Olympic Torch carried through empty Osaka park as COVID-19 cases rise

The Olympic Flame has been carried through a virtually empty Commemorative Park in Osaka Prefecture in the first major change forced on the Torch Relay by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Olympic Flame has been carried through a virtually empty Commemorative Park in Osaka Prefecture in the first major change forced on the Torch Relay by the COVID-19 pandemic.
A new survey has suggested Tokyo 2020 organisers are still struggling to win public support with more than 70 per cent of Japanese citizens wanting the Games to be cancelled or delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Japanese golf star Hideki Matsuyama said it would be an "honour" to light the Olympic Cauldron if he is offered the opportunity at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Australian schoolchildren have been invited to create artwork that can be displayed on the walls of the nation’s athletes in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Village.
Sailors Linda Fahrni and Maja Siegenthaler have become the latest athletes to be confirmed on the Swiss team for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Customers who purchased tickets for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics through the authorised ticket reseller (ATR) in the United States may only receive a 75 per cent refund on the cost of their package.
Tokyo 2020 organisers are reportedly planning to secure a hotel which would be used to isolate any athletes suspected of having contracted COVID-19 at the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has approved the introduction of stricter COVID-19 measures in Tokyo, Kyoto and Okinawa to halt a potential rise in cases.
Tokyo 2020 qualification events in artistic swimming and diving will now be held in May, it has been announced, following reports they had been cancelled.
Greece’s Stefanos Ntouskos secured a Tokyo 2020 quota place for his country after winning the men's single sculls final at the European Olympic rowing qualifier in Varese.
Japanese athletes could receive priority access to COVID-19 vaccinations ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, it has been claimed.
China and South Korea are finally set to meet in their playoff to decide the last Asian qualifier for the women's football tournament at the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Former Los Angeles Angels boss Mike Scioscia has been appointed manager of the United States' men's baseball team ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games qualifiers.
Osaka Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura has confirmed the Olympic Torch Relay will not be allowed to take place along the Japanese prefecture's streets in response to a rise in coronavirus cases.
Olympic gold medallist and former Tokyo 2020 sports director Koji Murofushi is reportedly receiving treatment for brain lymphoma.