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On Wednesday (Sept 16), the Canada Games Council (CGC) and the Niagara Host Society announced about its decision to postpone the 2021 Canada Summer Games in Niagara until 2022. The decision to postpone was taken due to the safety and health risks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Canada Summer Games were originally scheduled to be held in Niagara Region ...

The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India had declared the list of 27 Sportsperson who will be conferred with Arjuna Award for 2020 and 5 awardees of Khel Ratna Award. In a first, the awards will be held virtually on 29 August, the National Sports Day, instead of the Rashtrapati Bhavan this year due to the COVID-19 ...

Chetan Pratap Singh Chauhan, known as Chetan Chauhan in the cricket world, died due to COVID-19 complications today at the age of 73.  He was shifted from Sanjay Gandhi Hospital, Lucknow to the Medanta hospital, Gurugram earlier this week after his health deteriorated. Chauhan represented India in 40 Tests and will always be remembered for forging successful opening partnerships with ...

The 13th edition of Indian Premier League, IPL 2020 is scheduled to take place in the United Arab Emirates from September 19 till November 10. IPL is the professional Twenty 20 cricket league established by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007. The tournament was originally scheduled to commence on 29 March 2020, but was suspended ...

The initial hope of having 2020 Formula 1 Grand Prix race in Montreal as per a revised schedule has ended yesterday, after the organizers formally announcing its cancellation.  The race was initially postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and was anticipated to later take place some weekend in November. Formula 1 finally confirmed yesterday that there will be no races ...

Hockey Canada on Friday 3rd July announced that the 2020 Under-17 World Hockey Challenge that was scheduled to take place in the fall has been cancelled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The annual tournament was set to start on October 31 and was to run for a week in Charlottetown and Summerside, P.E.I. “Hockey Canada’s priority remains the health ...

Saskatchewan is set to lift restrictions related to the novel coronavirus pandemic from Monday, June 22, giving its people more flexibility to enjoy summer. As per the reopening plan, outdoor swimming pools, paddling pools and spray parks are allowed to open effective June 22. With new plan effective next Monday some other outdoor sports, summer camps and recreational activities may ...

Three-time World and Paralympic gold medalist Sonja Gaudet from Vernon, B.C. made it into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame in the Class of 2020-21. After an unfortunate equestrian accident that left her paralyzed from the chest down, Gaudet – at age 31 and with support from her husband, two young kids aged six and three at the time of her ...

Hockey legend and India’s oldest surviving Olympic medalist Balbir Singh Sr breathed his last at a Mohali hospital on Monday (May 25) morning. He was member of the 1948 London Olympics gold medal-winning Indian hockey team. Singh scored six goals, including a hat-trick, against Argentina in India’s 9-1 win in the second group game during the Olympics. He was not ...

On Thursday, 24 years since the team first entered the league, the Toronto Raptors took home their first NBA title. The historic victory marks the first time that a team outside the U.S. won the NBA Finals after the Toronto Raptors dethroned the Golden State Warriors in Game 6 of the NBA Finals. It was the biggest night in Canadian ...