Olympics
Tokyo Olympics chief resigns, apologises again over sexist remarks
TOKYO, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Tokyo 2020 Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori resigned on Friday and apologised again for sexist remarks that sparked…
Olympics – Toyota president disappointed by comments from Tokyo 2020 chief Mori
TOKYO, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp's President Akio Toyoda said on Wednesday his company was disappointed by recent comments from…
Tokyo Olympics face another looming headache – no medical staff
Japanese doctors and nurses fighting the novel coronavirus will not have the time to volunteer to help at the Olympics, a medical…
No Plan B: Japan’s sponsors shelve ads as mood sours over Olympics
OKYO, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Japan's Olympic sponsors are scaling back advertising campaigns and delaying marketing events for this year's Summer Games,…
IOC to discuss Olympics but cancellation not on agenda
The Tokyo Olympics will top the agenda when the International Olympic Committee's executive board meets on Wednesday (January 27) - but with…
UPDATED – Cabinet approves decree guaranteeing CONI’s independence as Italy risked Olympic Games exclusion
Updated 1145 - Cabinet approves decree safeguarding CONI's independence In his last Cabinet meeting before submitting his resignation, Italian PM Giuseppe Conte…
Japan’s hopes for Summer Olympics fade as country expands emergency-state
TOKYO, Jan 13 (Reuters) - The Japanese government said on Wednesday it would expand a state of emergency it declared for the…
Olympic rings illuminated upon return to Tokyo Bay
The Olympic rings monument was reinstalled in Tokyo Bay on Tuesday, after being removed in August, as organisers ramp up preparations for…
Gymnasts in Tokyo show how Olympics can pass coronavirus challenges
Gymnasts from four nations tumbled, leapt and spun through a friendly meet in Tokyo on Sunday in a closely-watched event aimed at…
Tokyo Olympics Aquatics Centre unveiled with hopeful ceremony
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike finally inaugurated on Saturday the Aquatics Centre for next year’s rescheduled Olympics, seven months after it was supposed…
US, UK condemn Olympics related malicious cyberattacks by Russia
Britain and the United States on Monday condemned what they said were a litany of malicious cyberattacks orchestrated by Russian military intelligence,…
Japan, eyes Olympics through vaccination
Japan is making an aggressive move to grab enough coronavirus vaccine to inoculate its population four times over, a push the government…