The Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Vietnam is now rescheduled to May 2022 after being postponed earlier this year due to a surge in the country’s COVID-19 cases. The regional sporting event was first scheduled for Nov. 21 to Dec. …
Ethiopia’s Letesenbet Gidey broke the women’s half marathon world record in Valencia on Oct. 24. Gidey finished the Valencia Half Marathon Trinidad Alfonso with a time of 1:02:52, World Athletics announced. Kenyan Ruth Chepngetich previously set the world record of …
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on Sept. 29 new restrictions for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in February, including a ban on foreign spectators and mandatory quarantine for unvaccinated participants. Under the new guidelines, all athletes and participants who …
The Tokyo 2020 Paralympics will be held without any spectators due to an alarming rise of COVID-19 cases in the host city, as well as several other parts of Japan, the organizers announced on Aug. 16. Following a remote meeting, …
Afghanistan’s two Paralympic athletes will not participate in the Tokyo Games next week due to the Taliban takeover, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) announced on Aug. 16. Taekwondo athlete Zakia Khudadadi and track athlete Hossain Rasouli were set to arrive …
US First Lady Jill Biden will head to the Tokyo Olympic Games to lead the U.S. delegation on July 23, 2021. “First Lady Jill Biden will travel to the Opening Ceremony of the 2021 Olympic Summer Games,” announced the White …
Japanese police said four electricians, two from the United States and two from Britain, who came to work in Japan as support staff in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics who have been arrested for allegedly using cocaine. According to Tokyo2020, the …
The Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee is expected to refund 3.63 Million Tickets due to seating caps implemented to prevent the COVID-19 outbreak in Tokyo from worsening. Because of the seating caps, games would be reduced to 10,000 persons per stadium, …
This year’s Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Vietnam have been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, members of the organizing council announced on July 8. “The SEA Games Federation which met today agreed to postpone the organization of the 31st …
Japanese Olympic sponsors are canceling or reducing booths and promotional activities related to the Tokyo 2020 Games, citing organizers’ “very last-minute” choices and a delay on whether spectators would be allowed. More than a dozen corporations, including Canon, Tokio Marine …