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President Donald Trump speaks with CEO of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee Sarah Hirshland. AP Photo

President Trump praises Olympics delay, says will attend in 2021

Like the Olympics, Trump's reelection campaign also has been upended by the coronavirus pandemic

25 March 2020 9:23 PM IST

IOC president Thomas Bach at a press conference in Lausanne in Switzerland. AFP Photo

Tokyo Olympics thrown open to spring months too

Without giving any specific new date, the IOC president said "only it would be beyond 2020 but not later than summer...

25 March 2020 5:28 PM IST

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach delivers a statement at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne. AFP Photo

Postponement of Olympics will upend other major events

The ripple effect is bound to impact the Big Three -- athletics, swimming and gymnastics

25 March 2020 12:12 PM IST

Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee president Yoshiro Mori (L) and CEO Toshiro Muto at the news conference in Tokyo, Tuesday, where they announced the postponement of the Games until 2021 because of the coronavirus outbreak. AP Photo

IT'S OFFICIAL: TOKYO OLYMPICS POSTPONED

Japan, Olympics chief agree to postpone 2020 Games by one year as the world battles the coronavirus pandemic

24 March 2020 7:04 PM IST

A woman wearing a face mask, amid concerns of the COVID-19 coronavirus, walks past an Olympic rings sculpture. AFP Photo

Shinzo Abe proposes 1-year postponement for Tokyo Olympics

Pressure mounts on IOC as Olympic Committees of Britain, New Zealand and Germany seek postponement

24 March 2020 6:13 PM IST

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic flame is displayed outside Fukushima railway station in Fukushima Prefecture. AFP Photo

It'll be 'Olympic torch visits' as there will be no torch, no...

'Torch Relay' or 'Torch Visits' could be a very short event or the longest if it runs into 2021

24 March 2020 2:13 PM IST

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) with Olympic Minister Seiko Hashimoto (L) at a recent cabinet meeting. AP Photo

Shinzo Abe and Thomas Bach to discuss the way forward for Tokyo Games

Tuesday's telephonic call also oncludes Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike, organising committee chief Yoshiro Mori and...

24 March 2020 1:55 PM IST

Senior most member of the International Olympic Committee Dick Pound of Canada. DC File Photo

IOC's Dick Pound: One-year postponement the most likely option for...

According to Pound, big countries are just about overwhelmed by the virus, and it's just starting to take root in Africa

24 March 2020 9:21 AM IST

The athletes village for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, which are to be renovated and sold soon after the Games. AP Photo

Postponing the Olympic Games is a complicated issue

According to IOC president Thomas Bach, postponing the Olympic Games is not like moving a football game to next Saturday

23 March 2020 2:05 PM IST

In this file photo, President Donald Trump speaks with CEO of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee Sarah Hirshland Hirshland. AP Photo

US Olympic officials welcome IOC timeline for decision on Tokyo Games

'IOC update is an important step in providing clarity, but our athletes continue to face enormous ambiguity surrounding...

23 March 2020 12:37 PM IST

Indian Olympic Association secretary general Rajeev Mehta. PTI Photo

IOA to take a decision after one month, likely to follow IOC

IOA secretary general Rajeev Mehta said IOA will wait and watch for 4 to 5 weeks before taking a decision in...

23 March 2020 12:32 PM IST

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike speaks during her meeting about COVID-19 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government office on Monday. AFP Photo

Olympics postponement an option, cancellation not on agenda: IOC

Cancellation would not solve any problem and would help nobody. Therefore it is not on our agenda: Thomas Bach

23 March 2020 12:27 PM IST