PARIS (AFP) – The opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics on July 26, 2024, will take part on the River Seine, organisers announced on Monday…
TOKYO – Whipping out a pair of chopsticks, she mimics slurping ramen as she declares her love for Japanese food. Soft-spoken, she tries to converse…
SINGAPORE – SingPost will launch a commemorative set of six stamps featuring Olympic sports on Friday (July 23) to celebrate the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The…
TOKYO (REUTERS) – Tokyo 2020 sponsor Toyota will not run Olympics-related TV commercials in Japan amid lacklustre public support for the Olympics, with two-thirds of…
CANADA (REUTERS) – Canada’s Bianca Andreescu has decided not to compete at the Tokyo Olympics due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the former US Open champion…
LONDON (REUTERS) – Sports ruling bodies expressed their disappointment at the decision of Olympics organisers to ban spectators from the July 23-Aug 8 Tokyo Games…
BEIJING, Jul 1, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Chinese sportswear brand Anta released Team China’s podium uniform for the Tokyo Olympics, called ‘Champion…
VIENNA (REUTERS) – Austria’s Dominic Thiem withdrew from the Olympics on Thursday (June 17), saying he did not feel ready to give his best in…
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Australian golfer Adam Scott has withdrawn his name from consideration for a berth at the Tokyo Olympics, joining top-ranked Dustin Johnson in…
Love might take a back seat at the Olympics. Kisses may have to wait. Tokyo 2021, it seems, won’t be quite like Tokyo 1964. That…
MIAMI (AFP) – Top-ranked Dustin Johnson said on Saturday (March 13) that travel issues around golf tour events have prompted him to opt out of…
TOKYO • Seiko Hashimoto, who will head the Tokyo 2020 organising committee after a sexism row forced its last chief to step down, is a…
TOKYO • Tokyo Olympics organisers said yesterday they were encouraged by the support of International Olympic Committee (IOC) chief Thomas Bach and felt on “solid…
TOKYO • Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga yesterday insisted his government was still committed to holding the coronavirus-postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics this summer, saying the…
TOKYO • The organising committee for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics has estimated the additional cost for postponing the Games to next summer to be…
TOKYO • Tokyo Olympics organisers will welcome Thomas Bach today with a spring in their step, but the International Olympic Committee (IOC) president is sure…