Kenya says Japan’s Kurume City pulls out of hosting training camp
JAPAN’S Kurume City has pulled out of hosting Kenya's pre-Olympics training camp over COVID-19 concerns, Kenya's Olympics committee said yesterday, becoming the latest location to cancel plans to host overseas squads. The tournament is due to start in less than eight weeks but the pandemic has disrupted preparations, with more than 100 municipalities scrapping plans to host teams from abroad. Olympics Kenya said that Kurume City officials communicated the cancellation on Tuesday, saying infections had spread rapidly there since mid-April creating a critical situation. Facilities for training camps were now vaccination venues, the Kenyan statement quoted Kurume authorities as saying.…