Crowds again greet Olympic flame despite virus concerns
More than 1,000 people gathered on Tuesday to see the Olympic flame in Japan’s northern city of Fukushima, defying calls from Games organizers looking to rein in a coronavirus pandemic that has fueled doubts whether this year’s event will go ahead.
Athletics Association calls on IOC to postpone Tokyo Games
Over three-quarters of track and field athletes surveyed by the Athletics Association want the Tokyo Olympic Games postponed because their training has been affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
Olympics: Athletes would have liked quicker decision on delay – German confederation
Talks on the possible postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics are long overdue, the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) said on Tuesday, adding that athletes would have preferred a quicker decision by the International Olympic Committee.
Japan PM Abe, U.S. Trump to hold phone meeting on Olympics: Kyodo
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump will likely hold talks over the phone as early as Wednesday, Kyodo news agency reported on Tuesday.
Japan to scale back Olympic torch relay: Fukushima official
The Olympic flame, which flew to Japan last week from Greece, will be carried not by relay runners, but in a lantern in a scaled-down flame display event starting on Thursday from northern Japan’s Fukushima prefecture, a local government official said….
Tokyo 2020 postponement decision due in days: sources
A decision on whether to postpone this year’s Tokyo Olympic Games will be taken in coming days, two sources within the Olympic movement told Reuters on Tuesday.
Tokyo 2020 postponement decision ‘within days’, say sources
A final decision whether to postpone the Tokyo Olympics because of the coronavirus pandemic will be taken in the coming days, sources within the Olympic movement told Reuters on Tuesday, as the United States joined calls for a delay.
Australia’s Coates, the man in the middle stuck with a muddle
The surest sign that the tide had turned definitively against plans to press ahead with the Tokyo Games this year might have come on Monday when the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) instructed its athletes to prepare for 2021.
U.S., New Zealand join calls for Tokyo Games to be postponed
The United States added its significant weight to calls for the Tokyo Games to be postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, with New Zealand Olympic organizers seeking a swift decision to allow teams to reset and prepare for a delayed event.
‘Heartbroken’ Australian athletes face up to Olympic reality
Australian athletes were feeling a mixture of regret and relief on Tuesday following their national Olympic committee’s decision to pull out of the 2020 Tokyo Games due to the coronavirus, while the country’s top soccer competition also fell victim to …
