Sports

Tokyo Olympics welcome new sports on day 3
NHK - Jul 25
Japan's Horigome Yuto has won gold in the first-ever Olympic skateboarding event.

Japan wins first gold medal as 2020 host
Nikkei - Jul 24
Japan's Naohisa Takato hs won the first gold medal for the host nation, beating Taiwan's Yang Yung-wei in the final of the men's 60 kg judo. Takato, a bronze medalist at the Rio Games in 2016, cried after his victory in an empty Nippon Budokan, the legendary martial arts and concert hall.

Star athletes to watch at Tokyo Olympics
Nikkei - Jul 24
Who will follow them as the next sporting legends? Here is the lowdown on the new wave of top athletes.

Japan surges to gymnastics lead; Reigning champ Uchimura out
wbaltv.com - Jul 24
Kohei Uchimura's gymnastics career is over. The Japanese star can take solace knowing that the sport the two-time Olympic champion redefined appears to be in good hands in his home country.

Superstar Naomi Osaka lights flame as Japan's COVID-hit Games open
gmanetwork.com - Jul 23
TOKYO - Japan's global superstar Naomi Osaka on Friday lit the Olympic cauldron to mark the start of Tokyo 2020, in an opening ceremony shorn of glitz and overshadowed by a pandemic but defined by hope, tradition and gestures of diversity.

Tokyo Olympics officially begin
NHK - Jul 23
The long-awaited Tokyo Olympics have officially kicked off. The Games were postponed by one year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Japan ASDF Aerobatic Team Draws Olympic Rings
Jiji - Jul 23
The Blue Impulse aerobatic team from Japan's Air Self-Defense Force drew the five Olympic rings with colored smoke in the sky above an area near the new Japan National Stadium on early Friday afternoon, ahead of the official opening of the Tokyo Olympics later in the day.

Olympic torch reaches central Tokyo
NHK - Jul 23
The Olympic flame has reached the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building after a 4-month journey across Japan.

Tokyo Olympics Q&A | What it’s like on the ground
CBC News - Jul 23
The Olympics are now underway and this year’s Games will be especially different due to COVID-19. CBC’s Thomas Daigle answers your questions from Tokyo.

Opening ceremony director fired over Holocaust joke on Games eve
Reuters - Jul 22
Tokyo Olympics organisers have fired the opening ceremony director on the eve of the event after reports emerged of a past joke he had made about the Holocaust, while media said former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a strong advocate of the Games, would also not attend.

Six Polish swimmers sent home from Japan after admin blunder
INQUIRER.net - Jul 22
Six Polish swimmers were sent home from the Olympics because of an admin error - the federation had put down too many competitors. They found out in Tokyo their names weren't on the list.

Japanese Fighter Pilots Draw Olympic Rings In The Sky Over Tokyo
CBS Miami - Jul 22
Japanese fighter pilots drew Olympic rings in the sky over Tokyo Wednesday

Covering the Tokyo Olympics in Japan's heat
Reuters - Jul 22
Olympics Athletes to suffer alongside Tokyoites as Japan's heat soars

Wipeout of an Olympic dream for Japanese surf pioneer
Reuters - Jul 22
Wipeout of an Olympic dream for Japanese surf pioneer: 78-year-old Ted Adegawa is known as a godfather of Japanese surf culture.

As COVID-19 cases tied to Tokyo Olympics rise, experts warn of 'worrying' situation on the ground
CBC - Jul 22
COVID-19 cases among Olympic delegates are on the rise and roughly 15 per cent of those staying on site are unvaccinated, prompting warnings from medical experts about potential ripple effects if the world's largest sporting event doesn't clamp down on virus transmission.

Aussies smashed in Olympic softball opener
ESPN - Jul 21
Australia's softball side have opened the Tokyo Olympics with a crushing 8-1 loss to Japan in Fukushima, where the mercy rule was invoked.