Olympics organizers claim it is too early to cancel Olympics
The International Olympic Committee has said that the 2020 Tokyo Olympics could still take place on 24th June, despite the coronavirus outbreak. They claim that things could change and the situation may settle down by the time June rolls along. It would be very difficult to move the Olympics to a later date due to the scale of the event.
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Young Japanese athletes suffered physical and sexual abuse
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Football match in Romania called off over six coronavirus cases
According to the reports, Romanian Football Federation has called off Saturday's second division match between leaders UTA Arad and Petrolul Ploiesti after five Petrolul players and the club's kit man were diagnosed with the coronavirus. Club announced that the infected players had been isolated and local health authorities were working to determine how they got infected
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Roger Federer to miss 2020 after knee Surgery
On Wednesday, Federer announced that he recently had a second operation on his right knee and that he would not play again this year. Federer, 38, first had surgery on the knee in February, shortly after reaching the semifinals of the Australian Open and playing an exhibition match with Rafael Nadal in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Pakistan reports deadliest coronavirus day so far
Pakistan recorded 105 coronavirus deaths in the last 24 hours as the country had the deadliest day since the virus outbreak. The South Asian country also reported 4,646 new COVID-19 cases in a single day. Pakistan working on the expansion of its testing capacity, the country conducted 24,620 tests yesterday, its highest so far. Punjab is the worst affected province with 40,819 cases
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