Published January 2, 2021, 10:19 AM
Olympic Rings are seen a the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne, amid the spread of the COVID-19. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
Amid the slew of cancelled sports spectacles worldwide last year, the sputtering attempts to restart in empty arenas stalled events, and the success of an experimental bubble, the single biggest question for 2021 is “Will the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics, initially calendared in mid-2020 at the height of a deadly global pandemic, finally see the light of day this July?”
The high lords of the International Olympic Committee and their counterparts in the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games hope so, and both have expressed confidence that the lives and safety of 15,000 athletes from over 200 countries, not to mention hundreds of thousands of spectators, will not be placed at risk in what could potentially be a catastrophic super-spreader event.
New Year Honours 2021: Sportspeople recognised in honours list
30 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM
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Ms Deborah (Debbie) Ann Hockley
Companion of the NZ Order of Merit for services to cricket
Almost 20 years to the day of her greatest triumph in a long and successful cricket career, White Ferns great Debbie Hockley continues to strive in making the women s game as strong as ever in New Zealand.
Hockley was first made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 1999 New Year honours before helping lead the White Ferns to victory in the 2000 World Cup final, the nation s only World Cup cricket title.
One-hundred-and-fifty-four people from a variety of sectors including education, sport, health, and science have been honoured.
Arch Jelley s reaction to being made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM) sums up the athletics super coach to a tee. “I was totally surprised and wondered who on earth could have nominated an 98-year-old coach who hasn’t been coaching runners for the past few years, but is now coaching bridge players,” the ever modest Jelley told
Stuff.
Athletics super coach Arch Jelley, left, with former Olympic runner John Walker in 2009. Jelley, a former Athletics New Zealand president who coached Olympic gold medallist Sir John Walker, received the honour for services to athletics and bridge.
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Tuesday, 29 December 2020
The President of Netball Jamaica says she is concerned over whether the national team s tour of England will take place next month, because of the new variant of coronavirus present in the country.
The Jamaican Government has banned flights to and from the United Kingdom for 14 days because of the new strain, a ban that is due to expire on January 4, two days before the Sunshine Girls are due to fly to the country.
Tricia Robinson said that although she was confident about the safety measures which are in place, she still had concerns over the team travelling to the country.