Tokyo Olympics Q&A: 6 months out and murmurs of cancellation

The Tokyo Olympics are to open in six months on July ... Several Japan government audits have estimated Olympic spending at $25 billion or more. All but $6.7 billion is public money. Read More

Paris Olympics 2024 News: Six Months Out, American Wrestler Kyle Snyder Has a Serious Message for Rivals

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FIGURE SKATING/ Japan’s Hanyu injures ankle three months before Olympics

Yuzuru Hanyu’s hopes of winning a third Olympic figure skating gold medal for Japan have suffered a blow after he pulled out of a tournament ... The 2022 Winter Olympics begin on Feb. 4. Read More

Japan's Chizuru Arai Chokes Out ROC's Madina Taimazova to Advance to Final

Japanese judoka Chizuru Arai obliged the Russian Olympic Committee athlete, using a chokehold that forced her opponent to pass out on the mat at the Nippon Budokan. The powerful move put Arai in the ... Read More

Call To Cancel Tokyo Olympics Enters Race For Tokyo Governor

and there is no talk of cancellation, with the Olympics set to open on July 23, 2021. Soaring bills are an issue. Estimates in Japan say the one-year postponement will cost $2 billion to $6 billion. Read More

Paris Olympics: River Seine pollution could cancel triathlon swimming

The Olympics president said the swimming ... the Tokyo 2020 women’s marathon 10-kilometer swim (6.2 miles), told the AFP news agency last month that “we need a plan B in case it’s not ... Read More

Tokyo Olympics: Japan Captain Yoshida Questions Spectator Ban

The Tokyo Olympics men's football tournament will ... The call to ban spectators from attending events was taken earlier this month after Japan's capital city was placed into a state of emergency ... Read More

JAPAN: 1940 Olympics

For Japan, whose sprint swimmers made an astounding sweep of the 1932 Olympics ... A month later, at the Oslo, Norway meeting of the International Olympic Committee, the Italian delegates denied ... Read More

Japan bangs out three runs in eighth to reach baseball final

Japan nearly went through the eighth quietly. With one out and one man on base, Japan's Kensuke Kondoh hit a grounder that South Korea couldn't quite turn into a double play. The play was reviewed to ... Read More

Elon Musk Denies Rumors of Tesla Model 2 Cancellation

Reuters reported this news, mentioning that ... Tesla’s stock price plummeted over 6%, causing a stir in the stock market. Tesla CEO Elon Musk vehemently denied the report via social media ... Read More