
Organisers of the Tokyo Olympics have recommended five more sports -- baseball/softball, karate, skateboard, sports climbing and surfing -- be added to the programme for the 2020 Summer Games, it was announced on Monday.
LONDON (Reuters) - Like a wave originating thousands of kilometres out in the deep ocean before crashing onto a distant beach, so surfing's inclusion in the Olympic family has had a long fetch.
Malaysia and Thailand also reported record numbers of new cases on Saturday - 17,786 and 18,912 infections respectively.
TOKYO (Reuters) - Mongolian Hakuho led the best sumo wrestlers in welcoming in the New Year with a traditional foot-stomping performance at Tokyo's famed Meiji Shrine on Friday.
PYEONGCHANG, Reuters (Reuters) - Record revenues from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics sponsorship programme have edged closer to $3 billion (£2.1 billion) with more partners expected, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Wednesday.
Following a heavy training and racing period on both the road and track in early 2021, Australia’s 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games men's track endurance Squad will take in regional Australia in a racing roadshow across April and May.
Australia is still planning to send athletes to Tokyo 2020, despite the Federal Government telling Australians not to leave the country.
Pneumatic muscle suits and a walking stick that behaves like a guide dog competed for attention with an industrial robot that can paint fingernails at a huge expo in Tokyo Thursday.
After a refugee team featured for a second time at an Olympic Games in Tokyo, six athletes will also compete this month as part of the Refugee Paralympic Team.
The Australian men's and women's 3x3 basketball teams will take encouraging form to next week's World Cup, a key Olympic qualifying tournament.
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