The only thing more difficult than staging next year’s Tokyo Olympics in a pandemic might be convincing sponsors to keep their billions of dollars on board in the midst of economic turbulence and scepticism. To make the point…
Tamas and Viktor Lorincz were already waiting for the Tokyo Olympics when the news of postponement due to covid-19 came. Both the wrestlers are in their 30s and will possibly be competing in their last Olympics before hanging…
Tokyo 2020 Chief Executive Toshiro Muto has said that the organisers are looking to hold a Games that will be “simple but inspiring”. Muto admitted that holding the Olympics next year in the extravagant fashion that was earlier…
Tokyo Olympics: More than 60 per cent of the volunteers for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics are “worried or anxious” about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the Games, a survey has found. Japanese state broadcaster…
International Olympic Committee vice-president John Coates says the body will continue to find ways to “reduce the complexity” of the rescheduled Tokyo Games but traditional features, like the athletes’ village, won’t be compromised. Coates, who will again juggle…
Haryana will host the fourth edition of the Khelo India Youth Games after the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, the state”s chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar and Union sports minister Kiren Rijiju announced on Saturday. The Games will be held…
Banning fans from the Tokyo Olympics is “clearly something we don’t want”, International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach said, adding that “multiple scenarios” were under consideration for the rescheduled Games. Bach said safety was the top concern for…
Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto said on Wednesday that the rearranged Olympics will “not be done with grand splendour”, but will be simplified. The Games, originally scheduled to start next month, were postponed for a year in March…
The postponed 2020 Olympics will be cancelled altogether if coronavirus is not brought under control by next year, the Games’ chief has warned. The pandemic has already forced a year-long delay of Tokyo 2020, which will now start…
The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) met today for an Executive Project Review via teleconference. IOC Coordination Commission Chair John Coates and Olympic Games Executive Director…