New UK Athletics chairman Nic Coward believes the Tokyo 2020 Olympics should be postponed due to the coronavirus. The pandemic has turned the sporting world upside down, with the likes of football, rugby, cricket and golf suspended while Euro 2020 has been postponed until next summer.

Despite the sporting calendar being wrecked and athletes finding themselves unable to train, Olympic organisers have insisted the Games will still go ahead as normal.

Team GB insisted this week they would not risk the health of athletes just because the Games are due to take place in a few months time.

Key qualifying events have been cancelled, while more and more athletes have come out in criticising the organisers' stance to press ahead with plans to stage

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Joe Rogan Addresses COVID Stance & N-Word Scandal In New Standup: 'I Talk S**t For A Living'

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Dollywood offers to pay tuition for employees

according to the website. "The education benefit package is available to all team members on the first day of their employment. It will allow employees at all levels to pursue their personal and professional dreams," the website said.The resort will also cover any additional fees and textbook costs. "Our goal at Dollywood Parks and Resorts is to provide the best possible experience for both our guests and our hosts," Eugene Naughton, president of The Dollywood Company, said in a news release.

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Trudeau slams Canada trucker protests, police threaten arrests

Canadian police have threatened to arrest trucker-led protesters who have shut down central Ottawa and disrupted cross-border trade in anger at Covid health rules, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau lambasted the movement as "unacceptable."

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Fourth dose of Covid-19 vaccine ‘conceivable’ to protect against Omicron variant: Fauci

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Alberta parents, school officials react to COVID-19 masking changes

Alberta students will not have to wear masks in schools come Monday — and parents are split on their feelings about the changes. Breanna Karstens-Smith reports.

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Trucker protests: Trudeau says government has helped people grappling with demonstrations in Alberta, Ottawa ‘every step of the way’

During Tuesday’s session of question period, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh asked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau what concrete steps the government has taken to help people grapple with the Coutts, Alta. trucker convoy and Ottawa anti-mandate protests.

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Alberta Premier Jason Kenney explains timing of vaccine passport ending

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Edmonton exploring its own municipal restrictions exemption program

Edmonton city council is weighing its options when it comes to introducing its own COVID-19 health measures. Councillors voted in favour Wednesday of exploring a municipal proof of vaccination program. Kim Smith explains.

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COVID-19: City committee votes against exploring vaccine passport program just for Calgary

The City of Calgary will not be implementing its own COVID-19 vaccine passport program — at least for now — after a city committee voted against exploring the idea on Wednesday. Adam MacVicar reports.

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Alberta businesses divided over vaccine passport elimination

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Goodell: NFL won’t tolerate racism, vows changes amid Dolphins fallout

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Snoop Dogg takes over Death Row Records, label that launched his career

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Central Bucks West choir director charged with recording former student as he undressed

BUCKINGHAM TOWNSHIP, Pa. - A Central Bucks West High School choir director has been charged with hiding cameras inside a bedroom in his home in order to record a former student as the student undressed.Joseph Ohrt, a Buckingham Township resident, faces one count of interception, disclosure or use of a wire, electronic or oral communications and four counts of possession, sale, distribution, manufacture or advertisement of electronic, mechanical or other devices and telecommunication identification interception devises, all felonies in the third degree.An investigation began May of 2021 by Central Bucks Regional Police Department and the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office after receiving a Childine tip of an alleged sexual assault of a former student by Ohrt.MORE HEADLINES:The victim, a 2016 graduate of Central Bucks West, was a member of the choir. He stated that in his junior year, Ohrt mentored him in music composition.

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Former MLB player Jeremy Giambi dead at 47

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Kanye West's Mental Health Does Not Excuse This Behavior! | Perez Hilton

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More than 56,000 boosters given yesterday; 306 community cases; 12 in hospital

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Almost all restrictions affecting Alberta children gone soon

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Windsor asks for help to end protest

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Oscars 2022: Surprising COVID-19 Vaccine Info Revealed

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What is the consumer price index and how is it used to measure inflation?

Sale stickers on a store shelf. A seven percent increase in the consumer price index (CPI) over the 12 months to December was the highest since 1982.

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Valentine’s Day deals to get back at your ex

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Road closures put in place around Queen’s Park ahead of possible protest

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B.C. bringing in vaccine mandate for all remaining health-care workers

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Smithsonian Museum is asking for pictures from Disney vacations

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Govt. program does not pay for crack pipes, White House says

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Bach invokes Trump in defense of Olympic decision

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8 reasons why 2021 is already shaping up to be the greatest year ever for sports fans

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics hung in there as long as possible, but the official announcement came on Tuesday that the iconic event had finally admitted defeat to the coronavirus pandemic and been postponed until next year.

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IOC's Thomas Bach was ignorant on coronavirus - Olympics postponement was needed sooner

Common sense and perspective has finally prevailed following the decision to postpone this summer's Olympic Games.

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Team GB respond to 2020 Tokyo Olympics postponement amid coronavirus crisis

The British Olympic Association (BOA) and UK Sport have backed the decision to postpone the Games due to the coronavirus crisis.

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Manitoba athletes react to Canada’s withdrawal from Tokyo Olympics: ‘It’s devastating’

As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads throughout the world, Canada has chosen not to send any athletes to this year’s summer Olympic games, scheduled to be held in Tokyo.

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Coronavirus: Alberta athletes reacts to Team Canada’s decision to not attend Tokyo Games

The Canadian Olympic Committee announced Sunday that it would not send athletes to the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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Coronavirus: Contactless card payment limit to rise to stop spread of virus on PIN pads

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The 2020 Olympics in Tokyo Will Be Postponed Due to Coronavirus

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Tokyo 2020 Olympics to be postponed due to coronavirus, IOC member claims

Senior IOC member Dick Pound has revealed that this summer’s Tokyo Olympics are going to be postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Dina Asher-Smith vents fury at decision on Olympic Games not going to be made for another month

Dina Asher-Smith has vented her fury at the decision to put off postponing the Olympic Games this summer for another month.

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Japan PM could postpone Olympics over coronavirus after Canada athletes refuse to go

It is looking increasingly likely that the Tokyo Olympics will be postponed after the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe admitted it was an option.

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Coronavirus: Canada refuses to send athletes to Tokyo Olympics unless Games postponed

Canada won’t be at this summer’s Tokyo Olympics unless the Games are postponed by a year.

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IOC position on Tokyo Olympics draws mixed reaction from Canadian athletes

Canadian athletes have mixed feelings about the International Olympic Committee’s four-week deadline to determine the fate of the Tokyo Games.

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IOC says it will take 1 month to decide future of Tokyo 2020 Olympics

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Swimming Canada backs U.S. calls to postpone Olympics amid coronavirus pandemic

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UK Athletics boss insists the 'moment has arrived' to postpone Tokyo Olympics

The boss of UK Athletics has called for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics to be postponed due to the "intense" mental strain the uncertainty is having on athletes.

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Cancelling the Olympics due to coronavirus ‘not on the agenda,’ says IOC president

Despite mounting global efforts to contain the spread of the new coronavirus disease, COVID-19, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and its president Thomas Bach remain steadfast in their determination to host the Tokyo Olympics.

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Coronavirus: Olympic champion blasts IOC for putting athletes ‘in danger’

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‘Insensitive and irresponsible’: Hayley Wickenheiser calls out IOC decision on Olympics

The International Olympic Committee reiterated that the Tokyo Games will go as planned on Tuesday, despite a sports world that has screeched to a halt over the coronavirus panedmic.

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Coronavirus: Health experts say it’ll take a ‘miracle’ for Olympics to go ahead as planned

Canadian public health experts say the rapid spread of the new coronavirus means it’s increasingly unlikely that this summer’s Tokyo Olympics will proceed as scheduled.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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