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Executive board member of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee Haruyuki Takahashi says another delay should be sought if the games can’t be held next year. The Tokyo Olympics were to be held this year but were postponed …
The governor of Tokyo has questioned whether the Olympic Games can go ahead next year without an international deal on travel and quarantine. She has also called for possible cuts to the opening and closing ceremonies. In an interview with …
Organisers of the postponed Tokyo Summer Olympics have decided not to hold a large scale event marking the one year countdown to the Games because of the coronavirus pandemic, public broadcaster NHK reported. Organisers are seeking …
Tokyo’s governor Yuriko Koike has said it may be necessary to a stage a "simplified" Olympics next year due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and that organisers were already discussing possible changes. …
The Summer Olympics in Tokyo that had to be postponed by one year might need to be cancelled if the coronavirus pandemic is not dealt with by summer 2021, head of the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee Yoshiro Mori said in an …
The Tokyo Games were postponed until 2021 last week as the coronavirus outbreak deepened
The 23rd of July 2021 now appears to be the most probable date for the opening of the postponed Tokyo Olympic Games, Japanese media quoted an organising committee source as saying, The Brussels Times reported. A working group has been …
The International Olympic Committee will set dates for the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics in about three weeks, a source familiar with the matter said. According to the source, the IOC may decide to hold the games in spring as requested by …
The Olympic Committee of the United States urged the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to postpone the 2020 Tokyo Olympics to a later date due to the current novel coronavirus pandemic, the organization said. "To that end, …
IOC says decision to come in 4 weeks
The option of postponement of the 2020 Olympic Games set to be held in Tokyo this summer is possible if it is difficult to hold the Games as usual, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said at a parliamentary session on …
The Brazilian Olympic Committee proposed to postpone the 2020 Olympic Games due to the coronavirus pandemic, the organization’s press service informed. “The International Olympic Committee has faced problems before: the …
The 2020 Tokyo Olympics would most likely be postponed by one or two years, due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, member of the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee's executive board Haruyuki Takahashi told The Wall Street Journal. …
Japan is preparing to host the Tokyo Summer Olympics 2020 as planned, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said,. He made the comment on Wednesday at a regular news conference amid speculation the Games could be …
Novel coronavirus could make Tokyo 2020 Olympics a TV-only event. A line of questioning on a recent call between the International Olympic Committee, the World Health Organization and various sports’ federations chiefs has led …
“I will never forget my country, or that I am African, but my future is in Spain”
After the Azerbaijani rhythmic gymnastics team won a license for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, the country’s artistic gymnastics team also got that license, according to a statement posted on the Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation …
The Russian national team is facing the task of entering the top three of the national squads in the overall medals standings at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Japan’s Tokyo, Russian Sports Minister Pavel Kolobkov said on …
A Russian athlete winning gold at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo may be awarded by the government with the sum of four million rubles, according to a draft document presented on Friday at the Russian Sports Ministry’s extended board …
Yesterday President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, President of the Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation Mehriban Aliyeva, President of the International Federation of Gymnastics (FIG) Morinari Watanabe and Secretary General of FIG André …
