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Olympics
IOC chief confident Tokyo Olympic Games will happen this summer
Nation World
Will Olympics be canceled? 6 questions answered and what to watch for
Olympics organizers are adamant the Tokyo Olympics will happen, but that's what they were saying last year, too.
Nation World
Japan's prime minister vows Olympics will be proof of victory over coronavirus
Suga said his government aimed to start vaccinations as early as February and pledged to achieve the Games as “a proof of human victory against the coronavirus."
Nation World
IOC, Japan press ahead with Tokyo Games
The International Olympic Committee and organizers have already said another postponement is impossible, leaving cancellation — or going ahead — as the only options.
Nation World
Tokyo Olympics hit the 200-days-to-go mark
Officials have promised to announce concrete plans early in the new year about how to get 15,000 Olympic and Paralympic athletes into Japan.
Nation World
Official costs of Tokyo Olympics up by 22% to $15.4 billion
A University of Oxford study this year says Tokyo is the most expensive Summer Olympics on record.
Olympics
Russia banned from using its name, flag, anthem at next 2 Olympics
Russian athletes will still be allowed to compete at next year’s Tokyo Olympics and the 2022 Games if they're not implicated in doping or covering up positive tests.
Nation World
Tokyo Olympic sponsors pay $3.3 billion, but more still needed
Now sponsors are being asked to pay millions more to cover some of the soaring costs of the one-year postponement.
Olympics
US Olympic Committee says it won't punish athletes for medal stand protests
A group of American athletes have also called on the IOC to change Rule 50 of the IOC Olympic Charter, which prohibits inside-the-lines protests at Olympic events.
Nation World
Breakdancing gets Olympic status to debut at Paris in 2024
Skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing were also confirmed for Paris by the International Olympic Committee’s executive board.
Nation World
Tokyo Olympics delay costs may reach $2.8 billion
Prior to the postponement, Japan said the Olympics would cost $12.6 billion. But a government audit last year said it was likely twice that much.
Nation World
Rafer Johnson, Olympic decathlon champion who helped subdue RFK's assassin, dies at 86
Rafer Johnson was among the world's greatest athletes from 1955 through his Olympic triumph in 1960. He lit the torch at the 1984 Los Angeles Games.
Nation World
Will Olympics be canceled? 6 questions answered and what to watch for
Olympics organizers are adamant the Tokyo Olympics will happen, but that's what they were saying last year, too.
Nation World
Japan's prime minister vows Olympics will be proof of victory over coronavirus
Suga said his government aimed to start vaccinations as early as February and pledged to achieve the Games as “a proof of human victory against the coronavirus."
Nation World
IOC, Japan press ahead with Tokyo Games
The International Olympic Committee and organizers have already said another postponement is impossible, leaving cancellation — or going ahead — as the only options.
Nation World
Tokyo Olympics hit the 200-days-to-go mark
Officials have promised to announce concrete plans early in the new year about how to get 15,000 Olympic and Paralympic athletes into Japan.
Nation World
Official costs of Tokyo Olympics up by 22% to $15.4 billion
A University of Oxford study this year says Tokyo is the most expensive Summer Olympics on record.
Olympics
Russia banned from using its name, flag, anthem at next 2 Olympics
Russian athletes will still be allowed to compete at next year’s Tokyo Olympics and the 2022 Games if they're not implicated in doping or covering up positive tests.
Nation World
Tokyo Olympic sponsors pay $3.3 billion, but more still needed
Now sponsors are being asked to pay millions more to cover some of the soaring costs of the one-year postponement.
Olympics
US Olympic Committee says it won't punish athletes for medal stand protests
A group of American athletes have also called on the IOC to change Rule 50 of the IOC Olympic Charter, which prohibits inside-the-lines protests at Olympic events.
Nation World
Breakdancing gets Olympic status to debut at Paris in 2024
Skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing were also confirmed for Paris by the International Olympic Committee’s executive board.
Nation World
Tokyo Olympics delay costs may reach $2.8 billion
Prior to the postponement, Japan said the Olympics would cost $12.6 billion. But a government audit last year said it was likely twice that much.
Nation World
Rafer Johnson, Olympic decathlon champion who helped subdue RFK's assassin, dies at 86
Rafer Johnson was among the world's greatest athletes from 1955 through his Olympic triumph in 1960. He lit the torch at the 1984 Los Angeles Games.
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