Giant Olympic rings return as Tokyo bids to build excitement
A giant set of Olympic rings returned to Tokyo’s waterfront on Tuesday after maintenance, with officials hoping the symbol will help build enthusiasm for the coronavirus-postponed Games.
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NOCC brings Olympic values to schools
NOCC is bringing its Olympic Values Education Programme (OVEP) to schools.
NOCC sec-gen gets recognition from World Olympians Association
Vath Chamroeun is honoured by the World Olympians Association for his contributions.
CBA president Yao summons athletes’ faith in Olympic spirit
Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) president Yao Ming called on athletes to have faith in the Olympic spirit and endeavor to leave behind something after competing on the Olympic stage.
Olympic chief Bach consults with IOC members over virus fallout
Olympic chief Thomas Bach on Wednesday held a series of talks with International Olympic Committee members on the potential consequences of the coronavirus pandemic that has seen the Tokyo Games pushed back a year to 2021, sources said.
Olympic champ Kipchoge sets sights on sub-two hour marathon
Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge’s agent said his client’s hardest task will be to get to the start line in Vienna for his ambitious INEOS 1:59 Challenge in October without injury or illness.
Coach slams critics in doping storm
Sun Yang’s coach Denis Cotterell has defended the Chinese Olympic champion from doping accusations and labelled criticism from the Australian team’s swimmers as “hypocritical”.
IOC strip AIBA of Olympic status
Members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) yesterday voted unanimously to suspend recognition of amateur boxing’s troubled governing body the AIBA as an Olympic governing body ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Games.
Japan struggles with English-language signs ahead of 2020 Olympics
Less than 18 months ahead of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, visitors are still struggling to comprehend the “Japlish” that the locals say is completely understandable.
Semenya ‘no threat’ to women’s sport
Double Olympic 800-metres champion Caster Semenya says she is “no threat” to women’s sport and that recent comments from International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe have reopened old wounds.
Chinese pair take crown, Russians second and third
China’s Sui Wenjing and Han Cong take the pairs skating crown.
Bolt football coach gets sack
Mike Mulvey, the man who tried to turn Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt into a professional football player, has been sacked by the Central Coast Mariners after a thumping defeat in the A-League.
2020 venues on track for completion, say organisers
Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic venues remain on track to be completed in time.
Bolt the ‘business man’ worried about Jamaica’s future
Usain Bolt says the current generation of Jamaican athletes had it too easy.
Five lifters suspended after London 2012 retests
Five weightlifters are suspended after retests came back positive for doping.
Biles soars to lead qualifying
Olympic champion Simone Biles soars to the top of all-around qualifying at the world gymnastics championships.
Bolt deal talk dominates first weekend of A-League
Bolt has been on trial with the Gosford-based club since August.
Bolt offered Maltese contract
Olympic champion sprinter Usain Bolt has been offered a two-year contract to play soccer with a Maltese club.
Johnson suffers mini-stroke
Michael Johnson is recovering from a ‘mini stroke’, the Olympic champion and former world record-holder said on Twitter.
Wiggins tips Thomas for more glory
Wiggins tips Tour de France winner Thomas to retain his title after the Welshman ended Froome’s reign as champion.
Biles victorious in return
Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles made a triumphant, if imperfect, return to competition Saturday.
Tokyo venues hit by delays
Construction delays at two key Olympic venues could force Tokyo Games organisers into a reshuffle of test event schedules.
Lochte banned after IV infusion
Six-time Olympic gold medallist Ryan Lochte has been suspended 14 months for an anti-doping violation.
End gold medal targets, says Thorpe
Swimmer Ian Thorpe, Australia’s most decorated Olympian, has called on national bodies to stop setting gold medal targets.
Putin calls for ‘culture of no tolerance’ to doping
Putin calls for sports officials to restore Moscow’s place in international sport.
Runners pound city streets for Asian Games Fun Run
An estimated 600 runners took part in the Asian Games 2018 Fun Run yesterday morning around the Sokha Hotel, as the curtain came down on the Olympic Solidarity/Olympic Council of Asia Regional Forum which was hosted in Phnom Penh.
Phnom Penh inaugurates Olympic Forum
A two-day regional Olympic forum is inaugurated at the Sokha Hotel.
Kingdom to host Olympic forum
Phnom Penh has been confirmed as the host of an Olympic Council of Asia Olympic Solidarity/OCA Regional Forum.
Gymnast spoke of Nassar abuse
Olympic gold medalist McKayla Maroney reveales sexual abuse by Larry Nassar five years before his arrest.
Stumbling Blake set to face Bolt wrath
Sprint legend Usain Bolt yesterday accused fellow Jamaican Yohan Blake of “panicking” in the Commonwealth Games.
