Olympics

The second phase of next summer's Tokyo Olympics ticket lottery began for residents of Japan on Wednesday, with over one million tickets available for nearly all the Olympic events including the opening and closing ceremonies. Tickets for boxing, previously omitted due to issues surrounding the ...

Athens Olympic women's marathon gold medalist Mizuki Noguchi will be the first runner from Japan to carry the flame on its journey to next year's Summer Games, the Tokyo organizing committee said Monday. Noguchi will be the second runner to take part in the Greek ...

The organizing committee of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics is considering members of Nadeshiko Japan, soccer's 2011 Women's World Cup champion, as candidates to open the domestic leg of the Olympic torch relay in March, sources said Friday. The members of the team, captained ...

The second and final lottery for Japanese residents to buy tickets to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will commence on Nov. 13, the organizing committee announced Friday. Applications will be accepted from the morning until 11:59 a.m. on Nov. 26. The lottery results will be announced ...

Opera performer Placido Domingo, who has been accused by multiple women of sexual misconduct, has withdrawn from a cultural festival planned in conjunction with the Tokyo Olympic Games, organizers said Friday. The 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee said the renowned Spanish singer ...

Athens Olympics women's marathon champion Mizuki Noguchi will likely be named to carry next year's Tokyo Olympic flame in March as it begins its journey in Greece, sources close to the matter said Thursday. The flame is scheduled to be lit in Greece on March ...

Tokyo Games organizing committee chief Yoshiro Mori said Thursday he expects to see big changes to the men's marathon schedule following the International Olympic Committee's decision to move the road races to Sapporo. "It's impossible (to hold the men's marathon on Aug. 9) as there ...

"Athlete first" is a magical phrase. When you use it, people will be convinced. Well, maybe it doesn't always work, like for some of the Japan Association of Athletics Federations executives. The development committee of the sport's governing body in the country held a news conference ...

Three-time Olympic rowing champion Pete Reed revealed on Wednesday that he's become partially paralyzed from a stroke. Reed won a gold medal for Britain at each of the last three Summer Olympics before retiring last year. He said on Instagram he is paralyzed from the ...

Organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday unveiled a custom-built $188 million gymnastics venue inspired by Japanese architecture that uses wood brought from around the country. The futuristic-looking Ariake Gymnastics Centre in central Tokyo uses 2,300 cubic meters of wood and is intended to ...