Tokyo 2020 spokesman Masa Takaya on Tuesday did not rule out the possibility of hosting the postponed Olympic Games behind closed doors while insisting that nobody wants to see the games without spectators. Japan’s JIJI Press last week…
Tokyo Olympics: The Tokyo 2020 games are now scheduled to open on July 23, 2021, after a historic postponement forced by the global march of the pandemic. Next year’s coronavirus-postponed Olympics could be held in front of a…
Two-thirds of Tokyo 2020’s corporate sponsors are undecided on whether to continue supporting the Olympic Games, now that the event has been pushed to 2021, according to a new survey. In the poll published late Thursday by Japanese…
Toshiaki Endo, a vice-president of the Tokyo Olympics organising committee, has said it is still too early to discuss whether to go ahead with the postponed games. Citing the uncertainty surrounding the control of the Covid-19 pandemic and…
Dagestan Wrestling Federation President Sazhid Sajidov has welcomed the Tokyo Olympics postponement to 2021. He said that moving the competition was the right thing to do considering the current situation. “At present, maintaining the health of the people…
In a massive relief to players who have already booked quota places for Tokyo 2020 will also be qualified for next year’s rescheduled Olympics, Agence France-Presse has reported. The decision was made at a teleconference between the International…
2016 Rio Olympic gold medallist Taha Akgul underlined the importance of Tokyo Summer Games getting postponed. Speaking to Turkey Wrestling Federation’s official platform he said that the deferment will help give him more time to recover from his…
Tokyo 2020 postponed: The deferment of Tokyo Olympics to 2021 due to Coronanvirus pandemic has been received well by the sporting circuit. After International Olympic Committee (IOC) made the official announcement on Tuesday, athletes including wrestlers globally welcomed the…
Two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar has joined Sunil Kumar and Bajrang Punia to ask for International Olympic Committee (IOC) for postponement of the Tokyo Games. In a conversation with WrestlingTV, he said it would be better for everyone…
The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and Paralympic Committee (CPC) said on Sunday that Team Canada will not participate in the Olympic and Paralympic Games in the summer of 2020 due to concerns about the outbreak of the coronavirus.…