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Tokyo 2020 launches new gender equality team
By Reuters, 1607, February 24, 2021 (EAT)
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
IOC condemns Tokyo Games chief’s comments
By Agencies, 1028, February 10, 2021 (EAT)
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
Tens of thousands sign petition against Tokyo Games chief after sexist comments
By Reuters, 2021, February 5, 2021 (EAT)
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, 1436, February 5, 2021 (EAT)
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, 1231, February 4, 2021 (EAT)
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, 1730, January 29, 2021 (EAT)
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...

covid-19 vaccine , olympics , Tokyo 2020
Everybody determined to get Tokyo Games going – Bach
By Reuters, 1626, January 23, 2021 (EAT)
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, 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...

Olympic Games , olympics , Tokyo 2020
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 ...

COVID-19 , Oympics , Tokyo 2020
IOC expects only 6,000 athletes at Olympic opening ceremony
By Reuters, 949, January 18, 2021 (EAT)
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
Prioritise athletes for vaccine so Tokyo Games can go ahead – IOC member
By Reuters, 1053, January 8, 2021 (EAT)
Athletes should be prioritised for the novel coronavirus vaccine so the beleaguered Tokyo Games can go ahead later this year, according to senior Olym...

COVID-19 , olympics , Tokyo 2020 , vaccine
A third of Japanese want Olympics cancelled: NHK poll
By Reuters, 1400, December 15, 2020 (EAT)
A third of Japanese residents want the Tokyo Olympics to be scrapped amid fears that an influx of foreign arrivals may cause a further spike in COVID-...

JAPAN , NHK poll , olympics , poll , Postponed , Tokyo Games
Olympics: Bach projects confidence in Tokyo Games
By Reuters, 1447, November 16, 2020 (EAT)
International Olympic Committee (IOC) chief Thomas Bach expressed confidence on Monday that the Tokyo Games will be held successfully next year, even ...

International Olympic Committee , JAPAN , Thomas Bach , Tokyo Olympics
Olympics: Bach’s Tokyo visit is a reminder of long road ahead
By Reuters, 1613, November 13, 2020 (EAT)
Organisers of the Tokyo Olympics will welcome Thomas Bach next week with a spring in their step, but the International Olympic Committee (IOC) preside...

olympics , Thomas Bach , Tokyo 2020
IOC’s Bach in Tokyo next week for talks with Games organisers
By Reuters, 1141, November 12, 2020 (EAT)
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach will be in Tokyo for three days next week to review preparations for the postponed 2020 Ol...

olympics , Thomas Bach , Tokyo 2020
Olympic Games cannot be ‘marketplace of demonstrations’- Bach
By Reuters, 1411, October 24, 2020 (EAT)
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach said the Olympic Games are not about politics and must guard against becoming a “marketp...

IOC , Olympic Games , President Thomas Bach
Japan will take steps to guard against Olympics cyberattacks
By Reuters, 1549, October 20, 2020 (EAT)
Japan said on Tuesday it would take countermeasures to ensure next year’s Tokyo Olympics are not derailed by cyberattacks after Britain and the Unit...

Covid-19 pandemic , cyber attacks , JAPAN , olympics
Athletes should be allowed to protest during Games – Coe
By Reuters, 1135, October 8, 2020 (EAT)
World Athletics chief Sebastian Coe said on Thursday he believes athletes should have the right to make gestures of political protest during the Olymp...

IOC , racism , Sebastian Coe
Olympics: Tokyo organisers outline steps for ‘simplified’ Games
By Reuters, 1558, September 25, 2020 (EAT)
Organisers of the Tokyo Olympics on Friday proposed cutting back the number of staff at next year’s Summer Games and shortening the opening period f...

olympics , Summer Games , Tokyo
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...

COVID-19 , IOC , John Coates , olympics , Tokyo