Athleten Deutschland has slammed the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for allowing athletes to spend their quarantine period in "prison-like conditions" at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics here.
Three members of the Trinidad and Tobago Team (Team TTO) at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics have tested positive for COVID-19 and have been transferred to the approved isolation hotel facility to commence mandatory quarantine.
Tokyo has reported a record number of COVID-19 cases for the third straight day as Japan's total swelled to beyond 10,000 for the first time.
A member of the Japanese Government’s advisory panel on COVID-19 has accused Olympic Games organisers of failing to minimise the risks posed by coronavirus on the event and claimed there are "holes" in the regulations they have implemented here.
About 100 of the United States’ 613-strong team for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics here are unvaccinated against coronavirus, it has been revealed.
Angry Japanese protesters gathered outside the Olympic Stadium here to vent their dismay over the staging of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics as the Games was officially opened today despite public opposition.
Athletes who test positive for COVID-19 at the delayed Olympic Games here could be freed from their quarantine of up to 10 days if they return consecutive negative results from the sixth day of their isolation period, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed.
Tokyo 2020 officials are stepping up surveillance on foreign attendees for the Olympics here, warning them to stay "within the sight" of a security guard when they leave their hotel amid concerns over COVID-19 rule breakers.
Abhorrent behaviour from officials involved in the Opening Ceremony, a significant data breach and a missing Ugandan weightlifter have all tried, but the COVID-19 pandemic has still dominated the headlines in the week before Tokyo 2020 plus one.
Guinea has decided not to send its delegation to the 2020 Olympic Games here because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been announced.
A long-serving Tokyo 2020 official has spoken of the "really tough journey" organisers have endured over the past year preparing for the delayed Olympic and Paralympic Games here.
Czech beach volleyball player Ondřej Perušič will miss his opening match at the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and could be ruled out of the entire event after he became the third athlete to test positive for COVID-19 in the Olympic Village.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach insisted yesterday that the meaning of this Olympic Games did not differ from the editions which had come before.
Olympic participants have been warned they risk causing severe reputational damage to their organisations and Tokyo 2020 organisers following reports of accredited people drinking in bars and restaurants in the Japanese capital.
Every member of the Australian athletics team for Tokyo 2020 was quarantined for several hours after a member of staff recorded an inconclusive COVID-19 test result.
Denver were awarded the 1976 Winter Olympic Games ahead of Sion in Switzerland, Tempere in Finland and Vancouver in Canada at the International Olympic Committee Session in 1970. But in a Colorado referendum in November 1972, voters rejected funding for the event. It is the only time a city has been awarded the Olympics but pulled out. The IOC then offered the Games to Whistler in Canada, but they too declined owing to a change of Government following elections. Salt Lake City offered to host the Games, but the IOC, still reeling from the Denver rejection, declined and selected Innsbruck, the 1964 host city, as a replacement.
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The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are not the first to be impacted by quarantine rules. Philip Barker tells the story of the Melbourne 1956 Games, where the equestrian events were held in Stockholm.
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