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@WSJ 3 years ago Athletes who haven’t been vaccinated for Covid-19 will be allowed to play professional sports in New York City, Mayor Eric Adams is expected to announce Thursday on.wsj.com
@WSJ 3 years ago The NAACP is calling on professional athletes from five sports leagues to avoid signing with Texas-based teams over laws recently passed in the state, including on abortion, voting rights and coronavirus mask mandates on.wsj.com
@WSJ 4 years ago Isolation exacerbated the devastation felt by athletes who tested positive for Covid-19 in Tokyo. One athlete built a stuffed human named Bob for company. on.wsj.com
@guardian 4 years ago Coronavirus live news: two more athletes test positive in Tokyo; Biden raises jab hope for under-12s theguardian.com
@guardian 4 years ago IOC president promises ‘safe’ Olympics despite athletes’ village Covid case theguardian.com
@BBCWorld 4 years ago One of India's greatest athletes, Milkha Singh, dies from Covid-related complications, aged 91 bbc.in
@BBCWorld 4 years ago China offers Covid vaccine doses for Olympic and Paralympic athletes bbc.in
@guardian 4 years ago IOC seeks Covid vaccines for athletes in second wave so Olympics can go ahead theguardian.com
@WSJ 4 years ago Breakthroughs in Covid-19 vaccine trials are giving a boost to the organizers of next summer's Tokyo Olympics, who are looking into suppliers and planning to encourage athletes to get their shots on.wsj.com
@WSJ 5 years ago As the power brokers of college football frantically maneuver to save the 2020 season, some are asking a very big favor from their athletes: accept the risk of playing during the coronavirus pandemic on.wsj.com
@WSJ 5 years ago The career of the doctor leading Olympic athletes back from the coronavirus lockdown began the day he came across a dying man on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld 5 years ago The decision to postpone the Tokyo Olympics because of the coronavirus pandemic brought relief to many athletes and national teams. For Japan, delaying the Games will pose economic, political and logistical challenges no other nation has faced. nyti.ms
@WSJ 3 years ago Athletes are scrambling to pass Covid tests, leaving cellphones at home amid spying concerns, and finding themselves in the middle of tricky politics. It’s time for the Beijing Winter Games. on.wsj.com
@guardian 4 years ago Beijing 2022: athletes not vaccinated against Covid to face 21-day quarantine theguardian.com
@WSJ 4 years ago "2020 Tokyo Olympics" Review: Simone Biles’s decision to withdraw from certain events highlighted the issue of athletes’ mental health, while predictable interviews and the unyielding threat of Covid-19 leave the rest of the Games with much to be desired on.wsj.com
@WSJ 4 years ago The long-feared possibility that the Covid-19 pandemic could disrupt the Tokyo Olympics is rapidly emerging as a reality, as Games organizers scramble to deal with a rising load of athletes and officials who are testing positive upon arrival in Japan on.wsj.com
@guardian 4 years ago Tokyo Olympics: Covid case found at athletes’ village, raising infection fears theguardian.com
@nytimesworld 4 years ago In another blow for the Tokyo Olympics, the U.S. warned citizens against traveling to Japan, which has seen an increase in coronavirus cases. The declaration is unlikely to affect the decision to send U.S. athletes to the Games. nyti.ms
@WSJ 4 years ago Sports leagues didn't only test players for Covid-19. They also tested athletes' hearts. And a new study with those test results had an encouraging revelation: Heart damage was rare. on.wsj.com
@guardian 4 years ago Think Covid-19 can't harm healthy, young athletes? Think again theguardian.com
@guardian 5 years ago Covid has stripped Olympic glory from a generation of athletes – that’s heartbreaking | Steve Solomon theguardian.com
@WSJ 5 years ago The NIH hopes to have a new type of immediate-result Covid-19 diagnostic test available this fall for use by students and possibly also professional athletes on.wsj.com
@WSJ 5 years ago For U.S. Olympic & Paralympic athletes, a return to training from the coronavirus pandemic will come with extensive cleaning and distancing measures, especially without widely available testing on.wsj.com
@BBCWorld 5 years ago Coronavirus: Olympic doubts grow as Canada withdraws athletes bbc.in
@WSJ 3 years ago With the Beijing Olympics barely a week away, positive Covid-19 tests are mounting among Russian athletes, threatening the participation of stars in a country whose sports programs have barely acknowledged the virus—until now on.wsj.com
@WSJ 4 years ago With just over four months to go until the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, the developing picture of the Games is one of severe Covid-19 restrictions for outsiders, and possible advantages for domestic athletes on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld 4 years ago Olympic organizers on Thursday reported 24 new coronavirus infections, including three athletes. Outside the Olympic bubble, coronavirus cases are rising. Tokyo recorded 3,177 new infections on Wednesday, setting a record for the second consecutive day. nyti.ms
@guardian 4 years ago Coronavirus live: Boris Johnson will not isolate despite contact; two athletes test positive in Tokyo Olympic Village theguardian.com
@guardian 4 years ago Some GB Olympic athletes still refusing to have Covid vaccine, says BOA chief theguardian.com
@guardian 4 years ago Coronavirus live news: Japan towns abandon plans to accept overseas Olympic athletes theguardian.com
@WSJ 4 years ago Tokyo Olympics organizers have issued plans to protect athletes, coaches and staff from Covid-19—but said almost nothing about the 80,000 volunteers that will interact with them on.wsj.com
@WSJ 4 years ago “I have fantasies that we have video of everyone from Dr. Fauci to LeBron James getting their Covid vaccine.” Some health officials think athletes should get earlier access to Covid-19 vaccine because they have a potential role to play in the rollout. on.wsj.com
@WSJ 5 years ago “The safety challenges created by COVID-19 place our football student-athletes at an unacceptable level of risk.” The University of Connecticut announced that it won’t play football in 2020. on.wsj.com
@WSJ 5 years ago What does the return of sports mean for athletes and their careers when nobody knows the long-term impact from Covid-19? on.wsj.com
@guardian 5 years ago Covid-19 livestreams prove athletes are not automatic role models theguardian.com
@WSJ 5 years ago Some athletes and Olympic officials have begun to call for the Games to be postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic on.wsj.com
@WSJ 3 years ago Athletes heading for the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing must attempt an extraordinary maneuver in the next month: lock in their spots on the national team, train and travel for their event and dodge the fast-spreading Omicron variant of the coronavirus on.wsj.com
@guardian 4 years ago Two more Paralympic athletes test positive for Covid-19 in Tokyo village theguardian.com
@nytimesworld 4 years ago Tokyo Olympic organizers on Monday announced 16 new positive coronavirus tests among people connected to the Games. At least 153 people with Olympic credentials, including 19 athletes, have tested positive. nyti.ms
@WSJ 4 years ago Two athletes staying at the Olympic Village in Tokyo have tested positive for Covid-19 and have been moved to quarantine on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld 4 years ago Spectators based in Japan will be allowed to attend Olympic events in Tokyo this summer, ending months of speculation that athletes could be deprived of a live audience in an effort to reduce the risk of coronavirus transmission. nyti.ms
@WSJ 4 years ago Biohacking has moved beyond extreme athletes and data geeks. Now spurred by Covid-19, rings, watches, patches and apps that monitor biomarkers have taken off. on.wsj.com
@guardian 4 years ago Mo Farah claims Olympic athletes have been told they will get Covid vaccines theguardian.com
@WSJ 4 years ago For months, thousands of young athletes flocked to Phoenix for its permissive Covid-19 sports rules. A virus surge is shutting tournaments down. on.wsj.com
@guardian 5 years ago 'We are being gaslit': College football and Covid-19 are imperiling athletes theguardian.com
@WSJ 5 years ago The surge of coronavirus cases in key states, and a flood of positive tests for athletes returning to work, could spoil plans for a sports restart on.wsj.com
@WSJ 5 years ago Disruptions to college football from the coronavirus pandemic could drastically change where and when prospective athletes choose to sign, potentially remaking the balance of power in the sport for years to come on.wsj.com
@WSJ 5 years ago With American sports shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic, professional athletes are asking the same question other employees are nationwide: When am I going to get paid? But Major League Baseball faces the most complex situation on.wsj.com