World Athletics Championships' dates flexible, may be pushed back to 2022
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said Friday the next athletics world championships, slated for August 2021 in Oregon, could be moved to 2022 following the postponement of this summer's Olympic Games for about a year amid the coronavirus pandemic. "Nobody saw this problem (with the ...
IOC set to reveal dates for rescheduled Tokyo Olympics in April: source
The International Olympic Committee will set dates for the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics in about three weeks, a source familiar with the matter said Thursday. According to the source, the IOC may decide to hold the games in spring as requested by international sports federations to ...
Qualified athletes will retain spots for 2020 Olympics: sources
Athletes who had already qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics before they were postponed will keep their places when the showpiece takes place in 2021, sources told AFP on Thursday. Around 57 percent of the 11,000 scheduled participants for the Tokyo Games had already made ...
Gov. Yuriko Koike hopes Olympic marathon races switched back to Tokyo
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike on Friday expressed her hope that the venue for the marathon and race walk events in the Tokyo Olympics will be changed back to the nation's capital from Sapporo. "Tokyo citizens want" the marathon and race walk to take place in ...
The expected yet stunning decision Tuesday to postpone the 2020 Summer Games because of the new coronavirus could have a ripple effect on other major events, most notably the world championships for track and swimming. While the International Olympic Committee has yet to set a ...
Tokyo Olympic torch relay canceled following postponement of games
The Japan leg of the Tokyo Olympic torch relay, scheduled to begin Thursday, has been canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak, Yoshiro Mori, president of the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee, said Tuesday. The move comes after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and International Olympic Committee President ...
Mounting Tokyo 2020 postponement calls put pressure on defiant Olympic chiefs
Pressure mounted on Olympic organizers to postpone the 2020 Tokyo Games on Saturday after the powerful U.S. track and field federation urged this summer's showpiece be pushed back due to the coronavirus pandemic. USA Track and Field became the latest influential sports body to ask ...
Norway's Olympic body asks IOC to postpone Tokyo Games until pandemic ends
Norway's Olympic committee said Friday it has asked the International Olympic Committee not to hold this summer's Tokyo Games until the coronavirus pandemic is under control. The Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee made the request in a letter to IOC President Thomas Bach after discussions ...
The flame for this summer's Tokyo Olympics arrived in Japan on Friday, beginning the domestic buildup to the games even as doubts persist over what impact the COVID-19 pandemic may have on the country's hosting of the sporting showpiece. The Japanese leg of the torch ...
IOC considers 'different scenarios' for Tokyo Olympics Games
International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said the organization was "considering different scenarios" for the Tokyo Games, but was optimistic about holding the event as scheduled despite the COVID-19 pandemic. The IOC will act on advice from its own task force and the World Health ...
IOC set for crisis talks as fears grow for Tokyo Olympics
The International Olympic Committee will hold high-level talks on Tuesday, as doubts grow over prospects for the Tokyo Games and with some in Japan urging officials not to risk lives by pressing ahead during the COVID-19 crisis. While countries across Europe have gone into full ...
Baseball's final qualifying event for the Tokyo Olympics has been postponed from April to June because of concerns over the virus outbreak that has infected nearly 89,000 people and caused more than 3,000 deaths, mostly in China. The World Baseball Softball Confederation announced Monday the ...
