This photo taken on July 18, 2018 shows an electronic thermometer showing the temperature exceeding 40 degrees Centigrade (104 F) during a media tour at the construction site for the new National Stadium, venue for the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, in Tokyo. Photo: AFP
TOKYO: A heatwave in Japan that has killed more than a dozen people is reviving concerns about the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, which will be held during the country´s notoriously sweltering summer.
The US Olympic Committee chief executive Scott Blackmun
60-year-old had faced calls to quit after gymnastics abuse case
Blackmun has been receiving treatment for prostate cancer
There is no Team TTO at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.
Snowball effect: ski resorts and skating rinks across the country have been booming in recent years as more and more Chinese choose to spend holidays and leisure time in areas noted for their winter sports activities CREDIT: LIU DEBIN/FOR CHINA DAILY
Riding the wave leading to the 2022 Winter Olympics, China’s booming winter sports industry is expected to transform ice and snow into white treasure for sound growth in the leisure and tourism sectors.
(Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee must help boost safeguards for athletes against sexual abuse or risk losing them, the head of the IOC's working group on abuse and harassment said on Sunday.
The IOC Athletes' Commission has criticised the new athlete group ©IOC
ANOC Acting President Robin Mitchell chaired the meeting in Lausanne ©Getty Images
The IOC have warned NOCs about Gafur Rakhimov's comments ©Getty Images
Pere Miró will remain deputy director general for relations with the Olympic Movement ©Getty Images
