Thomas Bach and the IOC should not be criticised for procrastination over the Tokyo Olympics as re-organising them is "mind-bogglingly complex", the movement's former head of marketing Michael Payne told AFP.

Re-organising Olympics a Herculean task: former IOC marketing head

Japan has spent over 12.5 billion dollars on the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The International Olympic Committee draws a fair amount of its finances from broadcast rights, and of course, they have a conflict of interest when it comes to deciding if the games go ahead or not, but is anyone asking the real stakeholders, the athletes over what they think should happen.

EXCLUSIVE: India's leading sporting voices prefer Olympic postponement

A plan to use snow collected in Japan's mountains to cool 2020 Olympics venues this summer is being stymied by snowfalls on track to be the lowest on record, according to officials involved.

The Olympics are coming to Japan; So too is climate change

The Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on February 26 called for sports and cultural events to be scrapped or curtailed for two weeks because of coronavirus. The 2020 Tokyo Olympics could also be cancelled.

WION Wallet: Japanese economy contracts 6.3% in Oct-Dec quarter

When the world's top athletes meet in Tokyo for the Olympics later this year, they'll be spending some of their recreational time in a communal space built entirely out of reusable timber. Organisers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on Wednesday (January 29) unveiled the village plaza, which was made from 40,000 pieces of timber, donated by 63 Japanese municipal governments.

Tokyo 2020 athletes plaza made from sustainable timber

World and former Olympic champion high hurdler Sally Pearson, the most successful Australian track athlete of her generation, gave up on her dream of a swansong at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and retired on Tuesday.

Injury forces former Olympic champion Sally Pearson to retire

Ace Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar's hopes of qualifying for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics suffered a jolt after aggravating her knee injury during the vault final at the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup here Saturday, forcing her to withdraw from next week's Doha World Cup.

Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar aggravates knee injury during vault final, to skip Doha World Cup

India's Neeraj Chopra is reluctant to discuss specific targets for the next couple of years but his coach Uwe Hohn has laid out a comprehensive roadmap for the former javelin world junior champion to win a medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Coach Uwe Hohn lays out pathway for Neeraj Chopra's Tokyo success

Pakistan's shooters were Monday granted visas to participate in the New Delhi World Cup, a top Indian shooting official told PTI, ending speculation about their presence in the event in the wake of the Pulwama terrorist attack.

Pakistan shooters granted visas for New Delhi World Cup

Travellers may also be approached by a small white humanoid robot, Cinnamon, asking if they need its help

Tokyo airport to be 'scattered' with robots for 2020 Olympics