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World Health Organization urges global unity to help Tokyo Olympics

GENEVA — The head of the World Health Organization said Saturday it will not be easy to make next year’s Tokyo Olympics a safe global gathering after the pandemic. Speaking at a j...

DATE: May 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Sports

IOC sets aside $800M for loans, payments linked to pandemic

GENEVA – The IOC set aside $800 million on Thursday for loans and payments arising from the pandemic that forced the 2020 Tokyo Olympics to be postponed. It is still unclear how b...

DATE: May 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Tokyo Olympic CEO: Games next year may not be ‘conventional’

Cuts likely to come everywhere

DATE: May 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Sports

Extra innings: Baseball head again pitches Olympics to MLB

ROME – Baseball. In Japan. At the Olympics. For World Baseball Softball Confederation president Riccardo Fraccari, it seems like such a sure home run that he can’t even imagine wh...

DATE: May 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

70% of U.S. Olympic sports applied for PPP funds

Urgency to produce at Tokyo in 2021

DATE: May 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Sports

In Olympic sports, canceled events mean fewer member fees

That spells financial trouble

DATE: May 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Sports

Cost-cutting: More than 30 at U.S. Olympic Committee take severance

COLORADO SPRINGS – More than 30 workers at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee have accepted voluntary severance packages as part of the federation’s attempt to trim up to 20% of its e...

DATE: May 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Sports

Olympians look to help young athletes during shutdown

CHICAGO — When Jesse Smith looks out at his Zoom audience, he knows exactly what the crowd is going through. The captain of the U.S. men’s water polo team is adjusting his trainin...

DATE: May 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Sports

IOC official disagrees COVID-19 vaccine needed for Olympics

SYDNEY – The head of the IOC’s coordination commission for the Tokyo Olympics said Wednesday he disagrees with suggestions by some scientists and doctors that a vaccine for COVID-19 is neede...

DATE: Apr 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Sports

Tokyo Olympics in 2021 difficult without vaccine

Japan Medical Association gives a second warning

DATE: Apr 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Sports

Tokyo Olympics: Questions, few answers in face of pandemic

TOKYO — The Tokyo Olympics were postponed a month ago. But there are still more questions than answers about the new opening on July 23, 2021, and what form those games will take. ...

DATE: Apr 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Sports