Tokyo Olympics 2020

Australia became the second country to pull out from Tokyo Olympics 2020 after Canada, citing reasons of concern over coronavirus. The development was confirmed by the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) on Monday. Meanwhile, there are also reports of the tournament being postponed to 2021. AOC Chief Executive Matt Carroll said that the board has taken the decision without even waiting for a confirmation from the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Carroll's comments came up Canada withdrew their consent of participating in the Tokyo Olympics

Amidst the fatal outbreak of Coronavirus which has spread all over the world, the Qatar Olympic Committee has decided to make changes to its events calendar. the QOC has attempted to postpone events to a later date and will announce the rescheduled dates in due course. These include FIBA 3x3 Basketball World Tour, FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series, International Youth U18 Cricket Tournament, 2nd Qatar men’s ITF World Tennis Tour, 1st Qatar ITF Junior Tennis Tournament, 2nd Qatar ITF Junior Tennis Tournament,

Qatar is eyeing to send a strong contingent of athletes for the Tokyo Olympics which will be held between July 24 – August 9. The squad as of now already looks good with the presence of world champion Mutaz Essa Barshim, a two-time Olympic medallist, and expert hurdler Abderrahman Samba. Abubaker Haydar Abdalla qualified for the 800-meter event. This will be Qatar's tenth appearance in the Summer Olympics. “We are looking to have more athletes but the number we already have are very

The FINA Marathon Swim World Series 2020 will be held from February 14 to 15 at Katara Beach, and will bring to Doha some of the best swimmers, including Olympic and world championship medallists. The event will feature the holding of the elite level 10km men and women’s races, which will be held in Doha for the third consecutive year. The Doha event is the first stage in the world-spanning series, which will include races in various locations worldwide, for the Tokyo Olympics

After not affiliating the country's state-sponsored doping scheme, the players will compete as unaffiliated athletes in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. In PyeongChang, 168 Russians competed as Olympic Athletes from Russia. After being banned from the 2018 Games, Russia initiated the Russian Anti-Doping Agency but the officials were caught earlier this year manipulating data from its Moscow anti-doping laboratory and misleading WADA investigators. Meanwhile, Thomas Bach, the president of the International Olympic Committee, has said the Olympic governing body must abide by WADA's decision.