Ex-tennis star Patrick McEnroe tests positive

New York: Davis Cup-winning former US captain Patrick McEnroe said he has tested positive for coronavirus but is feeling well and no longer has symptoms. The 53-year-old younger brother of seven-time Grand Slam singles champion John McEnroe said he was tested at a drive-up facility in Westchester County, the New York suburb where a major outbreak took place. “I got some minor symptoms 10 or 11 days ago,” McEnroe said. “My test just came back positive. I just got it this morning. That’s the bad news. The good news is I feel fine. My symptoms have passed and I feel really 100%.”

Sydney

Warne names Ganguly as captain of his India XI

Australian spin legend Shane Warne has named former skipper and current BCCI president Sourav Ganguly as the captain of his all time India XI. Warne did not pick up MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli as he included only the players he had played against. Team: Sourav Ganguly (captain), Virender Sehwag, Navjot Singh Siddu, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Mohammad Azharuddin, Kapil Dev, Nayan Mongia (wicketkeeper), Harbhajan Singh, Javagal Srinath, Anil Kumble

Beijing

Asian Youth Games to be held in China in Nov 2021

The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has said that the coastal city of Shantou in southern China will remain hosts of the third Asian Youth Games that will be held from November 20 to 28, 2021.

Tokyo

Oly flame to Fukushima in low-key ceremony

Tokyo 2020 organisers left the Olympic flame in the hands of Fukushima Prefecture today, where it will be on display in a lantern for the next month after the Games were postponed for a year due to the coronavirus outbreak. The handover took place at a subdued ceremony at the J-Village National Training Centre in Fukushima, which was originally set to be the starting point of the torch relay.

Beijing

Beijing 2022 to evaluate impact of Olympic dates

With the Tokyo Olympic Games rescheduled to the summer of 2021, Beijing 2022 organisers have said they will evaluate the impact of the new dates to ensure the success of the Olympic Winter Games. The new dates for the Tokyo Olympic Games are July 23 to August 8, 2021.

“The new dates of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games mean we are faced with a special situation where the Summer Games and Winter Games are to be held in half a year. We will have a detailed assessment of how the new dates of Tokyo 2020 will affect us,” a Beijing 2022 official said. — Agencies