Olympics 2020

• Canada welcomes Olympians home after record-breaking 2020 games

  The athletes spent more than two weeks in Japan competing while overcoming numerous obstacles to bring in the country's highest medal count at a non-boycotted Games.

  Canada

  Aug 12, 2021
  
• Belarus officials removed from Tokyo Olympics after trying to send sprinter home

  The Belarus athletics head coach and a team official have been taken out of the athletes' village following the furore over sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya.

  World

  Aug 6, 2021
  
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• Belarusian Olympian Krystsina Tsimanouskaya says punishment awaited her back home

  Several countries offered to help Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, and Poland granted her a humanitarian visa Monday. She plans to fly to Warsaw later in the week.

  World

  Aug 3, 2021
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• IOC probing case of Belarusian sprinter, awaiting report from country’s Olympic body

  Krystsina Tsimanouskaya took refuge in the Polish embassy in Tokyo on Monday, a day after refusing her team's orders to board a flight home from the Olympic Games.

  World

  Aug 3, 2021
• Olympian Krystsina Tsimanouskaya seeks asylum in Poland amid standoff with Belarus

  The current standoff apparently began after Tsimanouskaya criticized how officials were managing her team — setting off a massive backlash in state-run media back home.

  World

  Aug 2, 2021
• Tokyo’s daily COVID-19 infections hit record high as Olympics continue

  Amid intensifying concerns, Olympics organizers said Saturday they had revoked accreditation of a Games-related person or people for leaving the athletes' village for sightseeing.

  Health

  Jul 31, 2021
• Japan expands state of emergency to 4 other areas as Tokyo Olympics continue

  Japan reported 10,687 cases Thursday, exceeding 10,000 for the first time. It has recorded 15,166 fatalities from COVID-19, including 2,288 in Tokyo, since the pandemic began.

  World

  Jul 30, 2021
• Tokyo heading towards ‘explosive expansion’ in COVID-19 cases as Olympics continue

  Nationwide, Japan reported more than 9,500 confirmed cases, also a record, on Wednesday for a total of about 892,000, with about 15,000 deaths.

  World

  Jul 29, 2021
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• Will the Olympics set the world back in its fight against COVID-19? Experts weigh in

  The Olympic Games, which began last Friday and end on Aug. 8, is taking place at a time where the host city has been seeing a rise in infections for weeks.

  World

  Jul 28, 2021
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• Tokyo sets new record in COVID-19 cases with Olympics underway

  The new cases exceeded the earlier record of 2,848 set the previous day and brought the total for the Japanese capital to 206,745 since the pandemic began.

  World

  Jul 28, 2021