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Tokyo 2020 Games may have to be held behind closed doors, says Lord Coe Last updated on Lord Coe confident that the Olympic Games in Tokyo will happen The rescheduled Tokyo Games may have to be held behind closed doors if they are to go ahead in Japan this year, athletics chief Lord Coe has admitted. The World Athletics president remained confident the Olympics and Paralympics would take place despite a Times report "I would love to have fans, noisy and passionate," Coe told the BBC. "But if t...

Sir Keith Mills, the CEO of the 2012 Olympics in London, told BBCs Radio 5 on Tuesday that he believed Tokyo organizers should be making cancellation plans.  "Personally, sitting here looking at the pandemic around the world, it looks unlikely I have to say," Mills said. He noted that organizers had about a month left before needing to make a definite call. Reuters reports that Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Friday that he was determined to make the Tokyo Olympics happen. The...

Japan Tries To Remain Optimistic As COVID-19 Threatens To Cancel Tokyo Olympics By Anthony Kuhn  January 22, 2021 Japanese officials are swatting away rumors and reports that the government has concluded that, with the Tokyo Olympics 151 days away and much of the country in a COVID-19 state of emergency, the games cannot be held. They dismissed an anonymously sourced report by the British newspaper The Times that there is a growing consensus within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party that thi...

With much of Japan under a state of emergency due to a third wave of COVID-19 infections, organisers of the Tokyo Olympics will mark six months to go on Saturday with little fanfare, no fireworks and amid rapidly dwindling public support.

Organizers said all partners, including the government and the IOC, were "fully focused" on hosting the Games. A British newspaper, citing a member of Japan's ruling coalition, said the event would not be going ahead.

Organizers said all partners, including the government and the IOC, were "fully focused" on hosting the Games. A British newspaper, citing a member of Japan's ruling coalition, said the event would not be going ahead.

TOKYO: With much of Japan under a state of emergency due to a third wave of COVID-19 infections, organisers of the Tokyo Olympics will mark six ...

A pedestrian walks past an official Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games banner hanging on the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building on Friday. Credit: AFP via Getty Images Japan Tries To Remain Optimistic As COVID-19 Threatens To Cancel Tokyo Olympics By at 3:49 am NPR Japanese officials are swatting away rumors and reports that the government has concluded that, with the Tokyo Olympics 151 days away, and much of the country in a COVID-19 state of emergency, the games c...

A pedestrian walks past an official Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games banner hanging on the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building on Friday. Japanese officials are swatting away rumors and reports that the government has concluded that, with the Tokyo Olympics 151 days away and much of the country in a COVID-19 state of emergency, the games cannot be held. They dismissed an anonymously sourced report by the British newspaper The Times that there is a growing consensus within the ruling Liberal Democra...

Olympics Cancellation Looks Increasingly Likely, Tokyo Reportedly Targeting 2032 Games Jan 22, 2021 Dont have an account? Sign up A report by the Times has cast serious doubt on the viability of the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo. The Games were originally scheduled to run last summer but were postponed to this year due to the Coronavirus. However, the State of Emergency declared last month in Tokyo, alongside hospital bed occupancy in ...