Aker AL-OBAIDI, an Iraqi-refugee currently living, working, and wrestling in Austria has been named to the IOC Refugee Team for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. The 67kg Greco-Roman athlete will be the first wrestler to compete for…
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach and Japan Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga are likely to meet next week with Tokyo 2020 on agenda. According to Agence France-Presse, Tokyo 2020 President Yoshirō Mori confirmed Bach’s impending visit at…
Greco-Roman wrestler Roman Vlasov is considered one of the best wrestlers of the past decade. With two Olympics and world championships golds and four-time European championship winner is now eyeing for the third gold medal at Tokyo Olympics.…
A consulting firm for Tokyo’s Olympic bid committee paid around $370,000 to the son of Lamine Diack, once one of the world’s most powerful sports officials, around the time Japan was picked to host the 2020 Games, Kyodo…
Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto dismissed figures in an academic report published on Tuesday that showed the Tokyo Olympics were set to be the most expensive in history, even before the additional costs to be incurred by the…
Japans new prime minister has gotten the word out to the president of the International Olympic Committee that he is behind next years delayed Tokyo Games. Yoshiro Mori, the head of the local organizing committee and also a…
Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto has stated that a COVID-19 vaccine is not a requirement for holding next year’s postponed Olympics and Paralympics. Muto on Friday attended the first meeting on countermeasures against the coronavirus pandemic with a Japanese…
A panel set-up to aid the organisation of next year’s Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo during the coronavirus pandemic is scheduled to meet for the first time on Friday (September 4). It will discuss border controls, COVID-19…
Tokyo 2020 Olympic organisers hope Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will remain involved in preparations for the re-arranged Games next year, despite his announced resignation on Friday. Abe had been all but synonymous with Tokyo 2020, heavily involved…
Tokyo Olympics: At a low-key ceremony to mark the unveiling of the Olympic flame display on Monday, Tokyo officials reiterated that next year’s Games will be a symbol of hope for the world as it recovers from the…