Tag: Olympic torch relay
Brazil great Zico celebrates Tokyo torch relay, blasts Rio’s
RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil soccer great Zico blasted organizers of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Sunday after carrying the torch for the...
Report: Stages of Olympic relay to be pulled off Tokyo roads
TOKYO — Some stages of the Tokyo Olympic torch relay will be pulled off the roads of the Japanese capital because of fears about...
Tokyo Olympic torch relay pulled off streets in Hiroshima
TOKYO — The Tokyo Olympic torch relay is being pulled off the streets in Hiroshima prefecture as COVID-19 cases rise in Japan barely 10...
IOC’s Thomas Bach cancels Japan trip because of virus cases
TOKYO — IOC President Thomas Bach has canceled a trip to Japan because of surging cases of COVID-19 in the country, the Tokyo Olympic...
IOC’s Thomas Bach cancels Japan trip because of virus cases
TOKYO — IOC President Thomas Bach has canceled a trip to Japan because of surging cases of COVID-19 in the country, the Tokyo Olympic...
Anti-Olympic petition gains tens of thousands of signatures
TOKYO — An online petition calling for the Tokyo Olympics to be canceled has gained ten of thousands of signatures since being launched in...
Olympic torch relay detour; diving test event opens in Tokyo
TOKYO — The Tokyo Olympic torch relay will take another detour this weekend when it enters the southern island of Okinawa.
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Tokyo Olympics torch relay has first positive COVID-19 case
TOKYO — Tokyo Olympics organizers said Thursday that a policeman tested positive for COVID-19 a day after his assignment last week at the Olympic...
Olympic torch runs through empty park in Osaka as cases rise
TOKYO — The torch relay for the Tokyo Olympics ran through a mostly empty Osaka city park on Tuesday, showing the risks of trying...
Tokyo Olympic torch relay taken off streets of Osaka
TOKYO — The Tokyo Olympic torch relay will not run through the streets of Osaka prefecture next week because of rising COVID-19 cases.
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