Numerous National Olympic Committees (NOCs) have come out in support of the decision to postpone Tokyo 2020 in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Olympic Committees, the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

the Basketball Champions League (BCL), the Basketball Champions League Americas and the Basketball Africa

regarding the Basketball Champions League, the Basketball Champions League Americas and the Basketball Africa

Amar Benikhlef is a four-time African champion and having won a total of seven continental medals, he was the silver medallist at the 2007 Pan-African Games in front of a home crowd in Algiers.He won the silver medal at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games, losing to then world champion, Georgia’s Irakli Tsirekidze, in the final.Benikhlef is now regularly present on the international circuit as a coach of Algeria’s national team.

on the advent of a new generation of high-level judoka who will shine in the colours of Tunisia and Africa

Hesham Mesbah distinguished himself in the men’s under-90kg category.Having been on the podium at the African Championships several times since 2001, Mesbah finished fifth at the World Championships organised for the first time in Egypt and on the African continent in 2005.He also came fifth at the 2007 World Championships in Rio de Janeiro.In 2008, at his second Olympic Games, Mesbah secured the bronze medal by beating France’s Yves Matthieu Dafreville.He won Egypt’s second Olympic medal in judo, 24 years after Mohamed Ali Rashwan, had claimed silver at Los Angeles 1984.

Algeria’s Soraya Haddad won medals for her country on the biggest stages in judo. The multiple-time African champion brought notoriety to Algeria when she stepped up to succeed at world level in 2005 with a bronze medal at the World Championships. That result gave the highly-popular fighter the belief to perform to the best of her ability at the Beijing 2008 Olympics and win a heroic bronze medal for her country. More accolades followed including Grand Prix victories and Grand Slam and World Masters medals as Haddad became one of the leading names in the early years of the IJF...

Two-time world silver medallist Mohamed Ali Rashwan exuded judo's core values of honour, respect and integrity.In the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic openweight final the Egyptian famously avoided targeting the injured right calf of his opponent Yasuhiro Yamashita and had to settle for silver. Ali Rashwan won an international fair play award for his conduct and the everlasting respect of his compatriots and the Japanese fans.His Olympic result inspired him to win back-to-back world silver medals in 1985 and 1987 in South Korea and West Germany respectively.Ali Rashwan retired from competing in 1992 and is now a top-class international referee and...

Bridgestone South Africa have announced that double Olympic 800 metres champion Caster Semenya will feature

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe has suggested for the first time that this year's Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo may have to be postponed, saying the event cannot be held under current circumstances due to the coronavirus pandemic.

I could see the curve of the pandemic on the way up in sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East."

The International Swimming League (ISL) pledged to rearrange their season if the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are postponed. 

Katinka Hosszú of Hungary, Sarah Sjöström of Sweden, Adam Peaty of Britain and Chad le Clos of South Africa

Rugby coach Eddie Jones claimed Japan will "fight" to hold the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games this year, despite the coronavirus crisis.

team, was head coach of Japan from 2012 to 2015.He helped the team to a shock victory against South Africa

A final decision on the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be reached in four weeks by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) with postponement of the Games set to be assessed.

 "Never: Even if #COVID19 sharply declined in Japan/Asia, US & Europe could be near peak; Africa

The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) Executive Board held a teleconference meeting this week, with the main theme the rescheduling of competitions postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.

to postpone two more continental Championships in the past week - the African Championships in South Africa

Rugby Australia have announced plans for a domestic rugby competition, which they hope will fill the place of Super Rugby during the coronavirus pandemic.

international club competition involving teams from Argentina, Australia, Japan, New Zealand and South Africa

Banned swimmer Roland Schoeman could be thrown a lifeline in his bid to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics after the South African National Swimming Championships were called off due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Championships ©Getty ImagesThe Championships were originally scheduled to take place in Durban in South Africa