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TOKYO: Coronavirus outbreaks involving Olympic teams in Japan have turned small-town hotels into facilities on the frontline of the pandemic battle, charged with implementing complex health measures to protect elite athletes and a fearful public. ..
Like many Olympians, USA track and field athlete Allyson Felix has been having an eventful journey to Tokyo 2020. With four Games under her belt -- and having just qualified for her fifth Olympics at the US trials on June 20 -- Felix is an Olympic..
LONDON: Canada's Bianca Andreescu has decided not to compete at the Tokyo Olympics due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the former US Open champion said on Monday (Jul 12). Andreescu is the latest big-name player to opt out of the Jul 23-Aug 8 Games...
International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has called Tokyo the "best ever prepared city" to host the Olympics with 10 days to go until the opening ceremony. During a joint virtual press conference with Tokyo 2020 chief ..
TOKYO: The coronavirus might top the risks at the Tokyo Olympics, but organisers in Japan have other deadly, unpredictable threats to contend with: Natural disasters. Japan is regularly rattled by earthquakes and battered by typhoons, and experts ..
The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) will host a camp for the Refugee Olympic Team participating in the 32nd Summer Olympics (Tokyo 2020), which will be hosted by Japan from July 23 to August 8, 2021. This camp comes within the framework of Qatar'..
It's an unorthodox approach, but Taiwan's Chou Tien-chen is hoping his decision to go without a coach will help him win badminton gold at the Tokyo Olympics. The world number four has flourished since parting ways with a full-time co..
Around 10,000 of the 80,000 volunteers who signed up to help at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games have quit, broadcaster NHK reported on Wednesday, citing organisers. The Tokyo 2020 Olympics were postponed last year due to the coronaviru..
Larissa Iapichino's face said it all: hands on her head and mouth agape, it was the look of someone who could scarcely believe what she had just achieved. Even now, two-and-a-half months on from her jump at the Italian Indoor championships, th..
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