Tokyo 2020 Olympics

Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge confident of defending title at Tokyo 2020 Olympics

Reading Time: 2 minutes With only one week to go before the start of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, world marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge […]

Tokyo marks one year until Olympics with subdued ceremony

Reading Time: 3 minutes Japan marked a year-to-go until the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics with a subdued ceremony Thursday as the raging coronavirus pandemic […]

Half of Tokyo opposed to staging of Olympics in 2021: poll

Reading Time: < 1 minute Tokyo, Monday Just over half of Tokyo’s residents don’t think the postponed 2020 Olympics should be held next year, backing […]

No Olympic postponement beyond 2021, says IOC boss Bach

Reading Time: 2 minutes Tokyo, Thursday Olympics chief Thomas Bach agreed that 2021 was the “last option” for holding the delayed Tokyo Games on […]

Why for some, it’s happily never after

Reading Time: 4 minutes Sports has been credited with changing the fortunes of athletes with some turned from paupers into instant millionaires while some […]

From best prepared event to possibly postponed one?

Reading Time: 2 minutes Tokyo, Monday Olympic officials regularly lauded Tokyo as the best prepared host city they had seen.  But no one could […]

Australian athletes told to prepare for Olympics in 2021

Reading Time: < 1 minute Sydney, Monday Australian Olympic officials said Monday “it was clear” the Tokyo Games could not go ahead as scheduled this […]

Kishoyan eyes Tokyo 2021, after cancelation of current season

Reading Time: 2 minutes Nairobi, Thursday Alphas Kishoyan, a member of the Kenyan national team who won a silver at the World Relay Championships, […]

We shall rise up from Tokyo Olympics setback, says Cheruiyot

Reading Time: 2 minutes World 1500m champion Timothy Cheruiyot says suggestions that 2020 was the year to give a shot at lowering the record  […]

What’s next in line for possible coronavirus postponement

Reading Time: 2 minutes Paris, Thursday The coronavirus pandemic has decimated the 2020 sporting calendar, with the Tokyo Olympics and football’s European Championship the […]