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  • 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 ....

  • Copa America postponed from 2020 to 2021

    Date: 2020-03-17 18:24:11 GMT - Paraguay - Sports - SN:77 - ID:8358430

    ASUNCION, March 17 (MENA) - The Copa America due to kick off in June in Argentina and Colombia was on Tuesday postponed by a year to 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic, organizers CONMEBOL said. The announcement came shortly after UEFA's ....

  • FIFA president calls on football associations to push WHO's advice

    Date: 2020-03-17 14:56:53 GMT - Switzerland - Sports - SN:58 - ID:8357944

    ZURICH, March 17 (MENA) - FIFA is urging all football associations to publicize the World Health Organization’s preventive measures against the spread of the coronavirus, Gianni Infantino, president of world football's governing body, said in a ....

  • Sports Ministry suspends all activities for 2 weeks

    Date: 2020-03-14 22:08:56 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:51 - ID:8353783

    CAIRO, March 14 (MENA) - The Youth and Sports Ministry, in coordination with the Egyptian Olympic Committee, announced on Saturday suspending all its activities nationwide for two weeks starting Sunday to contain the outbreak of the ....

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