The Tokyo 2020 Olympics has been rescheduled for next year, which is the same time slot scheduled for this year’s games, the Associated Press reports. According to the report, the organisers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics said on Monday that the opening ceremony will take place on July 23, 2021,…
Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will go ahead as planned in July, despite coronavirus concerns resulting in the postponement of sporting events. Abe added the International Olympic Committee (IOC) would have the final decision whether the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games goes ahead. “We will…
Japan’s Olympic minister says the Tokyo 2020 Games could be postponed from the summer until later in the year amid fears over the coronavirus outbreak, BBC reports. In a response to a question in Japan’s parliament, Seiko Hashimoto said Tokyo’s contract with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) “calls for the…
Chinese swimmer and three-time Olympic champion, and world record holder, Sun Yang has been banned for eight years for missing a doping test in September 2018. The 28-year-old was initially cleared of wrongdoing by Fina, the swimming federation, in January 2019. Following an appeal by the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada)…
USA Gymnastics has offered victims of Larry Nassar’s sexual abuse the sum of $215 million settlement on Thursday as part of a plan for the organization to exit bankruptcy. According to the report by CNN, the plan, filed in US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Indiana, survivors who…