Tokyo Games

Brazil defeated Spain 2-1 after extra time to win the Olympic men's soccer gold medal at the Tokyo Games.

Healing Space | Did Naomi Osaka pave the way for Simone Biles?

Simone Biles and Naomi Osaka prove Albert Bandura’s theory of social learning. It doesn’t matter what the system rewards, it is possible to change human behaviour.

Review | 'Orienting: An Indian in Japan': A moving portrait of the country, by a globetrotting journalist

A memorable memoir of absorption of culture and making a place home, of engaging with the unfamiliar with curiosity, respectfully and without exoticizing it, and letting it make a home in you.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: A look at some high-profile players who withdrew from games over COVID-19

Olympics 2020: With Tokyo recording its highest COVID-19 case numbers since a winter wave in January, scrutiny of virus risks around the Olympics is intense.

Olympics Parents and teachers gauge risks for children attending Tokyo Games

Tickets are cheap and COVID-19 countermeasures are in place. Many schools, however, have already pulled out, and others are still on the fence, awaiting more information.

Israel to vaccinate all athletes for Tokyo Games by May

Israel, however, currently leads the world on per capita vaccinations, having inoculated 29 percent of its population with at least one dose.

Tokyo Games will have to be cancelled, if not held in 2021: Olympic committee chief

In March, the IOC and Japanese government took the unprecedented decision to delay the Games, which had been due to start in July, for a year due to the novel coronavirus outbreak.

Bolt says 200-meter world record now likely beyond him

Usain Bolt again said he doesn't plan to run the 200 meters in his final season, realizing that his world record of 19.19 seconds is now likely beyond him.