Two of Japan's largest convenience store chains are to ban sales of pornographic magazines prior to the 2019 Rugby World Cup and the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) President Tsunekazu Takeda has denied knowledge of links between Singaporean company Black Tidings and Papa Massata Diack, who is at the centre of a French corruption investigation.
Honorary International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Sam Ramsamy believes there is “no doubt" Russian athletes will compete at Tokyo 2020 and claimed the nation has been subjected to "unconscious bias" during the doping scandal.
Car giant Toyota have announced partnerships with six American National Governing Bodies (NGB) in the run up to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Russia is facing the challenge of finishing in the top three of the overall medal standings at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, the country's Sports Minister Pavel Kolobkov has claimed.
A meeting of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Marketing Commission later this week will take place without chairman Tsunekazu Takeda after the Japanese official was indicted on corruption charges in France.
Japanese OIympic Committee (JOC) President Tsunekazu Takeda made his first public appearance since he was indicted by French prosecutors on charges of corruption as he again denied wrongdoing at a press conference in Tokyo today.
Tokyo 2020 Olympic tickets could be placed on sale in late April, it has been reported, as the build-up to the Olympic and Paralympic Games continues.
Three swimming siblings in the United States, who are duel citizens of the US and Cape Verde, are hoping to represent the small African nation at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after being contacted by the country's swimming federation on Facebook.
Papa Massata Diack, son of former International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Lamine, has dismissed claims of wrongdoing surrounding the awarding of the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games to Tokyo.
International Gymnastics Federation President Morinari Watanabe has claimed next year’s Olympic and Paralympic Games should offer "something extra", such as benefits to the aging population in host country Japan.
Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) President Tsunekazu Takeda has been indicted on charges of corruption in France linked to Tokyo's successful bid for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Intel and Alibaba have announced plans to develop the first artificial intelligence-powered athlete tracking technology which could make its debut at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Recycled aluminium from temporary housing in Fukushima will be used to make the Olympic Torches for the Tokyo 2020 Games.
The Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) plans to not apply its age limit to President Tsunekazu Takeda in order to let him stay on until the end of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, it has been reported.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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South African Sam Ramsamy finished his term of office as an IOC member at the end of 2018. As he moves into an honorary position, Mike Rowbottom speaks to the man Nelson Mandela often referred to as his son.
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