Olympic Games 2020

Olympic Games 2020

The giant Olympic rings are seen through at the waterfront area at Odaiba Marine Park after postponing Games due to the outbreak of coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Tokyo, Japan March 25, 2020. Photo: Reuters/Issei Kato

About 1,000 Olympics volunteers quit this month in wake of furor over president

Another 30,000 volunteers have been recruited separately by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, which was unable to immediately comment on how many have quit.

Japan's Olympics Minister Seiko Hashimoto attends a news conference at Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's official residence in Tokyo, Japan September 11, 2019. REUTERSIssei KatoFile PhotoFile Photo

Former Olympic athlete Hashimoto chosen as head of Tokyo 2020 organisers

IOC President, Thomas Bach, hosts the first Executive Board meeting for 2021 at the Olympic House in Lausanne, Switzerland January 27, 2021. Greg Martin/IOC/Handout via REUTERS

IOC says it is fully committed to staging Tokyo Games

Manizha Talash,18, practises breakdancing during a training session in Kabul, Afghanistan January 10 2021. Picture taken January 10, 2021. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

Afghanistan's first female breakdancer sets sights on Paris Olympics

The giant Olympic rings are seen through at the waterfront area at Odaiba Marine Park after postponing Games due to the outbreak of coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Tokyo, Japan March 25, 2020. Photo: Reuters/Issei Kato

Sports face vaccine dilemma ahead of Olympics, Euros

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Cancellation fears cloud Tokyo Olympics with only six months to go

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A sign of hope in pandemic; Olympic rings back in Tokyo Bay

FILE PHOTO: A woman wearing a protective face mask, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), walks past the Olympic rings in front of the Japan Olympics Museum in Tokyo, Japan March 13, 2020. Reuters

Tokyo 2020 organisers estimate Games postponement cost $1.9 billion

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Doping: World champion Coleman to miss Olympics after ban

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Japan will take steps to guard against Olympics cyberattacks

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Japan may ask foreign athletes for activity plans - Yomiuri

The giant Olympic rings are seen through at the waterfront area at Odaiba Marine Park after postponing Games due to the outbreak of coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Tokyo, Japan March 25, 2020. Photo: Reuters/Issei Kato

Too early to worry coronavirus will further delay Tokyo Games

The giant Olympic rings are seen through at the waterfront area at Odaiba Marine Park after postponing Games due to the outbreak of coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Tokyo, Japan March 25, 2020. Photo: Reuters/Issei Kato

Tokyo Olympics rescheduled to July 2021