The International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice president, who is in charge of the postponed Tokyo Olympics, has said that the showpiece event will be held as per schedule even if the host city and other…
International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach will arrive in Japan on July 12, 11 days before the much awaited Tokyo Olympic Games finally kick-off. “The next steps on the organisational front after this Coordination…
A doctors’ body in Tokyo has urged for the cancellation of the upcoming Olympic Games saying that hospitals in the host nation are overwhelmed due to a surge in Covid-19 cases in Japan. Notably, the…
Amidst the spike in Covid-19 cases in Japan, demands for postponing the upcoming Tokyo Olympics has swiftly gathered momentum as now on Friday, a petition to cancel the showpiece event has been submitted to the…
Despite facing massive public opposition, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has said that it supports Japanese measures to counter the Covid-19 pandemic and was confident the Tokyo Olympics would be a “historic” event. Notably, just…
International Olympic Committee (IOC) chief Thomas Bach’s Japan visit was forced to be postpone, organisers said Monday, after a coronavirus state of emergency was extended less than three months before the Tokyo Games. The IOC…
International Olympic Committee (IOC) chief Thomas Bach is confident that a “big number” of athletes participanting in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics this year will be vaccinated for Covid-19. “I think we can already say now…
Despite a massive spike in Covid-19 cases in Japan, the organisers of the upcoming Tokyo Olympics on Friday have ruled out any possibility of cancellation or postponement of the showpiece event. “There are a lot…
North Korea has reportedly decided to skip this year’s Tokyo Olympic Games because of the coronavirus pandemic. According to the website ‘Sport in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’, which reports on sports in North…
If reports are to be believed, the Japanese government is planning to stop spectators from abroad to attend the upcoming Tokyo Olympics as it feels that they will spread the coronavisrus. A final call would…