Music from composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky has been approved as the replacement for Russia's banned national anthem at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

The World Players Association (WPA) has urged the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to improve efforts to prevent this year's rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games from becoming a coronavirus "super-spreader" event.

A positive coronavirus case has been linked to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay for the first time as organisers continue to face challenges in holding the event against the backdrop of a pandemic.

Japanese state television network NHK have reportedly been asked to investigate why protesters against the Tokyo 2020 Olympics were muted in their live streaming of the Torch Relay.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has claimed National Olympic Committees (NOC) are "helping each other" in a bid to get athletes vaccinated against COVID-19 ahead of this year’s rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto has conceded a decision on whether Japanese fans can attend the rescheduled Olympic and Paralympic Games might not be made until June amid a spike in COVID-19 cases in the host country.

Sri Lanka has earned an individual Tokyo 2020 quota place in jumping following a successful appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

Defending Olympic men's football champions Brazil will open their Tokyo 2020 campaign against Germany in a repeat of the Rio 2016 final.

Athletes could be tested for coronavirus every day at this year's rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics with organisers reportedly looking to use saliva-based tests to spot possible infections.

Preparations for the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games are again set to be the focal point when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board holds its latest virtual meeting tomorrow.

The Olympic qualifier in artistic swimming will take place outside of the Japan, the International Swimming Federation (FINA) has confirmed following a back-and-forth over the staging of the tournament.

The German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) and the German Disabled Sports Association (DBS) have offered COVID-19 vaccines to athletes who are set to compete at Tokyo 2020.

International Testing Agency (ITA) director general Ben Cohen has stressed the "core" of his team will remain intact at this year’s Tokyo 2020 Olympics despite a reduction in anti-doping accreditations.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach is expected to visit Japan in May to attend the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay and meet Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.