OLYMPICS/ IOC, Japan press ahead with Tokyo Games

Amid the surging virus, he again promised the postponed Tokyo ... news agency Kyodo, and Japanese broadcaster TBS, show that just over 80 percent want the Olympics canceled or postponed, or ... Read More

OLYMPICS/ IOC says negative public opinion is no threat to Tokyo Games

GENEVA--The IOC on Wednesday downplayed concerns over Japanese public opinion calling for the Tokyo Olympics to be canceled, before its virtual news conference was interrupted by an activist ... Read More

Postponed Tokyo Olympics hit 1-year-to-go mark--again

The Tokyo Olympics have hit the one-year-to-go mark--again. But few are in a mood to celebrate. Tokyo observed the original date a year ago. That was before the COVID-19 pandemic postponed the ... Read More

IOC VP: Tokyo Olympics go ahead even if state of emergency

“And our job is to ensure these games are safe for all the participants and all the people of Japan.” IOC officials ... Tokyo Medical Practitioners’ Association called for the Olympics to be ... Read More

25,000 fewer officials coming for Tokyo Olympics

The number of senior sports officials and family members arriving in Japan next month for the Tokyo Olympics will be further cut to around 53,000 in line with efforts to limit the flow of people ... Read More

Coe urges persuading Japan that Tokyo Olympics will be safe

LAUSANNE, Switzerland--Olympic sports must do more to persuade Japanese ... sports on the Tokyo program. Olympic officials are getting daily reports of public opposition to the Olympics from ... Read More

Another Olympic official quits, this time over free golf lessons

Yet another official associated with the Tokyo Olympics is out on his ear after an online news report that he accepted expensive golf lessons for free. Takeo Hirata headed the section within the ... Read More

Tokyo Olympics: Japan Captain Yoshida Questions Spectator Ban

The Tokyo Olympics men's football tournament will be played behind closed doors, but Maya Yoshida has questioned why that decision was made. Japan ... Tokyo 2020 officials confirmed the first ... Read More

Tokyo Olympics expected to reveal final costs in June

and the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing ($40 billion). No matter the final official cost for Tokyo, $5.9 billon was private money and the rest of the funding was from various levels of Japanese ... Read More

Japan, Tokyo, Olympics each hit new record of COVID-19 cases

With the Tokyo Olympics ... live in Japan, according to the committee. A total of 193 people related to the Games have contracted the virus. According to Tokyo metropolitan government officials ... Read More

Tokyo Olympics softball in review: Japan tops USA for gold ... just like last time

And, while decisions need to be made off the field about the future of the sport in the Olympics, the action on the field in Tokyo remained as competitive as ever. It was the second straight Olympics ... Read More

Swimming 101: Top storylines since the Tokyo Olympics

Ledecky made the switch following the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, opting to move her training base to Gainesville, Florida. She now works under the guidance of Florida Gators swim coach Anthony Nesty, ... Read More