Tag: Olympics

1 Year: Tokyo Olympics unveil gold, silver, bronze medals

TOKYO: With exactly one year to go until the Tokyo Olympics open, organizers marked the day by unveiling the gold, silver, and bronze medals...

Australia PM backs Queensland 2032 Olympic bid

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has thrown his support behind a potential bid by Queensland state to host the 2032 Olympics, saying the government...

Paris aims to beat Olympic traffic with flying taxis

Paris aims to give visitors to the 2024 Paris Olympics a flying start by offering airborne taxis to tournament sites straight from the airport. Arrivals...

Tokyo 2020 launches ticketing process

TOKYO: Tokyo 2020 organisers on Thursday launched a portal detailing prices and timings for Olympic events, as they prepare to throw open ticket applications...

Tokyo 2020 Olympics budget set to around $12bn

TOKYO: Tokyo 2020 organisers unveiled the latest version of the Games budget on Friday, keeping their estimate unchanged as they face intense pressure to...

With Olympic boxing on the ropes, Japan fighters fear dashed dreams

HACHIOJI: Yudai Shigeoka has long dreamed of becoming a world boxing champion, but a decision that could see the sport excluded from the 2020...

22 killed in China Olympic city blast

BEIJING: An explosion and fire near a chemical factory left at least 22 people dead and 22 others injured on Wednesday in a northern...

Sheikh Ahmad case casts cloud over Tokyo meetings

TOKYO: Amid concerns about the 2026 Winter Games bidding process, a legal case hanging over a powerful International Olympic Committee member and lingering questions...

Powerful sheikh steps aside from IOC after forgery charge

BERN: sport powerbroker Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah said he was "temporarily" stepping aside from his International Olympic Committee duties on Monday after the Kuwaiti was...

British-Pakistani sports girl Iris aiming for gold at British Taekwondo Championship

Twelve year old, British-Pakistani Iris Iftikhar is eyeing Gold in the upcoming British National Taekwondo Championship that will be held on October 27 and...

South Korea to propose joint Olympics with North at summit: minister

SEOUL: South Korea plans to propose a joint hosting of the 2032 Summer Olympics with North Korea at next week's summit in Pyongyang, sports minister...

Pregnancy is not something that holds you back in any way,...

Tennis champion Sania Mirza believes that pregnancy won't end her career and she aims to resume her game after the birth of her baby. Mirza...

No violent eSports at Olympics, says IOC chief

BERLIN: IOC chief Thomas Bach insisted Thursday that violent computer games would never be part of the Olympics as he faces growing pressure to...

Kim says N. Korea to take part in 2020, 2022 Olympics:...

PYONGYANG: Kim Jong Un is committed to sending North Korean teams to the Tokyo and Beijing Olympics, IOC Chief Thomas Bach said Saturday after...

Police Olympics start in capital

  ISLAMABAD: The federal police Olympics were inaugurated Monday at a ceremony held at Police Line Headquarters. Deputy Inspector General Headquarters NasiPoliceood Satti inaugurated the police...

Russian athlete subject of doping test, leaves for Seoul

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea: Krushelnitsky, who won bronze with his wife in the mixed doubles at the Winter Olympics on Tuesday, is suspected of testing...

Mobile Muslim prayer room plan scuppered in Olympics as Islamophobes react

GANGNEUNG: The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) has cancelled plans for a mobile prayer room in Gangneung for tourists at the 2018 Winter Olympics after strong opposition...