Olympics: Torch begins COVID-shortened trek past Beijing landmarks Beijing's COVID-shortened Olympic torch relay began on Wednesday with basketball great Yao Ming and a Chinese soldier wounded in a bloody 2020 border clash with India among the first to carry the symbolic flame on a journey that will last just three days. Sports 02 Feb, 2022
Tokyo Games at risk of more spectator curbs and downgrades Japan is considering barring all but VIP spectators from the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, a newspaper said on Tuesday, another downgrade for the Games that have had their pomp and spectacle tarnished by the novel coronavirus. Sports 06 Jul, 2021
Japan to put Osaka, 2 other areas under virus semi-emergency Japan is set to designate Osaka and two other prefectures for new virus control steps Thursday as infections in those areas rise less than four months before the Tokyo Olympics. World 01 Apr, 2021
Torch relay for Tokyo Olympics kicks off its 121-day journey The torch relay for the postponed Tokyo Olympics began its 121-day journey across Japan on Thursday and is headed toward the opening ceremony in Tokyo on July 23. Sports 25 Mar, 2021
Torch relay schedule intact for next year: Kyodo TOKYO: Tokyo Olympic organisers plan to follow roughly the same schedule, delayed by a year, for the nationwide torch relay preceeding the postponed summer Games, Kyodo News reported on Thursday. The relay is expected to start on March 25, 2021,... 20 Aug, 2020
Tokyo Olympic CEO hints games could be in doubt even in 2021 TOKYO: As the coronavirus spreads in Japan, the chief executive of the Tokyo Games said Friday he can’t guarantee the postponed Olympics will be staged next year — even with the long delay. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe issued an emergency... 10 Apr, 2020
Olympic torch relay: No torch, no torchbearers, no public TOKYO: The Tokyo Olympic torch relay will start Thursday as planned in northeastern Fukushima prefecture — but with no torch, no torchbearers, no public, and little ceremony. There will be an Olympic flame — that arrived on March 12 from Greece... 24 Mar, 2020
SAG Torch Relay kicks off Kathmandu, November 22 The Olympic Torch Rally of the 13th South Asian Games began here from Swoyambhu today. Olympian and Nepal’s first international medal-winning athlete Jit Bahadur KC received the torch from National Sports Council Member... 23 Nov, 2019
SA Games Torch Relay set to begin today Kathmandu, November 21 The Olympic Torch Relay of the 13th South Asian Games is beginning here from Swoyambhu on Friday. Olympian and Nepal’s first international medal winning athlete Jit Bahadur KC will kick start the Relay from Swoyambhu,... 22 Nov, 2019
Police believe Japan's castle fire unlikely caused by arson: Kyodo TOKYO: Police believe a fire that tore through World Heritage-listed Shuri Castle in Japan's southern-most island of Okinawa this week was not likely to have been caused by arson, Kyodo news agency reported on late Friday, citing sources. In... Women 02 Nov, 2019
Olympics-Flame arrives to ignite Pyeongchang's story of fire and ice Olympic torch relay to travel 2,018 km POCOG chief says: 'The wait is over' North Korea yet to confirm participation INCHEON: The Olympic flame arrived in South Korea on Wednesday to begin its journey towards the 2018 Pyeongchang... 01 Nov, 2017
Brazil soccer players give hosts a winning start to Olympics RIO DE JANEIRO: The first Olympics in Brazil are underway — aptly with soccer games in the sport's spiritual home and a win for the hosts. In Rio de Janeiro's Olympic Stadium, the Brazilian women's team eased to a 3-0 victory at the start of... 04 Aug, 2016
