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Algeria delays 2021 Mediterranean Games till 2022 amid coronavirus fears

Date: 2020-03-31 13:53:49 GMT - Algeria - Sports - SN:36 - ID:8376910

ALGIERS, March 31 (MENA) - Algeria announced on Tuesday that it postponed the 19th edition of the 2021 Mediterranean Games to be in 2022 instead of 2021. The tournament was scheduled to be held from June 25 to July 5 in Oran. Algerian ....

IHF head: Efforts underway to hold Men's Handball Championship on time

Date: 2020-03-30 20:26:44 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:75 - ID:8376230

CAIRO, March 30 (MENA) - President of the International Handball Federation (IHF) Hassan Moustafa said that he exerts strenuous efforts to hold the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship in Egypt on time. In press statements on Monday, Moustafa ....

Tokyo Olympics to be held from July 23 to Aug. 8 in 2021

Date: 2020-03-30 15:18:49 GMT - Japan - Sports - SN:50 - ID:8375738

TOKYO, March 30 (MENA) - The Tokyo Olympics, which were postponed due to the global coronavirus pandemic, will be held from July 23 to Aug. 8 in 2021, the games' organizing committee was quoted by Kyodo news agency as saying Monday. The 2020 ....

Ministries in talks to return athletes stranded overseas by coronavirus

Date: 2020-03-29 16:45:11 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:60 - ID:8374547

CAIRO, March 29 (MENA) - Youth and Sport Minister Ashraf Sobhi discussed Sunday with officials from the ministries of health, foreign affairs and civil aviation the measures necessary to bring back home Egyptian athletes stuck overseas by a ....

Japan's B-League cancels remainder of season due to virus

Date: 2020-03-27 11:30:21 GMT - Japan - Sports - SN:30 - ID:8371914

TOKYO, March 27 (MENA) - The B-League said Friday it will cancel the remainder of the season due to the coronavirus pandemic, Kyodo news agency reported. Japan's professional basketball league made the decision to abandon the rest of its regular ....

LaLiga suspend season indefinitely as coronavirus kills over 2,000 in Spain

Date: 2020-03-23 15:36:27 GMT - Spain - Sports - SN:55 - ID:8366636

MADRID, March 23 (MENA) - LaLiga and the rest of the Spanish football calendar has been suspended indefinitely as the coronavirus continues to disrupt sport across the world, the Daily Mail reported. LaLiga and the Spanish soccer federation ....

Sports min. orders adopting anti-COVID 19 measures

Date: 2020-03-23 14:49:15 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:50 - ID:8366442

CAIRO, March 23 (MENA) - Youth and Sports Minister Ashraf Sobhy Monday conferred with the supreme committee of youth centers to probe a set of topics, topped by precautionary measures against the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. The minister said all ....

No plans to lay off club workers due to suspending sports activities

Date: 2020-03-22 17:42:18 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:51 - ID:8365122

CAIRO, March 22 (MENA) - The Youth and Sports Ministry stressed Sunday that Egyptian sporting clubs have no plans to lay off trainers of junior teams to cut costs after suspending sports activities due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. In a ....

Coronavirus: English football extends suspension to April 30

Date: 2020-03-19 15:52:29 GMT - United Kingdom - Sports - SN:84 - ID:8361413

LONDON, March 19 (MENA) - English football will not return until April 30 "at the earliest", it has been decided at an emergency meeting between Premier League clubs, but the 2019/20 season will be extended indefinitely, Sky Sports ....

Infantino offers to move Club World Cup to accommodate Euro in 2021

Date: 2020-03-17 18:57:44 GMT - Switzerland - Sports - SN:78 - ID:8358481

ZURICH, March 17 (MENA) - FIFA president Gianni Infantino on Tuesday proposed delaying next year's revamped 24-team Club World Cup in China after UEFA postponed the European Championship until 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic, France 24 ....