‘Cyprus and Greece should not neglect sports’
Lefteris Avgenakis, Greece’s Deputy Minister for Culture and Sports, has stated that though both the Greek and Cypriot governments are preoccupied with a wide range...
Olympics
Specific Covid-19 measures may be needed for Tokyo Paralympics
The Tokyo Paralympics may require specific COVID-19 measures to help keep athletes safe as they move between venues, organisers said on Monday. The 2020 Summer...
With a year to go, support slides for pandemic-hit Tokyo Olympics
Several dozen protesters in masks gathered in front of Japan’s National Stadium on Friday, the day the Olympic Games should have begun, to protest against...
Cypriot athletes begin preparations for Tokyo Olympics
Cypriot athletes have begun their preparations for next year’s rearranged Tokyo Olympics, Cyprus Olympic Committee president Dinos Michaelides said during an online meeting hosted by...
Cypriot athletes celebrate Olympic Day on Instagram
Cyprus Olympic and pre-Olympic athletes, former Olympians, emerging talent and current champions came together on Instagram this week to celebrate International Olympic Day. After the...
Jamaican bobsleigh team push a Mini to keep Olympic dream alive
The Jamaican bobsleigh team is used to training without snow, but the coronavirus lockdown has seen its male athletes resort to pushing a car around...
Cypriot Olympic athletes return to training
Athletes belonging to the Cyprus Olympic Committee have been returning to training since the first week of May. This ends a two-month period of downtime...
‘Priority is to support Cypriot athletes on new Road to Tokyo’
The postponement of the Olympic Games to 2021 has completely changed the course of planning of the Cyprus Olympic Committee. The postponement for one year...
Japan would ‘scrap’ Olympics if not held next year
Tokyo 2020 president Yoshiro Mori said that the Olympic Games, already postponed to 2021, would be “scrapped” if they could not take place then, according...
Positive reaction by Team Cyprus on Olympic postponement
The decision taken on March 24 by the IOC and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee for the postponement of the 2020 Olympic Games was met...
Olympics-Organisers must be flexible if coronavirus vaccine not ready in time, experts say
By Jack Tarrant The Tokyo Olympics next July will be a “uniquely risky” event, demanding flexibility from organisers amid the uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic,...
Doping ban could harm Olympic movement during coronavirus crisis, says Russia’s sports minister
Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin said on Friday officials should not rule against the country in its appeal to overturn a doping ban because it would...
Phelps urges athletes to take care of mental health
Olympic great Michael Phelps has voiced his concerns over the negative impact on athletes’ mental health of the Tokyo Games postponement prompted by the new...
Olympics to begin in July 2021
Japanese organisers and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided on Monday that the Tokyo Olympic Games would start on July 23, 2021, and run until...
Russian agency halts testing amid coronavirus outbreak
Russian anti-doping agency RUSADA said it was temporarily halting all testing in response to government measures aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus. Russia...
Tokyo Olympics postponed
The Tokyo Olympics were postponed on Tuesday into 2021, the first such delay in the Games’ 124-year modern history, as the coronavirus crisis wrecked the...
Olympics-Tokyo 2020 postponement decision due in days
A decision on whether to postpone this year’s Tokyo Olympic Games will be taken in coming days, two sources within the Olympic movement told Reuters...
Japan, IOC consider postponement as Canada, Australia withdraws from 2020 Games
Canada and Australia said they would not be sending athletes to the Tokyo Olympics if the Games went ahead as scheduled this year as pressure...
Dissent grows as IOC battles to keep Tokyo Games on track
The International Olympic Committee is facing its strongest headwinds in decades as it prepares to brief national committees on Wednesday on the state of the...
Flame for Tokyo Olympics lit in Greece amid virus precautions
The flame for the Tokyo Olympics has been lit at the birthplace of the ancient games in a pared-down ceremony because of the coronavirus. Standing...
