AFP Sport is moving a series of stories looking back at the coronavirus-hit 2020 sporting year and ahead to the highlights of 2021. We will shortly move: Sport-Year2020-deaths PARIS Argentine football great Diego Maradona's death in November shook the world of sport in a year which began with the tragic loss of basketball hero Kobe Bryant in a helicopter crash. 850 words Already moved: US-Sport-year2020-protests LOS ANGELES A wave of activism swept across the sporting world in 2020 as a new generation of increasingly confident athletes found their voices to champion social justice initiatives on an unprecedented scale. 700 words by Rob Woollard. File picture Oly-2020-2021-health-Japan-year2020 PARIS The rescheduled Tokyo Olympics will be the centrepiece of a crammed sporting year in 2021 as sports administrators who had their calendars wiped away by the coronavirus pandemic try to fill the gaps even as a second wave hits. 700 words by Peter Berlin. File picture Tennis-ATP-WTA-year2020-2021 PARIS Having endured a 2020 wipeout and seen Rafael Nadal equal his record of 20 Grand Slams, Roger Federer will edge towards his 40th birthday in 2021 with his eyes on an elusive Olympic singles gold medal despite fears over his long-term fitness. 700 words by Dave James. File picture Sport-offbeat-2020-year PARIS From American marathon runner Molly Seidel setting herself the goal of becoming the Fastest Known Turkey (impersonator) over 10 kilometres to a Spanish man who recreated the winter sport experience in his Barcelona flat during lockdown, 2020 produced some weird and wonderful sports stories. 750 words by Barney Spender. File picture afp