Tokyo, July 22 (IANS): The director of the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic Games, Kentaro Kobayashi has been fired after his decades-old comedy skit...

Yokohama, July 22 (IANS): Alexis Vega scored the first of four second-half goals for Mexico in a 4-1 victory over France on Thursday in the...

Yokohama, July 22 (IANS): An empty stadium is not how Japanese athletes imagined competing for the first time in Tokyo at their home Olympics. At...

Tokyo, July 21 (AP/PTI): Mana Iwabuchi scored in the 84th minute and Japan pulled into a 1-1 draw with Canada to open the Olympic women’s...

London, June 17 (IANS): Rafael Nadal, winner of 20 Grand Slam title, will skip this year’s Wimbledon and will also not feature in the Tokyo...

Tokyo, May 24 (AP/PTI): Japan mobilised military doctors and nurses to give shots to elderly people in Tokyo and Osaka on Monday as the government...

Tokyo, July 9 (IANS): A Tokyo Olympics spokesperson said on Thursday that reports of organisers securing all venues for the postponed Games are “optimistic” but...

Lausanne, May 15 (IANS): The International Olympic Committee has announced that its next session — initially scheduled for Tokyo before the opening of the 2020...

Tokyo, April 1 (IANS): The Olympic flame was handed over to officials in the Fukushima prefecture in a low-key ceremony on Wednesday. The flame will be...