Olympics team news, line-ups and more today - Follow all the latest from the Tokyo Games as Brazil face Germany in the men’s football tournament ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony: What we know, who’s going and who’s not
The ambition is to make millions of television watchers around the world gasp and get their jaws dropping.The Olympic Games' Opening Ceremony is a chance for the host country to show off the best of ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics Officials Fire Opening Ceremony Director on Eve of Event Over Past Holocaust Joke
Kentaro Kobayashi was accused of using a joke about the Holocaust in his comedy act, including the phrase “Let’s play Holocaust." ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo new virus cases near 2,000 a day before Olympics open
Tokyo hit another six-month high in new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, one day before the Olympics begin, as worries grow of a worsening of infections during the Games. Thursday’s 1,979 new cases are the ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 LIVE: Olympic Games Opening Ceremony Director Fired Over Holocaust Joke
Olympic Games is well underway as organisers remain determined to press ahead despite COVID clusters and executive scandals. Follow Newsweek's live blog for the top Olympic events and news. ( read original story ...)
Briefs: MGM bids for Osaka | Japan’s 1M cancellations
Japan’s decision to bar spectators from the main athletics events at the Olympics, along with a fourth COVID emergency in Tokyo, have sparked ... ( read original story ...)
WHO boss says vaccine IP waiver not a property ‘snatch’
The World Health Organization on Wednesday sought to reassure pharmaceutical companies that a proposal to suspend patent rights on COVID-19 vaccines was not a bid to "snatch" their intellecutual ... ( read original story ...)
Tihar jail allows Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar a TV to watch Tokyo Olympics
Sushil Kumar had requested prison authorities to provide him with a TV set so he could remain up to date about 'happenings in the wrestling world'. ( read original story ...)
Tesla And SpaceX Billionaire Elon Musk Doubles Down On Dogecoin And Ethereum Plan To Beat Bitcoin Amid Crypto Price Bounce
Elon Musk elaborated on ideas he'd previously floated to use dogecoin and ethereum to "max transaction rates and lower transaction ... ( read original story ...)
Olympics-In Japan, natural disaster risks lurk as Games draw near
The risks of a major natural disaster striking during the Olympics are small but can not be discounted in Japan, which contends with earthquakes, ... ( read original story ...)
From Osaka to Matsuyama: Japan’s best hopes of Olympic glory in Tokyo
Fans will not be filling the arenas but the host nation still expects a taste of glory on Japanese soil after their Rio bonanza ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 Olympics opening ceremony director fired for Holocaust joke
Kentaro Kobayashi Kobayashi was fired “after a joke he had made in the past about a painful historical event was brought to light,” the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee said in a statement. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus live: UK business secretary ‘very concerned’ about food shortages; two more Tokyo athletes test positive
Kwasi Kwarteng could not confirm if food supply chain workers would be exempt from isolation rules; now 87 positive cases, say Games officials ... ( read original story ...)
Why the Olympic sponsors have been uncharacteristically quiet in the build-up to Tokyo 2020
As Tokyo 2020 finally gets underway in Japan, international marketing activity around the Games has been subdued. On the back of a build-up marred by the pandemic and public opposition, sponsors are ... ( read original story ...)
The 1964 Games Proclaimed a New Japan. There’s Less to Cheer This Time.
The country has changed vastly from that hopeful moment nearly six decades ago, and the Olympics this time around have come to represent something different and not entirely positive. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony chief fired over over Holocaust ‘joke’ he made during comedy show in 1998
The director of the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony has been fired over comments about the Holocaust he made during a comedy show in 1998.The Games’ organising committee president, Seiko Hashimoto, ... ( read original story ...)