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SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Senior international Olympics official John Coates said yesterday the delayed Tokyo Olympics could end up being the greatest Games ever, coming next year as the world emerges from COVID-19 crisis.

SYDNEY, May 9 (Reuters) – Playing against India behind closed doors in the much-anticipated test series at the end of the year might end up being an advantage for the home side, according to Australia batsman Usman Khawaja.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Jamaica Football Federation president, Michael Ricketts, is relaxed about possible changes to the “hexagonal” qualifying for the 2022 World Cup, and says he will adopt a “wait and see” approach to planned deliberations within continental governing body, CONCACAF.

The Chicago Bulls’ new leaders have gotten enough negative reviews of coach Jim Boylen that they are leaning toward moving on without him, according to a report.

The Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) is doing whatever in it can to assist its umbrella bodies and athletes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Emuwnah Pross and Tevin Bremner will face-off in the final of the inaugural I-Bet Supreme FIFA 20 ‘League of Champions’ e-Sports Championship, following semifinal, wins on Thursday evening.

Former junior chess champion, Attorney-at-Law, Ron Motilall, supports the Guyana Chess Federation’s decision to suspend tournaments locally and says there are several alternative measures the GCF could use to keep the players active.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Former top West Indies cricket administrator, Deryck Murray, has warned against a forced restart of cricket amidst the current challenges posed by the deadly coronavirus pandemic, and says any premature actions by authorities could lead to a deepening of the crisis.

International cricketer Keemo Paul recently returned to his homeland of Saxacalli on a mission to aid the village with basic food and cleaning supplies.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – India captain Virat Kohli and his team mates would be ready to spend two weeks in quarantine in Australia if that helped the tour go ahead as planned later this year, a top official of the Indian board has said.

LONDON, CMC – England Test captain Joe Root has thrown his support behind the radical proposal aimed at ensuring the Test series against West Indies comes off in July, arguing fans were “desperate for some live sport” and players were frustrated by the lack of playing time.

Guyana’s Keemo Paul will be featured in a Hero Caribbean Premier League film on May 22.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Trinidad and Tobago’s chief selector, Tony Gray, believes Denesh Ramdin remains the best gloveman in the region, despite the rise of several other wicketkeepers in recent years.

(Reuters) – The magical atmosphere will be missing if the cricket season currently stalled by the COVID-19 pandemic resumes in empty stadiums, India captain Virat Kohli has said.

(Reuters) – Children will need more access to sport in the post-pandemic world and there is a pressing need to press authorities to stop school sports “withering on the vine”, World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said yesterday.

Houston Rockets head coach Mike D’Antoni is in championship-or-else territory when the 2019-20 season resumes.

TORONTO,  (Reuters) – The reigning NBA champions Toronto Raptors said yesterday they will allow players access to the team’s training facilities from next week under strict guidelines amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

TORONTO, (Reuters) – Canada’s amateur sport system will receive C$72 million ($51.72 million) in coronavirus relief funding from the federal government, the country’s Heritage Minister said yesterday.

Former NHL player Georges Laraque, who has recovered from COVID-19, doesn’t want to see the season resume amid the pandemic.

MILAN, (Reuters) – Inter Milan’s entire first-team squad have given negative results in testing for the coronavirus, the Serie A club said on Friday as they prepared to resume training.