The Tokyo Olympics started with a bang on Wednesday, after a one-year postponement due to the coronavirus pandemic. It started with Sweden routing women’s world champions U.S 3-0 in football. Stina Blackstenius scored either side of half-time and Lina Hurtig added a third for the silver medallists from Rio 2016 —- who famously eliminated the […]
Tokyo Olympics organising committee chief, Toshiro Muto, has not ruled out cancelling the Games at the last minute should there be a surge in coronavirus cases. Officials announced a further nine positive cases among those linked to the Games on Tuesday, taking the overall number of people infected since the start of July to 71. […]
By Ben Alaiya Africa’s only representatives in male basketball at the forthcoming Tokyo Olympics, whose dates are yet to be fixed by the International Olympics Committee (IOC), D’Tigers have vowed to be on the podium during at the games. Team Captain, Ike Diogu, who has led Nigeria to the last Olympic games said he is […]
By Ben Alaiya Nigeria’s male and female basketball teams have known their opponents for the Tokyo Olympics games, though the International Olympics Committee is yet to pick a date for the games that was originally scheduled for 2020, due the Covid-19 pandemic. The male team is in group B for the Olympics with top basketball […]
Cape Town – South African middle distance athlete Caster Semenya is aiming to run in the 200 metres at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. By doing so, she will be competing over a distance that will allow her to avoid World Athletics’ regulations limiting her testosterone levels. Semenya is a double Olympic gold medallist in the […]
Preparations for the Tokyo Olympics will continue to be on track despite the novel coronavirus outbreak, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday told US President Donald Trump, who suggested the games be postponed. During the phone conversation, Abe told Trump about Japan’s efforts towards holding the Olympics, government spokesman Yoshihide Suga told a news […]
Tokyo Olympics organisers launched a second ticket lottery on Thursday after an unexpectedly high local demand forced them to reevaluate their Japanese sales strategy earlier this year. Organisers said 5.12 million people had applied during the opening domestic lottery in May with only 960,000 able to get their hands on at least one ticket for […]