Japanese Olympic Committee vice-president tests positive for coronavirus

Kozo Tashima, vice-president of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) and Present of the Japan Football Association (JFA), has coronavirus.
Kozo Tashima, vice-president of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) and Present of the Japan Football Association (JFA), has coronavirus.
UniSport Australia has cancelled or postponed a number of events in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
A poll has found that 69.9 per cent of Japanese people do not expect the Olympic and Paralympic Games to go ahead as currently planned this summer.
Four male athletes have been elected to the nine-person International Floorball Federation (IFF) Athletes’ Commission (ATC).
Incumbent Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo leads with 30 per cent of the vote after the first round of voting in the French capital.
The Russian Ministry of Sport has cancelled all international events scheduled to take place in the country until further notice because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Opening Ceremony for the International Chess Federation (FIDE) Candidates Tournament is set to take place in Yekaterinburg tomorrow despite the coronavirus pandemic.
A pre-Tokyo 2020 visit to Japan by the Indian Olympic Association has been suspended as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
The General Assembly of the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) and accompanying elections - originally scheduled to take place today - have been deferred to a later date.
Jammu and Kashmir topped the medals table as the inaugural Khelo India Winter Games came to a close in Gulmarg.
The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) European Championships, scheduled to begin later this month, have been postponed until June because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Nigeria Archery Federation has expressed that sending an archer to Paris 2024 is one of the organisation's main goals.
The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has postponed all Pro League matches scheduled for before April 15 because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The SportAccord World Sport and Business Summit - set to be held in Lausanne in Switzerland next month - has been cancelled.
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has once again insisted that the Olympic Torch Relay in Japan will go ahead, despite the Greek leg being cancelled yesterday.