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 …
The European Handball Federation (EHF) fined the Norwegian women’s beach handball team last July 19 for refusing to play in the required bikini bottoms at a competition over the weekend. The Disciplinary Commission of EHF imposed a fine of €150 …
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 …
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 …
Several spectators were injured after a protestor parachuted into the stadium before France played Germany at the European Championship. Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) said that the victimes were immediately treated in the hospital. The incident happened when the …
Organizers of the Tokyo Olympics are considering holding the Olympics without any spectators despite strong public opinion against holding the games at all due to Japan’s recent wave of infections and how the government is handling the pandemic situation. “We …
Overseas fans who bought tickets from the authorized resellers outside Japan for the Tokyo Olympics will only have partial ticket refunds and may have to wait long for the refunds. The issue of refunds came after the local organizers of …