A decision will be made "very soon" on the future of this summer's Tokyo Games, according to Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director of the World Health Organization's health emergencies program.more

Usain Bolt's long time coach called on Friday for this year's Tokyo Olympics to be put off until 2021 as the Covid-19 Coronavirus continues to claim lives around the worldmore

In a lengthy interview, Thomas Bach, the president of the I.O.C., said that "cancellation is not on the agenda," but that it was too early to make a decision about postponing the Summer Games in Tokyo.more

The coronavirus paralyzes the sports calendar and calls into question the next great events.more

Tokyo Olympic organizers and the International Olympic Committee said Friday there is no "Plan B" for the 2020 Games.more

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.more

Polish athletes are not panicking because of the outbreak of the new coronavirus, but they have serious concerns about the possibility of canceling the Olympic Games in Tokyo.more

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has refused to rule out postponing international football matches in response to the escalating global threat of the coronavirus.more

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said the body is fully committed to the Tokyo Olympics going ahead on schedule despite the ongoing threat of a coronavirus outbreak.more

Discussions surrounding proposals that London take over hosting the Tokyo 2020 Olympics lit up Twitter on Feb. 20, following a tweet by a candidate for the U.K. capital's mayor race that claimed the city would be ready if issues around the coronavirus outbreak made it necessary.more

A respected Japanese virologist on Wednesday said if the Tokyo Olympics were tomorrow, the games probably couldn't be held because of the fast-spreading virus from Wuhan, China.more

As per the German publication Suddeutsche Zeitung, she is willing to be the flag-bearer of Germany at the Tokyo Games' opening ceremony. "Tokyo is very important, it would be my third games," the 2016 Rio Olympics silver medallist Kerber stated. more

For the first time, a woman has been chosen to launch the torch relay for the 2020 Tokyo Games at the birthplace of the ancient Olympics in Greece.more

In two years, i.e. on February 4, 2022, the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing will begin. The organizers are finishing building new facilities, but they also want to take advantage of several of the 2008 summer games that took place in the Chinese capital.more

Three cities expressed "initial interest" in organizing the 2030 winter games. These are: American Salt Lake City, Japanese Sapporo and Barcelona in Spain - the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said.more

Poland defeated the Netherlands by 3-1 to join the hosts into the semis.more

Russia's anti-doping agency, Rusada, has announced it will appeal against the four-year doping sanctions barring the country from competing under its flag at top international sporting events.more

Tokyo 2020 organizers held an earthquake drill on Thursday at Ariake Gymnastics Centre, a newly built venue for next year's Olympics, to test their readiness should a disaster strike during the Games.more

A man who lost his 12-year-old daughter in a tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan in March 2011 has been chosen to take part in the 2020 Olympic torch relay.more

The city is facing a hotel room shortage of an estimated 14,000 rooms each day of the Olympics, according to the Nikkei Asian Review, leaving the city scrambling to find alternatives to house millions of tourists.more

The ban means Russia will miss next year's Olympics in Tokyo, as well as the Winter Games in Beijing in 2022. It leaves the door open to Russian athletes determined to be free of doping to compete under a neutral flag.more

Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah has announced he will be "back on the track" at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The British long-distance runner announced, in a video posted on his youtube channel, his intention to switch back to the track from road running, where he had been focusing on the marathon distance (42.2km) since August 2017.more

The organizers of the Tokyo 2020 games are to use 1,300 tons of ice to cool the air in the halls, around the arenas and in the fan zones. more

French hotel owners assailed Airbnb on Wednesday over its new partnership with the International Olympic Committee, warning they would stop working on the planning for the Paris 2024 summer Games to protest against what they call an unfair competitor.more

On November 27 in the Swiss Mies, at the FIBA headquarters, the draw of basketball qualifying tournaments for the Olympic Games in Tokyo will take place with the participation of the Polish national team. The competition will take place in June in Canada, Croatia, Serbia and Lithuania - the federation said.more