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Cloud over 2020 Tokyo Olympics as coronavirus hits sporting events globally

IOC president Thomas Bach on Wednesday has stressed it's too early to decide the fate of 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic

35% of Valencia players and staff members test positive for coronavirus

The virus spread among the squad following last month's trip to Milan, "an area confirmed as 'high risk' by the Italian authorities days afterwards, says Valencia football club

Copa America postponed until April next year over coronavirus pandemic

CONMEBOL said the 47th edition of the Copa America will be held from June 11 to July 11 next year

Coronavirus: Spanish football coach Francisco Garcia passes away aged 21

Atletico Portada Alta released an official statement on Instagram about the passing away of Garcia

What do we do? Fans wonder after sports events postponed over Covid-19

Before the coronavirus crisis caused mass cancellations and postponements in the last three days, March was to be a busy sports month

Ronaldinho lawyers appeal pre-trial detention in fake passport case

The 39-year-old World Cup winner and his brother, Roberto de Assis Moreira, have been held in a police cell since last Friday accused of entering Paraguay using fake passports

'Military training' to help China's footballers stay trim, beat Coronavirus

Matches in China are indefinitely suspended over the outbreak but the football association has issued detailed orders, telling clubs how long players must train each week

Coronavirus: These sports events have been affected by Covid-19 outbreak

Japan's Olympics Minister Seiko Hashimoto on Tuesday hinted that the Tokyo Games could be postponed due to the Coronavirus outbreak

In Bengaluru, amateur women footballers dole out lessons in life and sport

Sisters in Sweat is all about women building each other up, echo members of the community

LaLiga talks cricket in a football field, starts campaign with Rohit Sharma

The Spanish football league turns to Rohit Sharma to kick one into the net for the brand, build its appeal among fans and young footballers

Tapping talent

There really is no point in cribbing about the standard of Indian football despite its 1.3 billion-plus population

Olympic football qualifiers, Fed Cup moved from China over coronavirus fear

The football tournament had already been moved from Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak, to Nanjing in Jiangsu province, but will now be held in Sydney, the Asian Football Confederation said

Message for people running Manchester United: Stop taking fans for granted

The Burnley game felt significant, a seminal moment where a sense of disillusionment had outstripped all hope and optimism

RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group buys majority stake in Mohun Bagan Football Club

Kolkata Games and Sports (KGS), an RPSG venture, which owns the ATK brand, will be merged with Mohun Bagan Football Club Pvt Ltd to form a new company

Why football fans in Goa are becoming an animated, even belligerent lot

Football fans in Goa are shaking off their sussegado and becoming an animated, raucous, even belligerent lot, writes Aniruddha Sen Gupta

Not here to dance for fans as mascot: Ibrahimovic on his 2nd AC Milan stint

"When you're 38 and get hired by AC Milan it's something that doesn't happen very often, coming here means I still have something to give", the Swedish star said

The price of speaking their mind is particularly high for sportspersons

Mesut Ozil with Turkish roots, chose to condemn the Chinese government's treatment of Uighur Muslims in the country's Xinjiang province

LaLiga appoints Rohit Sharma as first-ever brand ambassador in India

He is the first non-footballer in the history of the league to have signed on the dotted line with Laliga

The Magical Magyars and their considerable influence on European football

Football writer Jonathan Wilson reminds us of a time when the Magical Magyars shaped the world of football

Race to the bottom

As far as Europe is concerned, a credible hypothesis is that racism in sport mirrors the growth of right-wing tendencies in society as a whole, which in turn produces right-wing regimes