2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics postponed to next year due to coronavirus

The coronavirus pandemic just claimed another huge victim: the 2020 Summer Olympics that were set to take place in Tokyo ... been happening to the world in the past few months. Read More

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

Tokyo observed the original date a year ago. That was before the COVID-19 pandemic postponed the Olympics and pushed back the opening to July ... days ago from Japanese news agency Kyodo repeated ... Read More

Q&A: State of Tokyo Olympics 2 1/2 months after postponement

A: The IOC says “yes,” although that was the stance just days before the 2020 games were postponed in ... the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics open six months after Tokyo closes. Read More

Olympics photos: Emotion runs high

Simone Biles’ decision to withdraw from the team and individual all-around competitions at the Tokyo Olympics has opened eyes to the pressures behind the gold. “It’s been a long week ... Read More

OLYMPICS/ ‘No B Plan’ for another Olympic postponement

Tokyo organizers said Tuesday they have no “B Plan” in the event the Olympics need to be postponed again because ... to hold the Olympics in just over 15 months. Several Japanese journalists ... Read More

Call To Cancel Tokyo Olympics Enters Race For Tokyo Governor

The contentious issue of the billions being spent on the postponed ... interview with the Associated Press. Overall, Tokyo says it's spending $12.6 billion to organize the Olympics, although ... Read More

Did countries march out of order at the Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony?

Even in the absence of fans, the same held true Friday in Tokyo as the 2020 Games, postponed to this summer ... including Greece – the historical home of the ancient Olympic Games – entering first and ... Read More

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

The IOC vice president in charge of the postponed Tokyo Olympics said Friday the games would open in just over two months even if the ... Australia in a virtual news conference with Tokyo ... Read More

Tokyo Olympics

Fewer and fewer cities want to host the Olympics. That should tell the IOC something. Katie Ledecky entered the Tokyo Olympics with ... the “golden slam” while world No. 1 Ash Barty and ... Read More

There Was a Substantial Doping Scandal at the Tokyo Olympics

It’s been almost three years since the Tokyo Olympics wound down — yes, three years since the 2020 Olympics; pandemic delays will do that. Unfortunately, it also means that three years ago, there was ... Read More

Surfing - Summer Olympics

Australia's hopes of a surfing gold medal suffered a crushing blow as world no ... charge of the postponed Tokyo Olympics said Friday that the Games would open in just over two months even ... Read More

How to watch the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic Games

NBC Olympics will provide unprecedented ... experience with people from around the world as it happens, the Tokyo Opening Ceremony will also be broadcast live on NBC across all time zones starting at ... Read More