The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and local Japanese organizers bowed to the inevitable on Tuesday by postponing the Tokyo Games to 2021 in light of the global coronavirus pandemic which has claimed the lives of more than 17,000 people. Postponing is likely to cost billions of dollars,
Local organizers and the International Olympic Committee still insist the 2020 Games will go ahead as planned in Tokyo – but the Japanese people feel otherwise. Nearly 70 per cent of those surveyed do not expect the Tokyo Olympics and the Paralympics to be held as scheduled due to the new coronavirus outbreak, according to […]
International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach rejected Wednesday speculation about a cancellation or postponement of the Olympic Games in Tokyo due to the spread of coronavirus. Such a scenario was not discussed in the executive meetings of the IOC this week, he said in Lausanne, Switzerland. Read also: COVID-19: BASL charges travellers, airport users […]
Abuja – Nigeria’s Funke Oshonaike, Offiong Edem and Olajide Omotayo have qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Oshonaike would be making her seventh appearance at the Games, a feat which would see her become the first African woman to participate in seven editions of the Games. It was also an exciting moment for Edem and […]
Lagos – Margaret Binga, the President of Nigeria Taekwondo Federation (NTF), on Wednesday in Lagos said it was a relief the national team were finally participating in the African qualifiers for the Tokyo Olympics. Binga said the NTF was happy that the Ministry of Youths and Sports Development confirmed the team’s participation with the approval […]
