Ireland’s Ayeisha McFerran has admitted to doubts over the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games taking place amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Netherlands and defending Olympic champions Britain in Group A.Group B will feature hosts Japan, Argentina, Australia

Two Para-athletes and a coach from Kiribati are stranded in Fiji due to travel restrictions put in place during the coronavirus pandemic.

 They travelled to Australia in March to try and secure Tokyo 2020 Paralympic berths at the Queensland

Athletics Championships in Brisbane.The pandemic worsened while the trio were still in Australia, with

Australian softball star Stacey Porter claims the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics has made her "hungrier" to compete at the Games.

postponed until July 23 to August 8 2021.In an interview with ABC, Porter, who has earned 441 caps for Australia

Stacey Porter earned Olympic bronze with Australia at Beijing 2008 ©Getty ImagesPorter finished second

with Australia at Athens 2004 after losing 5-1 to the United States in the gold-medal match."

Australia booked a place for the softball competition at Tokyo 2020 last September, triumphing in the

When Michelle Ford stood on the starting block of lane three for the Olympic 800 metres freestyle final on July 26 1980, she had East Germans to her left and right, in lanes one, four and five. A quick look at the results from the first five days of competition - and at the past two Olympic Games - showed what the Australian teenager was up against.

What did this mean for us in Australia - the sporting capital of the world, where nothing got in the

But in Australia the debate went on and on.The sports federations that made up the AOF voted neither

The Australia team would march in the Opening Ceremony under the Olympic flag but compete under their

We had done it - the first individual gold medal for Australia in Moscow - and an Olympic record!”

In Australia, the reason wasn’t valid.

The International Canoe Sailing World Championships have been postponed because of the coronavirus crisis.

be pushed back a year.It is now scheduled to start on December 30 2021.Lake Macquarie Yacht Club in Australia

the decision alongside local organisers, citing mandatory quarantine periods currently in place in Australia

as one of the reasons for delaying the event.Although Australia has lifted some coronavirus restrictions

Tokyo 2020 Coordination Commission chair John Coates admits organisers have "real problems" over the postponed Olympic Games as countries struggle to control the coronavirus crisis.

Very few countries are as advanced in coping with this as Australia."

British Rowing, Rowing Canada Aviron, Rowing Australia and Rowing New Zealand have announced the "Row

A taekwondo master has led an initiative to help use the sport to eradicate bullying in Australia, and

South African rugby union star Cheslin Kolbe has said he will make himself available for selection for the British and Irish Lions Tour next year instead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

of players from England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, and tours either South Africa, New Zealand or Australia

Australia's women's hockey co-captain Jodie Kenny has said she will delay her retirement until 2021 so she can compete at the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

is at different phases of this virus, we just have to wait and see and prepare as best we can within Australia

South Africa Rugby has approved a plan aimed at reducing the sport's budget by R1.2 billion (£53 million/$65 million/€60 million) by the end of the year.

match since winning the Rugby World Cup in Japan last year ©Getty ImagesNew Zealand Rugby and Rugby Australia

which is being allocated to unions on an application and evaluation basis.Earlier this year, Rugby Australia

World Rugby will host a series of podcasts, features, interviews, documentaries and classic match footage this week, centering on past inductees from the sport's Hall of Fame.

She won two gold medals at the Winter Olympic Games in bobsleigh in 2010 and 2014.Gregan played for Australia

Winners of the 2019 Unisport Australia Sports Awards have been announced in 11 categories, after judges

Commonwealth Games Australia's general manager for marketing, communications and community, Volleyball Australia

development and partnerships - Michael McKnight of the Australian College of Physical Education and UniSport Australia

men's football team at the University of Wollongong, while Tyler Miller of the University of Western Australia

and Peter Rowe of the University of South Australia were named joint officials of the year.Swimmer Minna

Australia’s Ella Sabljak is aiming to improve the relationship between athletes and the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) after she was appointed to a committee tasked with helping to establish an Athletes' Commission.

the IWBF setting up an Athletes' Commission.The 28-year-old, who made her senior debut at a major for Australia

Australian swimmer Shayna Jack has criticised what she claims is a "seriously flawed" anti-doping system and said she is ready to win her fight against her four-year ban after receiving an update on her case from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

Jack could be in line to represent Australia at Tokyo 2020, postponed to 2021 because of the coronavirus