Guinea has decided not to send its delegation to the 2020 Olympic Games here because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been announced. A total of...
On the eve of the Tokyo Games, organisers fired the director of the opening ceremony over comments he made about the Holocaust, while media reported former...
Brisbane, Australia, will host the Games of the XXXV Olympiad in 2032 after being elected at the 138th IOC Session on Wednesday (21 July) in Tokyo, Japan. The Session,...
The head of the organising committee for the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday (July 20) did not rule out a last-minute cancellation of the global sporting showpiece,...
The first major test of how an Olympics can be held in the midst of a pandemic may well come this week in the men’s football tournament...
Tokyo 2020 sponsor Toyota will not run Olympics-related TV commercials in Japan amid lacklustre public support for the Olympics, with two-thirds of Japanese doubting organisers can...
The Tokyo Olympics will be like no other Games, with the spectre of coronavirus hanging over every part of the event, and organisers determined to prevent...
A Premier League footballer has been arrested on suspicion of child sex offences. The 31-year-old man, who has not been named for legal reasons, was detained...
A 30-year-old man from Uzbekistan has been arrested on suspicion of raping a woman at the Japan National Stadium, the focal venue of Tokyo 2020. Kyodo...
The cardboard beds at the Tokyo Olympic Village are “sturdy”, organisers insisted on Monday (July 19), after a report warned they were not strong enough for...