Mexican baseball authorities announced Monday that two players had tested positive for Covid-19 just days before they were due to leave for the Tokyo Olympics. ALSO READ: Para-athlete Olivia Breen left fuming as official says her shorts are 'too revealing' "At the beginning of the gathering of the Mexican baseball selection two asymptomatic positive cases of Covid-19 were detected," the Mexican Baseball Federation and the Mexican Baseball League said, adding that the players were Hector Velazquez and Sammy Solis.

Tokyo 2020: Two Mexico Olympic baseball players test positive for Covid-19

Organisers of the Tokyo Olympics are promoting the idea of maintaining social distancing due to the surge in COVID-19 cases in Japan. They have decided to hand out condoms to athletes only once they leave the village and they have come up with an 'anti-sex' bed that will discourage athletes to get intimate.

'Anti-sex' beds in Tokyo Olympics? American sprinter shares images

According to reports, South Korea will start its exclusive food service for athletes and delegates during the Olympics near the games village and will reportedly screen food content for possible nuclear radiation citing safety concern over the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

Fukushima effect: Now, South Korea to check food at Olympics for nuclear radiation

A replacement in the US women's gymnastics team has tested positive for dreaded coronavirus. The news comes just days before the highly-anticipated Tokyo Olympics will kick off.

Tokyo Olympics: Replacement in US women's gymnastics team tests positive for COVID-19

Excited and cautious in equal measure, the first batch of athletes from India's Olympic contingent arrived in Tokyo on Sunday, clearing the exhaustive COVID-19 related protocols at the airport before entering the Games village on a day when two sportspersons staying there tested positive for the dreaded virus.

Olympics: First batch of Indian contingent arrives in Tokyo

New Zealand's team said on Saturday they were helping weightlifter Laurel Hubbard cope with the "huge focus" as she prepares to become the first transgender Olympic athlete.

New Zealand say 'huge focus' on trans trailblazer at Tokyo Olympics

MOCCO, Olympic puppet, arrives in Tokyo from Tohoku

A little after the International Olympic Committee reported the first coronavirus case in the Olympic village, the Chief, Thomas Bach, has urged Japan locals to support the games.

Tokyo Olympic 'most restrictive sports event': IOC chief urges Japanese locals' support

Coronavirus outbreaks involving Olympic teams in Japan have turned small-town hotels into facilities on the frontline of the pandemic battle, charged with implementing complex health measures to protect elite athletes and a fearful public.

Tokyo 2020: Virus outbreaks at Olympic hotels sow frustration, stoke infection fears

In a 'very significant change', athletes will now put their medals around their own necks to protect against spreading the coronavirus in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics.

Social distancing: Tokyo Olympics winners will have to put their medals on necks by themselves

Tennis star Roger Federer announced that he will not be participating in the Tokyo Olympics after suffering a knee injury during the grasscourt season. The former world no-1 was knocked by Poland's Hubert Hurkacz in the quarter-finals of Wimbledon in straight sets.

Tennis: Roger Federer withdraws from Tokyo Olympics

Japan's government on Thursday imposed a state of emergency in capital Tokyo throughout the duration of the Olympics amid surging coronavirus cases in the country.

Japan declares virus emergency in Tokyo ahead of Olympics 2020

Celebrated boxer MC Mary Kom and men's hockey team skipper Manpreet Singh will be flag bearers at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics. One of India's biggest hopes, wrestler Bajrang Punia will be flag bearer at the closing ceremony on August 8.

Mary Kom, Manpreet Singh to be India's flag bearers at Tokyo 2020 opening ceremony

The World Health Organization, which is advising the International Olympic Committee in the run-up to the Tokyo Games opening later this month, is urging caution so as to stem the spread of the coronavirus, a senior WHO official said on Friday.

'We urge caution,' WHO says on Tokyo Olympics

Japan is considering an extension of its coronavirus prevention measures in Tokyo and other areas by two weeks to a month, Japanese media said, with less than a month to go until the Tokyo Summer Olympics are set to open.

Tokyo may extend coronavirus curbs into Olympics period: Media

Kim Kardashian will now be collaborating with the USA team for the Tokyo Olympics. Kim’s shapewear and loungewear company Skims is partnering with the US team to design the official undergarments, pyjamas and loungewear for the athletes.

Kim Kardashian's brand Skims to partner with the US team for Tokyo Olympics

Tokyo 2020 organisers threw open the doors of the Olympic Village to the media on Sunday, showcasing virus upgrades including a fever clinic just over a month before the Games begin.

Fever clinic and Covid kits: Tokyo 2020 shows off Olympic Village

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike on Saturday cancelled all public viewing sites for the summer Olympics, diverting some venues to be COVID-19 vaccination centres instead.

Tokyo cancels public viewing sites, some to be vaccination centers

Japan is set to outline how it will lift its "state of emergency" curbs while keeping some restrictions, including spectator numbers at big events, amid fears that next month's Olympics could trigger a new wave of coronavirus infections.

Tokyo 2020: Japan to ease state of emergency, focus on Games spectators

Senior Olympic official John Coates says a decision on whether spectators will be allowed at the Tokyo Games will be made at the end of June as part of a more general ruling for all sports events in Japan, the Australian said on Friday.

Tokyo 2020: Crowds decision to be part of wider ruling on sport: Coates

Two days after Sifan Hassan smashed the world 10,000 metres record in Hengelo, Ethiopia’s Letesenbet Gidey – competing on the same track in the Dutch city – improved the mark by another five seconds to win the Ethiopian Trials on Tuesday.

Tokyo 2020: Gidey breaks two-day-old 10,000m world record

Britain will have a team of mental health specialists at the Tokyo Olympics to offer support to their athletes and staff, The Times newspaper reported on Friday.

Olympics: Britain to have mental health support for athletes, staff at Tokyo

Taiwan has pulled out of the final baseball qualifying tournament for the Tokyo Olympics after failing to secure a training facility and because of concerns over the health of the players in Mexico.

Olympics: Taiwan pulls out of baseball qualifying tournament over COVID-19 fears

Organisers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on Wednesday announced tougher coronavirus countermeasures such as daily testing of athletes to try to reassure an increasingly sceptical Japanese public already facing a resurgence of COVID-19.

Tokyo 2020 organisers announce tougher COVID countermeasures

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