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 […]
Hup Wei in the driver’s seat for wild card to Tokyo Olympics
KUALA LUMPUR: National high jumper Lee Hup Wei will be given a wild card to compete in the Tokyo Olympics next July if no other national athletes qualify on merit by then, said Malaysian Athletics Federation (MAF) president Datuk SM Muthu. He said this was based on the 33-year-old high jumper’s current world ranking. “Hup […]
Malaysia eyes team recurve ticket to Tokyo Olympics
KUALA LUMPUR: The national men’s archery recurve team is expected to join two rounds of the Archery World Cup next year in the hunt for a team event slot in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics scheduled to be held in July 2021. The two rounds of the championship are the second round in Shanghai, China from […]
Virus vaccine key for Olympics go-ahead in 2021
TOKYO: The development of a coronavirus vaccine or treatment will be key to allowing the postponed Tokyo 2020 games to open in a year’s time, organising committee president Yoshiro Mori said Wednesday. Asked what factors will be crucial for the rescheduled Games to go ahead, Mori said “it would be whether the coronavirus woe is […]
Malaysia yet to set medal target for Tokyo Olympics
KEPALA BATAS: The Youth and Sports Ministry has yet to set a national medal target for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games after the preparation of athletes was postponed following the Covid-19 outbreak. Its minister, Datuk Seri Reezal Merican Naina Merican said 36 Malaysian athletes have been identified to participate in the Olympic Games, but the qualification process has […]
‘Last option’ — no Olympic postponement beyond 2021
TOKYO: Olympics chief Thomas Bach agreed that 2021 was the “last option” for holding the delayed Tokyo Games on Thursday, stressing that postponement cannot go on forever. Bach said he backed Japan’s stance that the Games will have to be cancelled if the coronavirus pandemic isn’t under control by next year. In March, the Tokyo […]
Pandelela all out to win first M’sia gold
KUCHING: Despite the postponement of this year’s Tokyo Olympic Games, national diving queen Pandelela Rinong Pamg is fully determined to win the first Olympic gold medal for Malaysia. She qualified for both the 10m platform individual and synchronised event — the Tokyo Olympics have been rescheduled to early next year. It will be her fourth […]
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 […]
Tokyo 2020 Games postponed
TOKYO: Japan has asked for a one-year postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Games over the global coronavirus pandemic, and the International Olympic Committee has agreed, the country’s prime minister said Tuesday. “I proposed to postpone for about a year and president Bach responded with 100 per cent agreement,” Shinzo Abe told reporters referring to Thomas […]
Tokyo Olympics may be postponed 1-2 years
MOSCOW: The 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo may be postponed 1-2 years because of the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, Sputnik news quoted the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report citing Japanese organising committee board member Haruyuki Takahashi. “I don’t think the Games could be cancelled; it’d be a delay,” Takahashi said in an interview with […]
