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World Athletics announces protected window for 2020 national championships

World Athletics has put aside the weekend of 8-9 August, 2020, as the protected window for national championships this year, following the disruption of the international competition calendar by the coronavirus pandemic.

Olympics: IOC President Bach’s May trip to Japan canceled

Tokyo Olympics and Paralympic Organizing Committee CEO Toshiro Muto said Friday that International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach’s scheduled visit to Japan in May has been canceled due to the new coronavirus pandemic.

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Ministry of Health reports on the increase in coronavirus infected in Uzbekistan

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About 63% of those admitted to the Medical School of AKFA University are residents of Tashkent

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Meeting of the Advisory Board of the IFC project on the development of socially responsible and environmentally sustainable cotton production in Uzbekistan takes place

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Olympic men’s football age limit raised to 24

FIFA has extended the age limit for the men’s football tournament at the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics to 24 from 23.

Kirsty Coventry may lead the Athletes’ Commission till 2021

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) may extend the IOC membership of the Athletes’ Commission representatives whose terms would have expired at this year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo.

Tokyo Olympics delay could cost US$2.7 billion

Delaying the 2020 Summer Olympics until 2021 could have a massively negative financial impact on Japan, the Associated Press reported quoting Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei.

Tokyo 2020 Olympic flame on display in Fukushima

The Olympic flame will be on display at the J-Village National Training Centre in Fukushima for the month of April. Envisaged as a guiding light for the people of Japan and a symbol of the country’s recovery from the earthquake and tsunami in 2011, the Olympic flame has become a symbol of hope for all countries of the world during these most challenging of times.

Uzbekistan may host Asian Youth Games in 2025

A draft Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On the organization of the IV Summer Asian Games among young people in 2025 in Uzbekistan” has been posted on the regulatory discussion portal, Dunyo news agency reported.

ITF academy resources made available for free

To assist the 164,000 tennis coaches globally during this time of uncertainty, the ITF is making more resources on its ITF Academy platform available for free for the duration of this period of imposed shutdown.

Advisor to the President wishes good luck to Uzbek athletes

Advisor to the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Abdujabbor Abdukhuhidov had a telephone conversation with the leadership of the National Olympic Committee of Uzbekistan and asked how representatives of the Olympic sports team are quarantined.

IOC, IPC, Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee and Tokyo metropolitan government announce new dates for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020

The International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee, the Tokyo metropolitan government and the government of Japan agreed new dates for the games of the XXXII Olympiad, in 2021.

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