More than 60 per cent of volunteers registered for next year's Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games have stated their concerns about how anti-coronavirus measures will be implemented, according to a recent survey by organisers.
Divers from Long Beach Fire Department have rescued Paralympic hopeful DeWalt Mix's prosthetic leg from the sea after a three-day search.
Eurosport and Ocean Outdoor have marked the initial date of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Closing Ceremony today by revisiting the best moments of the London 2012 Olympics at Piccadilly Circus.
The European 10,000 Metres Cup has been scheduled to stay in London in 2021, with athletes due to seek qualifying times for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
The delayed National Basketball Association (NBA) season makes it less likely that the league's players will also play at the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics, according to a report.
A century ago, the Olympic flag was raised as King Albert of Belgium opened the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp.
Tokyo 2020 chief executive Toshirō Mutō said recently that the Olympics now rescheduled to next summer because of the coronavirus pandemic will be a "simplified Games", and added that "200 ideas" are being considered on how to achieve this and to reduce costs.
Kazakhstan’s Vitaliy Khudyakov has completed a 56-kilometre swim to coincide with the year countdown to his competition at the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Asian Games weightlifting gold medallist Hidilyn Diaz of the Philippines has received a funding boost in her bid for glory at the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has scrapped its men's and women's sevens programme after telling players their contracts will not be renewed.
Tokyo 2020 has announced a male employee has tested positive for coronavirus, marking the third case recorded to date.
New Zealand pole vaulter Eliza McCartney hopes the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics to 2021 will aid her qualification bid as she battles against an Achilles injury.
Japan's men's goalball team are continuing their preparations for the rearranged Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, despite being unable to train as a team.
The Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee has confirmed a female member of staff has tested positive for COVID-19.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach and Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) counterpart Yamashita Yasuhiro have held a conversation over steps being taken to stop abuse and harassment within Japanese sport.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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A century ago this week, the 1920 Olympics opened in Antwerp. The First World War and the Spanish flu pandemic meant putting on the Games was a massive challenge and, as Philip Barker reports, there are parallels with the huge task of re-organising Tokyo 2020.
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