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“I think a lot of people had this vested belief that once the vaccine started to roll out, that would really spell the end of Covid and what we would …

Comcast CEO Brian Roberts and NBCUniversal chief Jeff Shell are upbeat the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo will go forward as planned and said advertisers are optimistic as well, based …

Organisers of the virus-postponed 2020 Games, denying cancellation is on the cards, have floated the possibility of holding competitions behind closed doors. Mima Ito carries Japan’s hopes in the home …

The International Olympic Committee said on Tuesday it was determined “safe and secure” Tokyo Games would go ahead and that while it urged participants to be vaccinated, that was only …

IOC Executive Board Meeting – Tokyo Olympics to be discussed: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board (EB) will meet remotely by video-conference through a secure electronic system on Wednesday …

Stefanidi has spoken out strongly in favour of going ahead with the Tokyo Games, nearly a year after she led calls to postpone the event over the coronavirus pandemic. File …

Six month ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra said his focus was currently on improving his strength and finessing his technique. File image of javelin thrower Neeraj …

Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra on Saturday admitted that the uncertainty over the staging of the postponed Olympics due to coronavirus creates anxiety but said he is proceeding with his …

Tokyo 2020 organisers and the IOC were vehement in their denial on Friday that a cancellation of the Games was on the cards. Yet, multiple questions remain as to how …

Will the 2020 Tokyo Olympics happen in 2021? That was the plan, after the International Olympic Committee and Japan, the host country, postponed the games last March because of the …

Tokyo Olympics – Will Olympics be played without spectators? International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, who previously said spectator numbers could be reduced to a “reasonable” level at the Tokyo Games, on Friday …

Tokyo Olympics – Olympic Torch Relay: The Tokyo Olympic organizers are considering staging this year’s Olympic torch relay away from public roads if a state of emergency is in effect where …

Will the Games go on?Image: Getty Images It would be very….I guess we call it “this age” as 2021 hasn’t really separated itself from 2020 yet, for leagues like the …

Tokyo Olympics:International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Friday reiterated its stand that the body is fully committed to the successful delivery of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 this year. …

On Friday, the Times of London, citing an unnamed senior member of the ruling coalition, reported that Japanese authorities had privately concluded that the Olympics could not proceed due to …

Japan dismissed a report claiming officials see cancelling the Tokyo Olympics as inevitable on Friday, as Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said he was “determined” to hold the Games. Deputy government …

‘We have at this moment, no reason whatsoever to believe that the Olympic Games in Tokyo will not open on the 23rd of July,’ Bach told Kyodo News. File image …

Mark Lazarus was installed as Chairman of NBCUniversal Television & Streaming last spring as part of a major reorganization of the Comcast-owned company. Today, in a keynote interview as part …

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 …

Gosper, still an honorary IOC member, made the suggestion to Australia’s national broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. Former IOC VP Kevan Gosper has suggested UN to intervene on Tokyo Olympics’ …

Plans for the postponed Tokyo Olympic Games are growing more uncertain by the day. As coronavirus cases rise throughout Japan and in several large countries in Europe and the Americas, …

A Japanese cabinet minister admitted Friday that “anything can happen” with the coronavirus-postponed Tokyo Olympics, becoming the first senior official to concede uncertainty about the Games as Japan and other …

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”. The …

The comments, less than 200 days before the postponed Games start in July, come with greater Tokyo under a state of emergency over a spike in coronavirus cases and with …

Tokyo 2020 organisers have said another delay is out of the question.© AFP Support for holding the coronavirus-postponed Tokyo Olympics this summer has hit a new low in Japan, a …

Just over 80 percent of those asked by Kyodo news agency said the huge global event should be cancelled or postponed again — a jump from around 60 percent in …