Tokyo 2020 chief insists next year’s Olympics could be SCRAPPED

2020 OLYMPIC GAMES   The 2020 Olympic Games has been postponed until 2021 on March 24 – becoming one of the last major sporting events this summer to fall victim to the coronavirus. Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe held a crucial conference call with Olympics chief Thomas Bach on Tuesday to formally decide a plan and … Read more

Expert warns Japan’s healthcare system is ‘on the verge of collapse’ because of coronavirus

A Japanese expert who criticised the country’s response to the coronavirus warned the healthcare system is ‘on the verge of collapse’ and that the Olympics may not be able to go ahead even in 2021.  ‘The system is on the verge of collapse in many places in Japan,’ said Kentaro Iwata, a professor of infectious diseases … Read more

Sam Smith enlists Demi Lovato for Olympics-themed music video I’m Ready with high-heeled wrestlers

Oscar-winning songwriter Sam Smith enlisted two-time Grammy nominee Demi Lovato to duet in their Olympics-themed music video I’m Ready, which dropped Thursday. The 27-year-old Londoner came out as gay in 2014, genderqueer in 2017, and non-binary in 2019, so it’s not surprising director Jora Frantzis’ sporty three-minute video was glamorously androgynous. Choreographer Sean Bankhead coordinated … Read more

Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden joins two video conferences from her Haga castle

Business as usual! Crown Princess Victoria holds a video meeting with the Swedish Parasports Federation and tunes into a health webinar as she keeps up with her busy schedule in isolation Crown Princess Victoria, 42, is keeping up her busy schedule while in isolation Held a video conference about the Paralympics and tuned into a … Read more

How the lives of Britain’s Olympians have been turned upside down by coronavirus

Britain’s Olympians have told Sportsmail they face financial ruin with the Tokyo Games postponement putting their earnings for this year into doubt. The nation’s Tokyo medal hopefuls have been left anxious and unsure as they navigate the uncertainty surrounding their seasons with global sport at a standstill. Much of the world is in a coronavirus lockdown, forcing … Read more

MARTIN SAMUEL: Jack Grealish, you are a fool and a COVIDIOT

Stay home. Protect the NHS. Save Lives. Wise words. And having tweeted them to those with their noses pressed to the glass in the hope of seeing another human being, off went Jack Grealish to a private party. Well, not a party as such, more a gathering. A soiree if you will. One that was … Read more

Olympics 2021 set to begin on July 23 in Tokyo after being delayed by coronavirus

Tokyo Olympics confirm next year’s dates for the delayed Games, with the opening ceremony to begin on July 23 before wrapping up on August 8 (but it’s still called the 2020 Olympics!) The Olympics slated for 2021 has new dates after it was pushed back from 2020  Japan were forced to postpone the games due … Read more

Britain’s top Olympians face financial crisis with Tokyo 2020 Games postponed

2020 OLYMPIC GAMES   The 2020 Olympic Games has been postponed until 2021 on March 24 – becoming one of the last major sporting events this summer to fall victim to the coronavirus. Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe held a crucial conference call with Olympics chief Thomas Bach on Tuesday to formally decide a plan and … Read more

Tokyo Olympics is postponed for a YEAR after Japan calls for delay due to coronavirus crisis 

The Tokyo Olympics has been postponed for a year after Japan called for a delay due to the coronavirus crisis.      The name of the delayed Olympics will still be Tokyo 2020, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said today, adding that the Games would be held by summer 2021. Koike made the comment to reporters after she … Read more

Tokyo Olympics to move to 2021: Japan prime minister Shinzo Abe confirms plans for a one-year delay

2020 OLYMPIC GAMES   The Olympic torch relay in Greece was cancelled on Friday March 13 – just a day after the flame was lit in Olympia. Large crowds mobbed Hollywood actor Gerard Butler as he lit the cauldron in the Greek city of Sparta despite repeated warnings for spectators not to attend because of coronavirus. That forced … Read more

Decision on postponing the Tokyo Olympics will be made in the next few days

A final decision on whether to postpone the Tokyo Olympics because of the coronavirus pandemic will be taken in the coming days, as more countries call for a delay.  With pressure mounting every day, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach have scheduled a telephone conference at 11am today, the … Read more

Tokyo Olympics ‘WILL be postponed until 2021’

Tokyo Olympics WILL be postponed until 2021, veteran IOC member Dick Pound says Olympics, due to take place in July this year, may not go ahead due to Covid-19 Japan’s Prime Minister had warned that delaying Olympics was inevitable  Team Canada and Team Australia had already pulled out of all events  By Sebastian Murphy-bates For … Read more