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…
just two months after the unprecedented Olympic postponement, organizing committee CEO Toshiro Muto was asked Thursday about progress toward next year’s rescheduled Tokyo Games. “If you ask, are we just around the first corner of the 400-meter race,…
The brutality of COVID-19 has been keenly felt by sports industries around the world, and especially so for the Tokyo Olympic Games, which has been pushed back a year to 2021 due to the pandemic. As the U.S.…
During the Covid19 times when the world is suffering all over, what is required is camaraderie, mutual respect and work in unison. Contrary to all of this country’s highest sporting body, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) is seeing…
Komal, 15, is the current cadet world wrestling champion and hails from an extremely humble background. Her father, Satish Kumar is a migrant worker and does odd jobs to earn a living for his family. Covid19 has hit…
The United World Wrestling (UWW) is considering three options for restarting the season, revealed Belcho Goranov, secretary-general of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee and member of the UWW Legal Commission. The world governing body is most optimistic to resume…
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach said on Thursday that the IOC is willing to bear up costs of upto $800 million in the organisation of the postponed Tokyo Olympics. The 2020 Olympics was postponed to 2021…
The head of the IOC’s coordination commission for the Tokyo Olympics said Wednesday he disagrees with suggestions by some scientists and doctors that a vaccine for COVID-19 is needed to hold the games. John Coates, an International Olympic…
An open conflict broke out Tuesday between Tokyo Olympic organizers and the IOC over who will pay for the unprecedented year-long postponement. Tokyo spokesman Masa Takaya said the organizing committee has asked the Switzerland-based International Olympic Committee to…
There is no “Plan B” for the Olympics if they need to be postponed again because of the coronavirus pandemic, Tokyo organizers said Tuesday. Masa Takaya, the spokesman for the Tokyo Olympics, said organizers are proceeding under the…