This file photo taken on July 24, 2019 shows president of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games organising committee, Yoshiro Mori, delivering a speech during a ceremony to unveil the one-year countdown clock for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Photo by Toshifumi KITAMURA / AFP) Tokyo 2020 Games chief...
Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games Organising Committee (TOGOC) president Yoshiro Mori speaks to the media after their video conference with IOC president Thomas Bach, at TOGOC headquarters in Tokyo on January 28, 2021 in Tokyo. (Photo by Takashi Aoyama / POOL / AFP) The boss of the Tokyo 2020...
Ben Simmons of the Philadelphia 76ers drives to the basket against the Indiana Pacers on January 31, 2021 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. Ron Hoskins/NBAE via Getty Images/AFP Two-time NBA All-Star Ben Simmons of the Philadelphia 76ers, Utah Jazz forward Joe Ingles and San...
Naomi Osaka of Japan (Al Bello / Getty Images / AFP; File) Japanese sensation Naomi Osaka on Sunday said she was committed to competing in the delayed Tokyo Olympics, but believed public approval was crucial for the Games to go ahead this year. Organizers are still adamant the Olympics can be held...
In this file photo taken on November 19, 2019, US Olympic Committee CEO Sarah Hirshland speaks during the 2019 Team USA Awards at Universal Studios Hollywood in Universal City, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP) American athletes should prepare for the Tokyo...
Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP There will be no "bubble" for media covering the Tokyo Olympics this summer to ensure the safety as well as the flexibility of journalists, said Lucia Montanarella, head of Olympic Games Media Operations of the International Sports Press Association (AIPS) said....
The Olympic rings are reinstalled at the waterfront in Tokyo on December 1, 2020. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP) The first Tokyo Olympics test event of 2021 will be postponed due to travel restrictions under Japan's coronavirus state of emergency, media reported Wednesday. The artistic swimming...
The Tokyo Stadium The world's ongoing coronavirus crisis and plunging public support in Japan have raised fears that the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, postponed last year and now due to start in July, may be cancelled. As Japanese and International Olympic Committee officials insist the Games will go ahead,...
People wearing face masks stand next to a display of the Olympic Rings in Tokyo on October 20, 2020. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP) Florida's chief financial officer on Monday told the International Olympic Committee that the state would be happy to host the Olympics Games amid speculation that...
In this file photo, Philippines' Eumir Felix Marcial (left) defeats Malaysia's Che Azmi Mohd Aswan in boxing's middleweight semifinals at PICC Forum in Pasay last December. (MB File Photo) After a month-long rest, Eumir Marcial will resume with his training program this week under Hall of Fame...
Shunning fanfare for charity, the Philippine Sports Commission, on January 24, 2020 —30 years after the Eighth Congress created and established Republic Act No. 6847 known as the PSC Act — celebrated three decades of existence by donating its anniversary budget to victims of the Taal Volcano...
Nesthy Petecio arrives at the NAIA Terminal 3 after bagging the gold medal at the AIBA Women's World Boxing Championship in Ulan Ude, Russia. (PHOTO BY ALVIN KASIBAN) Filipino boxer Nesthy Petecio said Friday the health and safety of athletes and Japanese people must come first following...
