IOC faces huge cost blowout after Tokyo 2020 postponement

The International Olympic Committee will face “several hundred million dollars” of added costs because of the postponement of the Tokyo Games, the...

April 13, 2020 | Stephen Wade

Japan’s Olympics boss resigns amid bribery claims

Tsunekazu Takeda, the president of the Japanese Olympic Committee, is resigning amid a bribery scandal that investigators suspect helped Tokyo land next...

March 19, 2019 | Stephen Wade

Mascots for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Rio Olympic mascots unveiled, names to come

Olympic and Paralympic mascots for Rio 2016 presented; now they just need some names.

November 24, 2014 | Stephen Wade