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'Who is it for?' captain Yoshida asks in call to lift fan ban
Fans will be absent from the Games as coronavirus infections continue to climb in Japan
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It's dream come true for Canada's Auger-Aliassime
20-year-old makes his Games debut after his recent quarter-finals run at Wimbledon - his best result at a Grand Slam
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Peaty eager to race but understands health worries over Games
British swimmer is among the "biased" athletes who want the event to happen and is taking every precaution to compete
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Syria eyes Olympic success in Tokyo despite huge challenges
The country has won a total of three gold medals in three different sports, with the latest at the 2004 Athens Games
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Djokovic says he will play Tokyo Olympics 'with much pride'
World number one needs Games gold and then the US Open to become the first man to capture the Golden Grand Slam
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Little fanfare as Tokyo enters Olympic countdown
Just one week is left until the opening ceremony as the virus infections surge in the Japanese capital
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De Minaur tests positive for Covid-19, latest athlete to miss Tokyo Games
Australian tennis star is the recent athlete to see his Olympics dream shattered by the coronavirus pandemic
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Russia and China primed to end Japan's reign
Since his Olympic debut in 2008, Kohei Uchimura had spearheaded his country to win the gold in three straight Games
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Belgium determined to improve on Rio Games silver
Red Devils have gone from strength to strength as the 2016 silver medal has been the spur to go on to better things
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British sprint queen Asher-Smith has historical perspective
25-year-old is Britain's best hope of victory on the track after Mo Farah failing even to qualify for the Games
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No fans will hit jumpers hard in Tokyo, says Rutherford
Britain's Olympic long jump champion believes the absence of crowd atmosphere at the Games will have an adverse effect
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Black swimmers still under-represented in the pool
Dearing will be only the third Black British swimmer ever to compete for an Olympic medal as she hopes for diversity
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The new kids on their blocks at the Tokyo Games
The IOC has said it wants to promote "youth-oriented sports" and make "gender equality a big focus"
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Afghan cyclist paves the road for refugees at Olympics
Masomah sees herself as a representative of women living in repressive societies and of sportswomen who wear headscarf
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Adam Peaty: British swimming's unstoppable force
Reigning Olympic champ had already secured his place at the Tokyo Games before the British selection trials in April
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Less is more as Lyles targets 200m gold
US star says rediscovering a sense of "fun" held the key to his return to form after a tumultuous year
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Rapinoe spurred by Olympic 2016 exit as US chase double
The ill-fated Rio campaign was a rare blemish on the Americans dazzling record of success at international level
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All smiles as Pliskova braces for maiden Olympics
After losing the Wimbledon final to Ashleigh Barty in three sets, world number seven sets her eyes on the Tokyo Games
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Reluctant star Dressel set to shine at Tokyo Olympics
24-year-old could become just the fourth swimmer in history to win seven medals in a single Games
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Golden girl Felix readies for Olympic swansong
Her fifth and final Games will almost see her become the most decorated female track and field athlete in the history
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Gymnastics star Uchimura laser-focused for final Olympics
Japanese star is one of his country's most revered athletes and his desire to win more gold remains as strong as ever
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Gauff headlines US tennis team for Tokyo Games
17-year-old will lead her country to the Olympics, where for the first time in 25 years won't feature Serena Williams
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LeBron's days on Team USA likely done says Colangelo
36-year-old LA Lakers playmaker, is a two-time Olympic gold medal winner, has opted out of the past two Games cycles
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After long battle, karate gets long-awaited chance on biggest stage
Japanese martial art's bid to join the Olympics had been rejected three times, including, initially, for Tokyo 2020
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Barty, Kyrgios lead Australia's Olympic tennis team
The 2019 French Open champion says she intended to compete in both singles and doubles at the Games
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Five to watch at the Tokyo Olympics
Egypt are desperate to include Liverpool winger Mo Salah in their squad world but his participation is not yet secured
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Rapinoe among 17 from World Cup champs on US Olympic roster
National team coach Vlatko Andonovski named the roster that featured 11 players returning from the 2016 Rio lineup
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Sun Yang is 'pride of China' and 'victim', says lawyer after doping ban
29-year-old's career was in tatters after the Court of Arbitration for Sport's banned him for more than four years
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Pandemic Games will show 'true Olympic values': Tokyo 2020 chief
The event will be unlike any other, with overseas fans banned and athletes kept away from the public
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Troubled Tokyo Olympics near finish line with one month to go
Even with some fans in the stands, there's no doubt this year's Games will be a pale imitation of past mega-events
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De Grasse eyes golden opportunity at Tokyo Games
Since 2004 Athens Games, this will be the first time where a male athlete other than Usain Bolt will be the champion
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Biles returns to competition with historic vault
The five-time Olympic gold medallist prepares for her final run to the Tokyo Olympics
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McIlroy, Thomas excited for Olympic golf, Rahm to be there
All three are ranked in position to qualify easily for the Tokyo Games tournament on July 29-August 1
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Japan to expand virus emergency as 350,000 sign 'Cancel Olympics' petition
The widening emergency, aimed at combatting a fourth wave, is putting Japan's medical system under strain
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Japan's Osaka 'not sure' Olympics should happen as doubts grow
Four-time GS winner joined fellow Japanese Nishikori in raising concerns, with Tokyo under a Covid state of emergency
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Japan's Nishikori adds voice to Olympic concerns
Japan has extended a state of emergency in Tokyo and three other areas until the end of May
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NFL looks to score touchdown with Olympic flag football
IFAF which is pushing a five-on-five small-field version of the game for the Games, currently has 72 member nations
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Brazil wants Neymar at Tokyo Olympics
PSG star inspired the country to their first Olympic gold medal in football in 2016, ending a six-decade odyssey
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Australia's Titmus, Chalmers, Larkin hit form as Olympics loom
"I've got 99 days now until Tokyo and everything I do between now and then is really important"
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New Zealand starts vaccinating Tokyo-bound athletes
More than 200 athletes are expected to represent the Kiwis at the July 23-Aug 8 Games
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Olympic stars to watch
How ready are the biggest stars for the rescheduled Tokyo Games, which will finally begin in July
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Arenas of gold: Tokyo venues ready to forge Olympic dreams
With 100 days until the opening ceremony for the postponed Games, the 43 arenas are set for action
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Japan's Osaka to report over 1,000 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday: media
Osaka Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura has cancelled Olympic Torch relay runs on public streets
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Ledecky excited by Olympic double challenge
24-year-old US swimming great is gunning for five gold medals at the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics
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Felix says Tokyo will be Olympic swansong
35-year-old sprinter says that while she could continue racing after Tokyo but plans for this Olympics to be her last
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Biles hints at retirement U-turn, eyes 2024 Olympics
Reigning gymnastics champion says her body would not be able to stand the punishment of another Olympic cycle
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Japan's Osaka cancels Olympic torch run, declares Covid-19 medical emergency
Severe cases have filled about 70% of hospital beds in the region
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Tokyo organisers to cancel water polo test event, reports local media NHK
A cancellation would be another blow for organisers just days after they restarted test events
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Osaka officials want Olympic torch relay to skip city over virus: media
Multiple local media outlets said governor Hirofumi Yoshimura wanted the relay leg in Osaka city to be cancelled
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Tokyo Olympics flame begins virus-delayed journey across Japan
Tokyo 2020 chief Seiko Hashimoto says the flame was "a ray of light at the end of the darkness"