Tokyo Olympics: Coca-Cola, the drinks group that is the Olympic Movement’s oldest sponsor, is to cut thousands of jobs as part of a restructuring that will reduce operating units from 17 to nine. The Atlanta-based company has announced…
The resignation of Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has come as a big shock for the covid-deferred Tokyo Olympics. Abe who suffered from ulcerative colitis is to receive new and more prolonged treatment stepped down from the office…
Wrestling: United World Wrestling’s (UWW) President Nenad Lalovic’s contribution to the sport is unquestionable. The Serbian international is the man responsible for the re-emergence of wrestling which was on the verge of Olympic elimination. On the occasion of…
Tokyo organizers and the International Olympic Committee say the Games will open on July 23, 2021, and the competition schedule remains virtually unchanged. When it comes to Olympic tickets, the Latin expression “caveat emptor” often applies- “Let the…
Tokyo Olympics: More than 60% of volunteers registered for next summer’s Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games are worried about how anti-coronavirus measures will be implemented and what format the events will take, according to a recent survey by…
Tokyo Olympics: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) reconfirmed the importance of eradicating abuse in the sports world and exchanged opinions on specific measures. As cited in the Olympic Charter, abuse in sports…
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…
A minute’s silence at the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics is one of the options being considered within International Olympic Committee (IOC) circles as the debate intensifies over Rule 50, which currently forbids political protests made…
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…
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Summer Games were supposed to be underway right now, with hundreds of Canadian athletes training and competing in Japan. But as with so many other things this year, their postponement due to COVID-19 has…