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Diving and volleyball Olympic test events with international athletes took place in Japan over the weekend, as preparations for the Tokyo Games edge forwards under a cloud of uncertainty
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Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games president Seiko Hashimoto has said that organisers are preparing for the scenario that no spectators will be present at the Olympic and Paralympic Games later this year
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Athletes participating in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be tested daily for Covid-19 as part of a series of new measures aimed at containing the spread of the virus at the Games
Athletics
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Consumer goods giant Unilever has launched a campaign to support Olympic champion middle-distance runner Caster Semenya in her latest effort to overturn a controversial ruling by World Athletics.
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Australia’s federal government has provided guarantees that it will cover half of the costs if Brisbane is awarded the 2032 summer Olympic Games, further boosting the city’s status as the International Oly…
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Tokyo Olympics organising committee chief Seiko Hashimoto said cancelling the upcoming Games is not being considered, as Japanese cities entered new, two-week 'states of emergency' to control Covid-19…
Swimming
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Fina, the international aquatics federation, has announced that an Olympic artistic swimming qualifying event that was set to take place in Tokyo will now be held in Barcelona in June
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International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach has said he is confident a large number of athletes and delegates at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will have received their Covid-19 vaccine in time for…
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Olympic TOP sponsor Airbnb has launched a plan to provide elite athletes, Olympians and Paralympians with Airbnb accommodation credits
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A decision on whether domestic spectators will be allowed to attend the Tokyo 2020 Olympics may not be made until June, having originally been set for this month
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The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics will be a testing ground for the next stage of China's digital currency rollout, after it revealed plans to give foreign visitors and athletes a chance to use its digital…
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US President Joe Biden has expressed his support for Japan’s effort to hold a “safe and secure” Olympic and Paralympic Games this summer, amid growing pandemic concerns in the country. I
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Olympic TOP sponsor Atos has signed with the Paris 2024 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games as the exclusive Official Cybersecurity Services and Operations Supporter for the event
Finance & Law

The Australian Olympic Committee recorded a deficit of A$900,000 ($697,000/ €581,000) after the Covid-19 pandemic forced the delay of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
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Calling off the Tokyo 2020 Olympics is still an option if they are “no longer possible”, a senior politician from Japan’s ruling party has said. T
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The tide of negative Japanese public opinion over the staging of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games during the Covid-19 pandemic will turn, International Olympic Committee vice-president John Coates has said
Sponsorship & Marketing

The Paris 2024 organising committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games has signed technology company Cisco as a second-tier domestic sponsor to provide secure connectivity infrastructure
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The British Olympic Association (BOA) has signed up frozen food manufacturer Birds Eye to the sponsorship portfolio of Team GB as an Official Supporter