Tokyo Olympic Games 2020
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Japan’s top ad agency indicted over Olympics bid-rigging scandal
Dentsu Group charged after arrest of Tokyo 2020 committee official accused of rigging Games-related tendersJap…
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Tokyo Olympics bribery scandal threatens to derail Winter Games bid
Japanese official says corruption claims could damage Sapporo’s chances of hosting 2030 eventMore than a year …
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‘We are Hong Kong’: can the Olympics sidestep the politicisation of sport in China?
Identity in focus ahead of Beijing Winter Olympics after Hong Kong’s most successful summer Games inflamed old…
- Asia Pacific, Coronavirus, Infectious diseases, Japan, Olympic Games, Sport, Tokyo Olympic Games 2020, World news, Yoshihide Suga
Support for Japan’s PM reaches all-time low over Covid-19, despite Olympics success
Public support for Yoshihide Suga’s cabinet dipped below 30%, despite widespread support for going ahead with …
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Neeraj Chopra’s javelin gold medal seals India’s greatest ever Olympics
Army officer wins nation’s first athletics gold to spark celebrations and a resurgence of pride amid the ravag…
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Chinese uproar as state TV host calls gold-medal winner a ‘manly woman’
Shot put champion Gong Lijiao quizzed about boyfriends and settling down into ‘a woman’s life’The Chinese stat…
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Belarus sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya due to leave Tokyo for Poland
Flight comes after the athlete refused to board a plane home on Monday and sought protection at Polish embassy…
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Belarus sprinter arrives in Vienna from Tokyo after seeking refuge
Krystsina Tsimanouskaya is expected to head to Poland amid fears she would be punished if she went homeThe Bel…
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Will Taiwan’s Olympic win over China herald the end of ‘Chinese Taipei’?
Victory in Tokyo has reignited debate over a decades-old compromise with the island’s goliath neighbourIn the …
- Asia Pacific, Coronavirus, Fiji, Olympic Games, Pacific islands, Rugby sevens, Sport, Tokyo Olympic Games 2020, World news
Fiji’s emergency Covid-19 hotline fell silent during the rugby sevens final: we really needed this win | Sheldon Chanel
The men’s gold and women’s bronze medals meant everything to Fiji, which has the highest per-capita Covid infe…
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Japan expands Covid state of emergency to four more areas
Measures in Tokyo also extended until 31 August, after the Olympics and well into the ParalympicsCoronavirus –…
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Japan urges young people to get jabs and stay in amid Tokyo Covid surge
Health experts say surge in cases amid Olympics could overload hospitals unless action takenCoronavirus – late…
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‘We’re so proud of her’: Afghanistan’s gutsy female cyclists ready to cheer on Ali Zada
Watching an Afghan refugee in the Olympics is a source of inspiration to many women in a country where riding …
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Filled with doubt, division and Covid, Tokyo braces for Olympics
After a year’s delay, the Games begin this week. But it is an event that few in a fearful host nation now want…
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‘She can do it’: Kiribati Olympic judo hopeful wants to combat domestic violence
Kinaua Biribo says she wants to empower women in the Pacific island nation, where almost 60% of men have perpe…