Bianca Pagdanganan seeks to blast way to Tokyo Throughout her journey in pursuit of golfing excellence, Bianca Pagdanganan never stops chasing every athlete’s dream. “Playing in the Olympics is the greatest (golf) opportunity,” said Pagdanganan, who left for the US Sunday night and will...
Tokyo 2020 president Yoshiro Mori speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on February 4, 2021. (Photo by KIM KYUNG-HOON / POOL / AFP) Tokyo Olympic organisers are planning to meet this week to discuss their response to sexist comments made by their boss, reports said Tuesday, after hundreds of...
A woman wearing a face mask walks past logos of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo on February 2, 2021. (Photo by Behrouz MEHRI / AFP) Japanese infectious disease specialist Atsuo Hamada wants to see the Olympics happen in Tokyo this summer, but admits if they were being held anywhere...
Photo from the tournament's official Instagram page A week after shattering his national indoor record, Olympic-bound pole vaulter EJ Obiena reset his own mark at the ISTAF Indoor Berlin 2021 tournament at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Germany early Saturday. Obiena cleared 5.80 meters on his first...
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,...
