Winter Olympic Games, the medals
Digest more
The 2021 Olympic Games being held in Tokyo will feature more different sporting competitions than any other Olympics, with 34 different sports and a total of 339 gold medals being awarded. For those wondering, swimming will feature the most gold medal ...
A new state of emergency was announced for Tokyo on Thursday. In the latest blow to a delayed and beleaguered Tokyo Olympics, officials on Thursday said a state of emergency had been declared due to COVID-19 and spectators would not be allowed in venues to ...
The Olympics are due to wrap up tomorrow in Tokyo. And now people, especially in Japan, have started to try and tally up the political, economic and public health costs of the only Olympics ever held during a pandemic. NPR's Anthony Kuhn has this report.
GENEVA (AP) — Just about everybody, especially the organizers in Japan and Switzerland, want the Tokyo Olympics to open on July 23 — as scheduled. And yet, 2021 is starting on a similar path that led to the decision last March to postpone the games for ...
The Tokyo Olympics have officially kicked off with the opening ceremony on Friday evening. The games were delayed a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which will continue to play a part in this year's event with Tokyo currently under a state of emergency ...
TOKYO, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Japan's Olympic Minister insists the rearranged Tokyo2020 Games must be held "at any cost", while the International Olympic Committee says only that it is committed to delivering a safe event. But with less than a year before the ...
The 2020 Olympic Games, consistently one of the most-watched television events on the planet, are well under way. A global audience of more than 3.5billion people tuned in to both the 2012 Games in London and the 2016 Games in Rio. This year, with ...