This year's Boston Marathon has been cancelled, after race organisers decided it was "not feasible" to hold the event in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Ethiopia’s Worknesh Degefa won the men's and women's elite races at the 2019 edition of the event.The United

States has been the country worst affected by the coronavirus pandemic, with more than 1.75 million

Three-time Winter Olympian Duncan Kennedy has joined Luge Canada as an assistant coach.

specialist and will work under Wolfgang Staudinger, who coached Kennedy internationally within the United

States programme.He will share the assistant coaching duties with Bernhard Glass."

The Burton United States Open Snowboarding Championships have been cancelled for 2021 due to the ongoing

The National Hockey League (NHL) has announced its Return to Play Plan, with 24 teams due to compete for the Stanley Cup when COVID-19 social restrictions are lifted.

24-team plan.NHL's regular season was halted on March 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with both the United

States and Canada heavily affected by the spread.In the US, there have been more than 1.72 million confirmed

New dates in February have been confirmed for the Tokyo 2020 women's football playoff between China and South Korea, after agreement between all parties.

arriving in the country and were pictured training in a hotel corridor.Hosts Japan, four-time winners United

States, Brazil, New Zealand, Britain, Netherlands, Sweden, Canada and Zambia have all also qualified

World Karate Federation (WKF) President Antonio Espinós has met with representatives from National Federations via video conference, to analyse the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on members.

were Armenia, Australia, China, Chinese Taipei, Fiji, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the United

session saw representatives from Botswana, Canada, Chad, Jamaica, Namibia, St Lucia, South Africa, United

States and Zimbabwe.Discussions looked at calendar changes and concerns from nations over regional issues

Iron Hammer, a documentary film focusing on international volleyball icon Lang Ping, is set to premiere on the Olympic Channel on June 7.

Global Film Festival" the film looks at the career of the Chinese player and her move abroad to the United

States, leading to spells as the national team coach of both countries.The Festival will take place

The 65 universities which make up the Power Five conferences in the United States stand to lose in excess

Trawling through a myriad of TV channels, as you do when the only live action on the box is a fly crawling across the screen, recently I came across a fascinating travel documentary on Cuba presented by the actress Joanna Lumley - who turned out to be a most unlikely fight fan.

Olympics which, like several other countries, they boycotted in the political crossfire between the United

States and the Soviet Union.So prodigious a puncher was the spindly-legged Stevenson that he was offered

Two-time Asian Games champion Wang Qiang says she is making the most of a break from tennis, with the sport currently on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

third round before losing to Tunisia's Ons Jabeur in her next match.Wang returned to China from the United

States after the Indian Wells Masters was cancelled at short notice in early March and has since been

American softball player Cat Osterman has said she wants to help the next generation of players after coming out of retirement before Tokyo 2020.

The United States team is looking to win gold again in Japan at the postponed Olympics in 2021.

Television broadcaster Eurosport is set to show some of the best action from the 2019 International University Sports Federation (FISU) Summer World University Games.

sports.Japan finished top of the Games medal table for the second time in a row, holding off Russia, China, United

States and South Korea.Hosts Italy finished sixth in the table.Eurosport's output is currently focused

Beijing 2008 Olympic gymnastics champion Nastia Liukin has launched a fund for gyms impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.

The pandemic has resulted in the suspension of sport across the world, with many athletes in the United

States unable to train due to restrictive measures put in place to curb the spread of coronavirus.USA

Certain foreign professional athletes will be allowed to enter the United States for sports events and

secretary of homeland security Chad Wolf signed an order which opens US borders to athletes from China, the United

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is in talks with the Walt Disney Company about resuming its season at the company's ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando in Florida.

arenas and hotel accommodation.Florida has some of the loosest anti-coronavirus restrictions in the United

States, with youth sports allowed to resume and mixed martial arts and professional wrestling promotions