267 articles tagged "tokyo-olympics"
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
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
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
All Blacks winger Caleb Clarke has confirmed his Tokyo Olympics involvement, with he and Chiefs winger Etene Nanai-Seturo opting to represent New Zealand in sevens. Both players intended to represent New Zealand at
The Oceania National Olympic Committees is in discussions with the Australian Olympic Committee regarding the Australian Government’s initiative to support Pacific athletes preparing for the Tokyo Games. Presiden
More than 80% of people in Japan who were surveyed in two polls in the last few days say the Tokyo Olympics should be cancelled or postponed, or say they believe the Olympics will not take place. The polls were con
At a low-key ceremony to mark the unveiling of the Olympic flame display, Tokyo officials reiterated that next year’s Games will be a symbol of hope for the world as it recovers from the coronavirus pandemic. The
Tokyo 2020 chief executive Toshiro Muto says the Olympics and Paralympics could be held in front of "a limited number of spectators" due to Covid-19. Muto told BBC Sport organisers will do everything they can to ma
Fiji is expected to feature in seven different sports at the Tokyo Olympics with two teams confirmed to participate which are the Men's and Women's 7's teams. This was confirmed by the Chef De Mission for Team Fij
Tokyo 2020 will be a "simplified" Olympics. The Games, scheduled to start in July, were postponed for a year in March because of fears over the Covid-19 pandemic. Tokyo 2020 chief executive Toshiro Muto added
Tokyo 2020 will be a "simplified" Olympics. The Games, scheduled to start in July, were postponed for a year in March because of fears over the Covid-19 pandemic. Tokyo 2020 chief executive Toshiro Muto added
The President of the Oceania National Olympic Committee, Dr. Robin Mitchell says the Tokyo 2020 Athletes’ Scholarship programme has been extended until August 2021. Dr. Mitchell says those on scholarship at the m
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says that the Tokyo Olympics could not take place next year unless the coronavirus pandemic is contained, as the city’s governor called for an extension of the nationwide state of em
The postponed Tokyo Olympics will be "scrapped" if they cannot take place in 2021. This is according to Games chief Yoshiro Mori. Tokyo 2020 is now scheduled to run from 23rd July to 8th August next year after
It is "very unrealistic" the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics will take place next year unless a coronavirus vaccine has been found by then, says a leading global health scientist. Professor Devi Sridhar said the dev
The Tokyo Olympics may not be able to go ahead in 2021 as planned due to the escalating nature of coronavirus in Japan. This is according to Organising Committee chief executive Toshiro Muto. Last month, the I
