Two of Australia's top swimmers have expressed their relief over the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, due to their respective health concerns.
Tokyo 2020 President Yoshirō Mori has said there should be a reference to the COVID-19 pandemic during the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the postponed Games next year.
International Boxing Association (AIBA) Interim President Mohamed Moustahsane has asked the medical commission to investigate if more cases came from the European Olympic qualifier in London after six people contracted COVID-19 at the event.
The World Athletics Championships could be moved from next year to 2022 to accommodate the rearranged Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, according to World Athletics President Sebastian Coe.
The Governor of Tokyo Yuriko Koike has said it would be "unthinkable" to cancel this year's Olympics in the Japanese capital.
A Japanese virologist has claimed that if the Tokyo Olympics were to be held tomorrow, the Games would likely face cancellation due to the coronavirus outbreak that started in China.
The Ghana Olympics Committee (GOC) and Ghana Football Association (GFA) have come together to try and inspire the nation to sporting success.
Qatar were away to a winning start in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games men's handball Asian qualifiers in front of their home crowd, with an emphatic 49-14 victory over Hong Kong, China at the Duhail Sports Arena in Doha.
Olympic and Paralympic sponsor Bridgestone have unveiled designs for buses and bus-stops at the Tokyo 2020 Athletes' Village which will allow easier access to transport.
Tokyo 2020 is going to do many good things for the Japanese capital.
Olympic judo gold medallist Rafaela Silva says admitted has Tokyo 2020 on her mind ahead of the World Championships, due to open here tomorrow.
Half of municipalities across Japan are expecting an increase in foreign visitors next summer when Tokyo hosts the 2020 Olympic Games.
Women's British Open champion Hinako Shibuno says her next goal is to win a home Olympic gold medal at Tokyo 2020.
Twice-Olympic champions Brazil have become the first team to qualify for the women's volleyball tournament at Tokyo 2020.
Only one in five 17-to 19-year-olds in Japan have applied for tickets to next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo, while fewer than one in ten are trying to be volunteers, according to a new survey.
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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England’s 50 years of footballing hurt started at the Mexico 1970 World Cup. But, as David Owen writes, the tournament that got under way half a century ago at the Azteca has never been bettered.
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