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Thursday, 09 April 2020 | Agencies

CSA include fitness clauses in contracts

Cape Town: South Africa head coach Mark Boucher on Wednesday said Cricket South Africa (CSA) will pencil in fitness clauses into player contracts in the future so that a minimum standard is maintained for selection. "Guys need to keep up their fitness because we will be inserting new fitness clauses in contracts," Boucher confirmed via an audio statement released by CSA. "In the recent past we have seen that players who are not fit enough don't get selected. They are professionals and they need to do what they have to do."

Buttler's WC final shirt raises £65,000

London: England wicketkeeper Jos Buttler has raised more than £65,000 to help fight the coronavirus by auctioning off his World Cup final shirt. Buttler's shirt, which he wore when completing the last-ball run-out that saw England beat New Zealand at Lord's last year, was sold to raise money for specialist heart and lung centres provided by the Royal Brompton & Harefield hospitals in London. The auction closed on Tuesday had attracted 82 bids with the winner paying £65,100.

Canadian Grand Prix postponed from June

Montreal: The Canadian Grand Prix, scheduled for Montreal June 12-14, has been postponed, the latest Formula One casualty of the coronavirus pandemic. Organizers of the event said in a statement that they “would have been honored to host the first race on the 2020 Formula 1 calendar” and they were “saddened” to have to postpone the race. The news followed the announcement that Formula One are working with promoters on a revised 2020 calendar, with officials hoping to launch a season that had already seen eight races either cancelled or postponed.

2022 athletics worlds set for July 15-24

Paris: The world athletics championships originally scheduled for next year in Eugene, Oregon, will take place July 15-24 in 2022, avoiding a potential clash with the CWG in Birmingham. World Athletics last month shifted the event to 2022 to accommodate the rearranged Tokyo Olympics, which were postponed by a year due to the coronavirus pandemic. “The World Athletics Council approved the new dates this week after extensive discussions with the sport's stakeholders including organisers of two other major championships due to take place in July-August 2022, the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games and the multisport European Championships in Munich,” World Athletics said in a statement on Wednesday.

IOC release Tokyo qualification principles 

New Delhi: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has released revised Tokyo 2020 qualification principles according to which allocated quotas remain valid and International Federations (IFs) could extend the age eligibility criteria for the postponed Tokyo Olympic Games. According to the revised rules, the new qualification period deadline is June 29, 2021, and the final entries deadline is July 5, 2021. IFs could now redesign their own qualification processes that have been impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Dutch plan league resumption on June 19

The Hague: Dutch football federation has said that it was hoping the top two divisions would restart on June 19 following their suspension due to Covid-19 pandemic. The decision would keep the Dutch league in line with UEFA, which has warned teams risk exclusion from the next CL if their domestic competitions are ended prematurely. The KNVB revealed its plans on Tuesday during a video conference with professional clubs and other major stakeholders, although leading sides including Ajax, AZ Alkmaar and PSV Eindhoven have called for the season to be ended.

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