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All roads -- blocked off roads -- lead to Tokyo Olympics

Pushback against the Olympics remains strong

Tokyo Olympics: Athletes should travel with confidence, says IOC chief Bach

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach is confident that the organising committee of Tokyo 2020 will be able to stage a safe and secure showpiece event for the athletes

Covid-19: US experts flag concerns for Olympics 2021, call for WHO help

International Olympic Committee has not taken adequate steps to protect athletes, coaches, and support staff from Covid-19 during the impending July Olympic Games in Tokyo, say experts

Explained: Why Tokyo Olympics will be like no other amid Covid-19

Covid-19 is still spreading but the games appear to be going ahead, in what would be the biggest world event of the pandemic era

Olympics 2021: IOC offers Tokyo medical help amid call for cancellation

IOC President Thomas Bach offered Wednesday to have added medical personnel available to help out when the games open in just over nine weeks

Two Tokyo Olympics: Inside and outside the National Stadium

Seated inside Tokyo's new $1.4 billion National Stadium, Sebastian Coe again tried to reassure athletes and skeptical residents of Japan that the postponed Olympics will be safe

Tokyo 2020: Pfzier and BioNTech to donate vaccines for Olympic athletes

Vaccine developers Pfizer and BioNTech will donate doses to inoculate athletes and officials preparing for the Tokyo Olympics, says IOC

Tokyo 2020: Anti-Olympic petition gains tens of thousands of signatures

An online petition calling for the Tokyo Olympics 2020 to be canceled has gained tens of thousands of signatures since being launched in Japan only days ago

Forgery trial of Olympic powerbroker now set to open in August

The delayed trial of Olympic powerbroker Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah, charged with forgery in an alleged Kuwaiti coup plot, is now set to open in August

Thomas Bach re-elected as IOC president until 2025

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach was on Wednesday re-elected for an additional four-year term

Government decree saves Italy from Tokyo Olympic games suspension

The Italian government pushed through a last-minute decree Tuesday providing more autonomy for the country's Olympic committee

Int'l Olympic Committee readies for various scenarios ahead of Tokyo games

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is taking into account various scenarios for holding the upcoming Tokyo Olympics

Senior IOC member says he's not sure Tokyo Games will happen due to Covid

A senior member of the International Olympic Committee has said he can't be certain the postponed Tokyo Olympics will open in just over six months because of surging pandemic in Japan and elsewhere

IOC accused of ignoring human rights for 2022 Beijing Winter Games

A coalition representing ethnic minorities in China is again accusing the International Olympic Committee of ignoring widespread human rights

Tokyo Olympic Games won't confirm added costs reported at $3 billion

A University of Oxford study published early this year calculated before the postponement said Tokyo was the most expensive Summer Olympics on record and the meter is still running.

Tokyo Olympics: IOC President promises athletes unforgettable experience

Speaking from the Olympic Village, the International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach promised the athletes an unforgettable experience at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020

IOC back in Tokyo as world prepares for next year's Summer Olympics

The International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Coordination Commission Chair John Coates returned to Japan, for the first time since February 2020, with IOC President Thomas Bach for the Joint International Olympic Committee, International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and Tokyo 2020 Project Review.The meetings, held between November 16 and 18, reaffirmed the full commitment of all partners to deliver Olympic and Paralympic Games fit for a post-corona world next year.Speaking afterwards, Coates said that discussions have reinforced their joint determination to hold "safe and successful" Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo."This is a very positive sign that we've been able to return to Japan at this point in preparations. Discussions over the last three days have reinforced our joint determination to hold safe and successful Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo. Close collaboration and regular communications with our friends in Japan, partners across the world and the entire Olympic ...

Tokyo Olympics to happen next year, despite coronavirus pandemic

IOC V-P Coates told AFP in a phone interview the Games will start as planned on July 23 "with or without Covid," stressing that the Olympics have never been cancelled outside of world wars

Tokyo Olympics 2020: 42 venues lined up, schedule to remain unchanged

The Athletes Village and the main press center have also been lined up for 2021.

Salary cuts for athletes during Covid-19 may fuel corruption, warns IOC

The paper published jointly by the IOC, INTERPOL, and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime stressed on the need to safeguard the integrity of sport during the pandemic