The Dutch Olympic Committee*Dutch Sports Federation (NOC*NSF) has provided hospitals in the country with cooling vests and iced drink machines to help their battle against the coronavirus pandemic.
One of the three boxers diagnosed with COVID-19 following the European qualifier for Tokyo 2020 returned a false positive and was not infected with the virus, according to the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
The International Boxing Association (AIBA) is set to postpone its Extraordinary Congress indefinitely amid growing worldwide concern over the coronavirus pandemic, insidethegames has learned.
Approximately 70 per cent of staff at Football Federation Australia (FFA) have been stood down in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly has been confirmed as his country's representative on the International Cricket Council (ICC) Board.
Airbnb, the newest member of The Olympic Partner (TOP) sponsorship scheme, has reportedly suspended all of its marketing activities because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka has vowed athletes and organisers will be "stronger than ever" at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after the event was postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Stadiums which hosted matches in the football tournament at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro are among the sports facilities set to be used to help the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
Tokyo 2020 President Yoshirō Mori has warned International Federations that deciding who covers the additional costs arising from the postponement of the Olympic Games will be a "major challenge".
A decision on when the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will be held is expected to be made within the next three weeks, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) told countries on a conference call today.
A request from the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) to Congress for $200 million (£161 million/€181 million) of a relief package designed to help with the coronavirus pandemic has been rejected.
The postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games until no later than the summer of 2021 has sparked uncertainty for those who have purchased apartments at the Athletes' Village.
Michel Hidalgo, who led France to their first major trophy at the 1984 European Championship, has died age 87.
Athletes who had qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will keep their places at the rescheduled event after it was postponed until no later than the summer of 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic.
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) President Witold Bańka has warned athletes against using the coronavirus crisis to cheat the system and stressed the organisation had weapons other than testing in its armoury.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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