International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach wears a face mask as he visits the National Stadium, the main venue for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games postponed until July 2021 due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, in Tokyo on November 17, 2020. (Photo by Behrouz MEHRI / POOL...
The Tokyo National Stadium. (AFP photo) The cost of the coronavirus-postponed Tokyo Olympics will be slashed by $280 million, organisers said Wednesday, touting a scaled-back Games with cuts to everything from staffing to pyrotechnics. But the final price of the event -- officially budgeted before...
International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach (Photo by Greg MARTIN / OIS/IOC / AFP) It is too early to set a deadline on how next year's postponed Tokyo Olympics will be organized, Olympic chief Thomas Bach said Wednesday, adding developments for rapid COVID-19 testing and...
This file photo taken on July 12, 2018 shows Tokyo 2020 president Yoshiro Mori , right, answering questions as International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice president and chairman of the Coordination Commission for Tokyo 2020, John Coates, left, listens during their joint press conference in...
Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski (Screengrab / PSA Forum) Mikee Cojuangco Jaworski is expected to meet with fellow International Olympic Committee officials to update them on the Philippine Olympic Committee’s plans for charter change. Jaworski, who was recently elected into the powerful IOC Executive...
Olympic Rings are seen a the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) The International Olympic Committee on Friday deleted a tweet of film from Nazi Germany's 1936 Berlin Games which carried the "stronger together" hashtag and drew...
Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski wasn’t exactly thrilled when asked about her proximity to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) throne. New IOC Executive Board member Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski (Photo from her Instagram account) Fresh from being elected into the IOC’s Executive Board, a cast of 15...
Former Asian Games gold medalist makes it IOC's inner circle Philippine Olympic Committee board member Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski has been elected to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board held via virtual session. (Photo from Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski's Instagram account) Mikee...
Beijing 2022 organizers were "pressing ahead" with preparations for the Winter Olympics Friday after a senior IOC official warned the coronavirus could force the Games to be postponed. Former World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) President and former IOC vice president Richard Pound (Photo by Fabrice...
(Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) Tokyo 2020 organizers said Friday they have secured all the venues needed to hold the Olympics next summer, clearing a major hurdle to hosting the event postponed over the coronavirus. Refunds for ticket holders unable to attend the rescheduled games will begin in...
International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach (AFP Photo / Fabrice COFFRINI) Thomas Bach said Friday he will stand in 2021 for a second term as president of the International Olympic Committee, admitting however there is "no solution today" to the challenges posed by coronavirus to the postponed...
International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach (AFP Photo / Fabrice COFFRINI) Banning fans from the Tokyo Olympics is "clearly something we don't want," International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach said, adding that "multiple scenarios" were under consideration for the rescheduled Games. Bach...
