WHO head Tedros backs Tokyo Games amid pandemic
Tokyo, JapanReuters The Tokyo Olympics should go ahead to demonstrate to the world what can be achieved with the right plan and measures amid the COVID-19 pandemic, World Health Organization head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday. Speaking to the International Olympic Committee members at their session in the Japanese capital, Tedros said the world […]
Tokyo Archbishop bans Olympians from Catholic churches amid surge in COVID-19 cases
RNS Spectators already have been banned from the upcoming Olympic Games in Tokyo amid a surge in COVID-19 infections in the area. Now the city’s Catholic Archbishop has banned visitors to churches in the Archdiocese of Tokyo, too. That includes athletes competing in the games and their support staff, according to a letter released earlier this week by Tokyo […]
Organisers to ban Olympic spectators as Tokyo declares coronavirus emergency – report
Tokyo, JapanReuters Olympic organisers are set to ban all spectators from the Games, the Asahi daily said on Thursday, as Japan prepared to declare a state of emergency for Tokyo that will run through its hosting of the event to curb a new wave of coronavirus infections. Organisers were set to formally reach the decision […]
No decision yet on foreign spectators, says Tokyo 2020 president Hashimoto
Tokyo, JapanReuters Japan has not decided whether to allow spectators from abroad at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Organising Committee President Seiko Hashimoto said on Thursday, denying media reports that a decision had been reached. “We are still continuing discussions and have not yet reached a conclusion,” she said. Seiko Hashimoto, president of Tokyo 2020, […]
Tokyo Olympics chief invokes power of sport on anniversary of disaster
Tokyo, JapanReuters Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto highlighted the power of sport on Thursday as she expressed condolences on the anniversary of a deadly earthquake and tsunami, saying it provided hope for survivors and in facing the coronavirus. On 11th March, 2011, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck off north-east Japan, triggering a tsunami that devastated […]
Olympics: Organisers must be flexible if coronavirus vaccine not ready in time, experts say
Tokyo, JapanReuters The Tokyo Olympics next July will be a “uniquely risky” event, demanding flexibility from organisers amid the uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic, particularly if a vaccine has not been rolled out by then, medical experts say. Japan and the International Olympic Committee made the unprecedented decision last month to delay the Games for […]
STOP THE CLOCK: JAPAN AWAKES TO REALITY OF TOKYO GAMES POSTPONEMENT
JACK TARRANT and JU-MIN PARK, of Reuters, report from Japan as news that the Olympics Games have been postponed sinks in…
Tokyo Games moved to 2021 as “light at end of pandemic tunnel”
Tokyo, Japan/Athens, GreeceReuters The Tokyo Olympics were postponed on Tuesday to 2021, the first such delay in the Games’ 124-year modern history, as the coronavirus crisis wrecked the world’s last sporting showpiece still standing this year. Though a huge blow to Japan, which has invested $US12 billion in the run-up, the decision was a relief […]
Tokyo 2020 Games will be postponed, says IOC member Dick Pound
Toronto, Canada/Tokyo, JapanReuters The International Olympic Committee has decided to postpone the Tokyo 2020 Summer Games because of the coronavirus pandemic, IOC member Dick Pound said on Monday. Major sporting nations Australia and Canada had already withdrawn on Monday as organisers came under global pressure to postpone the event for the first time in its […]
Australia pulls out of 2020 Games, planning for 2021
Melbourne, AustraliaReuters The Australian Olympic Committee said on Monday it could not assemble a team for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics due to the coronavirus outbreak and that its athletes should prepare for the Games to be postponed to 2021. AOC Chief Executive Matt Carroll said the AOC’s executive board had made its decision without waiting […]