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Tokyo Games chief expects decision by March on allowing spectators 12 Jan 2021 - 04:31 pm
A man wearing a protective mask against COVID-19 is seen through the Olympic rings in Tokyo, Japan January 8, 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
Tokyo Olympics to spend $900 mln on coronavirus measures: Budget 22 Dec 2020 - 03:03 pm
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games CEO Toshiro Muto wears a face mask as he speaks during a press conference following a Tokyo 2020 Olympics Executive Board meeting in Tokyo on December 22, 2020. / AFP / POOL / Carl Court
Swiss court rejects Russia's appeal against Olympic doping ban but halves its length 17 Dec 2020 - 07:15 pm
A picture shows the logo of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) inside its headquarters in Moscow on December 17, 2020. (AFP / Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV)
Breakdancing gets Olympic green light for Paris 2024 07 Dec 2020 - 09:36 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 9, 2019 Brazil's breakdancer Mateus de Sousa Melo aka Bart (white shirt) competes during the Red Bull BC One, the breakdance one-on-one battle world championship in Mumbai. The International Olympic Committee (
Japanese organisers say 2020 Games delay to cost them $2.8 bln 04 Dec 2020 - 01:20 pm
FILE PHOTO: The giant Olympic rings which were temporarily taken down in August for maintenance are illuminated after being reinstalled at the waterfront area at Odaiba Marine Park, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID 19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan Decembe
Thomas Bach unopposed in bid for second term as IOC president: official 01 Dec 2020 - 01:38 pm
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Olympic rings back in Tokyo Bay; a sign of hope in pandemic 01 Dec 2020 - 10:20 am
The Olympic rings are reinstalled at the waterfront in Tokyo on December 1, 2020. / AFP / Charly Triballeau
Tokyo 2020 organisers estimate Games postponement cost $1.9 bln: Media 29 Nov 2020 - 10:34 am
Boats tow the giant Olympic rings, which are being temporarily removed for maintenance, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at the waterfront area at Odaiba Marine Park in Tokyo, Japan August 6, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo
Tokyo governor: Japan can host Olympics despite virus spike 24 Nov 2020 - 11:38 am
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike attends a news conference, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan, in Tokyo, Japan, November 24, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Bach says Tokyo Olympic "participants" may need vaccinations 16 Nov 2020 - 12:32 pm
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach wears a face mask as he speaks during a news conference in Tokyo, Japan November 16, 2020. Carl Court/Pool via REUTERS
Organisers say fears of virus banished by success of test event 10 Nov 2020 - 09:56 am
Officials wearing protective masks conduct a test session of screening measures for Tokyo Olympic games spectators, including coronavirus disease (COVID-19) countermeasures at Tokyo Big Sight, Japan October 21, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
Gymnasts in Tokyo show how Olympics can pass coronavirus challenges 08 Nov 2020 - 10:57 am
Spectators wearing protective masks amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak enter the venue of Friendship and Solidarity Competition, the first international event at a Tokyo Olympic venue since the Games were postponed in March due to the COVID-
Tokyo hosts 4-country gymnastics meet to test covid safety 06 Nov 2020 - 12:39 pm
FILE PHOTO: 2016 Rio Olympics - Artistic gymnastics - Final - Men's Floor Final - Rio Olympic Arena - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 14/08/2016. Kohei Uchimura (JPN) of Japan competes on the floor. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Japanese gymnast Uchimura tests positive for COVID-19 ahead of key meet 29 Oct 2020 - 02:22 pm
Kohei Uchimura (JPN) of Japan competes on the parallel bars during the men's individual all-around final. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Sprint star Coleman to miss Olympics after being banned for whereabouts failure 27 Oct 2020 - 08:53 pm
FILE PHOTO: Athletics - World Athletics Championships - Doha 2019 - Men's 4x100 Metres Relay Final - Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar - October 5, 2019. Christian Coleman of the U.S. before the race. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay/File Photo
Tokyo urges Olympics supporters to "pack less, wait less" following security tests 21 Oct 2020 - 01:17 pm
Officials check body temperature of people acting as spectators during screening measures test, hosted by Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, ahead of the summer games that have been postponed to 2021 due to the coronavirus dis
Thomas Bach to visit new Japanese PM, Tokyo Olympic leaders 09 Oct 2020 - 02:47 pm
IOC President Thomas Bach attends an Executive Board meeting of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne, Switzerland, October 7, 2020. Christophe Moratal/IOC/Handout via REUTERS
Tokyo marathon 2021 postponed until after Olympics due to COVID-19 concerns 09 Oct 2020 - 01:55 pm
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