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Tokyo Olympic Games won't confirm added costs reported at $3 billion

A University of Oxford study published early this year calculated before the postponement said Tokyo was the most expensive Summer Olympics on record and the meter is still running.

Tokyo Olympics: IOC President promises athletes unforgettable experience

Speaking from the Olympic Village, the International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach promised the athletes an unforgettable experience at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020

IOC back in Tokyo as world prepares for next year's Summer Olympics

The International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Coordination Commission Chair John Coates returned to Japan, for the first time since February 2020, with IOC President Thomas Bach for the Joint International Olympic Committee, International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and Tokyo 2020 Project Review.The meetings, held between November 16 and 18, reaffirmed the full commitment of all partners to deliver Olympic and Paralympic Games fit for a post-corona world next year.Speaking afterwards, Coates said that discussions have reinforced their joint determination to hold "safe and successful" Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo."This is a very positive sign that we've been able to return to Japan at this point in preparations. Discussions over the last three days have reinforced our joint determination to hold safe and successful Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo. Close collaboration and regular communications with our friends in Japan, partners across the world and the entire Olympic ...

Tokyo Olympics to happen next year, despite coronavirus pandemic

IOC V-P Coates told AFP in a phone interview the Games will start as planned on July 23 "with or without Covid," stressing that the Olympics have never been cancelled outside of world wars

Tokyo Olympics 2020: 42 venues lined up, schedule to remain unchanged

The Athletes Village and the main press center have also been lined up for 2021.

Salary cuts for athletes during Covid-19 may fuel corruption, warns IOC

The paper published jointly by the IOC, INTERPOL, and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime stressed on the need to safeguard the integrity of sport during the pandemic

Downsized, simplified: Japan prepares for a 'very different' Tokyo Olympics

Japanese public is being prepared for the reality of next year's postponed Olympics, where athletes are likely to face quarantines, spectators will be fewer, and the delay will cost taxpayers billions

IOC approves revised weightlifting qualification system for Tokyo Olympics

All weightlifters wishing to participate in Tokyo 2020 will now be required to compete in at least one of the specified competitions between October 1, 2020, and April 30, 2021

IOC approves updated ISSF shooting qualification system for Tokyo Games

The new deadline for Tokyo 2020 qualification in the sport is June 6, 2021

Beijing unveils sustainability plan for 2022 Winter Olympics, Paralympics

The sustainability plan reflects Beijing's mission of being 'green, open, inclusive and clean'

Tokyo's postponed Olympics unlikely to happen in 2021, virus experts say

coronavirus pandemic may not be fully contained around the world by then

Tokyo Olympic delay: Many questions, some answers, and lots of confusion

TV broadcasters and sponsors provide 91% of the income for the International Olympic Committee. How much pressure will they exert on the form these Olympics take?

NOC election cycles made flexible after postponement of 2020 Tokyo Olympics

The IOC will consent to an extension of the initial term of office beyond four years

'No Plan B' for another Olympic postponement, say Tokyo 2020 organisers

The Olympics draw 11,000 athletes and 4,400 Paralympic athletes and large support staffs from 206 national Olympic committees

Coronavirus: World Athletics suspends Olympics qualification until December

During the period, results achieved at any competition will not be considered for Tokyo 2020 entry standards or world rankings, the publication of which will also be suspended

Why will it still be 'Tokyo 2020' in 2021?

IOC and The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games have unanimously agreed to retain the 'Tokyo 2020' brand name for the Summer Olympics

Tokyo Olympics rescheduled for 2021: Opens on July 23, ends on Aug 8

Last week, the IOC and Japanese organizers postponed the Olympics until 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic

New dates for Tokyo Olympics likely to be revealed this week: Organisers

The Tokyo 2020 Olympics were due to open on July 24 and run for 16 days, but the coronavirus pandemic forced the first peace-time postponement of the Games

Olympics postponed: Australia seeks higher age limit for men's football

With the 2020 Olympics postponed until 2021, there are fears the delay will shatter the gold medal hopes of many ageing athletes

Every athletes' worst fear has come true: Vinesh on Olympics postponement

The International Olympic Committee in a joint statement with the Tokyo Olympics organising committee said that the Games will be postponed to next year due to the coronavirus pandemic