Tokyo 2020 tests fake snow to beat the heat

IMAGE: Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics organising committee test artificial snowfall to cool down spectators during a canoe event. Photograph: Tim Kelly/Reuters Olympic officials used a......

How Tokyo is preparing to counter heat during 2020 Olympics

A record heatwave in July 2018 killed over a dozen people in Tokyo with monthly average temperatures transcending 30 degrees for the first time in 20 years. IMAGE: A visitor experiences a......

Australian Open tweaks heat policy for 2015

'The decision on implementing the heat policy will take into account the forecast once the ambient temperature exceeds 40 degrees Celsius' A combination photograph shows players, Camila Giorgi of......

Aus Open: Heat forces players to stay indoors

Searing heat on Monday forced officials at the Australian Open to invoke the extreme heat policy to protect the health of the competitors and played havoc with the day's schedule.At 1415 (local......