Counting the cost of Tokyo's Olympic delay

One-year postponement will likely cost 641 billion yen ($6 billion) IMAGE: New Olympics dates have yet to be set, leaving sponsors and businesses uncertain and scrambling. Photograph:......

Cricket in times of coronavirus: Lot at stake as IPL targets smooth start

IMAGE: (Picture for representational purpose only) Yomiuri Giants staff wearing protective face masks are seen during a practice session. Photograph: Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters Cricket's......

Japan's crowdless sport: A prelude to a coronavirus-hit Games?

IMAGE: Lonah Chemtai Salpeter of Israel celebrates as she crosses the finish line to win the women’s competition during the Tokyo Marathon on Sunday. The organizer had restricted the entry......

Tokyo has no 'Plan B' for Games despite coronavirus

IMAGE: Women wearing face masks and novelty hats leave Tokyo Disneyland. A growing number of events and sporting fixtures are being cancelled or postponed around Japan while some businesses are......

Why coronavirus poses huge threat to Tokyo Olympics

Japan has at least 164 cases of infections from the flu-like coronavirus, apart from 691 reported from a cruise ship docked south of Tokyo. IMAGE: Fans are seen wearing masks to prevent the......