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More tests, no quarantine in updated Tokyo Olympic rules

TOKYO – Tokyo Olympic organizers and the IOC are to unveil new plans this week to explain how 15,400 Olympic and Paralympic athletes can compete in Japan when the games open in three months ...

Olympic athletes promised legal support if they protest

GENEVA – Athletes who make political or social justice protests at the Tokyo Olympics were promised legal support Thursday by a global union and an activist group in Germany. The ...

Tokyo Olympic Games delay fan decision until June

TOKYO – Japanese residents with tickets to the Tokyo Olympics may not know until weeks before the games open if they’ll be allowed to attend. Fans from abroad have already been ba...

Head of Tokyo Olympics: Games will not be canceled

TOKYO – The head of the Tokyo Olympics on Friday was again forced to assure the world that the postponed games will open in just over three months and not be canceled despite surging COVID-1...

Officials say Olympic cancellation, no fans still an option

TOKYO – Two officials in Japan’s ruling LDP party on Thursday said changes could be coming to the Tokyo Olympics. One suggested they still could be canceled, and the other said even if they ...

Olympic gold: Colleges, Team USA search for new ways to win

INDIANAPOLIS – It’s a point of pride that stretches across dozens of universities, many of them rivals, and all the college sports leagues, many of which compete for the same dollars and the...

EXPLAINER: Why is North Korea skipping the Tokyo Olympics?

SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea, citing the coronavirus, has become the world’s first country to drop out of the Tokyo Olympics. It’s true that the North is extremely sensitive a...

North Korea says it won’t participate in Tokyo Olympics

SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea became the first country to drop out of the Tokyo Olympics because of coronavirus fears, a decision that underscores the challenges facing Japan as it strugg...

Japanese PM Suga expects to invite President Biden to Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Friday he expects to invite President Joe Biden to the Tokyo Olympics when he visits the United States next month. Suga, who is...

Torch relay for Tokyo Olympics kicks off its 121-day journey

TOKYO – The torch relay for the postponed Tokyo Olympics began its 121-day journey across Japan on Thursday and is headed toward the opening ceremony in Tokyo on July 23. The rela...

Tokyo Olympics ready to announce ban on foreign fans

TOKYO – Tokyo organizers and the International Olympic Committee are poised to finally make it official that most fans from abroad will be prohibited from attending the postponed Olympics wh...

Tokyo Olympic torch relay: Masks, quiet cheering and caution

TOKYO – Organizers plan to exercise extreme caution when the Olympic torch relay starts next week, knowing any stumble could imperil the opening of the Tokyo Games in just over four months. ...