Vaccines ‘encouraged’ but not compulsory for athletes at Tokyo: Coates

By Reuters,

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...

IOC , John Coates , Thomas Bach , vaccines

Tokyo 2020 launches new gender equality team

By Reuters,

The new president of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics organising committee said on Wednesday that it had set up a gender equality team and aimed to boost the p...

olympics , Seiko Hashimoto , Tokyo 2020

More trouble at Leopards as tension mounts between skipper Kamura and club

By Godfrey Ashiali,

From one calamity to the other, so goes the script at AFC Leopards. If not unpaid salaries then its player go-slows. From go-slows to defeat at ...

Kenya bemoans cancellation of Olympic boxing qualifiers

By Mkalla Wa Mwambodze,

Kenya national boxing team coach Musa Benjamin has slammed the International Olympic Committee’s decision to scrap the final boxing qualifying event...

Boxing , Tokyo 2020

IOC condemns Tokyo Games chief’s comments

By Agencies,

Comments made about women by Yoshiro Mori, the head of the Tokyo Olympics organising committee, were "absolutely inappropriate", the International Oly...

International Olympic Committee , Organising committee , Tokyo Olympics , Yoshiro Mori

PROFILE: Jane Mutinda, career coach pulling down barriers that hinder women from leadership

By Guest Writer,

By Patience Nyange I first met Jane Mutinda in 2012. She was the Human Resource Manager as I signed my employment contract to join the British Broa...

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Tens of thousands sign petition against Tokyo Games chief after sexist comments

By Reuters,

A petition calling for action against Yoshiro Mori, head of the Tokyo Olympics organizing committee who caused an uproar with sexist comments, gathere...

olympics , sexism , sexist remarks , Tokyo 2020 , Yoshiro Mori

Olympic cancellation would be a ‘tragedy’ – AK chief Tuwei

By Kiprotich Kimetto,

The Athletics Kenya (AK) president Jackson Tuwei has said cancellation of the Olympics would cast a huge mental burden upon athletes as he backed the ...

Jackson Tuwei , olympics , Tokyo 2020

Tokyo Olympics chief retracts sexist comments, refuses to resign

By Reuters,

Tokyo Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori on Thursday apologised for sexist comments about women talking too much, but said he would not resign, even as his r...

olympics , Tokyo 2020 , Yoshiro Mori

Canadian Olympians against skipping COVID-19 vaccine line

By Reuters,

For some Canadian athletes heading to the Tokyo Olympics this summer, the thought of receiving a vaccine against COVID-19 before a fellow citizen in g...

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Australia aiming to vaccinate athletes before Tokyo Games

By Reuters,

Australia aims to vaccinate its Olympians against COVID-19 before they head to the Tokyo Games, federal sport minister Richard Colbeck has said. Advi...

Australia , Australian Olympic Committee , olympics , Tokyo 2020

Tokyo 2020 member says Games going ahead ‘is up to U.S.’

By Reuters,

Whether the beleaguered Tokyo Olympics begin as planned this July could come down to support from the United States and its new president, the Wall St...

Joe Biden , olympics , Tokyo 2020

IOC wants to examine reasons for Japan public’s Olympic concerns

By Reuters,

Senior International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound says he wants to examine the reasons behind the Japanese public’s concerns about hosting th...

olympics , Tokyo 2020

IOC board to mull Tokyo matters – but not cancellation

By Reuters,

The Tokyo Olympics will top the agenda when the International Olympic Committee’s executive board meets on Wednesday - but with the board firmly bac...

olympics , Tokyo 2020

She was murdered for catching an Indian priest and nun in a sex act. Three decades later, justice is served

By CNN,

The dead nun's slippers were scattered on the convent kitchen floor -- one near the entrance, the other by the fridge. Her white veil was found sna...

Everybody determined to get Tokyo Games going – Bach

By Reuters,

The entire Olympic movement is united in its determination to ensure the Tokyo Games happen in July and August, International Olympic Committee (IOC) ...

Olympic Games , olympics , Thomas Bach , Tokyo 2020

Japan stands firm on Olympic Games schedule, denies report of cancellation

By Reuters,

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...

Olympic Games , olympics , Tokyo 2020

Tokyo 2020 chief expects vaccine rollout to aid Games

By Reuters,

Six months from the start of the rearranged Olympics, Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto is cautiously hopeful that successful rollouts of COVID-19 vaccines ...

COVID-19 , Oympics , Tokyo 2020

Japan PM vows to press ahead with Olympics despite virus surge

By Reuters,

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga vowed on Monday to forge ahead with preparations to hold the Tokyo Olympics this summer, in the face of growing public o...

JAPAN , olympics , Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga , Tokyo

IOC expects only 6,000 athletes at Olympic opening ceremony

By Reuters,

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) expects only 6,000 athletes to participate in the opening ceremony at the Tokyo Summer Games, more than half...

IOC , JAPAN , olympics , Summer Olympics