Tag: Tokyo
3x Olympic beach champ Walsh Jennings foiled in Tokyo bid
Three-time beach volleyball gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings was defeated in her bid to reach a sixth Olympics when she and partner Brooke Sweat...
Biles and who? Olympic picture cloudy at US Championships
FORT WORTH, Texas — World and Olympic champion Simone Biles can start getting ready for Tokyo. Six-time national champion Sam Mikulak, too.
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Japan’s vaccine push ahead of Olympics looks to be too late
TOKYO — It may be too little, too late.
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Japanese Olympic athletes get shots as general public lags
TOKYO — Japan started vaccinating Tokyo Games-bound athletes on Tuesday, the Japanese Olympic Committee said.
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US men miss qualifying for Olympic 3-on-3 basketball debut
GRAZ, Austria — When the 3-on-3 street version of basketball makes its Olympic debut in Tokyo, the United States men’s team won’t be there.
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Australian softball squad flies to Japan for Olympic camp
SYDNEY — Australia’s Olympic softball squad left Sydney bound for Japan on Monday and will be among the earliest arrivals for the Tokyo Games.
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Japan to extend virus emergency with safe Olympics at stake
TOKYO — Japan is set to extend a coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo and other areas with infections not yet slowing to levels...
Tokyo Olympics looking more and more like fan-free event
TOKYO — The president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee hinted Friday that even local fans may be barred from venues when the games...
South Africa shows the complexities of IOC’s vaccine offer
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — South Africa has decided to vaccinate its Olympic athletes against COVID-19 with surplus local doses which were about to...
Shorthanded Myanmar in Japan for World Cup soccer qualifiers
Missing up to 10 players who are boycotting the World Cup qualifier against Japan on Friday has ratcheted up the degree of difficulty for...