Tag: Tokyo 2020
TOKYO (AP) — Sumo is coming — well, almost coming — to the Tokyo Olympics. Knowing it may have the world’s attention, the Japan Sumo Association and local Olympic organizers are planning a sumo tournament…
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — China’s national women’s soccer team has been quarantined in Australia ahead of an Olympic qualifying tournament as fears spread about the outbreak of a new virus that has killed more than…
TOKYO (AP) The Olympic rings have arrived in Tokyo. They sailed into Tokyo Bay on Friday on a barge and will stay there until the Olympics open on July 24 and close on Aug.…
Athletes looking to express their political or social views at the upcoming 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo will have to deal with a new set of guidelines covering what is and is not …
TOKYO (AP) Tokyo Olympic organizers said Friday they are spending 1.35 trillion Japanese yen about $12.6 billion to stage next years games. Organizers said the expenditure is unchanged from a year ago,…
MOSCOW (AP) Russia has signaled it will file an appeal against its four-year Olympic ban due to World Anti-Doping Agency sanctions which President Vladimir Putin today branded unfair. The Russian anti-doping agencys supervisory board…
MOSCOW (AP) The Russian foreign minister cast calls for new anti-doping sanctions on Russian sports as one more Western effort to sideline Russia, while the countrys top anti-doping official called the step justified on…
TOKYO (AP) Having trouble getting tickets for next years Tokyo Olympics? Thats no problem if you have $60,000 to spare. Tokyo Olympic organizers are offering high-end hospitality packages to Japan residents with prices soaring…
DENVER (AP) For decades, the question at the Summer Olympics hasn’t been whether the United States will top the medals table, but by how much. If anyone on U.S. soil has a problem with…
MOSCOW (AP) Russia will become a force in the medals table at next years Tokyo Olympics despite its current doping problems, the countrys sports minister said today. Russia won just 19 gold medals at…
