Tokyo Olympic Games 2020
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Japan dismisses ‘categorically untrue’ stories that Tokyo Olympics are doomed
Sources at IOC adamant Games will go ahead in JulyCountry has surge in Covid cases centred on capitalThe Japan…
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Olympics official says he is not certain Tokyo Games will go ahead
IOC’s Dick Pound voices concern after host city declared state of emergency due to third wave of coronavirusCo…
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Suga considers new state of emergency for Tokyo amid Covid resurgence
Japan’s capital is battling a second wave of infections, just 200 days out from hosting the already-delayed Ol…
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Fresh fears for Tokyo Olympics as host city sees surge in Covid-19 infections
Tokyo reported 1,300 new coronavirus infections on ThursdayHealth experts concerned over stretched medical inf…
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Tokyo Olympics: IOC chief ‘very confident’ spectators can attend delayed Games
Thomas Bach says he and Japanese prime minister are ‘totally aligned’ in determination to make Tokyo 2021 a su…
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Russia’s cyber-attack plan for Olympics part of a familiar pattern
The reach of the GRU spy unit behind attacks on Japan and South Korea is remarkableRussia planned cyber-attack…
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Olympic torch goes on display in Japan before rescheduled Games – video
The Olympic flame has gone on display in Tokyo, having arrived from Greece in March and been mostly hidden awa…
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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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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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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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Japan must prepare for possibility of Olympics being cancelled, says senior MP
Former Japanese defence minister says officials must ‘start thinking now about what to do’ if Covid-19 leads t…
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‘We always get A’: Fukushima strives to prove local food safe before Tokyo Games
Stringent testing regime still goes on in prefecture to counter reputational damage from triple disaster Knive…
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Japan lifts evacuation order for town hit by Fukushima disaster
Futaba to reopen for start of Olympic torch relay after being deserted for nine years Japan has lifted an evac…
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Tokyo Olympics: dance by Japan’s indigenous people dropped from opening ceremony
Move raises questions about status of Ainu ethnic minority, whose cultural identity Japan is legally obliged t…
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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…