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Coe: IOC can't 'go on forever postponing' Olympics

Sebastian Coe says he is “genuinely hoping that the pandemic will have been curtailed” by next year so the Tokyo Olympics can open in July 2021

IOC official disagrees COVID-19 vaccine needed for Olympics

Japan Medical Assn: Tokyo Olympics difficult without vaccine

The medical community in Japan is moving toward a consensus that holding next year’s Tokyo Olympics may hinge on finding a coronavirus vaccine

Tokyo Olympics: Questions, few answers in face of pandemic

The Tokyo Olympics were postponed a month ago

Study: Olympians should push for collective bargaining

A study of Olympic spending patterns concludes that athletes who compete at the games are woefully underpaid

Tokyo Olympic CEO promises 'transparency' over cost of delay

The chief executive of the Tokyo Olympics has promised “transparency” with the Japanese public regarding the cost of postponing the games until next year

Qatar, Saudi Arabia compete to host 2030 Asian Games

Regional rivals Qatar and Saudi Arabia will compete to host the 2030 Asian Games

Tokyo Olympic staffer tests positive for coronavirus

A staff member of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee has tested positive for COVID-19

US Olympics, Paralympics to cut 10% to 20% due to virus

USA Track and Field switches Olympic trials to June 2021

USA Track and Field has rescheduled the Olympic trials for June 2021 at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon

Tokyo Olympics, IOC conflict over who pays for postponement

An open conflict has broken out between Tokyo Olympic organizers and the IOC over who will be paying for the unprecedented year-long postponement

Japan scientist 'very pessimistic' Olympics go on next year

A Japanese professor of infectious disease says he is “very pessimistic” the Tokyo Olympics can be held next year

Tokyo's homeless seek Olympic Athletes Village as shelter

A group representing the homeless is asking to use the Athletes Village for next year’s Tokyo Olympics as a shelter during the coronavirus pandemic

Spanish sports clinic becomes center for virus patients

Things have changed recently for doctors at one of Spain’s top sports medicine clinics

2021 Olympics won't provide much economic stimulus for Japan

A top IOC official has suggested that next year’s postponed Tokyo Olympics could help “kick start” Japan’s economy

BMX rider Sakakibara makes slow recovery, Olympic hopes over

List of sports events affected by the coronavirus pandemic

Part 2 of the list of sports events affected by the coronavirus outbreak

In COVID-19 world, anti-doping gives in-home testing a try

Call it do-it-yourself drug testing

'64 Tokyo Olympics: A man from Hiroshima lights the cauldron

The 1964 Tokyo Olympics are being remembered fondly following the postponement until next year of the upcoming Tokyo Games

Athletes completing bans get unexpected chance at Olympics

Athletes completing doping bans over the next year will be eligible to compete in the postponed Tokyo Olympics

Delay costs IOC 'several hundred million'; Japan pays rest

IOC President Thomas Bach says the Olympic body will face “several hundred million dollars” of added costs because of the postponement of the Tokyo Games

AP PHOTOS: Down syndrome synchro team aims for Paralympics

The “Progetto Filippide” team is a group of Italian synchronized swimmers with Down syndrome who are promoting their sport for inclusion in the Paralympics

40 years later, vote to skip Moscow Games still 'horrible'

Forty years ago this weekend, the U.S. Olympic Committee voted to boycott the 1980 Moscow Games

US Olympic swimming trials reset for June 2021 in Omaha

The U.S. Olympic swimming trials have been rescheduled for June of 2021 in Omaha, Nebraska

Tokyo Olympic CEO hints games could be in doubt even in 2021

Leave doping ban in past amid virus outbreak, Russia says

Olympians become trainers to help those stranded at home

Many professional athletes are doing their bit to boost public health during the coronavirus pandemic

Paralympics rule out going to IOC to solve cash-flow problem

The International Paralympic Committee has a “cash flow” problem

Tokyo Olympic flame taken off display; next stop unclear

The Tokyo Olympic flame has been taken off public display in Japan

Athletes already qualified for Tokyo Games get to keep spots

About 6,500 athletes who already have earned their spots in the Tokyo Olympics are in for 2021