Month: June 2021

We take a tour inside the Olympic and Paralympic Village in Tokyo. Bloomberg reporter Kurumi Mori shows us around the bedrooms, dining halls, and more. (Source: Quicktake) ... ( read original story ...)

UK-OLYMPICS-2020-CYCLING-BRITAIN:Cycling-Kennys eye Tokyo gold, but British domination unrealistic, says team chief ... ( read original story ...)

Condoms will be distributed to Olympic athletes — but not until they’re leaving the Tokyo Games as organizers try to curb the spread of COVID-19. ( read original story ...)

Laura Kenny will attempt to win three gold medals in the velodrome at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, giving her the chance to extend her record as the most successful female British Olympian to seven ... ( read original story ...)

Kevin Durant reportedly is going to make the trip to Japan. According to Shams Charania and Anthony Slater of The Athletic, Durant is "expected to commit to Team USA for the Tokyo Olympics." This ... ( read original story ...)

The British Cycling performance director, Stephen Park, has promised his riders will win “in the right way” at the Tokyo Olympics in the wake of the devastating guilty verdict against the former team ... ( read original story ...)

More than 429,000 people have signed a Change.org petition asking the Japanese government to cancel the Olympic Games. ( read original story ...)

SHIZUOKA, Japan/NAGOYA, Japan/TOKYO -- A Japanese governor whose environmental concerns have held up construction on a segment of a $63 billion ultrahigh-speed-rail project won reelection Sunday ... ( read original story ...)

That meant Japan had no choice but to rely on paper and manual labour, a system that has been largely unchanged for decades and has proved to be extremely inefficient during the pandemic. Only 15 per ... ( read original story ...)

Jon Wertheim reported on Japan’s most fearsome starting pitcher and most prolific hitter, Shohei Ohtani, as he prepared to make the jump to the Majors. ( read original story ...)

Uganda’s team was reportedly all vaccinated with AstraZeneca and tested negative for the virus before departure. ( read original story ...)

In a country where workplaces play an outsized role in people’s lives, Japan is betting that enlisting its largest corporations to roll out Covid-19 vaccines will add fuel to a much-scrutinized ... ( read original story ...)

The once-delayed Games are due to start on July 23 amid concern that the influx of thousands of people from around the world could contribute to the spread of the coronavirus.Athletes will be shuttled ... ( read original story ...)

A member of Uganda's Olympic squad has become the first to test positive for Covid-19 on arrival in Japan for the competition due to start on 23 July. The event was postponed last year, but is now ... ( read original story ...)