Dissent grows as IOC battles to keep Tokyo Olympic Games on track
The International Olympic Committee is facing its strongest headwinds in decades as it briefed national committees on Wednesday on the state of the Tokyo 2020...
Norwegian wins Iditarod dog-sled race, crowds kept away by virus precautions
Norwegian musher Thomas Waerner won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race early on Wednesday, capturing victory in only his second attempt at the famous long-distance...
Japan says not preparing for postponement of Olympic Games
Japan is not making any preparations to postpone the 2020 Summer Olympics, the government’s top spokesman said on Wednesday, stressing Tokyo’s resolve to host the...
Dissent grows as IOC battles to keep Tokyo Games on track
The International Olympic Committee is facing its strongest headwinds in decades as it prepares to brief national committees on Wednesday on the state of the...
Olympics: Ticket holders anxiously await word on Games
Holders of coveted tickets for the Tokyo Olympics are anxiously awaiting word on whether the Games will go ahead as planned, with a media report...
Players cry foul after shock French Open move
Tennis players around the world have hit out at the lack of communication from the game’s governing bodies in the wake of the French Open’s...
Plane leaves Japan to collect Olympic flame, no 2020 delegates aboard
A plane sporting Tokyo 2020 livery departed Haneda International Airport on Wednesday bound for Athens to collect the Olympic flame, but there was no delegation...
Olympics make no sense if countries cannot send athletes: Japan’s Aso
Even if Japan can contain the coronavirus outbreak, the Summer Olympic Games “would not make sense” if other countries cannot send their athletes, Japanese Deputy...
Laver Cup will go ahead despite French Open switch: organisers
Laver Cup organisers say the exhibition event will go ahead in September as planned despite the French Open moving to the same dates as the...
All-Around World Cup Tokyo canceled over COVID-19
The Japan Gymnastics Association said it has canceled the Artistic Gymnastics All-Around World Cup Tokyo, scheduled for April 4-5, because of the coronavirus outbreak....