Organisers confirm no overseas spectators at Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics
The decision comes due to continuing uncertainty amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The decision comes due to continuing uncertainty amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Tokyo’s response to the virus is being closely watched around the world as doubts swirl over the postponed Tokyo Olympics
Yoshiro Mori said meetings involving women tended to drag on.
Yoshiro Mori prompted outrage in Japan for saying that women speak too much in meetings.
There has been mounting speculation the postponed Games will ultimately be cancelled.
A London 2012 chief reckons it’s ‘unlikely,’ while the World Athletics president believes a very different Games will take place.
When the opportunity came to switch allegiance from Britain to Ireland, Ben Fletcher jumped at it.
Fintan McCarthy has a great chance of winning gold at next year’s Olympics. So how come he is not already a national treasure?
Anthony Eddy’s side are among 12 nations vying for the last remaining spot in Tokyo.
Two-time world rowing champion Sanita Puspure fears her hopes of gold in Tokyo could be ruined by lockdown policies.
‘It’s not like moving a football game to next Saturday,’ says IOC president Thomas Bach.
He remained optimistic about holding the Tokyo Olympics on schedule from July 24 to August 9.
Officials like Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and IOC chief Thomas Bach have repeatedly insisted preparations should continue.
Pressure, pride, adrenaline, despair, peaks, troughs, heartache – Garry Doyle speaks to four Irish athletes heading to Tokyo to find out what it’s really like to qualify for the Olympics.
Covid-19 has infected almost 64,000 people globally.
Wada’s executive committee, meeting in Lausanne, handed the country the ‘robust’ four-year suspension.
Michael Conlan was on the wrong end of a controversial decision in the 2016 Olympics.
The 30-year-old pulled out of competing at the Rio Games in 2016.
Kyle Chalmers said he was hopeful the problem has now been fixed ‘once and for all’.