PARIS, April 5 — Thailand and Malaysia have been banned from sending weightlifters to the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo because of multiple doping offences, the Independent Member Federations Sanctions Panel announced on Saturday.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 31 — The Tokyo Olympics will now be held from July 23 to August 8 next year, exactly a year from the original dates planned earlier (July 24, 2020).

TOKYO, March 12 ― Tokyo 2020 organisers said on Thursday that Japan's softball game against Australia on July 22 would be the first event on the schedule, the announcement coming as concerns mount about the potential impact on the Games from the coronavirus outbreak.

TOKYO, March 11 — For weeks, Olympic organisers have relentlessly pushed a consistent message: The Summer Games in Tokyo will not be cancelled or postponed.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 4 — The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board (EB) yesterday expressed its full commitment to staging the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games successfully, as scheduled from July 24 to August 9 in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak.