The new Chinese Super League (CSL) season, which was originally scheduled to kick off on February 22, but later expected to start in late June following the restart of the country’s major basketball league, the CBA, on June 20; may now have to wait for the recommendation of the epidemiologists before kicking off. The Chinese […]
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I’m Really, Really Hungry-Akani Simbine
The Commonwealth and African Champion, South Africa Akani Simbine, is no longer find it funny of his near misses of podium in the World stage. In an interview with Athletics South Africa, Simbine underlined his desire for Olympic glory and said he was putting Tokyo 2020 “before everything else”. “I’m really, really hungry – there’s […]
A dilemma of opinions spread over the Weight Lifting’s family concerning the case of the most successful Egyptian Weight Lifting coach whose his last coaching with Egyptian Weight Lifters ended in disaster; when the seven minor were ban for doping offence. Korany has now been provincially suspended of which he may face life ban if […]
After approval by International Olympics Commitee (IOC) and Paralympic, Badminton World Federation (BWF) has outline new qualification rules for the Tokyo 2020. Although the new system will still maintain the ranking points earned during the original qualification window. However, it has extended the Olympic qualification period for the first 17 weeks of 2021, culminating around […]
When all the foreign runners who were stranded in Kenya because of covid-19 induced lockdown were thinking of how to get home quickly. The kiwi marathon runner Daniel Jones instead want to extend his staying. Jones want to extend his staying to get his Olympics qualification right. “Sometimes it feels like you’re competing over here. […]
A survey which was conducted by the so-called war room, made up of sports officials working alongside the SA Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) to tackle issues arising from the Covid-19 pandemic. They have compiled a report showing the survey results with the tagline “Help us save our sporting federations”, which has been submitted […]
Release advance payment of $500,000 Relaxed criteria to $6 million for developmental program More relief will be given in due course In other to help each 211 member associations to ease financial concerns caused by the covid-19 pandemic, the FIFA has released advance payments of $500,000 (£404,000/€462,000) to it’s member associations. The money is also […]