Coronavirus will not deter athletes, says hockey champion Dwyer
The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted Olympic qualifying and put the whole Games in doubt but most athletes would be prepared to make big compromises to...
Olympics: Coronavirus closures force softball players into TFH mode – training from home
Locked out of practice fields because of coronavirus-related restrictions, Olympic softball players this week began turning their homes into training centers and preparing to lean...
Olympics: Swimming Australia call for ‘level playing field’ if Games go ahead
Swimming Australia have called on the International Olympic Committee to ensure there is “a level playing field” if the Tokyo Games go ahead as athletes...
Foreign ministers of South Korea, China, Japan support Tokyo holding ‘complete’ Olympics – Seoul
The foreign ministers of South Korea, China and Japan expressed their support for Tokyo to host “complete” Tokyo Olympics at a video conference held on...
World championship postponed over coronavirus
The World Snooker Championship in Sheffield became the latest staple of the British sporting diet to be postponed on Friday because of the coronavirus pandemic....
Truckmaker Volvo to put all 20,000 Swedish staff on temporary lay off-scheme
Truckmaker AB Volvo said on Friday it would put all its 20,000 staff in Sweden on short-term temporary lay off-scheme starting next week as it...
‘Strings attached’: Governments offer financial lifelines to airlines, at a price
Shattered airlines were left counting the cost of government support as countries from the United States to New Zealand set out conditions for bailouts needed...
Coronavirus updates: California, Pennsylvania take strict actions; US death toll hits 205 – USA TODAY
Coronavirus updates: California, Pennsylvania take strict actions; US death toll hits 205 USA TODAY California governor issues statewide order to ‘stay at home’ effective Thursday evening CNBC...
India executes four men for brutal 2012 Delhi bus rape
India hanged four men on Friday (March 20) who were convicted for the rape and murder of a young woman on a bus in New...
Markets lifted as central banks, governments pour in cash
Stock markets rebounded from some of their recent huge losses on Friday, pulling further away from three-year lows as central banks and governments pledged masses...