2020 tokyo olympic games

Rio Olympics bronze medallist Sakshi Malik rates Vinesh Phogat as mentally strongest among the seven Tokyo Games bound Indian wrestlers, saying she had not seen a mentally tougher wrestler…

Olympic Minister Tamayo Marukawa delivered another wake-up call on Friday when she confirmed that a member of the Ugandan team who tested positive for the coronavirus upon entry to Japan…

“I think it is likely that a backlash is building on this,” she said. “We see it in various states in the U.S.“The International Olympic Committee has also noted that its policies on trans…

Before the postponement 15 months ago, Japan was on track to host a well-run if expensive Olympics. It had a beautiful new National Stadium by architect Kengo Kuma, meticulous organization,…

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Seiko Hashimoto, the president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, called the decision “the last piece for the Olympics” to proceed on July 23.But as with everything about these…

Omi said that putting fans in the venues increased the risk — and not only there but afterward as people exit. He said the Olympics easily get more attention from the public than other…

Experts at a virus panel meeting Thursday gave their approval for government plans to downgrade the emergency in Tokyo, Aichi, Hokkaido, Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo and Fukuoka.“We must do…

"Based on what I am hearing, people within the government have been given their instructions to make the games happen, and that is their singular focus right now — for better or for worse.…

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