Tokyo is battling a surge of COVID-19 cases that prompted the national government last week to call a state of emergency.

A senior member of the International Olympic Committee has said he ``can't be certain'' the postponed Tokyo Olympics will open in just over six months.

Eight Canadian teams had qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics when the Games, originally scheduled to start July 24, were postponed to 2021 because of the COVID-19 virus.

Athletes arriving in Tokyo for next year's Olympic Games will be exempt from the 14-day isolation period.

The Games, which were originally scheduled to begin in July, were postponed until 2021 because of the virus.

Kingston volleyball star Zac Hutcheson hopes to earn a spot on Canada's national team.

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics have been put back to July 23, 2021 due to the pandemic. The original closing ceremony was to have been Sunday, Aug. 9.

Had it not been for the COVID-19 pandemic, Dayna Pidhoresky would be on her way to Tokyo, Japan for the Summer Olympics.

Estimates in Japan say the delay of the Olympic Games will cost $2 billion to $6 billion, with Japanese taxpayers picking up most of the bills.

The Olympics are scheduled to open on July 23, 2021. So far local organizers and the IOC have talked only vaguely in public about how the games can be held.