IOC's Coates says Tokyo Games will go ahead

Coates also hit out at the suggestion that the IOC was ploughing ahead with the Games "at all costs" to fulfill lucrative contracts with broadcasters and sponsors.   IMAGE: IOC's John Coates......

IOC says Tokyo Olympics '100%' likely to go ahead

IMAGE: John Coates, an Australian, is vice president of the IOC and chairs Tokyo 2020's coordination commission. Photograph: Denis Balibouse/File Photo/Reuters A senior official of the......

IOC working toward July-August Olympics in 2021

'We want to more or less finalise the dates in four weeks' time.' IMAGE: John Coates, the IOC's Coordination Commission chief for Tokyo, said the Games would have to be held between the tennis......

Rio Olympic Games preparations "worst" ever, says IOC VP Coates

International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice president John Coates called Brazil's preparations for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games "the worst" he has ever seen and critically behind schedule, but......

Sports Shorts: We will have Olympics next year, says Coates

IMAGE: IOC official John Coates. Photograph: Denis Balibouse/File Photo/Reuters The Olympic movement faces its biggest challenge in four decades in getting a streamlined Tokyo Summer Games up and......