Summer Olympics

Tokyo Olympic Games delay fan decision until June

Seiko Hashimoto, president of Tokyo 2020, attends a media huddle following the IOC Executive Board Meeting at the Tokyo 2020…

April 21, 2021 • Stephen Wade

Professional Sports

Head of Tokyo Olympics: Games will not be canceled

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games mascot Miraitowa poses with a display of Olympic Symbol after an unveiling ceremony of the symbol…

April 17, 2021 • Stephen Wade

Sports

Officials say Olympic cancellation, no fans still an option

A bird rests with a backdrop of the Olympic rings floating in the water in the Odaiba section Thursday in…

April 15, 2021 • Mari Yamaguchi and Yuri Kageyama

Sports

Olympic gold: Colleges, Team USA search for new ways to win

Minnesota’s Shane Wiskus competes during an NCAA gymnastics meet in Chicago. Wiskus is an Olympic hopeful who moved to the…

April 7, 2021 • EDDIE PELLS

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EXPLAINER: Why is North Korea skipping the Tokyo Olympics?

It’s true that the North is extremely sensitive about COVID-19, knowing that a widespread outbreak in a country with an…

April 6, 2021 • Hyung-Jin Kim

Sports

North Korea says it won’t participate in Tokyo Olympics

IOC president Thomas Bach, second from left, and Kim Yo Jong, right, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un,…

April 6, 2021 • KIM TONG-HYUNG

Sports

Japanese PM Suga expects to invite President Biden to Tokyo Olympics

Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks during the virtual summit of the leaders of Australia, India, Japan and the U.S.,…

March 26, 2021 • STEPHEN WADE and MARI YAMAGUCHI

Sports

Torch relay for Tokyo Olympics kicks off its 121-day journey

Japanese torchbearer Azusa Iwashimizu, center, a member of Japan women’s national football team, arrives at a torch kiss point to…

March 25, 2021 • Stephen Wade

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Tokyo Olympics ready to announce ban on foreign fans

The announcement is expected to come after “five-party” talks on Saturday with the IOC, local organizers, the Japanese government, the…

March 19, 2021 • Stephen Wade

Professional Sports

Tokyo Olympic torch relay: Masks, quiet cheering and caution

Greek singer Sakis Rouvas wears the uniform of the torch relay runners in Athens, Greece, as he holds the torch…

March 16, 2021 • Stephen Wade

Sports

Olympic host Japan will not take part in China vaccine offer

Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, speaks during a news conference…

March 13, 2021 • Stephen Wade

Sports

Thomas Bach re-elected as Olympics president until 2025

Thomas Bach, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President, speaks during the joint press conference between IOC and Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic…

March 10, 2021 • Graham Dunbar

Gymnastics

Olympics gymnastics coach kills himself after being charged

Gymnastics coach John Geddert is seen at the American Cup gymnastics meet at Madison Square Garden in New York.Kathy Willens/Associated…

February 25, 2021 • ANNA LIZ NICHOLS and ED WHITE

Gymnastics

Ex USA Olympics gymnastics coach with ties to Nassar charged

Gymnastics coach John Geddert was head coach of the 2012 U.S. women’s Olympic gymnastics team, which won a gold medal.Kathy…

February 25, 2021 • ANNA LIZ NICHOLS and ED WHITE

Sports

U.S. Olympic swim trials split into 2 meets

COVID-19 leads to smaller meets

January 27, 2021 • PAUL NEWBERRY

Sports

Tokyo Olympics still ‘focused on hosting’

Cancellation talk in Japan hits London newspaper

January 22, 2021 • Stephen Wade

Sports

Amid cancellation talk, Tokyo Olympics ‘focused on hosting’

Thomas Bach, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President, speaks during the joint press conference between IOC and Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic…

January 22, 2021 • Stephen Wade

Sports

2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo still in doubt

‘Anything can happen,’ minister says

January 15, 2021 • Stephen Wade

Sports

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

The polls were conducted by the Japanese news agency Kyodo and TBS — the Tokyo Broadcasting System. The results are…

January 12, 2021 • Stephen Wade

Sports

Spreading coronavirus pulls Olympic torches off display in Japan

An Olympic torch for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics is on display in Tokyo.Jae C. Hong/Associated Press Tokyo reported 2,447 new…

January 7, 2021 • Stephen Wade

Basketball

The 10 best sports stories of 2020

Memorable accomplishments unite athletes in year spent apart

December 30, 2020 • John Livingston — Herald Sports editor

Professional Sports

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

violations lead to further punishments

December 17, 2020 • Graham Dunbar

Professional Sports

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

The Olympic Symbol is reinstalled after it was taken down for maintenance ahead of the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics.Eugen Hoshiko/Associated…

December 1, 2020 • Stephen Wade

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

The USOPC unveiled a program Tuesday called AMP – Athlete Marketing Program – which will give potential Olympians three ways…

November 17, 2020 • Eddie Pells