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A Scottish Women’s Rugby player being treated for coronavirus spent days training near to Team GB Olympians at their base in Loughborough before she was diagnosed. The player, who caught the virus in Italy, is now responding ‘well’ to treatment while friends, team-mates and fellow students are in self-isolation waiting to see if they develop … Read more
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES In doubt The scale of the outbreak in Japan saw senior International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound describe the disease as ‘the new war’ threatening Tokyo 2020 and he warned the Games may have to be cancelled if the virus was still around by May. Olympic organisers told athletes to train as normal … Read more
Could the Olympics be held WITHOUT spectators? WHO officials ‘have discussed a fan-free Tokyo 2020 with sports federation medical officers’ Fan-free Games were reportedly discussed by WHO and sports federations Officials have also discussed different strategies for indoor and outdoor events The Games are due to begin at a new £1.1billion stadium in Tokyo on … Read more
Olympic committee president insists cancelling or postponing Tokyo 2020 was not even discussed during key meeting today An Olympic meeting was held on Wednesday but cancellation wasn’t discussed Japan could lose more than £10billion if the Games were to be cancelled Organisers insist the Games will happen but doubts have grown in recent weeks By … Read more
Japan could lose more than £11billion if the Tokyo Olympics are cancelled over coronavirus fears, while private firms face further losses of more than £6billion, it is feared. The £9.6billion bill for the Olympics including huge taxpayer spending on a new national stadium would be regarded as wasted if the Games are cancelled. In addition, … Read more
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES In doubt The scale of the outbreak in Japan saw senior International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound describe the disease as ‘the new war’ threatening Tokyo 2020 and he warned the Games may have to be cancelled if the virus was still around by May. Olympic organisers told athletes to train as normal … Read more
It’s hard not to feel a sense of impending doom when reading about the coronavirus infection that is rapidly sweeping the globe. Figures show it has killed more than 3,000 and infected almost 90,000 people in at least 65 countries. The majority of infections and deaths are in the Hubei province of China, where the never-before-seen … Read more
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES In doubt The scale of the outbreak in Japan saw senior International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound describe the disease as ‘the new war’ threatening Tokyo 2020 and he warned the Games may have to be cancelled if the virus was still around by May. Olympic organisers told athletes to train as normal … Read more
Hundreds of flights have been cancelled. Tourists are stranded, quarantined in their hotels. World stock markets are in freefall, and there are reports of desperate shoppers stockpiling crates of supplies – from nappies to medicines to toilet roll. Sales of surgical spirit have surged and Boots announced it has sold out of anti-bacterial hand gel. There’s … Read more
‘Topless Tongan’ who wowed crowds at two summer and winter Olympics qualifies for his third Games in Tokyo Pita Taufatofua turned heads after oiling chiselled torso during past Olympics He will represent Tonga in taekwondo and potentially kayaking this year Also hinted that he wants to try and compete in canoeing in Tokyo this year … Read more