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Sports 5 years ago
Olympics organisers say fears of virus banished by success of test event
Adding to the optimism was news that Pfizer Inc's experimental COVID-19 vaccine is more than 90 percent effective, based on initial trials, though Olympics organisers have said their Games do not depend on a vaccine.
Sports 5 years ago
Silver says NBA 'unlikely' to pause season for Olympics in 2021
The Olympics were postponed by a year, to July 23-Aug. 8 next year, because of the novel coronavirus, which also led to the NBA season being suspended, leading to a delay in the start of the new season and the conflict in schedules.
Sports 5 years ago
Tokyo 2020 consulting firm paid around $370,000 to son of IOC official: Report
The report comes amid French investigations into the former head of Tokyo's bid committee, Tsunekazu Takeda, for approving around $2 million in payments to Black Tidings, a now-defunct consulting firm in Singapore.
Sports 5 years ago
Summer heat could be a 'nightmare' for Tokyo Games: 2020 advisor
Even if the COVID-19 pandemic does not prevent the Tokyo Olympics from going ahead next year, the blazing summer heat in the Japanese capital could still make the Games 'a nightmare', an advisor to the organizing committee has told Reuters.
Sports 5 years ago
Olympics sponsors in limbo as year-end contract expiration looms: Sources
Tokyo 2020 Olympics organizers have not extended sponsors' contracts set to expire at the end of the year, sources said, leaving some questioning whether to continue after COVID-19 forced a delay of the world's largest sporting event.
