A spectator at Sunday’s game dies following a fall on an escalator at Acrisure Stadium. The incident occurred after New York’s 24-20 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers. The victim was transported to the hospital in critical condition but died shortly thereafter. A spectator died after falling on an escalator at Acrisure Stadium during Sunday’s game … Read more
YAOUNDÉ: The Africa Cup of Nations, kicking off Sunday in Cameroon after a delay over Covid concerns, is also posing major security, political and organisational challenges for the host nation. Some were fearing yet another postponement, with African football chief Patrice Motsepe saying late last month that the rapid spread of the Omicron variant in a country with … Read more
TOKYO: Tokyo Olympics organisers revised the estimated cost of the Covid-postponed Games downwards on Wednesday, but the figure was still around double the budget proposed in the city’s original 2013 bid. Despite losing out on ticket sales due to a near-total ban on spectators, organisers said they had saved cash by simplifying events and avoiding the … Read more
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday announced that the National Command and Operations Center (NCOC) has allowed the full capacity of spectators at the National Stadium, Karachi, for the Pakistan-West indies T20I and ODI series. The West Indies team is scheduled to arrive in Karachi on December 9. The first of the three T20Is … Read more
BEIJING: Spectators attending a major venue for the Beijing Olympics must be vaccinated but fans could be barred from the arena entirely if the coronavirus worsens in China, state media says. Unlike the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics, which took place last summer in mostly empty stadiums, organisers of February’s Winter Games have vowed to allow spectators, although only … Read more
National Command and Control Centre (NCOC) has reportedly allowed 100pc crowd capacity during the matches between Pakistan and West Indies at the National Stadium, Karachi. Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, this will be the first time that full house will be permitted to spectate the matches. Earlier NCOC had only permitted 25pc of … Read more
