Tokyo Olympics: From friendships to slogans, the Vatican makes its mark
CLAIRE GIANGRAVÉ, of Religion News Service, reports on the connections the Vatican is building with athletes, including those attending the Olympic Games…
Essay: 3,600 microphones and counting – how the sound of the Olympics is created
In an article first published on The Conversation, JOSHUA REISS, a Reader at the Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary University of London, looks at the evolution of how sound has been recorded and broadcast at successive Olympics…
Tokyo Olympics: Faith events look different as COVID spikes – here’s how
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER and ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, report on faith outreach initiatives at the Tokyo Olympics…
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 […]
Waves, smiles but no cheers as Olympic torch relay kicks off under pandemic shadow
Fukushima/Tokyo, JapanReuters With waves, smiles and streamers, but no cheers, the Olympic torch relay kicked off on Thursday, beginning a four-month countdown to the postponed 2020 summer Games in Tokyo, the first ever organised during a deadly pandemic. Casting a pall over celebrations already scaled back because of coronavirus measures, North Korea launched two short-range […]
Japan to keep foreign spectators away from Tokyo Olympics, Kyodo says
Tokyo, JapanReuters Japan has decided to stage this summer’s Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics without overseas spectators due to public concern about COVID-19, Kyodo news agency said on Tuesday, citing officials with knowledge of the matter. The Tokyo 2020 games organising committee said in response that a decision would be made by the end of March. […]
Olympics: Some athletes will resist COVID-19 vaccination, says USOPC medical chief
Toronto, CanadaReuters There may be only a one in a billion chance of failing a doping test due to the COVID-19 vaccine, but some athletes will still resist inoculation, scientists from the World Anti-Doping Agency and the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee said on Tuesday. While WADA’s director of sciences and international partnerships Olivier […]
Tokyo Games may be too big a gamble, disease expert says
Tokyo, JapanReuters As embattled Tokyo Olympics organisers enter the final six months of preparations for the delayed Games on Saturday, virus experts believe hosting the world’s biggest sporting event may be too big a gamble. The Olympics are due to start on 23rd July but with much of Japan in a state of emergency and […]
Tokyo Games chief expects decision by March on allowing spectators
Tokyo, JapanReuters Organisers of the postponed Tokyo Olympics should decide in February or March whether the coronavirus risks have fallen enough to let spectators attend the Games in July, the head of the organising committee said on Tuesday. The Japanese Government and the International Olympic Committee made the decision last March to postpone the 2020 […]
COVID-19 leaves sporting holes that will never be filled
Reuters There are still hopes for a Tokyo Olympics, Formula One crowned a 2020 champion and the Los Angeles Lakers celebrated an NBA title inside a quarantined bubble. They handed out a Green Jacket at the Masters and hoisted a Stanley Cup. But there will forever remain blank spaces on the wall of the All-England […]