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New Zealand starts vaccinating Tokyo-bound athletes
By Reuters,
1706, April 14, 2021 (EAT)
New Zealand has started administering COVID-19 vaccinations to athletes ahead of their departure for the Tokyo Games, the country’s Olympics chief s...
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Japan hails ‘bright news’ of Matsuyama’s Masters win
By Reuters,
1001, April 12, 2021 (EAT)
Japan sucked in its breath as Hideki Matsuyama almost blew his chance to win the Masters but the golfer’s one-shot victory at Augusta National spark...
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Vaccines ‘encouraged’ but not compulsory for athletes at Tokyo: Coates
By Reuters,
1207, February 25, 2021 (EAT)
Athletes are being encouraged to get vaccinated against COVID-19 ahead of the Tokyo Olympics but it will not be compulsory, IOC Vice President John Co...
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Australia aiming to vaccinate athletes before Tokyo Games
By Reuters,
1610, January 28, 2021 (EAT)
Australia aims to vaccinate its Olympians against COVID-19 before they head to the Tokyo Games, federal sport minister Richard Colbeck has said. Advi...
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Japan stands firm on Olympic Games schedule, denies report of cancellation
By Reuters,
1127, January 22, 2021 (EAT)
Japan stood firm on Friday on its commitment to host the Tokyo Olympics this year and denied reports of a possible cancellation but the pledge looks u...
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Tokyo 2020 chief expects vaccine rollout to aid Games
By Reuters,
1033, January 22, 2021 (EAT)
Six months from the start of the rearranged Olympics, Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto is cautiously hopeful that successful rollouts of COVID-19 vaccines ...
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Tokyo Games to decide Covid-19 ‘counter-measures’ by end of year
By Reuters,
1005, September 15, 2020 (EAT)
Organisers are ploughing ahead with the postponed Tokyo Olympics and will decide by the end of the year what “counter-measures” are required to ho...
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Olympics: Streamlined Tokyo Games may set future standard
By Reuters,
1240, July 29, 2020 (EAT)
The Olympic movement faces its biggest challenge for four decades in getting a streamlined Tokyo Summer Games up and running next year but influential...
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Commonwealth athletes to be allowed to take a knee in protest
By Reuters,
1132, June 12, 2020 (EAT)
Athletes competing in the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England will be allowed to take a knee in support of worldwide anti-racism movements,...
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Tokyo Games could be ‘greatest ever’, says Coates
By Reuters,
1436, May 9, 2020 (EAT)
Senior international Olympics official John Coates said on Saturday the delayed Tokyo Olympics could end up being the greatest Games ever, coming next...
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‘We’ll be stronger than ever in 2021’ – Naomi Osaka
By Reuters,
1942, March 28, 2020 (EAT)
Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka, the poster girl of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, took to social media on Saturday to show her support for the decision ...
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IOC working toward July-August Olympics in 2021
By Reuters,
1218, March 26, 2020 (EAT)
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is working with sports bodies to arrange a July-August window for the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021 and h...
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Tokyo Games delayed to 2021, easing athletes’ angst
By Reuters,
1752, March 24, 2020 (EAT)
The Tokyo Olympics were postponed on Tuesday to 2021, the first such delay in the Games’ 124-year modern history, as the coronavirus crisis wrecked ...
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Coronavirus: Olympic doubts grow as Canada withdraws athletes
By Reuters,
1025, March 23, 2020 (EAT)
The 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo have been thrown into further doubt after Canada became the first major country to withdraw. Their a...
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Tennis, NBA, football: coronavirus shreds sports calendar
By Reuters,
2052, March 12, 2020 (EAT)
The global sporting calendar has been shredded by the coronavirus pandemic, with men’s tennis shut down for six weeks, top European soccer leagues o...
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Coronavirus fears spreading Tokyo Olympics unease
By Reuters,
1304, February 26, 2020 (EAT)
Fears that the new coronavirus outbreak is on the verge of becoming a global pandemic have stoked concerns about the Tokyo Games and while the Interna...
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Factbox: Sport-Events affected by coronavirus epidemic
By Reuters,
1210, February 14, 2020 (EAT)
Here is a list of international sports events whose timing has been affected by a coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than 1,300 people and infe...
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Olympic chief sympathises with Semenya, respects CAS decision
By Reuters,
1443, May 4, 2019 (EAT)
Olympic chief Thomas Bach said on Saturday he had sympathy for Caster Semenya but respected the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)’s decision that...
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Nock in deal to ease fan access to Tokyo 2020
By Hillary Anekea,
1253, March 29, 2019 (EAT)
The National Olympic Committee Kenya (Nock) has partnered with Kingdom Sports Group in a deal aimed at making ticketing processes easy for fans planni...
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IOC freezes planning for 2020 Olympic boxing tournament
By Reuters,
1546, November 30, 2018 (EAT)
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) put planning for the Tokyo 2020 boxing tournament on hold on Friday in a move that could see the governing b...
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