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Coco Gauff leads tennis stars ruled out of Tokyo – Olympic Covid withdrawals

As the coronavirus cases plague the Olympic Village, list of athletes forced to withdraw from Tokyo 2020 continues to grow. Unlike many of her contemporaries,...

At least 19 missing after mudslide sweeps away houses in central Japan

At least 19 people are missing after a powerful mudslide swept away rows of houses in Atami, west of Tokyo, Japanese authorities said. Disaster management...

Plans for six Tokyo sites to livestream Olympics scrapped

Plans to have big screens showing the Olympics at six sites in Tokyo have been cancelled as worries grow about the coronavirus pandemic amid...

World 100m champion Christian Coleman to still miss Olympics despite cut of ban

Christian Coleman has had his ban for breaching anti-doping ‘whereabouts’ rules cut from two years to 18 months but the reigning world 100 metres...

Firefighters battle forest blazes in Japan

A forest fire has broken out in a rural area north of Tokyo, close to another blaze which has been burning for four days. One...

Japan set to end Tokyo’s state of emergency

Japan is set to remove a coronavirus state of emergency from Tokyo and four other prefectures on Monday, allowing businesses to gradually resume. Economy Minister...

Postponement of Tokyo Games will cost the IOC at least $800m

The International Olympic Committee is braced for a financial hit of 800 million US dollars as a consequence of the decision to delay the...

Tokyo Olympics postponement will cost IOC ‘several hundred million dollars’

The postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Games means the International Olympic Committee will have to shoulder “several hundred million dollars” of costs, its president...

Tokyo’s Olympic village could be used as coronavirus hospital

The Athletes Village being built for the Tokyo Olympics could be used as a temporary hospital for cornoavirus patients. Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike has been...

Sumo fans excluded as Japanese sport hit by coronavirus spread

Japanese sumo wrestling is the latest sport to be affected by fears over the new coronavirus outbreak. On Sunday, national broadcaster NHK reported that officials...

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