497 articles tagged "olympics"
Fiji Airways Men’s National 7s Captain, Jerry Tuwai says love within the team will be the key to success in the Olympics. Speaking after their victory over the Oceania 7s team last night, Tuwai says it has been a
Fiji Airways Men’s National 7s Team Coach Gareth Baber says getting his team ready for the Olympics in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic is the hardest thing he has had to do. As Fiji prepares to play in a
The President of the Oceania National Olympic Committees Dr. Robin Mitchell says in their 40 years of operations, ONOC draws from the time-tested Olympic values of excellence, respect and friendship to demonstrate that
Wallabies star Marika Koroibete will be playing in Japan next year following his Wallabies commitments.    Koroibete was named Players' Player following an outstanding 2021 campaign, with the winger scor
Up to 10,000 Japanese fans will be permitted at Tokyo 2020 Olympic venues. BBC News reports overseas spectators are already banned but organisers said domestic fans could attend providing crowds did not exceed 50%
A member of Uganda's Olympic squad has become the first to test positive for COVID-19 on arrival in Japan for the competition that is due to start on the 23rd of July. The event was postponed last year but is now g
FRU CEO John O’Connor confirms Semi Radradra will only be released for the Olympic Games. He says they have made arrangements for Radradra’s release. O’Connor confirms Radradra is expected to join the me
US Olympic champion Ryan Crouser’s has shattered the shot put world record that has stood for 31 years. FoxSports reports the 28-year-old defending champion easily won the US track and field trials, finally beati
World number three Rafael Nadal has pulled out of this month's Wimbledon and the Tokyo Olympic Games. The 20-time Grand Slam champion, who won the Wimbledon titles in 2008 and 2010, says he needs to recuperate afte
The state of emergency in Tokyo is to be lifted, five weeks before the start of the Olympic Games. Emergency Covid-19 restrictions have been in place in Japan's capital and other prefectures since late April amid a
Vilimoni Koroi and Akuila Rokolisoa have been named in the All Blacks 7s 18 men squad for the Oceania 7s next week where they will meet Australia and Fiji in preparation for the Olympic Games. The squad will
The Australian city of Brisbane has moved a step closer to being named the host city for the 2032 Olympic Games. BBC News reports Brisbane was named the preferred bidder in February and has now been proposed as hos
Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee Chief Toshiro Muto says athletes who will be participating in this year's Olympic Games will be subject to GPS monitoring. BBC reports that international members of the media will a
Fiji 7s Coach Gareth Baber is still hopeful to have superstar Semi Radradra, Aminiasi Tuimaba and Vilimoni Botitu join the team for the Olympics. While speaking from quarantine in Brisbane, Baber says he has been k
Fiji 7s coach Gareth Baber is expected to name his team for the Olympics after the Oceania 7s in Australia later this month. Baber has selected Olympians Jerry Tuwai and Kitione Taliga in his team for the Oceania 7
Australia's women's softball team became the first international athletes to arrive in Japan for the Olympics when they flew into Tokyo. The team will attend a training camp in the city of Ota before moving to the
The Tokyo Olympics, postponed in 2020 during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, are facing increasing hurdles in putting on a 2021 show. The latest troubling sign for the Games came when the US State Departme
The International Olympic Committee has made it clear that the Olympics will go ahead even if Tokyo remains under a state of emergency. Tokyo is one of nine prefectures under a state of emergency until 31st May at
Sky Pacific will be dedicating one channel to the 24/7 live coverage of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Digicel Fiji CEO, Farid Mohammed says they will be bringing their viewers hundreds of hours of sports action on
The CEO of Japan's top e-commerce company says that it would be a "suicide mission" for the country to host the Olympic Games this summer. The comments by Rakuten CEO Hiroshi Mikitani in an interview with CNN are a
