People wearing face masks walk past a countdown clock for the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo on July 23, 2020. (Photo by Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP) Tokyo 2020 organizers on Monday unveiled the new schedule for the coronavirus-postponed Paralympics next year, with only...
This aerial photo taken on April 14, 2020 shows the newly-built Japan National Stadium, the main venue for the 2020 Olympic Games now postponed until July 2021 due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, in Tokyo. (Photo by STR / JIJI PRESS / AFP) Tokyo's new Olympic Stadium will host its first track...
Philippines' top pole vaulter EJ Obiena (Photo by TED ALJIBE / AFP, File) Olympic-bound pole vaulter EJ Obiena will see action for the first time since a successful stint in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games here. The 6-foot-2 Obiena, the first Filipino qualifier to the Tokyo Olympics, will join a...
Filipino weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz dominates the 59kg division in an online event Eleiko Email International Lifters Tournament held July 24 and 25. (MB File Photo) Filipino weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz continues to give the country honor as she dominated the 59kg division of the online Eleiko Email...
Olympic Rings are seen a the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne, amid the spread of the COVID-19. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) Next year's coronavirus-postponed Olympics could be held in front of a "limited number of spectators" to prevent the spread of...
In this file photo taken on July 28, 2019, Colombia's Egan Bernal wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey toasts with champagne with the team staff sit in the car, during the 21st and last stage of the 106th edition of the Tour de France cycling race between Rambouillet and Paris Champs-Elysees,...
okyo Olympics chief of mission Nonong Araneta (Jonas Terrado) Chief of mission Nonong Araneta is entering the homestretch of his daily online discussions with leaders of about 16 national sports associations that have athletes waiting for the green light to resume full-scale training for qualifying...
Experts say cancellation 'would be disaster' The International Olympic Committee, thanks to its vast reserves, and international federations, many of which have borrowed money, can cope with the postponement of the Tokyo Games, but a cancellation would have disastrous consequences, experts say....
This file photo taken on May 14, 2017, shows the logo of the Paris 2024 Olympic campaign next to the Eiffel Tower, as the International Olympic Committee visits Paris for an inspection of the city's 2024 Games bid. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP) The Paris Olympics might be scheduled for 2024, but...
In this file photo taken on March 25, 2020, the logo for the Tokyo 2020 torch relay is pictured as the Olympic flame goes on display at the Aquamarine Fukushima aquarium in Iwaki in Fukushima prefecture, the day after the historic decision to postpone the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. (Photo by Philip...
(Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) The delay of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics forced by the coronavirus pandemic means next year's Games will be smaller and simpler, but will that make them more sustainable? Tokyo 2020 organizers have said sustainability will be a "core concept" for the Games and have...
President of the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee Yoshiro Mori (Photo by ISSEI KATO / POOL / AFP) The development of a coronavirus vaccine or treatment will be key to allowing the postponed Tokyo 2020 games to open in a year's time, organising committee president Yoshiro Mori said Wednesday. Asked...
