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Top medical adviser says 'no fans' safest for Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO – The safest way to hold the Tokyo Olympics is without any fans, the top medical adviser to the Japanese government said in a report on Friday. Dr. Shigeru Omi’s recommendation seems t...

DATE: Jun 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Durango mountain biker Christopher Blevins selected for Tokyo Olympics

23-year-old gains bid from USA Cycling, continues Durango’s Olympic mountain bike legacy

DATE: Jun 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

10,000 volunteers drop out; Tokyo Olympics open in less than 50 days

TOKYO – The countdown clock for the Tokyo Olympics hit 50-days-to-go on Thursday, and the day also brought another problem for the delayed games. About 10,000 of 80,000 unpaid volunteers fo...

DATE: Jun 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

IOC offers Tokyo medical help amid call for cancellation

TOKYO – Confronted in Japan with some of the strongest medical-community opposition yet to the Tokyo Olympics, IOC President Thomas Bach offered Wednesday to have added medical personnel ava...

DATE: May 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

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

Olympic athletes promised legal support if they protest

GENEVA – Athletes who make political or social justice protests at the Tokyo Olympics were promised legal support Thursday by a global union and an activist group in Germany. The ...

DATE: Apr 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional 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

Officials say Olympic cancellation, no fans still an option

TOKYO – Two officials in Japan’s ruling LDP party on Thursday said changes could be coming to the Tokyo Olympics. One suggested they still could be canceled, and the other said even if they ...

DATE: Apr 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Olympic gold: Colleges, Team USA search for new ways to win

INDIANAPOLIS – It’s a point of pride that stretches across dozens of universities, many of them rivals, and all the college sports leagues, many of which compete for the same dollars and the...

DATE: Apr 7, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

EXPLAINER: Why is North Korea skipping the Tokyo Olympics?

SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea, citing the coronavirus, has become the world’s first country to drop out of the Tokyo Olympics. It’s true that the North is extremely sensitive a...

DATE: Apr 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

North Korea says it won’t participate in Tokyo Olympics

SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea became the first country to drop out of the Tokyo Olympics because of coronavirus fears, a decision that underscores the challenges facing Japan as it strugg...

DATE: Apr 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

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