Olympics: Race walkers battle 'brutal' heat in Sapporo

'It was of course very, very difficult, especially in the second half. We saw the temperature on the building, so maybe every 10K it was one degree higher and higher.'   IMAGE: Race walkers......

Tokyo Olympics cost almost twice due to COVID

IMAGE: Neeraj Chopra celebrates with gold medal after winning the Javelin Throw Final at the Tokyo Olympics. Photograph: Matthias Hangst/Getty Images The Tokyo 2020 Olympics, held in 2021......

World athletics boss expects Tokyo Olympics to go ahead after test event

Coe says Tokyo organisers delivered on COVID-19 protocols IMAGE: A spectator raises a paper sign reading 'It is impossible to hold the Olympics, face up to reality' along the race route during the......

IOC firm on decision to move Tokyo Games marathon

Temperatures in Sapporo, which will also host some soccer games, are as much as five to six degrees centigrade cooler than Tokyo during the day. IMAGE: Athletes go through the motions in the men's......

Tokyo governor gives reluctant consent to marathon venue move

Olympics: Tokyo governor gives reluctant consent to marathon venue move IMAGE: Runners beat the heat (picture for representational purpose only). Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters Sapporo......