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Kane Williamson lauds healthcare workers for fighting coronavirus pandemic

Events of the past few days have made it clear we're living through a health crisis the likes of which we've never seen, writes Kane Williamson

BCCI should not 'wait forever' for women's Indian Premier League: Mithali

The BCCI has hosted Women's IPL exhibition matches in the last two years but has said a full-fledged tournament will take some time to take shape

Jos Buttler expects at least a shortened IPL 2020 amid coronavirus pandemic

Obviously, it's such a massive tournament for world cricket, so hopefully some of it can go ahead - perhaps a shortened tournament, says Jos Buttler

Every athletes' worst fear has come true: Vinesh on Olympics postponement

The International Olympic Committee in a joint statement with the Tokyo Olympics organising committee said that the Games will be postponed to next year due to the coronavirus pandemic

Coronavirus: Pietersen to interview Rohit Sharma on Twitter at 4 pm today

Earlier, Pietersen had urged Indian citizens to stay indoors during the 21-day lockdown period which started from Tuesday midnight amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Ben Stokes continues to train for IPL 2020 despite cancellation threat

I have to build up and get myself physically in a position that if IPL 2020 does happen, I am good to go; cannot take three weeks off and expect the body to be ready for April 20, says Ben Stokes

Tokyo Olympics postponed to 2021: Who will pay the bills for another year?

The organisers of the Tokyo Olympic Games (Tokyo 2020) will set up a task force to resolve the issues arising after the postponement of the Olympic and Paralympic Games

From Kohli to Tendulkar: Cricket fraternity backs PM's 21-day lockdown

BCCI president Sourav Ganguly also urged all to stay at home and said that citizens across the world should listen to what their government says

Tokyo Olympics postponement: Indian hockey teams express disappointment

There is a sense of disappointment in the Indian camp due to the postponement of the Olympic Games, but they are motivated to continue to put in the hard yards for the quadrennial event next year.

Rescheduled Tokyo 2020 need sacrifices from all stakeholders: IOC president

Major corporate sponsors of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics are standing by the IOC after the Games were postponed

Coronavirus: IPL cancellation on cards as BCCI decides to 'wait and watch'

I can't say anything at the moment as we are at the same place where we were on the day we postponed; nothing has changed in the last 10 days, says BCCI president Sourav Ganguly

Coronavirus: Kevin Pietersen urges Indians to stay indoors, tweets in Hindi

Earlier also, Pietersen had tweeted in Hindi urging Indian citizens to adhere to the guidelines issued by the government to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus

Not discussed new dates for Tokyo Olympics with Japan PM: IOC president

IOC president Thomas Bach says alarming figures in the past few days about the coronavirus were key to deciding the Tokyo Olympics must be postponed

Olympic fallout: World athletics, swimming championships may get delayed

While the International Olympic Committee has yet to set a new date for the Tokyo Games other than not later than summer 2021, the revised calendar undoubtedly will heavily impact two of the event's b

Coronavirus pandemic: Sports irrelevant at the moment, says Nasser Hussain

The cricketing world has also been badly affected as all the activities have been postponed or cancelled

Covid-19 pandemic: ICC to hold a video conference with boards on March 27

The high-profile ICC T20 World Cup scheduled in Australia from mid-October along with the bilateral Test series in the World Test Championship schedule could be in for a rejig

Tokyo postponement has 'no impact' on Paris 2024 Olympics, says organiser

IOC's decision to postpone the Tokyo Olympics to next year creates a headache for sports federations, with both swimming and athletics holding their world championships next year.

2020 Olympic delay puts Japan in a spin; athletes, media welcome decision

The Tokyo Shimbun headlined its coverage "surprise and embarrassment", but conceded in an article that the situation left organisers and Olympic officials with few options

Olympics 2020 postponed: Here's what India's Tokyo-bound athletes said

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju has welcomed IOC's decision to postpone the Tokyo Olympics and said It's necessary for the well-being of athletes from across the world

Olympics in shadow of Coronavirus: How previous Games responded to crises

While Japan assures the Tokyo Olympic 2020 Games will go on as planned, there have been cancellations and muted versions, along with some triumph of spirit in the past