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Tokyo 2020 postponement puts S. Korean football players' Olympic status in doubt

Mar 25, 2020

The postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics will mean different things to different athletes. For several South Korean male football players, it may mean the loss of a career-altering opportu...
National volleyball captain Kim Yeon-koung taking Olympic postponement in stride

Mar 25, 2020

South Korean volleyball star Kim Yeon-koung had long anticipated that the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics would be postponed, amid the global coronavirus pandemic. But expecting it to happen was one thin...
S. Korean Olympic body in wait-and-see mode as IOC, Japan hint at postponing Tokyo 2020

Mar 23, 2020

The South Korean national Olympic body is taking a wait-and-see approach in its buildup for the Tokyo Olympics, which may well be postponed due to the global coronavirus pandemic. Following an Execu...
Canada says no athletes at Tokyo Games if not postponed

Mar 23, 2020

TORONTO (AP) -- The Canadian Olympic Committee says it won't send athletes to the Tokyo Games unless they're postponed for a year, becoming the first country to threaten such a move in the face of th...
Olympic postponement may be 'inevitable', Japan's PM says

Mar 23, 2020

TOKYO (AFP) -- Postponing the Olympics over the coronavirus pandemic may become "inevitable", Japan's prime minister conceded Monday, after the International Olympic Committee said a delay was being ...
Olympic flame gets muted welcome in Japan as Games doubts grow

Mar 20, 2020

HIGASHIMATSUSHIMA (AFP) -- The Olympic flame arrived in Japan to a scaled-down welcoming ceremony Friday as doubts grew over whether the Tokyo Games will go ahead on schedule with the coronavirus pan...
IOC set for crisis talks as fears grow for Tokyo Olympics

Mar 17, 2020

LAUSANNE (AFP) -- The International Olympic Committee will hold high-level talks on Tuesday, as doubts grow over the Tokyo Games and with some in Japan urging officials not to risk lives by pressing ...
'Don't sacrifice lives': doubts grow in Japan over Tokyo Olympics

Mar 16, 2020

"If the outbreak does not get controlled by June or July, I think we should postpone it," said Otto. The betting odds are increasingly shifting towards the opening ceremony not taking place on July ...
Japan says no plans for Olympics without spectators

Mar 13, 2020

TOKYO (AFP) -- Japanese government officials insisted Friday they have no plans to alter the Olympics, including holding it without spectators, after US President Donald Trump proposed a delay over t...
Tokyo governor says cancelling Olympics 'unthinkable'

Mar 12, 2020

TOKYO (AFP) -- Cancelling the 2020 Olympics is "unthinkable" although the classification of the coronavirus as a pandemic will likely have some impact on the Games, the Tokyo city governor said on Th...
Tokyo Olympics hold test event without fans, top athletes

Mar 6, 2020

The International Olympic Committee and local organizers say the Olympics will open as scheduled on July 24. The Paralympics are set for Aug. 25. Virologists, however, say it's impossible to tell if...
No 'Plan B' for Olympics; questions over Chinese presence

Feb 15, 2020

TOKYO (AP) -- Tokyo Olympic organizers and the International Olympic Committee said Friday there is no “Plan B” for the 2020 Games, which open in just over five months and have been jolted by the out...
Tokyo Olympics boss blasts 'irresponsible rumours' over virus shutdown

Feb 13, 2020

Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike has promised to implement "thorough measures" to protect people from the coronavirus in the run-up to the Olympics. Japan has not seen any deaths from COVID-19 but has 28...
S. Korea beats Britain, keeps Olympic women's hoops dreams alive

Feb 9, 2020

BELGRADE -- South Korea has squeezed past Britain 82-79 to stay alive in the Olympic women's basketball qualifying tournament. Shooting guard Kang Lee-seul made her first six 3-point field goals for...
S. Korea projected to win 9 gold medals at Tokyo 2020

Jan 29, 2020

South Korea will grab nine gold medals to finish in the top 10 at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, a US sports data analysis firm has projected. The latest version of Virtual Medal Table by Gracenote, updat...