North Korea confirms skipping Tokyo Olympics
PYONGYANG, 6 April 2021: North Korea has announced it will not participate in the Olympic Games in Tokyo this year in July in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. The decision …
Tokyo Olympics torch relay starts in Fukushima
NARAHA, 25 March 2021: The Olympic torch relay for the Tokyo Summer Games began in northeast Japan’s Fukushima prefecture today with members of the national women’s football team carrying the …
Confirmation that overseas fans can’t attend Tokyo Olympics
TOKYO, 20 March 2021: Spectators from abroad will not be allowed to enter Japan for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, which was postponed by a year due to the …
Nepalese climber, 51, to scale Everest for record 25th time
KATHMANDU, 16 March 2021: A Nepalese climber, who holds the record of reaching the summit of Mount Everest 24 times, has announced one more climb to the tallest peak in …
No foreign spectators at Tokyo Olympics to reduce Covid-19 exposure
TOKYO, 10 March 2021: The Japanese government has decided to bar foreign spectators from entering the country in the summer to attend the Olympics and Paralympics out of concerns about …
Djokovic set to surpass Federer’s ATP top rankings record
GENEVA, 1 March 2021: Serbia’s Novak Djokovic today equaled Roger Federer’s record of 310 weeks on top of the ATP rankings, although the Swiss still has the most consecutive weeks …
Torch relay for Tokyo Olympics starting March 25
TOKYO, 25 Feb 2021: The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games today announced the Olympic torch relay will start as planned on March 25 in Japan amid …
National bowling squad can resume training at Sunway
KUALA LUMPUR, 23 Feb 2021: The national tenpin bowling squad have been given permission to start training tomorrow, after being away from the bowling centre for more than a month. …
Bowling centres plead for leeway to reopen
KUALA LUMPUR, 18 Feb 2021: Bowling centre operators are pleading with the government to allow them operate soon to safeguard the livelihood about 2,000 employees involved. In a virtual press …
Arctic town in satirical bid to host 2032 Summer Olympics (video)
HELSINKI, 14 Feb 2021: The remote town of Salla in Finland’s northernmost Lapland region has gone viral with a fake bid to host the 2032 Summer Olympic Games – a …