Factbox:Latest on the spread of the coronavirus around the world
Britain joined the ranks of countries in lockdown to try to hold back the coronavirus pandemic, and data showed business activity collapsing from Australia and Japan to Western Europe at a record pace in March. The picture in the United States is expec…
FINA to reconsider world championship dates after Tokyo Games moved to 2021
The 2021 World Aquatics Championships that were due to be held in July-August 2021 in Fukuoka, Japan could be rescheduled after the Tokyo 2020 Olympics were postponed to 2021, swimming’s world governing body FINA said on Tuesday.
FINA to reconsider world championship dates after Tokyo Games moved to 2021
The 2021 World Aquatics Championships that were due to be held in July-August 2021 in Fukuoka, Japan could be rescheduled after the Tokyo 2020 Olympics were postponed to 2021, swimming’s world governing body FINA said on Tuesday.
FINA to reconsider world championship dates after Tokyo Games moved to 2021
The 2021 World Aquatics Championships that were due to be held in July-August 2021 in Fukuoka, Japan could be rescheduled after the Tokyo 2020 Olympics were postponed to 2021, swimming’s world governing body FINA said on Tuesday.
Postponement is about saving lives, says IOC chief Bach
International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach said on Tuesday that he and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe did not discuss the cost of postponing the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games to 2021 due to the coronavirus as it is a matter of saving lives.
Tokyo Games moved to 2021 to be ‘light at the end of pandemic tunnel’
The Tokyo Olympics were postponed on Tuesday to 2021, the first such delay in the Games’ 124-year modern history, as the coronavirus crisis wrecked the last international sporting showpiece still standing this year.
Factbox: Reaction to postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Athletes, national associations and sporting federations from around the world reacted with a mixture of sadness, relief and mainly goodwill to the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on Tuesday because of the coronavirus pandemic.
No plan to change Olympic marathon location from Hokkaido, Tokyo 2020’s Mori says
There is no plan to change the location of the Olympic marathon from the northern island of Hokkaido even with the delay of the Games to next year, the president of the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee, Yoshiro Mori, said on Tuesday.
Tokyo 2020 CEO: unclear who will pay extra costs for Olympics delay
Tokyo 2020 organizing committee chief executive Toshiro Muto said on Tuesday it is not clear who will pay the extra costs arising from the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics.
Tokyo Games delayed to 2021, easing athletes’ angst
Japan and the Olympics movement decided on Tuesday to delay this year’s Tokyo Games into 2021 as the coronavirus crisis obliterated the world’s last major imminent sporting event.
