World Taekwondo has said it will make sure all athletes and stakeholders are informed "as early as possible" about any potential adjustments it needs to make to its competition calendar following the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games to 2021.
Kosovan judoka Majlinda Kelmendi has welcomed the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after revealing she has been suffering from problems with injuries.
Russia's two-time Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Svetlana Khorkina has made the controversial claim that the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games is God's punishment for the sports community and the world in general for the removal of the country from leading international competitions.
Irish sprinter Jason Smyth says his goal of claiming a gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics is not affected by the postponement of the Games until 2021.
Upcoming Coordination Group meetings for the 2021 and 2023 International Ski Federation (FIS) Nordic and Alpine World Ski Championships are set to be staged as conference calls amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Japanese swimming star Rikako Ikee has returned to the pool for the first time since she was diagnosed with leukaemia in February of last year.
Teams in the highest tier of professional football in China have resumed training this week as the coronavirus outbreak in the country eases.
The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) is to create a series of discipline-specific task forces to evaluate the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on its calendar.
Tokyo 2020 has today announced that it has decided to cancel the Kabuki x Opera "Luminous, The Lord" event, part of the Nippon Festival, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Football Federation Australia (FFA) chief executive James Johnson says the national governing body would like to open up discussion with FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to consider adjusting the Olympic men’s football tournament so that it becomes an under-24 tournament, rather than an under-23 tournament, for the re-scheduled Tokyo 2020 Games.
European Athletics vice-president Libor Varhaník will temporarily take over from President Svein Arne Hansen as the chair of the Board for the 2022 multi-sport European Championships in Munich, insidethegames has learned.
France's Maxime Vachier-Lagrave has moved to the top of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) Candidates Tournament standings after beating home player Ian Nepomniachtchi in Russian city Yekaterinburg today.
International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) President Jannie Hammershoi has expressed her support for the decision to postpone the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
A doping researcher who testified on behalf of Lance Armstrong during the United States Department of Justice case has been banned from cycling for doping.
This year's World Athletics Under-20 Championships in Kenya have been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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