Japan must tackle sports abuse before Olympics: activists
UTV | COLOMBO – Japan must act to tackle “rampant” abuse of youth athletes by sports coaches before it hosts the coronavirus-delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics...
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Tokyo governor says Olympics to go ahead next year
UTV | OLYMPIC – Tokyo’s governor, Yuriko Koike, on Monday said that the Olympics must happen next year as a “symbol of world unity” in...
Tokyo 2020 Olympics organisers test snow machine to beat the heat
(UTV|COLOMBO) – It was 25C (77F) in Tokyo, but snow fell in well-ordered flurries at a canoeing event in the Japanese capital. It wasn’t freak weather,...
Japan’s Yoshitaka Sakurada resigns as Olympics minister
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Japan’s Olympics Minister Yoshitaka Sakurada has resigned over comments that offended people affected by a huge tsunami and earthquake in 2011. At a fund-raising...