Senior Olympic official John Coates has reiterated that Tokyo must stage a simplified Summer Games next year with the health and safety of athletes the most important consideration in the planning.

Tokyo 2020 must be simple and safe, says IOC's Coates

Tokyo observed the original date a year ago. That was before the COVID-19 pandemic postponed the Olympics and pushed back the opening to July 23, 2021

Postponed Tokyo Olympics due to pandemic hit 1-year-to-go mark

Tokyo 2020 organisers will this autumn begin the task of devising safety protocols to allow the Games to take place if the coronavirus pandemic is still raging. But Tokyo 2020, which had been due to start on Friday until it was postponed for a year, will not be the first Olympic Games to face a health crisis, although the scale of the challenge posed by COVID-19 is unprecedented.

When the Games went viral: historic Olympic health scares

The development of a coronavirus vaccine or treatment will be key to allowing the postponed Tokyo 2020 games to open in a year's time, organising committee president Yoshiro Mori said Wednesday.

Virus vaccine key for Olympics go-ahead in 2021: Tokyo chief

Tokyo 2020 organisers said Friday they have secured all the venues needed to hold the Olympics next summer, clearing a major hurdle to hosting the event postponed over the coronavirus.

Venues secured for delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics: organisers

Banning fans from the Tokyo Olympics is "clearly something we don't want", International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach said, adding that "multiple scenarios" were under consideration for the rescheduled Games.

Olympics boss reluctant to hold Tokyo Games behind closed doors

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, often floated as a future Japanese premier, said on Monday the Olympics must go ahead next year as a symbol of world unity in overcoming the novel coronavirus, even as her city grapples with stubborn spikes in cases.

Olympics must go ahead next year as symbol of overcoming COVID-19, Tokyo governor says

With just over a year to go until the Tokyo Olympics, medical experts say the event could pose a grave health risk to the Japanese public, predicting that few people will have coronavirus antibodies and that vaccines will not be widely available.

With one year to go, experts warn of high-risk Tokyo Olympics amid pandemic

Tokyo Olympics organisers are hoping to use all the venues as originally planned at the 2021 rearranged Games. Locking on the venues was a top priority for the organisers of the Tokyo Olympics as the Games were pushed back to 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Tokyo 2020 looks to secure all venues for the postponed Games: Reports

The race for the governor of Tokyo has picked up the pace with the Olympics coming into the debate. The cost to postpone the Games is in billions and the debate garnered public attention after Taro Yamamoto, a popular actor turned politician, after the opening of the election campaign, said that the Tokyo Olympics should be cancelled as there is still major uncertainty over the vaccine while suggesting the funds saved from the postponement should be redirected to help people struggling from economic disaster.

'We don't have vaccine yet' - Calls to cancel Olympics in race for Tokyo governor

Former Indian hockey coach said that 'Olympics should be delayed'

Michael Nobbs, former Indian hockey Coach

India's sports stars have had to adapt to a rather secluded life during the current lockdown. most have been helping out at home and trying innovative ways to stay fit. some are even pondering abound a possible career switch....badminton ace Ashwini Ponnappa is trying out for a possible role in the wion sports team. watch her turn the tables and interview sports editor Digvijay Singh Deo

A role reversal as badminton ace Ashwini Ponnappa interviews WION sports editor Digvijay Singh Deo

Five-time world champion and India's first-ever grandmaster, Viswanathan Anand, in an exclusive interview with WION's Sports Editor, Digvijay Singh Deo, opened up about life in and after lockdown, how he is spending his time in Germany, postponement of Tokyo Olympics, online chess with his son and much more…

Watch: WION Sports Broadband Edition with Viswanathan Anand

Former Commonwealth Games gold medalist and current shooting high-performance manager, Ronak Pandit, in an exclusive interview with WION's Sports Editor, Digvijay Singh Deo, spoke about life in lockdown, SAI's SOPs, how Indian shooters can regain momentum, Tokyo Olympics and roadmap for 2024 Olympics, how shooting can come back to life ahead of 2021 Games and much more.

Ronak Pandit: Tokyo postponement should not stop planning for 2024 Olympics

Former coach of the Indian hockey team, who was also a member of Australia hockey team at the 1984 Olympics, Michael Nobbs, in an exclusive conversation with WION's Sports Editor Digvijay Singh Deo, spoke about a lot of things ranging from life in lockdown in Sydney, how Australia can resume sports, matches behind closed doors, Tokyo Olympics, Indian hockey team and its medal prospects at the Games, and much more.

Michael Nobbs: Effective social distancing has helped Australia limit the fatalities

The postponement of the Tokyo Olympics came as a blow to fans of Indian hockey with the men's team starting the year brightly in the FIH pro league. The wait for an Olympic medal in hockey has been going on since 1980 but goalkeeper and former captain PR Sreejesh believes the initial disappointment has now been replaced by the belief that a further 15 months can help the team emerge as genuine medal contenders at the Tokyo games.

WION exclusive conversation with PR Sreejesh | Indian Hockey Goalkeeper | Lockdown

Tokyo 2020 officials are looking at ways to scale back next year's postponed Olympics, the city's governor said Thursday, amid reports the opening ceremony could be streamlined and spectator numbers cut.

Tokyo weighs scaled-back Olympics, says governor

Olympic chief Thomas Bach on Wednesday held a series of talks with International Olympic Committee members on the potential consequences of the coronavirus pandemic that has seen the Tokyo Games pushed back a year to 2021, sources said.

Olympic chief Bach consults with IOC members over virus fallout

Indian badminton ace Ashwini Ponnappa believes that the Olympic qualification system in her sport should not be tampered with.

WION Exclusive with Ashwini Ponnappa Indian Badminton Player

The Olympic flame, which was lit in Greece and was on public display in the northeastern Fukushima region in Japan since last week, will be removed from display in Japan, officials confirmed on Thursday with the host of the Games bracing for a state of emergency due to COVID-19.

Japan ends Olympic flame display due to COVID-19 threat

India’s only individual Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra believes athletes the world over will have to adapt to changing circumstances to stay in shape for the 2021 Olympics...the international Olympic committee or IOC has pushed the start of the Tokyo games by exactly a year to July 23, 2021 which ends the prevailing uncertainty in the minds of Olympic hopefuls...Bindra was speaking exclusively to WION sports editor Digvijay Singh deo on our special show, WION sports broadband edition.

OLYMPIC CHAMP BINDRA CALLS ON ATHLETES WORLDWIDE TO ADAPT TO CHANGED CIRCUMSTANCES

Last week the International Olympic Committee, IOC, bowed to pressure from athletes and sports bodies and postponed the 2020 Tokyo Olympics to 2021, the first time the games have been pushed back since the Second World War. That decision though has not ended the period of uncertainty for sportspersons who had qualified for the games and were gearing up for a crack at Olympic glory. WION sports editor Digvijay Singh Deo spoke to ace Indian shooter Apurvi Chandela on the ramifications of that decision and her road ahead.

Shooter Apurvi Chandela speaks to WION on the decision to postpone the 2020 Olympic Games

Uncertainty looms over the global sporting calendar. How will multiple sporting events be accommodated in 2021? WION's Executive Editor Palki Sharma Upadhyay gets you a report.

Gravitas: Coronavirus: No clarity yet on 2021 Olympics

In 2016, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe broke with his staid public image to pop up in Rio dressed as Super Mario for the official handover of the Olympic Games to Tokyo.

For Japan's Abe, Olympic delay may be no sweat

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