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More tests, no quarantine in updated Tokyo Olympic rules

TOKYO – Tokyo Olympic organizers and the IOC are to unveil new plans this week to explain how 15,400 Olympic and Paralympic athletes can compete in Japan when the games open in three months ...

DATE: Apr 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Tokyo Olympic Games delay fan decision until June

TOKYO – Japanese residents with tickets to the Tokyo Olympics may not know until weeks before the games open if they’ll be allowed to attend. Fans from abroad have already been ba...

DATE: Apr 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Head of Tokyo Olympics: Games will not be canceled

TOKYO – The head of the Tokyo Olympics on Friday was again forced to assure the world that the postponed games will open in just over three months and not be canceled despite surging COVID-1...

DATE: Apr 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

EXPLAINER: Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and some options for the U.S.

The U.S. State Department says it’s talking with allies about China’s human rights record and how to handle next year’s Beijing Winter Olympics. A department spokesman on Tuesday ...

DATE: Apr 7, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Torch relay for Tokyo Olympics kicks off its 121-day journey

TOKYO – The torch relay for the postponed Tokyo Olympics began its 121-day journey across Japan on Thursday and is headed toward the opening ceremony in Tokyo on July 23. The rela...

DATE: Mar 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Tokyo Olympics ready to announce ban on foreign fans

TOKYO – Tokyo organizers and the International Olympic Committee are poised to finally make it official that most fans from abroad will be prohibited from attending the postponed Olympics wh...

DATE: Mar 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Tokyo Olympic torch relay: Masks, quiet cheering and caution

TOKYO – Organizers plan to exercise extreme caution when the Olympic torch relay starts next week, knowing any stumble could imperil the opening of the Tokyo Games in just over four months. ...

DATE: Mar 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Olympic host Japan will not take part in China vaccine offer

TOKYO – Japan will not take part in China’s offer – accepted by the International Olympic Committee – to provide vaccines for “participants” in the postponed Tokyo Games and next year’s Beij...

DATE: Mar 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Tokyo Olympics still ‘focused on hosting’

Cancellation talk in Japan hits London newspaper

DATE: Jan 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Amid cancellation talk, Tokyo Olympics ‘focused on hosting’

TOKYO – International Olympics Committee President Thomas Bach and local organizers are pushing back against reports that the postponed Tokyo Olympics will be canceled. Now set to...

DATE: Jan 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo still in doubt

‘Anything can happen,’ minister says

DATE: Jan 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

80% say Tokyo Olympics should be called off or won’t happen

TOKYO – More than 80% of people in Japan who were surveyed in two polls in the last few days say the Tokyo Olympics should be canceled or postponed, or say they believe the Olympics will not...

DATE: Jan 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports