Tokyo, March 20 (08:23 PM PKT)(AFP/APP): Overseas fans will be banned from this summer's virus-delayed Tokyo Olympics, organisers said Saturday, calling the decision disappointing but "unavoidable" as they try to hold
Tokyo, March 20 (08:23 PM PKT)(AFP/APP): From a historic coronavirus postponement, to a decision to bar overseas specators, the path to Tokyo 2020 has been littered with hurdles. As the
Tokyo, March 3 (AFP/APP): Tokyo Olympics organizers will decide this month whether to allow overseas fans, the Games president said Wednesday, while the number of spectators allowed in venues will be set by
Washington, Feb 25 (AFP/APP):Former US Olympics women's gymnastics coach John Geddert has been charged with human trafficking and criminal sexual conduct, prosecutors said Thursday. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel unveiled
Tokyo, Feb 14 (AFP/APP):Japan on Sunday approved its first coronavirus vaccine, clearing the way for mass inoculations as the nation prepares to host the postponed 2020 Olympics. "The health minister
Tokyo, Feb 12 (AFP/APP):Tokyo 2020 chief Yoshiro Mori is expected to resign Friday over a sexism row, but his apparently hand-picked successor -- an 84-year-old sports administrator -- is already
Tokyo, Feb 9 (AFP/APP): Tokyo Olympic organizers are planning to meet this week to discuss their response to sexist comments made by their boss, reports said Tuesday, after hundreds of Games
Tampa, Feb 8 (AFP/APP):US President Joe Biden said late Sunday it remains to be seen if the US will send a team to the pandemic-postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics, in a
Doha, Feb 8 (AFP/APP):The Qatari 2022 World Cup organisers have insisted that matches will be staged in stadiums operating at 100 percent of capacity even as the global fight against
Tokyo, Feb 2 (AFP/APP):Japan's government approved a month-long extension of its coronavirus state of emergency on Tuesday, less than six months before the pandemic-postponed Olympic Games open in Tokyo. "We