Olympics

6:10 AM ET Associated Press TOKYO — The president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee said Friday that a visit to Japan this month by IOC President Thomas Bach seemed unlikely with a state of emergency order being extended by the government to Tokyo and other areas until May 31. Canceling the trip could be

5:50 AM ET UK Sport has identified almost 100 events it plans to host in the next decade including the 2030 men’s World Cup and 2025 women’s Rugby World Cup. A total of 97 events across 44 different sports have been earmarked by funding body UK sport with the 2031 Ryder Cup, the World Athletics

4:15 AM ET Indian rowers Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh qualified for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics in men’s lightweight double sculls event after finishing second in the final race of the Asia/Oceania Continental Qualifying Regatta in Tokyo on Friday. Another Indian, Jakar Khan finished fourth in the men’s singles sculls final which offers five

1:17 AM ET ESPN staff Australian WNBA star Liz Cambage has threatened to boycott the Tokyo Olympics while hitting out at an Australian Olympic Team [AOC] promotional shoot that lacked diversity. Cambage on Thursday criticised the AOC on Instagram, posting two promotional images on her story to make her point. She may have, however, failed

12:23 AM ET In a bizarre scenario, India’s top pistol shooters – the country’s most likely Olympic medal-winners – will be without their coaches from now till the start of the Games in Tokyo. While the shooters will be in Croatia for the next two months, for a tournament and subsequent practice camp, their coaches

3:03 PM ET The International Weightlifting Federation has revised its qualifying requirements for Olympic selection due to COVID-19 after a meeting, making it so that athletes are required to attend only four competitions instead of the previous six, which puts New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard on track to become the first transgender athlete to compete

12:56 PM ET Associated Press MOSCOW — Tamara Press, a three-time Olympic champion from the Soviet Union who withdrew from international competition amid speculation and jibes about her gender, has died. She was 83. The Russian track federation said Press died in the hospital on April 26, without giving a cause of death. Press won

11:33 AM ET The United States women’s national team wil play a trio of June friendlies for preparation for this summer’s Olympic Games in Tokyo. The USWNT will play a pair of matches at Houston’s BBVA Stadium, the first coming against Portugal on June 10 followed by Jamaica three days later. The final match will

9:50 AM ET Jonathan SelvarajESPN From the time he began his wrestling career, Sushil Kumar’s destiny has been synonymous with New Delhi’s Chhatrasal Stadium. His formal initiation to the sport began as a 14-year-old when he began training at the wrestling mud pit at this multipurpose stadium in North West Delhi’s Model Town neighbourhood. He

8:23 AM ET Associated Press LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Vaccine developers Pfizer and BioNTech will donate doses to inoculate athletes and officials preparing for the Tokyo Olympics, the IOC said Thursday. Delivery of doses is set to begin this month to give Olympic delegations time to be fully vaccinated with a second shot before arriving in

7:00 AM ET When the IIHF Women’s World Championships in Nova Scotia were abruptly canceled on April 21 — just one day before Team USA was supposed to travel to Canada — many players felt it was another case of women’s hockey being treated as an afterthought. “A lot of people have asked, do you

6:09 AM ET Associated Press TOKYO — An online petition calling for the Tokyo Olympics to be canceled has gained tens of thousands of signatures since being launched in Japan only days ago. The rollout of the petition comes with Tokyo, Osaka and several other areas under a state of emergency with coronavirus infections rising

6:16 AM ET Associated Press SAPPORO, Japan — Sebastian Coe, the head of the world governing body of track and field, said a half-marathon test event run in Japan’s northern city of Sapporo on Wednesday made him confident that the Olympic marathon can be held successfully in the city when the Tokyo Games open in

2:36 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN SEATTLE – DK Metcalf established his credentials as one of the NFL’s fastest players with his famous chase-down of Arizona Cardinals safety Budda Baker. The Seattle Seahawks wide receiver will now test his speed against sprinters. He’s competing in the USA Track and Field Golden Games and Distance Open, which

1:13 PM ET Associated Press ROME — The Italian Olympic Committee is making arrangements to vaccinate its entire team for the Tokyo Games. About two-thirds of the Italians qualified for the Games have already been vaccinated against COVID-19 because they are affiliated with the military. The remaining athletes, as well as coaches and staff members

10:58 AM ET Associated Press CHEMNITZ, Germany — German gymnastics coach Gabriele Frehse has been removed from her post at an Olympic training center after an investigation found she mistreated athletes. The head of the training center in eastern Germany, Thomas Weise, told the dpa news agency Tuesday that “the working relationship” with Frehse has

7:30 AM ET Alyssa RoenigkESPN Close Alyssa Roenigk is a senior writer for ESPN whose assignments have taken her to six continents and caused her to commit countless acts of recklessness. (Follow @alyroe on Twitter). ONE HUNDRED YEARS ago this spring, a group of British explorers and Sherpa guides took the first steps toward the

8:21 AM ET Associated Press TOKYO — Some nurses in Japan are incensed at a request from Tokyo Olympic organizers to have 500 of them dispatched to help out with the games. They say they’re already near the breaking point dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. Olympic officials have said they will need 10,000 medical workers