BUENOS AIRES: Jacques Rogge stepped down as president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) eysterday having firmly imposed his ‘Mr Normal’ image on...
BUENOS AIRES: Jacques Rogge stepped down as president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) eysterday having firmly imposed his ‘Mr Normal’ image on...
TOKYO: A triumphant Tokyo governor Naoki Inose returned home to the cheers of thousands gathered in a plaza yesterday, thanking everyone for the...
F: Bach reflects on his victory at the IOC presidential elections in Buenos Aires yesterday. BUENOS AIRES: Thomas Bach achieved a long-held dream...
TOKYO: The 2020 Olympics could seal the revival of Japan’s long-stagnant economy, analysts say, an echo of the 1964 Tokyo Games that showcased...
ANKARA: The choice of Tokyo instead of Istanbul to host the 2020 Olympic Games was unfair and meant the International Olympic Committee (IOC)...
BUENOS AIRES: Organisers of the 2016 Rio Olympics have been told to get a move on because of increasing concerns they are falling...
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian world number one Nicol David said yesterday she was disappointed squash failed to make it into the 2020 Olympics but...
ROME: Italy could bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games, Prime Minister Enrico Letta has said, after Tokyo clinched victory in the competition...
A picture taken during the final presentation of wrestling in Buenos Aires, yesterday. BUENOS AIRES: Wrestling will be at the Tokyo 2020 Summer...
MADRID: Madrid was dealing with the hangover from a fourth failed attempt at winning the Olympic Games yesterday as Tokyo was chosen as...
BUENOS AIRES: The bloody Syrian civil war cost Istanbul votes over Tokyo to host the world’s biggest sporting event in 2020, two influential...
An aerial view shows people sitting in a formation to the words ‘thank you’ and displaying signs that collectively read ‘Arigato’ (Thank You)...
BUENOS AIRES: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe praised Tokyo’s triumphant bid to host the 2020 Olympic Games as an opportunity to showcase Japan’s resurgence...
BUENOS AIRES: Tokyo’s successful bid to host the 2020 Olympics will help Japan recover from its devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami, the city’s...
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (third right) celebrates with Tokyo 2020 delegation members after the Japanese capital won the bid to host the...
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge shows the name of the city of Tokyo elected to host the 2020 Summer Olympics during...
Istanbul 2020 Bid Chairman Hasan Arat (centre), flanked by young athletes, gestures during a press conference to promote Istanbul as host city for...
