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Tue, June 15, 2021 | 19:23

Ok Rae-yoon to face off against former UFC champion Alvarez

Korean mixed martial artist Ok Rae-yoon will face off against former UFC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez, April 28. The match in Singapore is a co-main event of the 165th ONE Championship event, which will be broadcast live on TNT across the United States. The network has over 89.5 million subscribers, according to ONE.

Ko Dong-hwan | 2021-04-27 18:02

Tokyo Olympics: More tests, no quarantine in updated rules

Tokyo Olympic organizers and the IOC are to unveil new plans this week to explain how 15,400 Olympic and Paralympic athletes can compete in Japan when the games open in three months in the midst of a pandemic. The rollout of the second edition of the so-called ``Playbooks'' - an IOC guidebook explaining how the games can be pulled off - comes as Tokyo, Osaka and several other...

2021-04-26 14:07

Japan set to issue virus emergency in Tokyo ahead of Olympics

Japan is set to issue a third state of emergency for Tokyo and three western urban prefectures amid skepticism it will be enough to curb a rapid coronavirus resurgence ahead of the Olympics in July. Health and economy ministers in charge of the virus measures were meeting with experts on a government taskforce to obtain their preliminary endorsement for the plan.

2021-04-23 13:28

Seven COVID-19 infections reported from Korean national wrestling team

Seven COVID-19 infections have been reported from the South Korean men's national wrestling team after a competition overseas, a sports official said Wednesday.

2021-04-21 17:08

Olympic President Bach to visit Japan in May, meet PM Suga: media

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach will visit Japan in May, Kyodo News Agency said Saturday, as the nation struggles to contain a surge in COVID-19 cases before the start of the Games.

2021-04-17 15:28

100-meter champ Coleman to miss Olympics despite reduced ban

The fastest man in the world, American sprinter Christian Coleman, will miss the Tokyo Olympics after failing Friday in an appeal to overturn his ban for missed doping tests. The Court of Arbitration for Sport did cut the 100-meter world champion's ban from two years to 18 months, but the ban won't expire until November, three months after the Olympics.

2021-04-16 18:24

Tokyo Olympics might yet be canceled due to COVID-19: Japanese official

A senior Japanese ruling party official said cancelling this year's Olympics in Tokyo remains an option if the coronavirus crisis becomes too dire, as a fourth wave of infections surges less than 100 days from the planned start of the Games.

2021-04-15 14:59

Korea projected to win 9 gold medals, rank 10th at Tokyo Olympics

South Korea is projected to capture nine gold medals to finish 10th overall at the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, a U.S. sports data analysis firm said Thursday. The latest version of the Virtual Medal Table by Gracenote, updated Wednesday with the countdown to the Tokyo Games reaching 100 days, also projected South Korea to add 10 silver and six bronze medals.

2021-04-15 09:36

Virus surges fuel fears 100 days before Tokyo Olympics

The Olympic flame is on its way across Japan and athletes around the world are ramping up training, but 100 days before Tokyo 2020 opens, organisers still face monumental challenges.

2021-04-14 15:30

How the 1964 Tokyo Olympics changed the face of Japan

The 1964 summer Olympic Games were Japan's great return to the world stage after its defeat and destruction two decades earlier in World War II. The first Games ever held in Asia were also a chance to trumpet the rebuilding of post-war Tokyo and the country's emergence as a high-tech giant with the infrastructure to match.

2021-04-13 18:02

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