The Games of the 32nd Olympiad open in a week. How can sports lovers see all the action? When do the first Australians compete? Your questions answered ... ( read original story ...)
Bradley Beal out of Tokyo Olympics, Jerami Grant in health and safety protocols
Jerami Grant is the latest U.S. men's basketball member to enter the health and safety protocols ahead of travel to Tokyo for the Olympics ... ( read original story ...)
Tennis-Djokovic confirms he will compete at Tokyo Games
World number one Novak Djokovic confirmed he will compete at the Tokyo Olympics as the Serb remains on course to achieve the Golden Slam in tennis. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020: The gymnasts ‘building bridges between cultures’
The gymnasts 'building bridges between cultures' Up Next. Why the Olympics is still going ahead. Video, 00:07:01Why the Olympics is still going ahead Can this Tokyo Olympics village keep out Covid? ( read original story ...)
Why some athletes at the Tokyo Olympics won’t be vaccinated
Olympic organizers have made a series of major, last-minute policy changes to reduce the risk of a superspreader event, but they declined to employ one particularly powerful tool: a vaccine ... ( read original story ...)
Novak Djokovic says he will compete in Tokyo Olympics, Golden Slam still in play
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic announced on social media on Thursday that he will compete in the Tokyo Olympics."I booked my flight for Tokyo and will proudly be joining #TeamSerbia for the Olympics," ... ( read original story ...)
COVID-19 protocols forcing Olympians to go it alone in Tokyo
No spectators — local or foreign — will be allowed at the vast majority of venues, where athletes will hang medals around their own necks to protect against spreading the coronavirus. No handshakes or ... ( read original story ...)
Athletes go it alone in Tokyo as families watch from afar
There won’t be any reaction shots of excited, shocked or crying family members in the stands at the Tokyo Olympics ... ( read original story ...)
Stranded Olympians From South Sudan Find Unexpected Haven in Japan
For the past 20 months, the South Sudanese track-and-field team have been training in Maebashi, a city two hours north of Tokyo, for the Olympics. The five arrived before the games were delayed by the ... ( read original story ...)
Explaining the complex COVID-19 protocols at the Tokyo Olympics
How, exactly, are these Olympics going to work, with all the COVID-19 protocols? Here's a break down of what athletes and others can expect. ( read original story ...)
US Olympic marathoner Aliphine Tuliamuk pushes to bring breastfeeding baby to Tokyo Games
"If we want to support female athletes, part of being a female athlete is also having a family," she told "Good Morning America." ... ( read original story ...)
Britain women’s soccer team will take a knee at Olympics
The British women’s soccer team plan to take a knee before kickoff at the Tokyo Olympics. The players have been performing the anti-racism stance with their separate teams over the last year and the ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka chose her mental health over tennis. Netflix’s new doc helps explain why
The newsworthy tennis phenom is the subject of an atmospheric Netflix docuseries. It will leave you feeling as though you've gotten to know her. ( read original story ...)
‘Naomi Osaka,’ a Netflix documentary, shows the tennis star’s strengths and vulnerabilities
“Naomi Osaka,” Netflix’s three-part documentary series about one of the most intriguing stars in tennis, on and off the court, couldn’t be timelier. Osaka, having withdrawn from the French Open in May ... ( read original story ...)
An Olympics happening in Japan — yet cut off from it
A spike in coronavirus cases in Tokyo has prompted a tightening of restrictions as athletes and members of the media descend on a city filled with unease ahead of the Summer Olympics, the CBC’s ... ( read original story ...)
Dog Pee Blamed for Mysterious Collapse of Traffic Light Pole in Japan
Police in Japan believe they have finally sniffed out the likely cause of the sudden collapse of a set of traffic lights: dog urine. Cops working out of the Mie Prefecture in Kansai, Honshu, were ... ( read original story ...)