Kingston: Jamaica’s two-time Olympic gold medallist sprinter Yohan Blake said that he would rather not participate in the Tokyo Olympics than take a vaccine for Covid-19. The...
Paris: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has narrowed down on Australian city Brisbane as its preferred candidate to host the 2032 Olympic Games. India was among the...
Tokyo: Tokyo 2020 chief Yoshiro Mori bowed to mounting pressure and resigned on Friday over sexist remarks, but his replacement was not immediately clear after opposition...
Tokyo: Tokyo Olympics organising committee president Yoshiro Mori has said that they have been guaranteed full support by International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach. Mori...
Tokyo: The restart date for the Tokyo Olympic test events has been postponed by one month from March 4 to April 3, organisers announced here on...
Lausanne: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has urged the teams competing in the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Games, scheduled to be held later in the year...
Tokyo: International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach pledged on Thursday that the Tokyo Olympics will be held as scheduled. Bach said that IOC is committed...
Tokyo: Tokyo 2020 organising committee chief Yoshiro Mori promised that the Olympic and Paralympic Games will be held as scheduled this summer. Mori made the remarks...
Beijing: The COVID-19 challenges have not compromised Japan and the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) determination to host, as scheduled, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which was already...
Tokyo: The exhibition of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics torches across the greater Tokyo area has been postponed due to the worsening situation of the Covid-19...
Tokyo: Organisers for the virus-postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics said Thursday they have reached “basic agreement” with all domestic sponsors to extend their contracts by a year,...
Paris: Russia is set to miss Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics after their ban from all major sporting events following a doping scandal has been cut half...
Zurich: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has decided to temporarily ban Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, also head of Belarus’ National Olympic Committee (NOC), from the Olympic Games....
Paris: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has decided the event program and the athlete quotas for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games with ‘breaking’ a competitive form of...
Tokyo: Despite the postponement of the Tokyo Olympic Games costing the Japanese economy an additional 294 billion yen ($2.8 billion or over Rs 20,000 crore), Japan’s...
New Delhi: The cost of the postponed Tokyo Olympics could reach about USD 2.8 billion, according to figures released on Friday by the Tokyo organising committee,...
Zurich: Thomas Bach will stand unopposed to be re-elected as president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The organisation confirmed that the German will be the...
Tokyo: Athletes at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics won’t have the luxury of hanging around once they’ve wrapped up their event. No late-night parties in the Athletes...
Tokyo: The International Olympic Committee has set a limit of six officials to be allowed to participate in the Parade of Nations at the opening ceremony...
Tokyo: International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has said that athletes for next year’s Tokyo Olympic Games are encouraged to get vaccinated, although the IOC...
Tokyo: International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach believes that the postponed Tokyo Olympic Games can be held safely and, in all likelihood, with some kind...
Lausanne: The election of the next president of the International Olympic Committee will be held during the 137th IOC Session which will take place from March...
Tokyo: Japan is determined to host the postponed Tokyo Olympics and Paralympic Games in 2021 to prove that humanity has defeated the Covid-19 pandemic, Japanese Prime...
London: The International Olympic Committee said it was “shocked” by Saturday’s execution of a young Iranian wrestler over the murder of a public sector worker during...
Tokyo: Even though the availability of vaccines or rapid testing may not be a solution to conducting the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics, they will be of...
Tokyo: Japan’s Olympic minister Seiko Hashimoto has said that the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games should be held “at any cost”, trying to clear all doubts...
Tokyo: The 42 venues for next year’s delayed Tokyo Olympics have been secured and the competition schedule will remain almost identical to the one that would...
Lausanne: The International Olympic Committee revealed plans to hold its next session initially scheduled for Tokyo before the opening of the 2020 Games by video link...
New Delhi: IOC member and IOA president Narinder Batra on Saturday said that the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics will “definitely” be held next year, amid concerns...
Paris: Plans for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris are “obsolete and outdated” in light of the coronavirus pandemic, IOC member and former French sports minister...
Tokyo: The Tokyo 2020 Olympics cannot be delayed beyond the year-long postponement already forced by the coronavirus outbreak, the organising committee’s president has warned in comments...
Tokyo: An open conflict broke out Tuesday between Tokyo Olympic organisers and the IOC over who will pay for the unprecedented year-long postponement. Tokyo spokesman Masa...
Tokyo: IOC member John Coates, who oversees planing for next year’s Tokyo Olympics, has claimed the postponed games could help kick start Japan’s economy. Japan has...
Lausanne: The postponement of the Tokyo Olympics and the shutdown of the sporting calendar because of the coronavirus pandemic are going to hit international sports federations...
Tokyo: The Tokyo Olympics will open next year in the same time slot scheduled for this year’s games. Tokyo organisers said Monday the opening ceremony will...
Tokyo: Tokyo Olympics organisers are eyeing next July as a start date for the postponed Games, Japanese media reported Sunday, following the historic decision to delay...
Paris: 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,...
New Delhi: The postponement of the Tokyo Olympics was her “worst fear” and India’s medal hopeful Vinesh Phogat says the extended wait is going to be...
Laussane: Olympic chief Thomas Bach says “all options are on the table” over finding a new date to hold the postponed Tokyo Games. Tokyo 2020 became...
New Delhi: His much-awaited Olympic debut has been delayed by a year but star Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra is unfazed as he feels humanity needs...
