Tokyo kicks off Games amid COVID-19 fears

IMAGE: The Olympic rings are seen on a flag during training. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Reuters The pandemic-postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics began on Wednesday with Japanese women's softball......

Serbian athlete tests positive on arrival in Japan for Olympics

The report comes after two members of the Ugandan Olympic delegation tested positive for the coronavirus last month upon arrival in Japan. One tested positive at Narita airport near Tokyo, but the......

'100 per cent impossible to have an Olympics with zero risk'

IMAGE: Already postponed from last year because of the pandemic, a scaled-down version of the Tokyo Olympic Games with no foreign spectators is set to start on July 23 despite public fears the......

Tokyo 2020 chief rules out delay despite pandemic fears

IMAGE: Security personnel stand guard near the Olympic rings monument during a rally by anti-Olympics protesters outside the Japanese Olympic Committee headquarters. Photograph: Issei......

Japan considers ban on all Olympic spectators

IMAGE: Organisers have already banned overseas spectators. Photograph: Carl Court/Getty Images Japan is considering banning all spectators from the Olympic Games, several sources told Reuters on......