Tokyo Olympics boss Mori to resign over sexist remarks
Tokyo Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori is to resign after he sparked outrage in Japan and abroad with his claims that women speak too much in meetings, reports said Thursday.
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Tokyo Olympic organisers to meet on sexist comments row
Tokyo 2020 organisers said Wednesday they will meet this week to discuss sexist comments made by their embattled president, as a heavyweight sponsor said the remarks were contrary to the Olympic spirit.
Japan pledges safe Olympics, medical experts aren’t so sure
Japanese infectious disease specialist Atsuo Hamada wants to see the Olympics happen in Tokyo this summer, but admits if they were being held anywhere else, he’d probably support a cancellation.
Tokyo Olympics boss refuses to resign over sexist remarks
Japan’s gaffe-prone Tokyo Olympics chief apologised on Thursday for making sexist remarks that prompted outrage, but refused to resign and dug a deeper hole when he admitted he didn’t “speak to women much”.
Uncertainty for Japan’s Olympic volunteers, fans
Mai Tarumi has been looking forward to volunteering at the Tokyo Olympics for years.
Bach says IOC ‘committed’ to holding Tokyo Olympics
Olympic chief Thomas Bach on Wednesday said organisers were committed to holding a “successful and safe” Tokyo Games this year, dismissing cancellation talk as “speculation” — but admitted for the first time that fans may not be allowed.
Tokyo Olympics test event to be postponed
The first Tokyo Olympics test event of 2021 will be postponed due to travel restrictions under Japan’s coronavirus state of emergency, media reported Wednesday.
Cancellation fears cloud upcoming Tokyo Olympics
When the Tokyo Olympics were postponed last year, officials promised they would open in 2021 as proof of mankind’s triumph over the coronavirus.
Tokyo to cut back on athletes at Olympics opening ceremony
Tokyo Olympics organisers said Monday they will slash the number of athletes at the opening and closing ceremonies of this year’s coronavirus-delayed Games, as a report said thousands fewer will attend.
Tokyo Olympics organisers say cancellation report ‘fake news’
Tokyo Olympics organisers played down a poll showing plunging support for the Games on Tuesday and said a report claiming cancellation could be discussed next month was “fake news”.
Support for Olympics hits new low in Japan: poll
Support for holding the coronavirus-postponed Tokyo Olympics this summer has hit a new low in Japan, a poll found Sunday as the country battles a third wave of infections.
Virus-delayed Tokyo Olympic sponsors to extend contracts
Organisers for the virus-postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics said Thursday they have reached “basic agreement” with all domestic sponsors to extend their contracts by a year, securing much-needed additional funds.
Tokyo Olympics unveil final budget of $15.9 billion
The coronavirus-delayed Tokyo Olympics will cost at least 1.64 trillion yen.
Masked and muted Olympics will still dominate crowded 2021 in sports
The rescheduled Tokyo Olympics will be the centrepiece of a crammed sporting year in 2021 as sports administrators who had their calendars wiped away by the coronavirus pandemic try to fill the gaps even as a second wave hits.
No mandatory coronavirus vaccine for Tokyo Olympics, says IOC chief
Athletes won’t be required to take a coronavirus vaccine to compete at the Tokyo Olympics, IOC chief Thomas Bach said Tuesday, adding that mandatory shots would be “going too far”.
IOC’s Bach ‘very confident’ Tokyo Olympics will have fans
Olympic chief Thomas Bach said Monday he is “very, very confident” that spectators will attend next year’s Tokyo Olympics, as he kicked off a Japan trip to boost momentum for the pandemic-postponed Games.
Tokyo Olympics fans may face cheering ban
Fans may be asked not to cheer at the Tokyo Olympics to avoid the risk of spreading the coronavirus, a top official said on Thursday.
Tokyo Olympics organisers hail vaccine news as ‘relief’
Tokyo Olympics organisers said news of a coronavirus vaccine was a “relief” on Tuesday but insisted their bio-security planning for the postponed Games remained unchanged.
Gymnastics tilt hints at how pandemic Olympics might work
Japan provided a glimpse Sunday of what the delayed Tokyo Olympics may look like next summer as fans attended the country’s first international sporting competition since the pandemic shutdown.
Tokyo Olympics on alert for cyberattacks as Russian plot revealed
Yet to suffer “significant impact” after Britain accused Russia of targeting the Games.
Tokyo Olympics organisers to slash costs by $280m
The cost of the coronavirus-postponed Tokyo Olympics will be slashed by $280 million, organisers said Wednesday, touting a scaled-back Games with cuts to everything from staffing to pyrotechnics.
Tokyo Olympics firm paid $370k to IOC official’s son
A consulting firm hired by Tokyo’s Olympic bid committee paid some $370,000 to the son of an International Olympic Committee member before and after Japan was picked to host the Games, reports said Monday.
Tokyo Olympics will go ahead ‘with or without Covid’ – IOC’s Coates
Tokyo’s postponed Olympics will go ahead next year regardless of the coronavirus pandemic, IOC vice president John Coates told AFP Monday, vowing they will be the “Games that conquered Covid”.
Japan and judo – an unbreakable bond
When the Tokyo Olympics eventually open a year late, one of the hottest tickets in town will be for judo. Invented in Japan and first introduced at Tokyo 1964, judo is coming home.
Olympics boss reluctant to hold Tokyo Games behind closed doors
Banning fans from the Tokyo Olympics is “clearly something we don’t want”, International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach said, adding that “multiple scenarios” were under consideration for the rescheduled Games.
‘Insensitive’ Japan Olympic coronavirus logo pulled after row
A satirical mock-up depicting the Tokyo Olympics logo as the new coronavirus has been pulled after Olympic organisers branded it “insensitive” and said it infringed copyright.
IOC removes controversial statement on Tokyo Olympics
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has on Tuesday removed controversial comments declaring that Japan will pay the additional cost for the postponed Tokyo Games.
Olympic sports fret over lost Games income
The postponement of the Tokyo Olympics and the shutdown of the sporting calendar because of the coronavirus pandemic are going to hit international sports federations hard financially.
Postponed Tokyo Olympics to open July 23 next year
The Tokyo Olympics will begin on July 23 next year, organisers said.
Postponing Olympics saves athletes from mental turmoil: Coe
World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said Sunday that the decision to postpone this year’s Tokyo Olympics because of the coronavirus has saved athletes from “mental turmoil”.
