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Tokyo Olympics 2020: Games likely to be a pared-down version of recent editions, says JOC chairman
• 5 years agoThe rearranged Tokyo Olympics are likely to be a pared-down version of recent editions of the four-yearly Games, Japanese Olympic Committee chairman Yasuhiro Yamashita said on Tuesday.
Tokyo Olympics 2020: Japanese Olympic Committee president Yasuhiro Yamashita says focus is to make Games a success despite one-year delay
• 5 years agoThe Olympics were postponed on Tuesday to 2021, the first such delay in the Games’ 124-year modern history, as the coronavirus crisis wrecked the world’s last sporting showpiece still standing this year.
Tokyo Olympics 2020: IOC president Thomas Bach says Tokyo better prepared than any other city hosting Games
• 6 years agoThomas Bach who was visiting Tokyo has said that the city is better prepared one year before the games than any other city which has hosted the Olympics
Tokyo Olympics 2020: City on course to deliver unique Games despite initial hiccups in preparation
• 6 years agoThe organisers of the Tokyo Olympics have recovered from the initial hurdles and are now on track to complete all preparations on schedule
Tokyo Olympics head says organising committee chief Tsunekazu Takeda doesn't need to quit over corruption 'reports'
• 6 years agoJapanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda, being probed for suspected corruption, does not need to step down from his role with the Tokyo 2020 organising committee
Winter Olympics 2018: Japanese speed skater Kei Saito becomes first athlete at Pyeongchang to fail doping test
• 7 years agoSaito failed an out-of-competition test prior to the event, the anti-doping authority said in a statement, adding that he tested positive for acetazolamide, a banned diuretic which is considered a masking agent.
Corruption scandal hits Tokyo 2020: Olympic bid to be investigated after reports of payment
• 9 years agoMedia has reported the Tokyo 2020 bid team made payments totaling more than $2 million to a Singapore bank account linked to Papa Massata Diack.