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Tokyo Olympics postponed until 2021

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced here on Tuesday that Japan and the International Olympic Committee have agreed to postpone the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic

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Olympic flame arrives in Japan amid coronavirus fears

The Olympic flame arrived in Japan on Friday amid coronavirus fears with only four months until the scheduled opening time of the Tokyo Games.The Tokyo 2020 Go, a chart

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Greece hands over Olympic Flame to Tokyo 2020 in event trimmed to basics

The modest handover ceremony took place at the marble Panathinaic Stadium of Athens, which hosted the first modern Olympics in 1896. The ceremony was closed to spectat

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Flame arrival faces calls for Tokyo Olympics be delayed

The Olympic flame is set to arrive in Japan from Greece even as the opening of the Tokyo Games in four months is in doubt with more voices calling for the event to be p

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Greece hands over Olympic Flame to Tokyo 2020 Games organizers

The Olympic Flame burning for the Tokyo 2020 Games was handed over to a small Japanese delegation on Thursday during a ceremony held at the Panathinaic Stadium in Athens. At the marble venue of the

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Early decision needed for any delay, Olympics organizing member says

Any decision to delay the 2020 Tokyo Olympics should be made before May, an organizing committee board member told Japanese broadcaster TBS late on Wednesday."If you think about the athletes, May

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Xinhua Photos of the Day (March. 5)

Beijing, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.A staff of a company, which used to deal with industri

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Bach: IOC not discussing cancellation or postponement of Tokyo 2020

Thomas Bach, president of the IOC, chairs the press conference at a meeting concerning preparations of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic House, Lausanne, Switzerland, March 3, 2020. /VCG Int

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Bach: IOC not discussing cancellation or postponement of Tokyo 2020

Thomas Bach, president of the IOC, chairs the press conference at a meeting concerning preparations of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic House, Lausanne, Switzerland, March 3, 2020. /VCG Int

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(Sports Focus) Bach: Neither cancellation nor postponement of Tokyo 2020 mentioned in IOC meeting

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach said Wednesday that neither cancellation nor postponement of Tokyo 2020 due to the COVID-19 outbreak worldw

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Japan's Olympic Minister says Tokyo 2020 could be postponed amid COVID-19

Japan's Olympic Minister Seiko Hashimoto said in the country's parliament on Tuesday that the 2020 Games could be postponed under their agreement with the IOC. When being asked by a lawmaker if the

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Japan rejects London's offer to take over Tokyo 2020 Olympics

The London 2012 cauldron flame burns at the Olympics Stadium in London, UK, August 5, 2012. /VCG Japan has brushed off London's offer to host the 2020 Olympics if the outbreak of the coronavir

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WHO says no need to cancel, move Tokyo Olympics

FILE PHOTO: Summer sunshine is seen through Olympic rings displayed at Nihonbashi district in Tokyo, Japan August 5, 2019. REUTERS/Issei Kat The World Health Organization has told the Internat