Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka lights the Olympic Cauldron during the 2020 Olympics Opening Ceremonies at Tokyo Olympics Stadium in Tokyo, Japan on Friday, July 23, 2021. Photo by Tasos Katopodis/UP ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympic Games 2020: the opening ceremony – live!
The long wait is over with the Games of the XXXII Olympiad officially opening. Join Barry Glendenning for updates ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony: Best moments from the event
After a yearlong delay and a string of scandals, the 2020 Summer Olympics is officially opening in Tokyo on Friday. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony live: Parade of nations underway, ordered by Japanese alphabet
The opening ceremony at the Tokyo Olympics officially kicks off the Summer Games on Friday. Follow along for live updates. ( read original story ...)
Celebratory but subdued, Tokyo Olympics begin with opening ceremony like no other
The Tokyo Games finally got underway with a four-hour extravaganza that was both celebratory and subdued, in a stadium filled with empty seats. ( read original story ...)
Opening ceremony kicks off the Tokyo Olympics in a mostly empty stadium
As COVID cases in host city hit six-month high, the relatively somber event marks the start of an Olympics clouded by the coronavirus. ( read original story ...)
The top moments from the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony
The Tokyo Olympics officially kicked off in a virtually empty stadium on Friday night after a yearlong delay due to the pandemic. As the Games face the ongoing threat of Covid-19, with the Japanese ... ( read original story ...)
Some Russian athletes barred from Tokyo Olympics on suspicion of doping
The World Anti-Doping Agency says it had to ban some Russian athletes from competing at the Tokyo Olympics because they are under suspicion of cheating. ( read original story ...)
About 100 U.S. athletes in Tokyo unvaccinated as Covid-hit Olympics begin
"Eighty-three percent is actually a substantial number and we’re quite happy with it," the team's doctor said Friday of the estimated number who are vaccinated against Covid-19. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020: Olympic medals made from old smartphones, laptops
Used electronic devices were recycled in a nationwide effort to produce the Olympic Medals for the Tokyo 2020 Games. ( read original story ...)
Frenchman seeks Macron’s help over ‘abduction’ of his children in Japan
French father-of-two Vincent Fichot stands with his banner where he has been on a hunger strike since July 10 to protest what he says is Japan's sanctioning of child 'abductions' by a parent, near the ... ( read original story ...)
PHOTOS: Amid fireworks, Tokyo’s opening ceremony begins
With a blaze of indigo and white fireworks lighting the night sky, the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony has started. ( read original story ...)
Meet the Crypto Nomads
That is where his fellow crypto nomad Zhao, for now, resides. Read the full story about crypto nomads and extended interviews with Bankman-Fried and Zhao. People are traveling like it’s 2019. Spending ... ( read original story ...)
Some personal finance management lessons from Tokyo Olympics 2020
The summer Olympics 2020 kicked off on Friday in Tokyo, Japan. Arguably the biggest sports extravaganza that amalgamates every imaginable sport and country on a single platform every four years, the ... ( read original story ...)
The Olympics are finally here … for now
Even as the games are just starting — after a year’s delay — there are concerns they won’t be completed because of COVID-19. ( read original story ...)
People in Japan thought skate culture was dangerous. Now it’s going mainstream
Once a niche counterculture in Japan, skateboarding has slowly become more popular -- and the sport's debut at the Olympics on Sunday will only increase its profile. ( read original story ...)