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Football: Age limit could be raised for Olympic football tournament

Reuters
Posted at Apr 04 03:31 PM

ZURICH - The age limit for the Tokyo Olympics men's football tournament could be raised so that players who were eligible in 2020 will not miss out following the postponement of the Games until the following year, FIFA said on Friday. Read more »

Olympics: Zion on the 'Dream Team'? Athletes confused over qualifying for Games

Steve Keating, Reuters
Posted at Apr 02 09:27 AM

The decision to delay the Tokyo Olympics by a year is sparking both anxiety and hope among the world's athletes as the coronavirus pandemic adds to confusion over who might qualify for the Games, now in 2021. Read more »

Boxing: Pacquiao company interested in signing Eumir Marcial

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 02 12:20 AM

MP Promotions is interested to have Eumir Felix Marcial in its stable should the prized amateur fighter turn professional, a company official has said. Read more »

FIBA: Manila Masters set for August, Olympic qualifiers date still uncertain

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 01 12:08 PM

FIBA on Tuesday confirmed that the 3x3 Masters events in Doha, Manila, Chengdu, Mexico City and Utsunomiya Masters have been rescheduled. Read more »

From 'best prepared' to postponed: Tokyo 2020's rocky road

Sara Hussein, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 31 12:00 PM

Olympic officials regularly lauded Tokyo as the best prepared host city they had seen. But no one could have planned for the coronavirus pandemic that has forced an unprecedented postponement of the 2020 Games.   Read more »

Delayed Olympics will be a relief for sponsors in current chaos, experts say

Pirate IRWIN, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 31 08:15 AM

The decision to postpone the Tokyo Olympics until 2021 will be welcomed by the sponsors who pay hundreds of millions to be associated with the event, British advertising veteran Martin Sorrell has told AFP. Read more »

Japan, IOC set July 23 next year for start of delayed Olympics

Jack Tarrant and Antoni Slodkowski, Reuters
Updated as of Mar 31 08:29 AM

The postponed Olympic Games will now begin on July 23 next year and run until Aug. 8, the head of the Tokyo 2020 organising committee said on Monday. Read more »

New Olympic date likely 'this week': organizers

Hiroshi Hiyama, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 30 05:23 PM

New dates for the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics will likely be revealed this week, organizers said Monday after the coronavirus forced the historic decision to postpone the Games until next year.   Read more »

Bananas, baseball and headaches - counting the cost of Tokyo's Olympic delay

Naomi Tajitsu and Sam Nussey, Reuters
Posted at Mar 30 01:52 PM

Japan's Olympic delay has upended years of careful planning by organisers and spawned costly headaches for small businesses, hotels and even pro baseball teams, compounding a $12 billion price tag. Read more »

Postponing Olympics saves athletes from mental turmoil: Coe

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 30 10:32 AM

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said Sunday that the decision to postpone this year's Tokyo Olympics because of the coronavirus has saved athletes from "mental turmoil". Read more »

New date for Tokyo Olympics 'won't satisfy everybody', says Coe

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 29 10:38 AM

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe admitted Friday that settling on a new date for the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 will not satisfy everybody. Read more »

Delayed Tokyo Olympics likely to open in July 2021

Reuters
Posted at Mar 29 10:31 AM

The IOC and Japanese organisers are in final stages of talks to set the opening date for the Tokyo Games in July next year. Read more »

Tennis: Osaka disappointed but supports Olympic delay

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 29 09:57 AM

Japanese star Naomi Osaka says she's disappointed not to compete at the Tokyo Olympics this year but supports the decision to postpone the event to 2021. Read more »

Team USA weighing roster alternatives in event of spring Olympics

Field Level Media/Reuters
Posted at Mar 29 09:19 AM

USA Basketball is weighing alternative roster options in the event of a potential conflict between the delayed Tokyo Olympics and the NBA season. Read more »

Olympic qualification process and late season being studied - Coe

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 28 09:18 PM

World Athletics is working to restart a shuttered athletics season and studying any changes that may be needed in the qualifying process for the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics, president Seb Coe said on Friday. Read more »

Weeks of anguish and a 'black box': Inside Tokyo's decision to delay the Olympics

Yoshifumi Takemoto and Karolos Grohmann, Reuters
Posted at Mar 27 11:25 AM

Through interviews with more than a dozen people involved in the process over recent weeks, Reuters has pieced together an account of the frenetic days that led to Tuesday's announcement. Read more »

WATCH: Taekwondo champ Pauline Lopez works on her craft amid lockdown

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 27 04:20 AM

The grind continues for 2-time Southeast Asian Games gold medalist Pauline Lopez who continues training at home. Read more »

Boxing: Magno welcomes one more year to prepare for Olympics

Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 26 05:08 PM

Filipina boxer Irish Magno sees a silver lining in the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics to 2021.   Read more »

Age concern: Six stars for whom Olympics in 2021 may come too late

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 26 03:05 PM

With the 2020 Olympics postponed until 2021, there are fears the delay will shatter the gold medal hopes of many ageing athletes. Read more »

Hidilyn Diaz saddened by Olympics' postponement, but vows to keep working

Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 26 02:30 PM

Filipina weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz could not help but be dismayed when the Tokyo Olympics was officially postponed because of the ongoing novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Read more »