Postponement is about saving lives, says IOC chief Bach
International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach said on Tuesday that he and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe did not discuss the cost of postponing the...
Tokyo Games moved to 2021 to be ‘light at the end of pandemic tunnel’
The Tokyo Olympics were postponed on Tuesday to 2021, the first such delay in the Games’ 124-year modern history, as the coronavirus crisis wrecked the...
Tokyo 2020 CEO: unclear who will pay extra costs for Olympics delay
Tokyo 2020 organizing committee chief executive Toshiro Muto said on Tuesday it is not clear who will pay the extra costs arising from the postponement...
No plan to change Olympic marathon location from Hokkaido, Tokyo 2020’s Mori says
There is no plan to change the location of the Olympic marathon from the northern island of Hokkaido even with the delay of the Games...
Tokyo Games delayed to 2021, easing athletes’ angst
Japan and the Olympics movement decided on Tuesday to delay this year’s Tokyo Games into 2021 as the coronavirus crisis obliterated the world’s last major...
Japan PM Abe: Agreed with IOC’s Bach on idea of delaying Olympics one year
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Tuesday he and the head of the International Olympic Committee agreed on the idea of delaying the Tokyo...
IOC to hold emergency EB meeting later on Tuesday on Tokyo 2020 postponement – source
The International Olympic Committee’s Executive Board will discuss the widely expected postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in a hastily arranged conference call later on...
Tokyo’s Koike: Next year’s Olympics will still be Tokyo 2020
The name of the delayed Olympics will still be Tokyo 2020, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said on Tuesday, adding that the Games would be held...
To athletes’ relief, Tokyo 2020 delay looks inevitable
Japan and the Olympics movement were deciding on Tuesday whether to postpone this year’s Tokyo Games due to the coronavirus as a global outcry made...
Pulev sees no problem in fighting Joshua without spectators
Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev, the IBF’s mandatory challenger, said he saw no problem in fighting Briton Anthony Joshua for the world heavyweight title in a match...