Olympics / Summer Olympics
The marathon and race walking courses for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games will start and finish at New National Stadium and take competitors on a scenic tour of ...
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Olympics / Summer Olympics / Gymnastics
Michigan State University reaches 'global settlement' with Larry Nassar's victims for $500 million
The Michigan university where serial sex abuser Larry Nassar practiced medicine announced Wednesday it has agreed to a $500 million settlement with hundreds of former victims of the USA Gymnastics ...
Olympics / Summer Olympics
Tokyo 2020 Olympics opening ceremony ticket price ceiling set at ¥288,000
The organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games has set the maximum prices for opening ceremony admission tickets, sources close to the matter revealed Monday. The proposed ceiling ...
National Feb 7, 2018
Metro government says Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic venue construction on schedule
by Andrew McKirdy
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is building seven new permanent venues for the games, including the Musashino Forest Sport Plaza badminton and modern pentathlon fencing arena.
Olympics / Summer Olympics / Synchronized swimming Nov 8, 2017
IOC to give award to Japan's retired synchronized swimming coach Mikako Kaneko
Japan's Masako Kaneko, who trained Olympic synchronized swimming medalists such as 1988 Seoul Games double bronze winner Mikako Kotani, has been chosen as recipient of the International Olympic Committee's inaugural Coaches Lifetime Achievement Awards, a source said Tuesday. Kaneko, 73, long headed the synchronized swimming ...
Olympics / Summer Olympics Oct 6, 2017
IOC seeks scaled-down athletes village, related services as part of cost-cutting
The International Olympic Committee has presented a proposal to national Olympic committees on scaling down the athletes village as part of efforts to cut the costs of hosting an Olympics, a source said Thursday. The idea is aimed at reducing the burden on host cities ...
Olympics / Summer Olympics Jul 26, 2017
New National Stadium to be tailored for soccer, rugby after 2020 Games: sources
The new National Stadium being built for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be used exclusively for team ball sports like soccer and rugby after the games, sources told Kyodo News on Tuesday. Government officials, the sources said, are finalizing plans to build seats on top ...
Summer Olympics / Soccer Jun 30, 2017
2020 men's soccer final may be moved from new national Olympics stadium: source
The final of the men's soccer final at the 2020 Tokyo Games could be moved from the new national stadium, a source said Thursday. The bid plan had the soccer final during the day and athletics in the evening of Aug. 8 at the venue. ...
More Sports / Table tennis Apr 15, 2017
Hirano completes Asian championships run by outplaying Cheng in final
Miu Hirano completed a remarkable run at the Asian table tennis championships on Saturday, winning the women's singles title after defeating the world's top two players on their home turf. The 17-year-old Hirano silenced the home crowd in the final, beating world No. 5 Cheng ...
Olympics / Summer Olympics Jan 26, 2017
Mori eyes 2020 Games opening gala panel, torch relay through all prefectures
Yoshiro Mori, head of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee, said Wednesday a panel to compile the concept of the games' opening ceremony will be set up shortly. In an interview in Tokyo with Kyodo News, Mori also said the route for the ...
Olympics / Summer Olympics Dec 15, 2016
Five-time Olympic gold medalist Wu Minxia, China's most successful female diver, announced her retirement on Thursday due to her "physical condition." "Now, though reluctantly, it's time to leave," the 31-year-old said on her official Weibo account. "The story of Chinese diving didn't start with me and ...
Olympics / Summer Olympics / Swimming Oct 4, 2016
Double Olympic medalist Natsumi Hoshi, who won the bronze in the women's 200-meter butterfly at the 2012 London Games and the Rio Olympics in August, said Tuesday she is retiring from competition. "The biggest (reason for retirement) is that I gave my all at the ...