Olympic hopeful Sewon Okazawa redirects his focus to repair of flooded gym
Boxer Sewon Okazawa, who will compete in the welterweight division at the Tokyo Olympics, said Tuesday he plans to help repair the damage done to his gym by flooding that has ravaged the nation's southwest over the past week. "I want to go to the ...
Tokyo Olympic organizers seek COVID-19 defenses, but what exactly?
Quarantines for athletes and few fans at venues are among ideas being floated by the organizing committee, the city of Tokyo and the International Olympic Committee.
Two-thirds of sponsors are undecided about extending for another year, according to a poll published earlier this month.
Holding lavish events amid the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic was deemed inappropriate.
Japanese Olympic Committee chief Yasuhiro Yamashita sent a message to his international counterparts Tuesday, telling them Tokyo is gradually resuming sporting activities as it emerges from the new coronavirus pandemic. In an English memo to the presidents of national Olympic committees and sports federations, Yamashita ...
World champion Christian Coleman suspended for missing drug tests
Christian Coleman, the reigning world champion in the 100-meter dash, was suspended Wednesday by the Athletics Integrity Unit for missing drug tests. The AIU updated its list of athletes on provisional suspension to include Coleman, hours after the American sprinter revealed details of the case. ...
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 ...
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 ...
