“Sport has to be politically neutral, but it is not apolitical. Sport is not an isolated island in the sea of society.” ー IOC President Thomas...
As of July 22, Tokyo 2020 organizers reported 87 COVID-19 infections among people connected with the Olympics since the start of the month.
Just weeks after announcing that crowds of up to 10,000 or 50% of venue capacity would be allowed at Olympic venues, the latest announcement reverses policy.
Due to the fluidity of government-issued policies and guidelines during the global pandemic, attendance policies may change. But for now, a local audience will be allowed.
While Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has said that he hopes to see people sitting in the stands during competition, Shigeru Omi, the government's coronavirus adviser, has...
The Games are all about the triumph of the human spirit over all odds. This is the time that the can-do attitude of the Japanese matters...
The squad, which has 29 athletes from 11 nations, will carry the Olympic flag at the Opening Ceremony on July 23 in Tokyo.
The conundrum of holding the 2020 Games a year after their target but still in the midst of a global pandemic is caught in the cartoon,...
Stakeholders and opponents clash in a war of words over the decision to press ahead with this summer's Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Mixed signals, poor communications, backward priorities, talk of cancelation, will doom the Games unless the prime minister steps in to ensure priorities are addressed and promises...
This saliva test will be required for athletes and people who have close contact with Olympians "to minimize the risk of undetected positive cases that could...
North Korea, which boycotted the 1988 Seoul Games, became the first nation to announce it will skip the upcoming Olympics amidst the global pandemic.
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