Olympic Games
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Japan’s golden day at Olympics softens mood of Covid misgivings
Host country sets aside its concerns – at least for now – to cheer wins in judo and skateboardingTwo days of O…
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BBC Olympics coverage misses events after loss of TV rights
Viewers complain after rights-holder Discovery puts majority of events behind paywallThe BBC has received a la…
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Tokyo diary: South Korea and Japan turn back the clock
The two countries revived Olympic tradition and former colonial tensions with politically charged gestures• Wi…
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Olympic fever finally hits Japan on first day of competition at Tokyo 2020
Almost 70 million people watched the Games on TV in the host nation but some British viewers were left disappo…
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‘Stop the Olympics’: hundreds protest outside Tokyo 2020 opening ceremony – video
Hundreds of protesters carrying placards that read 'Lives over Olympics' gathered outside Japan's National Sta…
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Tokyo’s opening ceremony plays it safe in extraordinary circumstances | Justin McCurry
Most controversial Games in living memory opened with music, dance, pyrotechnics and Naomi Osaka in a sparsely…
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Naomi Osaka provides spark at subdued opening of Tokyo Olympics
Ceremony began as the most downbeat in Olympic history but finished in spectacular fashionTokyo Olympics – liv…
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The Guardian view on the Tokyo Olympics: in Japan, but not for Japan | Editorial
Many will cheer on the Games. But we should also understand the host nation’s reluctance After a year and a ha…
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Tokyo Olympic opening ceremony: toil and mourning bloom into sparkling extravaganza
Empty seats contained potent symbolism as the sensitive and stylish ceremony focused on hard graft, failing be…
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Eleven outstanding moments from the Olympic opening ceremony | Martin Belam
A mostly sombre affair that reflected the pandemic backdrop to the Games, the ceremony nevertheless celebrated…
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By holding the Tokyo Olympics, Japan’s government is gambling with people’s lives | Kosuke Takahashi
As Covid cases rise, vaccination lags and costs soar, most Japanese people are extremely cynical about the Gam…
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Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony – in pictures
With a blaze of indigo and white fireworks lighting the night sky, the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony has sta…
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Pandemic and flagging support to make Tokyo Olympics opener a show like no other
A ceremony devoid of fans and low on athletes will set the tone for a Games mired in coronavirus uncertaintyWh…
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Tokyo 2020: director of opening ceremony sacked over 1998 Holocaust joke
Head of organising committee apologises for latest scandal to hit preparations for the Olympic GamesPreparatio…
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Tokyo Olympics: fears athletes could face hottest Games on record
Beach volleyball players have already found sand too hot for their feet during practiceAs if the coronavirus w…
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Toyota scraps Olympics TV adverts amid lukewarm support in Japan
Tokyo 2020 sponsor’s executives pull out of opening ceremony Czech beach volleyball player tests positive in O…
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Tokyo’s Olympic architecture: look, no Bird’s Nest…
Eye-catching new buildings will be in short supply when the Tokyo Olympics open next week. Instead, most venue…
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Filled with doubt, division and Covid, Tokyo braces for Olympics
After a year’s delay, the Games begin this week. But it is an event that few in a fearful host nation now want…
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Legacy of 1964: how the first Tokyo Olympics changed Japan for ever
Hosting the Games 57 years ago helped transform Tokyo from ‘a polluted, fetid mess’ – this year’s contrast cou…
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Tokyo Games a ‘beacon of hope’, says Olympic president on Hiroshima visit
Thomas Bach visits Hiroshima memorial to mark start of Olympic truce, but protesters say ‘go home!’Thomas Bach…