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Stefanidi reacts positively to Tokyo 2020 postponement after criticising IOC

  • Tokyo 2020

Olympic pole vault champion Katerina Stefanidi has reacted positively to the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympics, having criticised the International Olympic Committee (IOC) before the Games were moved.

pressure grew in the build-up to the decision to postpone the Games, with IOC member and former ice hockey


IMMAF chief takes aim at WADA and GAISF during recognition bid

  • Mixed Martial Arts

International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) Chief Executive Densign White has criticised the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) amid its protracted battle for recognition.

For example: basketball, netball and korfball; tennis and soft tennis; bandy and ice hockey among others


Belarusian Extraleague champions crowned as sport carries on despite coronavirus

  • Ice Hockey

Yunost Minsk have been crowned champions of the Belarusian Extraleague, the only top men's ice hockey

the spread of the COVID-19 virus.Its borders have remained open and sports events, including in ice hockey

Alexander Lukashenko, a public critic of COVID-19 concerns who recently participated in an amateur ice hockey


Admiral Vladivostok withdraw application to compete in KHL because of coronavirus pandemic

  • Ice Hockey

Russian ice hockey team Admiral Vladivostok has withdrawn its application to compete in the 2020-2021

campaign of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

from competitive action, Admiral's junior team Typhoon is set to compete in the Paris-Match Junior Hockey

 "The league would ask everyone involved with hockey to avoid making hasty decisions in the face

The Kontinental Hockey League is made up of four divisions of six teams the majority of whom are based


IOC confirm revised qualification deadline for Tokyo 2020 Olympics

  • Tokyo 2020

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has revised the qualification deadline for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics after the Games were postponed until 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

rescheduled event.Qualification for Tokyo 2020 had already been completed in sports including equestrian, hockey



Philip Barker: The Olympic dating game

  • Inside the Blogs

The revised dates for Tokyo 2020 in 2021 were revealed this week. The Games will take place 364 days later than was originally planned. 

The final gold medal decided that year was for men’s hockey.


MLB London Series cancelled amid coronavirus crisis

  • Baseball and Softball

Major League Baseball (MLB) has confirmed its London Series has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

of several major American leagues to have been halted by the coronavirus crisis.The NBA and National Hockey


David Owen: Democracy delayed – key elections as well as sports events could fall victim to the virus in 2020

  • Inside the Blogs

Unusually, it seems appropriate to start this week's column in the same place as last: Athens in June 2021 at the scheduled International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session where IOC President Thomas Bach is expected to come up for re-election.

Union, the International Gymnastics Federation, the International Fencing Federation, the International Hockey

steps to put ballots back to the last quarter of 2021.Another winter sports body, the International Ice Hockey


International Federations respond to new Tokyo 2020 dates

  • Tokyo 2020

International Federations (IFs) have been reacting to the news that the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will now open on July 23 next year, with the Closing Ceremony due to take place on August 8.

International Hockey Federation President Dr Narinder Dhruv Batra also endorsed the new dates."

The international hockey community fully supports this decision", the President said."


Canada's Giguere wins university women's ice hockey prize

  • Universiade

Canada's Elizabeth Giguere has been awarded with the 2020 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award.

The annual prize is presented by the USA Hockey Foundation to the best women's ice hockey player in the

shoulders more than Elizabeth has this year," said Matt Desrosiers, head coach of the Clarkson women's ice hockey


Two Chinese ice hockey players test positive for coronavirus after United States trip

  • Ice Hockey

Two Chinese women's ice hockey players have tested positive for COVID-19 after returning home from the

United States, the Chinese Ice Hockey Association (CIHA) has announced.

as required and two of them tested positive at the end of the quarantine period.China's women's ice hockey

China's team competed at the Junior Women's Hockey League Challenge Cup at Kettler Capitals Iceplex in


Former Rio Mayor Paes accused of corruption during Olympic venue construction

  • Rio 2016

Eduardo Paes - the former Mayor of Rio de Janeiro - has been accused of committing passive corruption and bid fraud during the construction of a venue for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. 

 This included the Olympic Whitewater Stadium, BMX centre, mountain bike park, hockey centre, shooting