Olympic Games
Events

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will go ahead even if the host city is under a state of emergency when the Games start on July 23, International Olympic Committee vice-president John Coates has said
Multi-sport
Events

US House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi has called for a diplomatic boycott of next year's Beijing Winter Olympics, saying politicians should not attend the event due to alleged human rights abuses…
Events

A leading Japanese medical organisation has joined calls for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games to be cancelled, as hospitals face being overwhelmed following the latest spike of Covid-19 cases in the country
Events

Japanese public opposition to hosting the Tokyo 2020 Olympics this summer has grown to more than 80 per cent, with just under 10 weeks until the opening ceremony on July 23
Esports

The Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee will slash the number of visiting officials to this year’s Olympic and Paralympic Games to 90,000 or fewer as it looks to curb international attendance.
Multi-sport
Events

The International Olympics Committee has stressed that it will not be driven by public opinion into cancelling the Tokyo 2020 Games as it shrugged off mounting public and athlete criticism at a press conference…
Multi-sport
Media

The Hong Kong government has acquired the broadcast rights to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and will allow five local broadcasters to air the rescheduled Games
Multi-sport
Governance

A visit to Tokyo this month by International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach has been postponed due to the extension of a Covid-19 state of emergency in Japan
Multi-sport
Events

A track and field test event for Tokyo 2020 on Sunday (May 9) saw hundreds of athletes take part inside an empty National Stadium as organisers tested Covid-19 countermeasures
Multi-sport
Media

Digital content effort extends network effort to reach fans in new ways
Multi-sport
Media

Dutch public-service broadcaster the NOS will continue as the exclusive free-to-air broadcaster of the Olympic Games in the Netherlands, securing rights to the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing and the 2024 Summer Games in Paris. 
Multi-sport
Events

Diving and volleyball Olympic test events with international athletes took place in Japan over the weekend, as preparations for the Tokyo Games edge forwards under a cloud of uncertainty
Events

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games president Seiko Hashimoto has said that organisers are preparing for the scenario that no spectators will be present at the Olympic and Paralympic Games later this year
Events

Athletes participating in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be tested daily for Covid-19 as part of a series of new measures aimed at containing the spread of the virus at the Games
Athletics
Sponsorship & Marketing

Consumer goods giant Unilever has launched a campaign to support Olympic champion middle-distance runner Caster Semenya in her latest effort to overturn a controversial ruling by World Athletics.
Events

Australia’s federal government has provided guarantees that it will cover half of the costs if Brisbane is awarded the 2032 summer Olympic Games, further boosting the city’s status as the International Oly…
Multi-sport
Events

Tokyo Olympics organising committee chief Seiko Hashimoto said cancelling the upcoming Games is not being considered, as Japanese cities entered new, two-week 'states of emergency' to control Covid-19…
Swimming
Events

Fina, the international aquatics federation, has announced that an Olympic artistic swimming qualifying event that was set to take place in Tokyo will now be held in Barcelona in June