Sayonara Tokyo, bonjour Paris: Olympic focus switches to 2024
Sayonara Tokyo, bonjour Paris. Thousands of people partied in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower on Sunday to watch the…
Indonesia break Chinese stranglehold in women’s doubles badminton
Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu won badminton women’s doubles gold on Monday, breaking a Chinese stranglehold and claiming Indonesia’s first…
Olympic organisers defend coronavirus measures as cases rise
Tokyo Olympics organisers dismissed any link to rising coronavirus cases in Japan on Thursday after reporting 24 infections among Games…
Why is Taiwan not called Taiwan at the Olympics?
Taiwan’s star weightlifter Kuo Hsing-chun won gold at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday, but when she ascended the podium to…
Pandemic-hit Tokyo Olympics open in low-key ceremony without fans
The Tokyo Olympics were declared open in an eerily empty stadium on Friday after defying a year’s pandemic delay and…
Crowds gather outside Tokyo stadium for Olympics opening ceremony
Hundreds of people gathered outside the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on Friday, hoping for a glimpse of an opening ceremony…
Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony director fired over old Holocaust skit
The show director for the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony has been fired on the eve of the event over a…
High-tech TV tricks for fan-free Tokyo Olympics
There’ll be no fans in the stands, and less media on the ground, so when it comes to covering the…
Pandemic Olympics: how the Tokyo Games will be different
Tokyo 2020 will be an Olympics like no other: held during a pandemic with crowds of tourists banned, extravagant celebrations…
Fourth COVID case in Olympic Village as Toyota rules out Games ads
Tokyo’s Olympic Village was hit by a fourth coronavirus case on Monday and major sponsor Toyota said it would not…