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Yoshiro Mori, president of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Organising Committee, is set to step down over sexist remarks he made that women talked too much, according to Japanese media reports
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Tennis Australia chief executive Craig Tiley said he believes Tokyo Olympics organisers need tougher Covid-19 measures than those already announced, based on his experience running the Australian Open
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The main NBC television network will air the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics live on July 23, representing a first for a morning broadcast window in the United States
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IOC president Thomas Bach said the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics would "transform the global scene for winter sports", in an address marking one year to go until the start of the Games
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Communications consultancy The Playbook has announced the appointment of Ceri Reed as its new managing director
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The Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) has conceded that its federations would be hit hard if this year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo were to be cancelled, but has offered assurances t…
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The Hungarian Olympic Committee has announced that it has established a committee to look into the feasibility of launching a bid for the 2032 Summer Olympics in the country’s capital city of Budapest.
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The International Olympic Committee has vowed to cut its direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions by 45 per cent within the next nine years
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International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach has dismissed "speculation" about cancellation of the Tokyo Olympics and said his organisation would in early February publish its plans to counter…
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The International Olympic Committee's executive board meets today (Wednesday) to discuss preparations for the Tokyo Olympics, but is not expected to consider cancelling the event amid increasing scrutiny…
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The autonomy of the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) from government interference has been guaranteed by a new decree issued by Italian authorities, just a day before the International Olympic Committee…
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Chinese President Xi Jinping has reassured International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach that despite disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic China will present the 2022 winter Games in line…
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Veteran business executive Cipora Herman has been named the chief financial officer of LA28, the organizing committee of the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles
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The Japanese government and Tokyo Olympics organisers have denied a report earlier today that the government wants to cancel this year's Games and instead host it in the next available slot, in 2032
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Plans by the Paris 2024 Olympic Games organising committee to build a media village in a city park have been hit by a legal challenge from local residents
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Ukraine is actively investigating the possibility of preparing a bid to host the Olympic Games within the next ten years, according to the country’s youth and sports minister Vadym Huttsait.
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The organising committee of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games has reached a “basic agreement” with all 68 domestic sponsors to extend their contracts and support the delayed Games.
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The Japanese government has stopped its special entry provisions for Olympic athletes and team members from countries where the new, more infectious Covid-19 strain has been identified