Olympics: Russian participation to be decided a year before Games
MOSCOW: A decision regarding the participation of athletes from Russia and Belarus in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris will be taken no earlier than a year before the kick-off of the Games. “A decision about the participation for athletes with a Russian or Belarusian passport will definitely come after a one year to go,” […]
Olympic Agenda 2020+5 reforms approved by IOC
PARIS: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session on Friday unanimously approved Olympic Agenda 2020+5, a set of reforms, as the new strategic roadmap of the IOC and the Olympic movement through 2025. The new roadmap, consisting of 15 recommendations, is based on five key trends that have been identified through robust research as likely to […]
Overseas spectators to be barred from Tokyo Olympics
TOKYO: Japan has decided to exclude overseas spectators from the Tokyo Olympics over fears an influx of visitors could bring an increase in coronavirus infections, local media reported Tuesday. Kyodo News said the government had concluded it was “not possible” to allow fans from abroad to attend this summer’s Games, already delayed by a year […]
Japan PM, IOC head agree Olympics to happen as planned next summer
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Monday agreed with International Olympic Committee (IOC) chief Thomas Bach that the Tokyo Olympics will be held as planned next summer, possibly with spectators, despite the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic, reported Kyodo News. Suga and Bach, who is on a four-day visit to Tokyo that began Sunday, said […]
Japan mulls simplified Tokyo Games
TOKYO: Japan is considering simplifying the format of next year’s Tokyo Olympics as part of efforts to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, government sources said Thursday. The changes could include a reduction in the number of spectators and a scaling back of the opening and closing ceremonies of both the Olympics and Paralympics, […]
Postponement of Tokyo Games to cost IOC millions
MOSCOW: The postponement of the Tokyo Olympics to 2021 due to the global coronavirus pandemic will cost the International Olympic Committee (IOC) hundreds of millions of dollars, reported Sputnik news agency — based on IOC President Thomas Bach’s quotes in an interview with the German Welt Am Sonntag newspaper published on Sunday. In late March, the […]
Council welcomes new dates for Paralympics
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Paralympic Council (MPC) has welcome the announcement of new dates for the Tokyo Paralympic Games from Aug 24 to Sept 5, 2021, describing it as a wise decision that demonstrates the unity among people and good spirit of sportsmanship. MPC secretary-general Datuk R. Subramaniam said MPC fully supported the joint decision reached by the International […]
Tokyo Olympics, Paralympics get new dates
KUALA LUMPUR: The Tokyo Olympics will now be held from July 23 to Aug 8 next year, exactly a year from the original dates planned earlier (July 24, 2020). The organisers, who confirmed this today, said the Paralympics will be from Aug 24 to Sept 5, 2021. The new dates were agreed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), International […]
IOC to decide on 2020 Tokyo Olympics hosting future within four weeks
KUALA LUMPUR: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will make their final decision either to proceed or postpone the hosting of 2020 Tokyo Olympics Games in four weeks’ time, following the Covid-19 pandemic. IOC, in their website www.olympic.org, said they have started thorough discussions with the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee, the Japanese authorities and also the Tokyo Metropolitan Government […]