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The EP Rugby Union says it has accepted a letter of resignation with immediate effect from its Deputy President Bantwini Matika.

The Comrades Marathon has officially been postponed. Athletics SA confirmed on Friday that with the lockdown in South Africa extended until the 30th of April, it had taken the decision to postpone the ultra marathon which was scheduled to be held on the 14th of June.

Wimbledon organizers have scrapped the oldest Grand Slam tennis tournament for the first time since World War Two as the coronavirus wreaks further havoc on the global sporting calendar.

The Tokyo Olympics are going to happen but almost surely in 2021 rather than in four months as planned. This became clear after the IOC on Sunday announced it was considering a postponement.

The 2020 Vodacom Super Rugby tournament will be postponed for the “foreseeable future” at the conclusion of this weekend’s matches.

The current Guinness PRO14 season has been suspended in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. The PRO14 is an international rugby league, with cross-border travel inevitable which brings with it unique challenges.

Hundreds of residents in Nelson Mandela Bay have signed a petition calling for the postponement of the 2020 edition of the Ironman African Championship.The petition was started on Thursday by a resident, Jacqueline Kroon, shortly after the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the Coronavirus a Global Pandemic.

A number of overseas athletes, who are unable to get to Nelson Mandela Bay because of Coronavirus-enforced travel restrictions, have already been refunded their entry fee.

Springbok captain Siya Kolisi will lead a delegation of victorious Rugby World Cup squad members to Port Elizabeth and Makhanda on Wednesday and Thursday this week.