TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan’s government is to declare virus states of emergencies in Tokyo and three other regions on Friday, exactly three months before the Olympic opening ceremony, as new infections surge. The measures will be stricter than Japan’s last state of emergency, imposed in parts of the country from January, but still fall short of the harsh lockdowns seen in some parts of the world. “We have a strong sense of crisis,” Japan’s […]
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LeBron, Curry headline all-star USA squad for 2020 Olympics
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — LeBron James and Stephen Curry were on Friday named in a star-studded 35-man squad which will form the basis of the United States basketball team for the 2019 World Cup and 2020 Olympics. A total of 17 Olympic gold medallists and 30 former members of the USA national team pool were included in the list of players who will attend a training camp in Las Vegas in July. As […]
Golf: After home trophy, Kapur targets Olympic glory
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — Fresh from lifting an Asian Tour trophy at his home club in New Delhi, Indian golfer Shiv Kapur set his sights much higher: winning gold at the Tokyo Olympics. Kapur, who won Asian Games gold for India in Busan in 2002, said his dream was to hear the Indian national anthem playing in Tokyo in 2020. “For me personally, if I could at the end of my career say I am an Olympian […]





