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Tokyo governor: Japan can host Olympics despite virus spike 24 Nov 2020 - 11:38 am
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike attends a news conference, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan, in Tokyo, Japan, November 24, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Bach says Tokyo Olympic "participants" may need vaccinations 16 Nov 2020 - 12:32 pm
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach wears a face mask as he speaks during a news conference in Tokyo, Japan November 16, 2020. Carl Court/Pool via REUTERS
Organisers say fears of virus banished by success of test event 10 Nov 2020 - 09:56 am
Officials wearing protective masks conduct a test session of screening measures for Tokyo Olympic games spectators, including coronavirus disease (COVID-19) countermeasures at Tokyo Big Sight, Japan October 21, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
Gymnasts in Tokyo show how Olympics can pass coronavirus challenges 08 Nov 2020 - 10:57 am
Spectators wearing protective masks amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak enter the venue of Friendship and Solidarity Competition, the first international event at a Tokyo Olympic venue since the Games were postponed in March due to the COVID-
Tokyo hosts 4-country gymnastics meet to test covid safety 06 Nov 2020 - 12:39 pm
FILE PHOTO: 2016 Rio Olympics - Artistic gymnastics - Final - Men's Floor Final - Rio Olympic Arena - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 14/08/2016. Kohei Uchimura (JPN) of Japan competes on the floor. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Japanese gymnast Uchimura tests positive for COVID-19 ahead of key meet 29 Oct 2020 - 02:22 pm
Kohei Uchimura (JPN) of Japan competes on the parallel bars during the men's individual all-around final. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Sprint star Coleman to miss Olympics after being banned for whereabouts failure 27 Oct 2020 - 08:53 pm
FILE PHOTO: Athletics - World Athletics Championships - Doha 2019 - Men's 4x100 Metres Relay Final - Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar - October 5, 2019. Christian Coleman of the U.S. before the race. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay/File Photo
Tokyo urges Olympics supporters to "pack less, wait less" following security tests 21 Oct 2020 - 01:17 pm
Officials check body temperature of people acting as spectators during screening measures test, hosted by Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, ahead of the summer games that have been postponed to 2021 due to the coronavirus dis
Thomas Bach to visit new Japanese PM, Tokyo Olympic leaders 09 Oct 2020 - 02:47 pm
IOC President Thomas Bach attends an Executive Board meeting of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne, Switzerland, October 7, 2020. Christophe Moratal/IOC/Handout via REUTERS
Tokyo marathon 2021 postponed until after Olympics due to COVID-19 concerns 09 Oct 2020 - 01:55 pm
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IOC expects international fans at Tokyo Games - Bach 07 Oct 2020 - 07:01 pm
This handout picture taken and released by the Information Services of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on October 7, 2020, shows IOC President Thomas Bach holding an executive board meeting at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne./ AFP / OIS/IOC / O
Tokyo organisers to save over $280 million with 'simplification' measures 07 Oct 2020 - 04:37 pm
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games CEO Toshiro Muto (L) speaks beside Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games president Yoshiro Mori during a press conference regarding the Tokyo Olympics, which have been postponed due to the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, in Tokyo on October 7, 202
Tokyo Olympics name Mikako Kotani as new sports director 30 Sep 2020 - 10:45 am
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Tokyo organisers outline steps for 'simplified' Games 25 Sep 2020 - 03:27 pm
Christophe Dubi, IOC's Olympic Games Executive Director, and Robert Roxburgh, Head of Olympic Games Communications of IOC, are seen on screen during a joint press conference between the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Tokyo Organising Committee
IOC's Bach sounds optimistic note on Tokyo Games in 2021 24 Sep 2020 - 02:55 pm
President of the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee Yoshiro Mori (L) and Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike (R) listen as International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach (on screen) speaks during a video meeting of the IOC Coordination Commission for th
Tokyo 2020 organisers seeking to cut costs of delayed Games 15 Sep 2020 - 07:14 pm
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games CEO Toshiro Muto (top R) speaks during a press conference after a Tokyo 2020 executive board meeting in Tokyo on September 15, 2020. / AFP / POOL / Kazuhiro NOGI AND KAZUHIRO NOGI
Australia lights Olympic cauldron 20 years after Sydney Games 15 Sep 2020 - 11:14 am
Young Australian athletes Tamsin Colley (L) and Tenayah Logan stand underneath the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games cauldron after it was relit during an event to mark the 20th anniversary of the opening ceremony at Cathy Freeman Park in the Olympic Boulevard in
Summer heat could be a 'nightmare' for Tokyo Games: 2020 advisor 10 Sep 2020 - 12:38 am
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