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DILI (6 April 2020) – The sporting world is coming together more than ever in these exceptional times. From tennis to Formula 1, the Olympics to the beautiful game itself, every event and discipline is having to deal with the impact of the COVID-19 virus. In the midst of all this, it seems fitting that…
DILI (5 April 2020) – The FIFA-Confederations working group which was recently established by the Bureau of the FIFA Council to address the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, and which includes the FIFA administration and secretary generals and top executives from all confederations, has unanimously approved a series of recommendations following its first meeting, which…
DILI (2 April 2020) – World football governing body FIFA are ready to help their member associations hard hit by the raging Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Cash-rich FIFA have some US2.7 billion reserves, according to a Reuters report, to give financial assistance due to the serious financial problems on account of COVID-19. A myriad of issues…
DILI (30 March 2020) – The Tokyo Olympics organizers have announced new dates for the mega event next year – July 23-Aug 8 2021 – exactly a year from this year’s dates before the games were postponed. The Paralympics have been earmarked for Aug 24- Sept 5, 2021. This year’s Tokyo 2020 Olympics was forced…
DILI (24 March 2020) – THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (IOC), THOMAS BACH, AND THE PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN, ABE SHINZO, HELD A CONFERENCE CALL THIS MORNING TO DISCUSS THE CONSTANTLY CHANGING ENVIRONMENT WITH REGARD TO COVID-19 AND THE OLYMPIC GAMES TOKYO 2020. They were joined by Mori Yoshiro, the President of the…
DILI (22 March 2020) – India have been named as the hosts for the expanded AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2022. India first hosted the tournament back in 1980 and where this time around in 2022, they will be hosting an expanded tournament of 12 teams instead of eight. India are also set to host the…