Summer Olympics – The Durango Herald

80% say Tokyo Olympics should be called off or won’t happen

TOKYO – More than 80% of people in Japan who were surveyed in two polls in the last few days say the Tokyo Olympics should be canceled or postponed, or say they believe the Olympics will not...

DATE: Jan 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Spreading coronavirus pulls Olympic torches off display in Japan

TOKYO – Japan is halting a public display of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic torches as new virus cases jump in the country and Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga orders a state of emergency for...

DATE: Jan 7, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

The 10 best sports stories of 2020

Memorable accomplishments unite athletes in year spent apart

DATE: Dec 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Sports

Russia can’t use name or flag at the next two Olympics

Doping violations lead to further punishments

DATE: Dec 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Olympic rings back in Tokyo Bay; a sign of hope in pandemic

TOKYO –The five Olympic rings are back in Tokyo Bay. They were removed for maintenance four months ago shortly after the Tokyo Olympics were postponed until next year because of t...

DATE: Dec 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Attention, U.S. Olympic hopefuls: Need money? This can help

DENVER – U.S. Olympic hopefuls will be able to cut their own deals with the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee’s marketing partners under a first-of-its-kind plan that has potential to sh...

DATE: Nov 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Tokyo Olympics may allow foreign fans; there will be rules

TOKYO – Next year’s re-scheduled Tokyo Olympics will be like no other, particularly for non-Japanese fans if they are allowed to enter in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. Toky...

DATE: Nov 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Sports

Russia’s reputation, Olympic status on trial for doping

GENEVA – Russia’s status as an Olympic team, and its reputation as a serial cheater in international sports, goes on trial next week in more legal fallout from the country’s state-backed dop...

DATE: Oct 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Sports

Japan uses high-tech experiments to fill baseball stadium

YOKOHAMA, Japan – Officials in Japan are using some high-tech devices to see if they can fill sports stadiums closer to capacity during the COVID-19 pandemic. The baseball stadium...

DATE: Oct 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Sports

Shinzo Abe – aka ‘Super Mario’ – loses out on Japan’s Olympics

TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was a star at the closing ceremony of the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, parading before a sellout crowd at the Maracana Stadium as Nintendo game ch...

DATE: Aug 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Sports

U.S. Olympic Committee gets positive grade on reforms

COLORADO SPRINGS – The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee received a positive progress report from the committee that analyzed the federation’s problems and recommended dozens of changes ...

DATE: Aug 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Sports

U.S. Olympic Committee opens books, gives detail about funding

Transparency key during COVID-19 times

DATE: Aug 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Sports

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