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Coronavirus outbreak forces WADA to cancel Annual Symposium

  • News

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has cancelled next month's Annual Symposium in Lausanne after Switzerland banned gatherings of more than 1,000 people because of the coronavirus outbreak.

19 to 24.The summit was relocated to Lausanne from Beijing because of the virus, which originated in China




Tokyo 2020 announce winners of Open Innovation Challenge competition

  • Tokyo 2020

Tokyo 2020 have confirmed HACKist teamFFF as the winners of their Open Innovation Challenge technology competition.

ways of bringing fans closer to the action.A total of 29 entries came from seven nations, with Canada, China

competition, the HACKist teamFFF team earned an invitation to attend the Alibaba Cloud APSARA Conference in China


AFC postpone Congress and reschedule women's Olympic qualifier over coronavirus

  • Football

postponed the organisation’s Congress in Kuala Lumpur and rescheduled the women’s Olympic qualifier between China

coronavirus, given the official title of COVID-19 by the World Health Organization.South Korea and China

play the matches on March 6 and 11.The AFC said the matches have now been scheduled for April 9 and 14.China

confirmed worldwide since the outbreak began in China.Nearly 79,000 of the cases have been recorded in China




International Chess Federation increases membership

  • Non-Olympic Sports

The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has today added six countries to its list of members.

Antonio Alvarez, to express his support for the initiative.The FIDE Congress was moved to Abu Dhabi from China


Philip Barker: Remembering Tokyo's first Olympic Torch Relay

  • Inside the Blogs

In less than a fortnight, the Flame for Tokyo 2020 will be kindled in Ancient Olympia, the second time that an Olympic Torch Relay has set out for the Japanese capital.

on Chinese soil.In the Japan Times, Katsundo Mizuno wrote: "Even with the cooperation of communist China


Japan closes all schools for a month over coronavirus as Tokyo 2020 concerns continue

  • Tokyo 2020

Schools across Japan will be closed from next week to prevent the spread of coronavirus, it has been announced by the country’s Prime Minister Shinzō Abe.

critical period" for preventing transmission of coronavirus ©Getty ImagesThe decision follows that of China

, there are now more than 83,000 confirmed coronavirus cases and the number of new cases outside of China


UAE Tour cancelled as two staff members test positive for coronavirus

  • Cycling

The UAE Tour has been cancelled two stages before it was due to conclude because two members of staff at one of the competing teams were found to have coronavirus.

, there are now more than 83,000 confirmed coronavirus cases and the number of new cases outside of China




Italian golfers cleared to play at Oman Open after spell in quarantine

  • Golf

Italian golfers Lorenzo Gagli and Edoardo Molinari have begun play at the Oman Open today after being quarantined in the country due to coronavirus fears.

 Only China, where coronavirus originated, and South Korea have now reported more cases than Italy.More

take place at Saujana Golf and Country Club in Kuala Lumpur between April 16 and 19, and the Volvo China


FIFA outline 11 goals to achieve by 2023 in new strategic plan

  • Football

Reviewing the international match calendar and reducing the disparity between different regions in the world are among the key aims in FIFA's new action plan.

FIFA's new Club World Cup, due to launch with the inaugural tournament under the revamped format in China