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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
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
Events

The International Olympic Committee has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Covid-19 vaccine producers Pfizer and BioNTech to donate vaccines to Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic participants
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. 
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
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…
Esports
Events

The International Olympic Committee has this morning announced that it has partnered with five international sports federations, game publishers and DreamHack Sports Games to launch the first-ever, Olympic-licensed…
Events

International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach has said he is confident a large number of athletes and delegates at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will have received their Covid-19 vaccine in time for…
Sponsorship & Marketing

Olympic TOP sponsor Airbnb has launched a plan to provide elite athletes, Olympians and Paralympians with Airbnb accommodation credits
Events

A decision on whether domestic spectators will be allowed to attend the Tokyo 2020 Olympics may not be made until June, having originally been set for this month
Football
Governance

International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach has said that the existing structure of European sports is under threat as he weighed in on the proposed breakaway competition The Super League
Events

Brisbane’s Gabba stadium is set for a renovation after being earmarked as the centrepiece of the city’s 2032 Olympic bid.