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Russia banned from using name, flag, anthem at Olympics, world championships through 2022
Country's athletes still allowed to compete if not implicated in doping or coverup
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Olympic chiefs set 4-week deadline to decide on fate of coronavirus-threatened Tokyo 2020 Games
Tokyo 2020 organizers have set a four-week deadline in which to decide on a potential postponement of the Games, as the Covid-19 outbreak continues to threaten the event.
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Canada & Australia will NOT send teams to Tokyo in 2020 as Japan admits postponing Olympics over Covid-19 ‘may become an option’
The Canadian and Australian Olympic Committees have decided not to send teams to the Tokyo 2020 games, urging the IOC to postpone the event for one year, due to a global health crisis that is "far more significant than sport."
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New Olympic look amid virus crisis
Emergency talks are scheduled to discuss the Tokyo Olympics but as coronavirus sweeps across the world, some are maintaining a sense of humour.