Olympics
Qatar to consider 2032 Olympic bid
Qatar , the host of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, announced that it would also like to stage the Olympics , possibly…
Original drawing of the Olympic rings sketched by Baron Pierre de Coubertin is set to go up for auction
An original drawing of the Olympic rings sketched by Baron Pierre de Coubertin is set to go up for auction in Cannes…
Tokyo 2020 preparing to deliver Games with COVID-19
Tokyo Olympics organisers are preparing to host the Games next year even if the global coronavirus pandemic hasn’t eased substantially, organising committee…
London 2012 Olympians were used in secret project to test experimental substance
Ninety-one elite-level sports people across eight Olympic sports were used as “guinea pigs” in a secret UK Sport project trialling ketones in…
Japan to explore ‘simplified’ Olympic Games
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said on Thursday it may be necessary to a stage a "simplified" Olympics next year due to the…
IOC says 2021 Tokyo Olympics could be cancelled if pandemic continues
The International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said on 20 May that the postponed Tokyo 2020 Games shall be cancelled if they…
Olympics will not be postponed again
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has no plans to defer the Tokyo Olympics again, according to John Coates, the head of the…
Coronavirus and its impact on sports
Major sports events around the world that are in the process of re-starting or have been rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic:…
Japan needs to keep emergency in place, 2021 Olympics ‘difficult,’ top doctor says
It is too early to consider lifting Japan's state of emergency over the coronavirus, the head of the Japan Medical Association Yoshitake…
Japan virus expert ‘pessimistic’ Olympics can be held in 2021
A Japanese expert who has criticised the country's response to the coronavirus warned Monday that he is "pessimistic" that the postponed Olympics…
Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics likely postponed to July 2021
A view of the Olympic Rings monument in front of the Japan Olympic Committee headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, 24 March 2020 (reissued…
Tokyo 2020 Olympics to be postponed for a year
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has asked for the Tokyo Olympics to be postponed for a year during talks with organisers. Mr…