach 10,000 ODI runs

Sachin Tendulkar achieved the feat against Australia at the Nehru Stadium in Indore

David Warner shaves head to support workers fighting coronavirus pandemic

The International Cricket Council (ICC) currently has the WTC final marked down for June 2021, and Paine has suggested there could be scope to rearrange cancelled Test series before then

BCCI can hold IPL 2020 in Oct-Nov if ICC T20 World Cup deferred: Report

Cricket Australia chief Kevin Roberts had earlier said that he was hoping that the T20 World Cup could be played as per schedule in normal circumstances

Indian hockey ready to hit the reset button after new Tokyo Olympics dates

It's great to get some clarity about new starting date for Tokyo Olympic Games and this allows us to begin the planning process to be ready for July next year, says India men's hockey team head coach

Athletes will get chance to train well: Bajrang on new Tokyo Olympics dates

The IOC on Monday announced that the Tokyo Olympics 2020 will take place from July 23 to August 8 next year while the Paralympics games will be held from August 24 to September 5, 2021

Pay cut to no cricket: Here's what England Test captain Joe Root said

With all professional cricket coming to a halt till May 28 in the United Kingdom and more delays expected, speculation is rife that the ECB is mulling pay cuts for its centrally-contracted player

Will retire from international cricket after ICC T20 World Cup 2020: Hafeez

Hafeez has already retired from Test cricket and only plays the white-ball format

Practicing Social Distancing: Roger Federer shows off his trick shots

Federer posted a small video on Twitter in which the 20-time Grand Slam winner can be seen executing trick shots against a wall in the snow

French football stares at financial crisis as broadcasters withhold payment

Canal Plus, the pay TV giant and long-time broadcaster of France's top flight, stated its intention to hold back a scheduled 110 million-euro ($121 million) payment in a letter to the French league

Coronavirus crisis: Bangladesh tour in June unlikely, says Tim Paine

one does not need to be 'Einstein' to figure out what will happen to Australia's tour to Bangladesh, says Aussies skipper Tim Paine

On this day 4 yrs ago, Russell, Simmons broke India's heart in 2016 T20 WC

Chasing 193 at the Wankhede Stadium, West Indies got off to a bad start as the side lost Chris Gayle (5) and Marlon Samuels (8) by the third over of the innings and the side was restricted to 19/2

Coronavirus crisis: Barcelona players to take 70% pay cut, says Messi

Spanish football competition, La Liga has been suspended since March 12 following coronavirus outbreak

Tokyo Olympics rescheduled for 2021: Opens on July 23, ends on Aug 8

Last week, the IOC and Japanese organizers postponed the Olympics until 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic

New dates for Tokyo Olympics likely to be revealed this week: Organisers

The Tokyo 2020 Olympics were due to open on July 24 and run for 16 days, but the coronavirus pandemic forced the first peace-time postponement of the Games

Warne's fresh take on 'all condition batsman' Sachin vs 'aggressive' Lara

Tendulkar played 200 Tests and scored 15,921 runs with an average 53.78 while in 463 ODIs he amassed 18,426 runs with an average 44.83

Tokyo Games postponement rekindles Dipa Karmakar's hope for Olympic berth

Karmakar, who finished fourth at the 2016 Rio Olympics, has been struggling with injuries ever since she underwent a surgery to treat an Anterior Cruciate ligament (ACL) injury in 2017

On this day 4 yrs ago, Meg Lanning guided Australia to fourth T20 WC final

Australia defeated England by five runs in the semifinal and secured a spot in the summit clash

On this day 21 years ago, Brian Lara stunned Australia with 153-run knock

Chasing a target of 308, West Indies at one point found itself at 105/5, but Lara's knock helped the side from the Caribbean to register an improbable one-wicket victory

Asia Cup 2020 in September unlikely over coronavirus pandemic: Report

In fact, host association Pakistan Cricket Board also confirmed that there isn't much information to be given with regards to the status of the tournament which was to be played in September