Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has agreed to extend until 1 August 2020 the deadline for the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) to verify the eligibility of all 4.0 and 4.5 class players set to compete at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.In January 2020, the IPC announced that the IWBF was non-compliant with the IPC ...

Andy Murray will play in a tournament organised by brother Jamie that will raise money for NHS Charities Together.‘Schroders Battle of the Brits’ will take place behind closed doors at the National Tennis Centre in Roehampton from 23-28 June.The tournament, which will have singles and doubles champions, will feature the likes of Kyle Edmund and Dan Evans and will be ...

Roger Federer is the first tennis player to top the annual Forbes list of the world’s highest paid athletes, overtaking footballer Lionel Messi.Federer, 38, moved up four places after earning £86.2m in the past year – about £81m of it in endorsements.Cristiano Ronaldo (£85m), Messi (£84m) and Neymar (£77.5m) come next, while American basketball player LeBron James (£71.5m) completes the ...

England have named 14 uncapped players in a group of 55 that have been asked to return to training in preparation for a revamped international summer.Reece Topley, who has not played for England in four years after a long struggle with injury, is also included.England are likely to need to separate Test and limited-overs squads to cope with a congested ...

Coronavirus replacements could be allowed in England’s summer Test series against West Indies and Pakistan.The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is in talks with the International Cricket Council (ICC) over changes to the playing conditions.This month the ICC revealed plans to ban the use of saliva to shine the ball amid the coronavirus pandemic.Currently, the only reason a player ...

The World Team Tennis (WTT) season, set to feature Grand Slam champions Sloane Stephens and Sofia Kenin, will begin on 5 July.About 500 fans will be able attend the matches, held at a 2,500-capacity court in Greenbrier, in the United States.“The overwhelming feedback is players want to play and are comfortable doing so in a safe environment,” said WTT chief ...

Captain Eoin Morgan says it needs “more time” before Alex Hales returns to the England side, saying he could have “derailed” last year’s World Cup bid.Hales has not played for England since being removed from the World Cup squad in May 2019 for an “off-field incident” – reportedly failing a drugs test.England will next week name a training squad of ...

Hundred of lower-ranked tennis players are struggling to make a living during the coronavirus shut down as they depend solely on the tournament earnings to make ends meet. Subsequently, a debate is raging on about how to best help these players. Former Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli has a surprising solution to do exactly that.Earlier, World No.1 Novak Djokovic, along with ...

Lahore: The International Netball Federation on Wednesday organised an INF Roadshow of Asia, discussing the impact of coronavirus pandemic that has affected the international sports activities across the globe. including that of netball events in Asia and elsewhere.President INF Liz Nicholl (CBE) chaired the meeting and briefed the participants from the various countries about the recovery and development plans for ...

The ICC has “successfully finished” cricket in the last 10 years and brought it down to its knees, former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar has insisted in a scathing criticism of the sport’s global body. During a conversation with Sanjay Manjrekar for ESPNcricinfo’s podcast, Akhtar expressed his anguish at some of the playing conditions in white ball cricket, which has made ...