Sport
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Human Rights Watch criticises Japan after report reveals abuse of athletes
Physical and sexual abuse has led some to take their lives‘Sport has been a cause of pain, fear and distress f…
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Masahiro Tanaka hit in head by line drive in scary Yankee Stadium scene
Yankees star hit by line drive in frightening scene in practiceTanaka helped to his feet and walked off the fi…
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Sumo’s heaviest ever wrestler urges others to keep eating habits in check
Ōrora, who hit 292kg before he retired, warns wrestlers need to care of themselves after death of colleague fr…
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Australia-New Zealand Women’s World Cup bid boosted after Japan withdraws
Japan pulls out of race to host 2023 competition, leaving only Colombia and joint Australia-NZ bid in the runn…
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2021 is last chance to hold Tokyo Olympic Games, agrees IOC chief
Thomas Bach says he understands comments by Japanese PM that 2021 is the ‘last option’The head of the Internat…
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Professional sumo wrestler Shobushi dies at 28 after contracting Covid-19
Wrestler one of youngest to die from virus in JapanShobushi had been in intensive care for three weeksA 28-yea…
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Tokyo Olympics in 2021 at risk of cancellation admits Japan’s PM
Staging Games ‘difficult’ if pandemic not containedIOC’s Bach warns proliferation of events may need reviewJap…
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Holding Tokyo Olympics in 2021 ‘difficult’, Japan medical association chief warns
Yoshitake Yokokura is the latest expert to cast doubt on plans to hold the Games in Tokyo next yearCoronavirus…
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Tokyo Games chief says postponed Olympics not certain to go ahead in 2021
‘I don’t think anyone can say if it is possible by next July’Japanese media estimate cost of posptonement at $…
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Olympics Q&A: What now for the Tokyo Games? | Simon Burnton
How will the postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics because of coronavirus affect an event thought to cost £1…
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Tokyo 2020 Olympics in doubt as Canada becomes first team to pull out over coronavirus
Canada takes action to protect public health as Australia tells its athletes to prepare for Games in 2021Coron…
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Tokyo Olympics organisers considering options to delay – reports
As thousands flock to the Olympic flame in Japan, the organising committee is reportedly drafting plans to pos…
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‘That’s a fact’: Olympics are ‘cursed’, says Japan’s deputy prime minister
Taro Aso highlights 40-year cycle to make pointTokyo officials and IOC insist Games will go aheadJapan’s deput…
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Abe insists Olympics to go ahead as planned despite Covid-19
Japan’s prime minister says country will host Games ‘without problem, as planned’Follow the latest updatesCoro…
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IOC insists Tokyo Olympics will go ahead despite coronavirus
Meetings in F1 and athletics have already been cancelled‘The IOC is in contact with the World Health Organisat…
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Tokyo 2020 organisers ‘seriously worried’ about impact of coronavirus on Olympics – video
Tokyo 2020 Olympic organisers fear that the coronavirus outbreak may begin to dampen enthusiasm for the Games …
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Tokyo 2020 organisers fight false rumours Olympics cancelled over coronavirus crisis
Organisers says they are not considering cancelling the Games after incorrect assertion spreads online Tokyo O…
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Japan in raptures as outsider wins sumo contest – and bursts into tears
The 188kg wrestler Tokushoryu bulldozes his way into the hearts of a nation unaccustomed to displays of emotio…
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Radiation hotspots ‘found near Fukushima Olympic site’
Greenpeace calls for fresh monitoring of region where nuclear disaster occurredGreenpeace has said it detected…
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Japan’s rising sun flag is not a symbol of militarism | Letter
Ohtaka Masato of Japan’s foreign affairs ministry says his country’s flag should not be banned at the 2020 Oly…