Tadamasa Fukiura, an advisor for the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee, says he believes a decision must be made by the end of the month over whether the Games will take place this summer.
Ian Brossat, a Paris Deputy Mayor, has said that the Olympic and Paralympic Games must not lead to gentrification in the city.
USA Track and Field (USATF) has become the latest body to call for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics to be postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
UK Athletics chairman Nic Coward has added to calls for the date of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games to be addressed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) due to the increased pressure caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
The new building for Harajuku Station has been opened in the Japanese capital in time for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The second round of voting to decide Paris' new Mayor will not go ahead this weekend as a result of a nationwide lockdown.
The chief executive of USA Swimming, Tim Hinchey, has written an open letter to the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) urging it to "advocate for the postponement of the Olympic Games".
Paris 2024 President Tony Estanguet says he supports International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach's stance that it is too early to decide whether to postpone the Olympic Games, adding dealing with the coronavirus outbreak is the top priority at the moment.
Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) President Brian Lewis revealed he was "reassured" following a call with International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach regarding the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports (NIF) has written to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach to request the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games does not take place before the coronavirus situation is under firm control on a global scale.
Hokkaido has lifted its state of emergency over the coronavirus after three weeks, as Sapporo continues preparations to host Olympic marathon and race walks.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Pierre-Olivier Beckers-Vieujant has claimed the organisation are right to wait on making a decision regarding Tokyo’s hosting of the Olympic Games amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The former President of the German Athletics Association, Clemens Prokop, has called International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach "unsuitable at crisis management" and criticised his decision-making during the COVID-19 pandemic.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has said the organisation is "not living in a bubble or on another planet" over its insistence this year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo will go ahead as planned, and claims "different scenarios" are being considered.
Argentinian rower Brian Rosso has been ruled out of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after he was handed a six month sanction by his national federation following a dispute with the organisation’s leadership.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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