Tokyo 2020 Olympics budget set to around $12bn
TOKYO: Tokyo 2020 organisers unveiled the latest version of the Games budget on Friday, keeping their estimate unchanged as they face intense pressure to keep costs down. The latest budget for the…
With Olympic boxing on the ropes, Japan fighters fear dashed dreams
HACHIOJI: Yudai Shigeoka has long dreamed of becoming a world boxing champion, but a decision that could see the sport excluded from the 2020 Olympics might deal his hopes a knockout blow.…
22 killed in China Olympic city blast
BEIJING: An explosion and fire near a chemical factory left at least 22 people dead and 22 others injured on Wednesday in a northern China city that will host the 2022 Winter…
Sheikh Ahmad case casts cloud over Tokyo meetings
TOKYO: Amid concerns about the 2026 Winter Games bidding process, a legal case hanging over a powerful International Olympic Committee member and lingering questions over boxing’s future at the Games, Olympic delegates…
Powerful sheikh steps aside from IOC after forgery charge
BERN: sport powerbroker Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah said he was “temporarily” stepping aside from his International Olympic Committee duties on Monday after the Kuwaiti was charged with forgery in Switzerland. The Kuwaiti, one…
British-Pakistani sports girl Iris aiming for gold at British Taekwondo Championship
Twelve year old, British-Pakistani Iris Iftikhar is eyeing Gold in the upcoming British National Taekwondo Championship that will be held on October 27 and 28. She has already bagged a silver and…
South Korea to propose joint Olympics with North at summit: minister
SEOUL: South Korea plans to propose a joint hosting of the 2032 Summer Olympics with North Korea at next week’s summit in Pyongyang, sports minister Do Jong-hwan said Wednesday, according to a Yonhap…
Pregnancy is not something that holds you back in any way, it’s very empowering: Sania Mirza
Tennis champion Sania Mirza believes that pregnancy won’t end her career and she aims to resume her game after the birth of her baby. Mirza says that she wants to set an…
No violent eSports at Olympics, says IOC chief
BERLIN: IOC chief Thomas Bach insisted Thursday that violent computer games would never be part of the Olympics as he faces growing pressure to allow eSports into the Olympic movement. Bach said…
Kim says N. Korea to take part in 2020, 2022 Olympics: IOC chief
PYONGYANG: Kim Jong Un is committed to sending North Korean teams to the Tokyo and Beijing Olympics, IOC Chief Thomas Bach said Saturday after a rare meeting with the leader of the…
Police Olympics start in capital
ISLAMABAD: The federal police Olympics were inaugurated Monday at a ceremony held at Police Line Headquarters. Deputy Inspector General Headquarters NasiPoliceood Satti inaugurated the police Olympics. Assistant Inspector General (AIG) Farrukh Rashid,…
Russian athlete subject of doping test, leaves for Seoul
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea: Krushelnitsky, who won bronze with his wife in the mixed doubles at the Winter Olympics on Tuesday, is suspected of testing positive for meldonium. Traces of meldonium, a heart…
Mobile Muslim prayer room plan scuppered in Olympics as Islamophobes react
GANGNEUNG: The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) has cancelled plans for a mobile prayer room in Gangneung for tourists at the 2018 Winter Olympics after strong opposition by anti-Muslim campaigners, the city tourism department’s chief…
Pence avoids Olympics encounter with North Korean official
SEOUL/PYEONGCHANG: US Vice President Mike Pence made only a brief appearance at a reception marking the start of the Winter Olympics on Friday, avoiding a potentially awkward encounter with the ceremonial leader…
Death, denial in top flight Olympics downhill racing
SEOUL: Elite downhill racers will strap on their skis at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics aware of the risks but sometimes in denial about the real dangers despite two deaths in the run-up…
N Korean Olympics ferry tacks past sanctions with karaoke on board
SEOUL: A North Korean ferry is set to arrive in South Korea on Tuesday carrying a 140-strong orchestra to perform at the Winter Olympics this week, taking advantage of a rare sanctions…
In first, Olympics chiefs invite Vatican ‘God Squad’ to IOC session
VATICAN CITY: Some go for gold. Others go for God. For the first time, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has invited the Vatican to send a delegation to its general meeting next…