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Basketball: Aussie basketball stars feud over 'whitewash' race row

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 12 07:26 PM

Australian basketball's longest-running feud flared again Wednesday when former NBA star Andrew Bogut took aim at women's Olympic stalwart Liz Cambage over her accusations team photos had been "whitewashed". Read more »

6 Olympic torch relay staff in Japan test positive for COVID-19

Kyodo News
Posted at May 01 11:32 PM

TOKYO - Six of the Tokyo Olympic torch relay staffers in the southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, organizers said Saturday. Read more »

Olympics organizing committee vice president 'sure' games will go forward

Kyodo News
Posted at May 01 09:52 PM

Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics Organizing Committee Vice President Toshiaki Endo on Saturday asserted his belief that coronavirus countermeasures will allow the games to be held and that organizers are not considering cancellation. Read more »

Football: 'Bring on Messi!' says Australia coach ahead of Tokyo Games

Ian Ransom, Reuters
Posted at Apr 22 05:24 PM

MELBOURNE - Upbeat Australia coach Graham Arnold has urged Argentina to bring Lionel Messi to the Olympics and described their tough pool as Tokyo's "group of dreams". Read more »

Olympics: Tokyo Games are sign of light at end of pandemic tunnel -IOC's Bach

Reuters
Posted at Mar 30 11:01 PM

ATHENS - The summer Olympic Games in Tokyo show that there is light at the end of the tunnel of the coronavirus pandemic, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said on Tuesday. Read more »

PH boxing body won't scold Olympians Magno, Marcial after jab at late allowances

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 19 08:37 PM

Magno and Marcial, the first Filipino boxers to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics, recently took to social media voicing out their concern over athletes' delayed allowances. Read more »

Olympics: China Olympic Committee offers vaccines for Tokyo Games-IOC

Reuters
Posted at Mar 11 08:21 PM

The Chinese Olympic Committee has offered vaccine doses to be used for participants at this year's Tokyo Olympics and the Beijing 2022 Winter Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Thursday. Read more »

Karate: Pinay Junna Tsukii’s hunt for Olympic berth to begin at Istanbul league

Dennis Gasgonia, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 25 07:32 PM

2019 SEA Games gold medalist Jamie Lim will also be part of the Turkey training camp next month. Read more »

Weightlifting: Hidilyn Diaz explains why she’s a virtual lock for Tokyo Olympics

Manolo Pedralvez
Updated as of Feb 17 07:25 PM

Diaz says that all she needs to do is “show up” at the Asian weightlifting championships in Uzbekistan in April to book her fourth straight Olympic appearance in Tokyo in July. Read more »

Tokyo Olympics: Reigning champ USA faces France, Iran in group stage

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 02 08:40 PM

The US team is seeking a fourth consecutive men's basketball gold and 16th in total after seeing off Serbia for the title in Rio 2016. Read more »

Tokyo Olympics: ‘High level of consistency’ seen in Obiena’s record vault showing

Manolo Pedralvez
Posted at Jan 30 04:14 PM

Olympics-bound pole-vaulter EJ Obiena showed signs of jumping consistency en route to a new national indoor record in Germany on Friday. Read more »

Insurers face 'mind-blowingly' large loss if Olympics cancelled

Carolyn Cohn and Noor Zainab Hussain, Reuters
Posted at Jan 28 12:51 AM

The IOC and Japanese organizers have been adamant that another postponement isn't an option Read more »

Olympic body IOC wants ‘safe, secure’ Games, outlines vaccine stance

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 27 06:06 AM

IOC president Thomas Bach has said there would be "neither a vaccine obligation nor a priority to athletes" for the Games.    Read more »

Olympics: French committee head sees 'difficult' Games for non-vaccinated athletes

Reuters
Posted at Jan 26 06:24 PM

TOKYO - Athletes aiming to compete at this year's Tokyo Games without getting vaccinated against the coronavirus will face very tough conditions, the head of France's Olympic Committee (CNOSF) was quoted as saying.   Read more »

Boxing: In training return, Nesthy Petecio vows to go all out to reach Olympics

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 07 02:39 AM

Petecio settled for online training sessions during the pandemic, but she acknowledged being limited by restrictions enforced due to the pandemic. Read more »

Gymnastics: As Olympics near, is Caloy Yulo keeping his cards close to his chest?

Manolo Pedralvez
Posted at Dec 18 01:50 PM

Whatever trick he has in store for the Tokyo Games, the Filipino gymnastics phenom doesn't appear keen to show it yet. Read more »

2 golds for mint-starved Pinoys at Olympics? PH sports chief says it’s doable

Manolo Pedralvez
Posted at Dec 14 08:43 AM

Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz and gymnast Caloy Yulo are two of the Philippines’ best bets for the country’s first ever Olympic gold medal.  Read more »

Yulo bags 2 bronze medals in All-Japan Gymnastics tilt

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 13 06:18 PM

Carlos Yulo secured two bronze medals in the All-Japan Gymnastics Championships on Sunday. Read more »

Tokyo governor pledges to hold 2020 Olympics 'by all means'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 09 06:05 PM

The city will "implement every possible measure" to ensure the safety of the event, Governor Yuriko Koike said.   Read more »

Pinay vaulter Natalie Uy works through injury, as Olympic quest continues

Dennis Gasgonia, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 09 12:04 AM

Having an injured left hand doesn't mean the reigning SEA Games champion will stop training as she eyes a berth in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. Read more »