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/ 4 years agoJapan PM Suga ‘determined’ to hold Olympics despite pandemic
Japan is “determined” to host the postponed Olympic Games in 2021 despite the coronavirus pandemic, the country’s newly elected prime minister...
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/ 4 years agoCAS lifts life bans on three Russian biathletes
Sport’s highest court has lifted life bans handed down on three female Russian biathletes for doping at the 2014 Sochi Winter...
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/ 4 years agoTokyo Olympics could take place without vaccine: IOC chief
Olympic boss Thomas Bach said Thursday that the Tokyo Games could take place next year even without a coronavirus vaccine, pointing...
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/ 4 years agoWatch: Sydney re-lights cauldron to mark 20th anniversary of Olympics
Sydney lit its Olympic cauldron Tuesday for the first time since 2000 but the face of those millennium Games, Cathy Freeman,...
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/ 4 years agoTokyo 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...
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/ 4 years agoPostponed Tokyo Paralympics schedule unveiled with minor changes
Tokyo 2020 organisers on Monday unveiled the new schedule for the coronavirus-postponed Paralympics next year, with only minor modifications to the...
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/ 4 years agoRussian athletes should face ‘blanket ban’ in Tokyo, says whistleblower
Doping whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov says no Russian athletes should be allowed to take part in next year’s postponed Tokyo Olympics. The...
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/ 4 years agoQatar confirms plan to bid for 2032 Olympics
Qatar will seek to host the 2032 Olympic Games, it said on Monday, joining a crowded field and raising questions about scorching...
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/ 4 years agoSimpler. Cheaper. Safer? Tokyo 2020’s unanswered questions
The year-long postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics due to coronavirus has presented organisers with unprecedented challenges and questions over costs,...
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/ 4 years agoOlympic chief Thomas Bach to stand for second term
Thomas Bach said Friday he will stand in 2021 for a second term as president of the International Olympic Committee. The...