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International spectators to be Jaworski recovering from pneumonia, not COVID Yadav, Pandya barred from Olympics in Japan TDT | good enough to play T20 World Cup, Reuters | Tokyo The Olympic Games were ontrary to rumors, Philip- postponed last year due to the Cpine basketball’s acknowl- Tendulkar says nternational spectators will COVID-19 pandemic. While the edged “Living Legend” Robert Inot be allowed to enter Ja- outbreak has chilled public “Sonny” Jaworski Sr. is not suf- pan for this summer’s Olympic opinion toward the event, both fering from the deadly corona- KNOW WHAT Games amid public concerns organisers and Prime Minister virus (COVID-19). over coronavirus, organisers Yoshihide Suga have vowed to This was according to his said on Saturday, crushing press ahead with the Games, family who revealed that the many fans’ hopes and set - now scheduled to take place No local basketball Suryakumar Yadav former senator, who turned 75 player has caught ting the stage for a drastically on July 23-Aug. 8, with the last March 8, was coming off a Reuters | New Delhi scaled-back event. Paralympics on Aug. 24-Sept. 5. bout with pneumonia last year the imagination of Some 600,000 Olympic tick- The decision on international and is still working his way back Filipino fans more atting great Sachin ets purchased by overseas res- spectators will “ensure safe and to full recovery. than Jaworski, who BTendulkar is convinced idents will be refunded, as will secure Games for all partici- “Due to a nonlife-threaten- is known by his Suryakumar Yadav and Is- another 300,000 Paralympic pants and the Japanese public,” ing blood abnormality that was moniker “Big J” in han Kishan are good enough tickets, Toshiro Muto, the chief Tokyo 2020 organisers said in discovered by his doctors in the Philippine Bas- to be in the squad executive of the Tokyo 2020 a statement following five-way 2016, former Senator Jaworski ketball Association when the nation hosts the organising committee, told a talks that included the head has experienced difficulty in (PBA). Twenty20 World Cup later news conference. of the International Olympic regaining his strength, weight, Jaworski is on his way to recovery this year. He declined to say how much Committee, Thomas Bach, and and normal well-being,” a por- Both the top-order bats- the refunds would cost. the Tokyo governor. tion of the family’s statement non very much alive in the Gin was named Most Valuable Play- men made their India debut read. “Despite this, he is mak- Kings up to this day. er in 1978. in the ongoing T20 series ing good progress and is slowly Jaworski recently topped the Then in the 1990s, he was the against , with Kis- moving forward.” latest list of the 10 outstand- heart and soul of the never-say- han smashing an incendiary In an official statement post- ing athletes, together with die Ginebra San Miguel squad. fifty in his first match. ed on Jaworski’s Facebook the late Fil-Spanish footballer He bowed out as the oldest Yadav, who plays with page, the family said that the Paulino Alcantara, who will player to play in the league at Kishan for Indi- basketball legend had difficulty be enshrined next month in 50 in 1997, winning titles with ans in the Indian Premier “regaining his health, weight, the Philippine Sports Hall of the club. League, had to wait until and normal well-being” due Fame. Known for his feisty temper, his second match to get to a blood ailment discovered Jaworski first made his name Jaworski suited up for the na- a bat but also produced a back in 2016. in the basketball circle while tional team that won the Asian match-winning half-centu- Known by his moniker “Big playing for the multi-titled Basketball Confederation, as ry in Ahmedabad. J” in the Philippine Basketball University of the East Warriors FIBA Asia was known then, “There is no question how Association (PBA), Jaworski under fabled mentor Virgilio championship in 1967 and 1973 talented both the players was best known for his role as “Baby” Dalupan in the 1960s when the tournament was both are,” Tendulkar told Reuters Barangay Ginebra’s feisty play- before his seasons with Toyo- held in Manila. in a telephone interview. ing coach in the ‘80s and early ta helped shape his legendary As national coach, Jaworski “It eventually boils down ‘90s. career. was the architect of the coun- to selection and the selec- No local basketball player has Jaworski was part of the try’s silver-medal finish in the tion committee. But I can caught the imagination of Fili- Toyota franchise for 10 years 1990 Beijing Asian Games. say that having played in IPL pino fans more than Jaworski. (1973–1983). He was the ac - Jaworksi parlayed his huge against all the leading for- It was the “Big J” who first knowledged leader of the team popularity into entering pol- eign players, they are ready instilled the “never say die” and a major player in Toyota’s itics, winning as senator in to play (in the Twenty20 spirit in Ginebra, a phenome- nine PBA championships. He 1998. World Cup).”