While weightlifters around the world have been unable to train properly because gyms are closed during the coronavirus crisis, Chinese athletes have been in record-breaking form.

decision to postpone the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, the Executive Board of the Weightlifting Federation of Africa

Monaco is set to host the 2020 edition of the World Squash Federation (WSF) Annual General Meeting (AGM).

 Last year's Annual General Meeting took place in Cape Town in South Africa ©WSF "We are thrilled

The Eswatini Tertiary Institutions Sports Association (ETISA) is looking to provide more sporting activities with better facilities for its members in the near future.

sports.Eswatini, which was formerly known as Swaziland, is located in the south of Africa.It is bordered by South Africa

John Noakes of The Netherlands has been given the International Tennis Federation's (ITF) Brad Parks Award for 2020 due to his significant contribution to wheelchair tennis internationally.

but Noakes also played a significant role in the development and introduction of the sport in South Africa

The World Rowing Federation Executive Committee (FISA) held a teleconference call following the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

 The rising numbers of coronavirus cases in Africa were cited as the main reason, with Japanese

Just under two months ago, I wrote a blog on the emergence of coronavirus as a new challenge for the organisers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

lockdown just two months ago.It is interesting that Bach cited the increase of coronavirus cases in Africa

“We learned about the new alarming figures of the virus spreading around the world, particularly in Africa

The African Athletics Championships, set to take place in Algiers in Algeria, has been postponed until 2021 due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

confirmed cases of which a quarter are in South Africa.Hosts Algeria are the third most affected nation in Africa

behind South Africa and Egypt with 26 fatalities from the 409 confirmed cases in the country.

The Korea Football Association (KFA) has joined calls for the age limit for the men’s football tournament to be adjusted following the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

with Australia and South Korea.France, Germany, Spain, Romania, New Zealand, Egypt, Ivory Coast, South Africa

The deadline to play Netball World Youth Cup qualifiers has been extended by the International Netball Federation (INF) because of the coronavirus pandemic.

been moved back to the end of October 2020.The INF say this will allow qualification tournaments in Africa

G20 leaders have commended Japan’s determination to host the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games as a “symbol of human resilience” following the postponement of the event until 2021.

European Union, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa

The Mexican cities of Ciudad Obregon and Los Mochis have been named as the hosts for the World Baseball Softball Confederation's upcoming men's Under-23 Baseball World Cup.

Championship, with fourth-placed South Korea given a wild-card spot at the Under-23 World Cup.South Africa

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has confirmed the postponement of all qualification events due to take place before June 30, subject to a further review.

both due to take place in June, will be postponed.A sub-regional African qualification event in South Africa

Support from people in the Japanese capital for measures designed to combat the spread of coronavirus is "crucial" if the city is to host a successful Olympic and Paralympic Games next year, according to Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike.

Games but the IOC had become increasingly concerned over the COVID-19 outbreak.A spike in cases in Africa

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach opened the door to the possibility of Tokyo 2020 being rescheduled before the summer of 2021 and warned those involved in the moving of the Games would have to make "sacrifices and compromises".

insisted he had no regrets over how the crisis was handled and claimed a rising number of cases in Africa

hosted the main celebrations for International Boxing Day in 2022.The IBA billed 2022 as the "Year of Africa