World Oct 29 Shohei Ohtani’s rural hometown shows intense pride for one of the game’s greatest Oshu City is most famous for Ohtani himself, and the intense pride local people show for one of the game’s greatest players.
World Jun 18 Olympic games are a billion-dollar business and proxy for geopolitical influence The Olympics are a giant business generating billions and a proxy for geopolitical influence.
World Mar 02 International body says Russian Paralympians can only compete as ‘neutral’ athletes The International Paralympic Committee says Russians and Belarusians at the Winter Paralympics in Beijing will compete as “neutral athletes” because of their countries’ roles in the war against Ukraine.
World Feb 17 Beijing Olympics committee declines answering questions on Taiwan and Uighur treatment For two weeks and more at daily news briefings, China’s stance on questions about its politics and policies has been straightforward: It’s the Olympics, and we’re not talking about these things.
World Dec 22 Organizers say Tokyo Olympics cost $1.8 billion less than expected The estimated official costs were $13.6 billion, according to organizers. Part of the reduction was because there were no fans — forced by the pandemic — and therefore vastly reduced labor costs.
World Nov 22 IOC call with Chinese tennis star Peng raises more questions A video call between Olympic officials and Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai was meant to reassure the world that she was safe — but instead has raised more questions.
World Nov 20 Tennis players take on Communist Party: Where is Peng Shuai? Some of the world’s most famous tennis players, distraught by the disappearance of colleague Peng Shuai, are challenging China’s Communist Party to get answers.
World Aug 28 2 Afghan athletes arrive in Tokyo to compete in Paralympics The two-person team of Zakia Khudadadi and Hossain Rasouli had flown from Kabul to Paris before continuing on to Tokyo, the IPC said.
World Jul 08 Fans are banned from the Tokyo Olympics The ban came hours after a state of emergency in the capital starting from Monday, declared by Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to contain rising COVID-19 cases.
World Jul 02 Some fans. No fans. Tokyo undecided as games open in 3 weeks The president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee has repeated that banning fans from venues is still an option with the games opening in just three weeks.