The first gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics was awarded to China's Yang Qian, who finished with the top prize in the women's 10-meter air rifle final on Saturday.
The opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic Games has started at Japan's new National Stadium.
02:43 A blow to Mexico's baseball team, heading into the Tokyo Olympics. Two of its pitchers have tested positive for COVID-19 - prompting a last-minute search for replacements.The dev
The five-member strong Guinean team will not participate in the Tokyo Olympics due to COVID-19 pandemic, the country's Sports Minister Sanoussy Bantama Sow announced.In a public letter addressed to t
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday paid his respects to all the Olympic athletes around the world andthanked the people of Japan.Noting that the Olympic spirit brings humanity's best
A Chilean taekwondo competitor who tested positive for COVID-19 will withdraw from the Tokyo Olympic Games, NHK reported.She is the first athlete to do so because of the coronavirus after arriving in
02:16 Skateboardingwill be featured in the Olympic Games for the first time this year in Tokyo. It’s one of the newest sports to join the games but has a long and storied history.CGTN’s
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has approved adding "together" into the Olympic motto.The decision to add "together" into the Olympic motto of "faster, higher, stronger" was unanimously app
02:00 For the first time since 2008, baseball andsoftball will be part of the Olympics with games taking place in Tokyo later this month.For enthusiasts, this is an opportunity to bring
Several rockets landed near the Afghan Presidential Palace in Kabul during the Eid festival prayers attended by Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and other dignitaries on Tuesday, according to s
Japanese musician Keigo Oyamada, who admitted he had bullied his classmates decades ago, decided to step down as a composer for the Tokyo Olympics' opening ceremony, local media reported on Monday.
02:49 The COVID-19 pandemic delayed Tokyo Olympics officially begin this week.Five new sports are set to make their debuts.As CGTN's Ediz Tiyansan reports, one of the five is hoping to
A total of 15 people among 15,000 were tested positive for COVID-19 after arriving in Tokyo for the Olympics Games between July 1 to 16, which is a low rate, and all positive cases were immediately i
The second group of Chinese athletes, including the Chinese table tennis team and women's football team, arrived in Tokyo on Saturday, nearly a week ahead of the Olympic Games.The plane of the Chines
02:47 Under normal conditions, the upcoming Tokyo Olympics would be a challenge for Brazilian athletes. Now, things have become even more difficult amid the COVID-19 pandemic.The Brazil
The Japanese government is preparing to declare a fourth COVID-19 state of emergency for Tokyo lasting until August 22, local media reported on Wednesday.
02:40 The 1964 Tokyo Summer Games were the first Olympics to be held in Asia and an important milestone for putting Japan on a global stage.The Olympics were also significant for one Bl