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IOC's Pound says spectators not a 'must-have' at Tokyo Games
GENEVA (Kyodo) -- Veteran International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound on Wednesday reaffirmed his belief the Tokyo Games will happen this summer Full article
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Olympics & Paralympics
- IOC's Bach says Tokyo Olympics will be held, not mulling 'plan B'
- Osaka mayor says Tokyo Games should be postponed to 2024
- IOC's Pound says spectators not a 'must-have' at Tokyo Games
- Open discussion needed on whether to hold Tokyo Games amid pandemic: JOC executive
- London 2012 official speculates Tokyo Games 'unlikely' to happen
- Tokyo Olympics Q&A: 6 months out and murmurs of cancellation
Baseball
- Tommy Lasorda memorialized at Dodger Stadium service
- Baseball: Tomoyuki Sugano signs highest reported Japanese contract for $7.6 million
- Baseball: Olympic manager, writer Japan's only new Hall of Famers
- MLB suspends political donations after DC riot
- MLB: Hisashi Iwakuma joins Mariners as special assignment coach
- Baseball: Sugano smolders over failed MLB bid, looks to shine in 2021
Soccer
- Soccer: Japan defender Naomichi Ueda joins Nimes on loan from Cercle Brugge
- Soccer: Takefusa Kubo hopes for more playing time after loan move to Getafe
- Soccer: Porto's Shoya Nakajima joins Al Ain in UAE on loan
- Soccer: Premier League players told to stop hugging by government
- Soccer: J-League aims to curb spread of virus at preseason camps
- US ramps up vaccinations to get doses to more Americans
Sumo
- Sumo: Daieisho and Shodai stay in two-way tie for lead on Day 12
- Sumo: Shodai moves into joint lead with Daieisho
- Sumo: Daieisho holds onto outright lead after win on Day 10
- Sumo: Ozeki Takakeisho withdraws from New Year meet
- Sumo: Daieisho slips to 1st defeat, ozeki Shodai win behind
- Sumo: Daieisho survives tough challenge to remain undefeated
Tennis
- Tennis: 3 more COVID-19 cases linked to Australian Open, total is 10
- Tennis: 72 players in lockdown after virus cases on flights to Australia
- Tennis: Australian Open arrivals hit by 3 COVID-19 positive tests
- Tennis: Players arrive for Australian Open; straight into quarantine
- Tennis: Andy Murray tests positive for coronavirus before Australian Open
- Tennis: Australian Open qualifying complete; 15 charters to arrive
Golf
- Golf: Kevin Na has a big finish and wins the Sony Open
- Golf: Tiger Woods' son makes TV debut and looks just like he's at home
- Golf: 54-hole leader Hinako Shibuno finishes 4th at US Women's Open
- Golf: A Lim Kim wins US Women's Open debut with record-tying rally
- Golf: Report: Amy Olson contending, coping with father-in-law's death
- Golf: US Women's Open pushed to Monday because of thunderstorms
Rugby
- Rugby: England coach Eddie Jones isolating after assistant gets COVID-19
- Japan's new rugby union league to have 12-team 1st division
- Rugby: Japan's Top League season delayed due to COVID-19 outbreak
- Rugby: 2 Top League games canceled in Japan due to COVID-19 cases among teams
- Rugby: Next year's new Japan's league likely to have leaner 12-team top tier
- Rugby: Ayumu Goromaru says 'one last season' left in him before retiring
Athletics
- Athletics: Komazawa Univ. rallies to win Tokyo-Hakone ekiden
- Athletics: Soka University wins 1st day of Tokyo-Hakone ekiden
- Facing concerns over racism, NYC marathon exec steps down
- 2021 Boston Marathon postponed at least until the fall
- Kitata upsets Kipchoge to win London Marathon
- Athletics: Pole vaulter Duplantis breaks Bubka's outdoor world record
Winter Sports
- Nathan Chen wins fifth straight US Figure Skating title
- Storied Swiss ski races canceled because of virus outbreak
- Skiing: Sofia Goggia races to dominating win in World Cup downhill
- Even with empty stadiums, NFL still a ratings monster
- Speed skating: Miho Takagi sweeps all 5 distances at nationals
- Figure skating: Rika Kihira nails quad, seizes 2nd straight national title
More Sports News
- Table tennis: Kasumi Ishikawa holds off fellow Olympian Mima Ito for Japan title
- NBA: Wizards postpone games, Rui Hachimura 1 of 9 out due to virus
- Judo: World No. 2 Shori Hamada loses to nemesis Malonga at Doha Masters
- Olympian Klete Keller charged with taking part in US Capitol riot
- Judo: Yoko Ono wins 70-kg gold, 2 other Japanese silver at Doha Masters
- Judo: Tsukasa Yoshida wins Japan's 1st gold at Doha Masters 2021
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