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Japanese gymnast Uchimura tests positive for COVID-19 ahead of key meet 29 Oct 2020 - 02:22 pm
Kohei Uchimura (JPN) of Japan competes on the parallel bars during the men's individual all-around final. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Sprint star Coleman to miss Olympics after being banned for whereabouts failure 27 Oct 2020 - 08:53 pm
FILE PHOTO: Athletics - World Athletics Championships - Doha 2019 - Men's 4x100 Metres Relay Final - Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar - October 5, 2019. Christian Coleman of the U.S. before the race. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay/File Photo
Tokyo urges Olympics supporters to "pack less, wait less" following security tests 21 Oct 2020 - 01:17 pm
Officials check body temperature of people acting as spectators during screening measures test, hosted by Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, ahead of the summer games that have been postponed to 2021 due to the coronavirus dis
Thomas Bach to visit new Japanese PM, Tokyo Olympic leaders 09 Oct 2020 - 02:47 pm
IOC President Thomas Bach attends an Executive Board meeting of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne, Switzerland, October 7, 2020. Christophe Moratal/IOC/Handout via REUTERS
Tokyo marathon 2021 postponed until after Olympics due to COVID-19 concerns 09 Oct 2020 - 01:55 pm
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IOC expects international fans at Tokyo Games - Bach 07 Oct 2020 - 07:01 pm
This handout picture taken and released by the Information Services of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on October 7, 2020, shows IOC President Thomas Bach holding an executive board meeting at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne./ AFP / OIS/IOC / O
Tokyo organisers to save over $280 million with 'simplification' measures 07 Oct 2020 - 04:37 pm
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games CEO Toshiro Muto (L) speaks beside Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games president Yoshiro Mori during a press conference regarding the Tokyo Olympics, which have been postponed due to the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, in Tokyo on October 7, 202
Tokyo Olympics name Mikako Kotani as new sports director 30 Sep 2020 - 10:45 am
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Tokyo organisers outline steps for 'simplified' Games 25 Sep 2020 - 03:27 pm
Christophe Dubi, IOC's Olympic Games Executive Director, and Robert Roxburgh, Head of Olympic Games Communications of IOC, are seen on screen during a joint press conference between the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Tokyo Organising Committee
IOC's Bach sounds optimistic note on Tokyo Games in 2021 24 Sep 2020 - 02:55 pm
President of the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee Yoshiro Mori (L) and Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike (R) listen as International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach (on screen) speaks during a video meeting of the IOC Coordination Commission for th
Tokyo 2020 organisers seeking to cut costs of delayed Games 15 Sep 2020 - 07:14 pm
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games CEO Toshiro Muto (top R) speaks during a press conference after a Tokyo 2020 executive board meeting in Tokyo on September 15, 2020. / AFP / POOL / Kazuhiro NOGI AND KAZUHIRO NOGI
Australia lights Olympic cauldron 20 years after Sydney Games 15 Sep 2020 - 11:14 am
Young Australian athletes Tamsin Colley (L) and Tenayah Logan stand underneath the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games cauldron after it was relit during an event to mark the 20th anniversary of the opening ceremony at Cathy Freeman Park in the Olympic Boulevard in
Summer heat could be a 'nightmare' for Tokyo Games: 2020 advisor 10 Sep 2020 - 12:38 am
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Tokyo Olympics will go ahead 'with or without Covid': IOC's Coates 07 Sep 2020 - 11:29 am
This file photo taken on November 1, 2019 shows chairman of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games coordination committee John Coates speaking at a joint press conference of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Tokyo 2020 organisation committee in Tokyo. T
Pandemic Olympics: Japan starts virus countermeasure talks 04 Sep 2020 - 02:59 pm
A lantern bearing the Tokyo 2020 Olympic flame is seen on display at the Olympic Museum in Tokyo on September 1, 2020.
Tokyo Games to be symbol of hope as flame goes on display 31 Aug 2020 - 05:03 pm
The Olympic Flame in lantern is seen on display at Japan Olympic Museum in Tokyo, Japan August 31, 2020. Rodrigo Reyes Marin/Pool via REUTERS
Amputee fashion show in Japan features Paralympic athletes 25 Aug 2020 - 08:42 pm
Women with prostheses display creations by designer Makiko Sugawa during the Amputee Venus fashion show in Tokyo on August 25, 2020. / AFP / Philip FONG
Tokyo Skytree lights up to commemorate year until rearranged Paralympics 24 Aug 2020 - 03:21 pm
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