Training of volunteers for the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics have been postponed over the Coronavirus outbreak in Japan. The organising committee of the event in a statement made the announcement on Friday saying the training slated for Saturday has been rescheduled to a later date.

Russia has been banned from all major sporting events for four years by the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) as punishment for a string of state-sponsored, doping-related offences and the country’s repeated brazen efforts to mislead authorities.

Sequel to the mistaken transfer of some monies by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) to the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), the Minister of Sports, Sunday Dare has approved the refund of the balance of the sum the IAAF.