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Tonga coach Tevita Tu'ifua issues instructions at last month's Tailevu Sevens. Photo: Supplied The kingdom will play five matches against the All Blacks Sevens and a Fiji Barbarians team in Mount Maunganui as they step up their preparation for the final Olympic Qualification tournament in June. It's the third straight year Tonga's New Zealand-based squad have tested themselves against the World Series champions and coach Tevita Tu'ifua is grateful for the opportunity. "It is quite a blessing that we are able to base here in New Zealand with Covid and we have this opportunity," he said. "It's...

Saturday, 30 January 2021 This year's World Synchronized Skating Championships, due to have taken place from April 9 to 10 in Zagreb, have been cancelled because of what the International Skating Union (ISU) describes as "the ongoing pandemic and detrimental consequences." The Arena Zagreb is currently being used to treat patients suffering with COVID-19 as cases continue to rise in Croatia. Following an online ISU Council meeting, the world governing body has also announced new dates for cancelled Beijing 2022 test events to be held in Olympic venues in the Chinese capital. The Internationa...

Concacaf confirms Guadalajara to host Men's Olympic Qualifiers in March 2021 01/15/21 Winner and the runner-up will qualify for the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games Concacaf has today confirmed that the regional Men’s Olympic Qualifiers will take place in Guadalajara, Mexico, from March 18 to 30, 2021. The 15th edition of this competition was initially scheduled for March 2020, but due to the pandemic and the postponement of the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games, it was rescheduled for 2021. In January 2020, the eight participating U23 Men’s National Teams were drawn into two groups of four at a dra...

BWF ANNOUNCES TOURNAMENT CALENDAR FOR Q1 AND Q2 OF 2021 12/21/20 The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has successfully completed a review process of the BWF Tournament Calendar for 2021, as well as procedures for reopening the BWF World Rankings and vital information related to qualification and seedings for the Olympic Games in Tokyo. BWF can also announce a COVID-19 Support Package for tournament hosts that provides financial assistance and details cost relieving initiatives to ensure tournaments can continue to be part of the HSBC BWF World Tour and BWF Tour in 2021. These decisions wer...

EKF Senior Championships to be held in Croatia 12/10/20 The 56th European Karate Championships will be held in Porec (Croatia) from May 19 to 23, 2021. The Executive Committee of the EKF has decided to award the organisation of European Karate’s biggest event to the Croatian national federation following the withdrawal of Sweden as the host of the event. Initially scheduled to be held in Gothenburg (Sweden), the 2021 European Senior Championships had to be relocated due to the retraction of the Swedish Karate Federation to organise the tournament because of the effects of the Coronavirus ...