A training camp has been organised for the Australian women's basketball team in January to aid preparations for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Tension has surfaced between Thomas Bach and Sebastian Coe over athlete protests at the Olympic Games, after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) President implicitly criticised his World Athletics counterpart for giving an award to the trio who famously demonstrated on the podium at Mexico City 1968.

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has vowed to challenge the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) decision to ban him from Tokyo 2020 in court.

Athletes will be expected to arrive in the Tokyo 2020 Athletes’ Village five days prior to their competition at Tokyo 2020 and depart a maximum of two days afterwards.

Tokyo 2020 marketing agency Dentsu is to cut 12.5 per cent of overseas roles as the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic continues.

Swiss tennis legend Roger Federer has revealed he was "selfishly" happy about the postponement of the Olympic Games in Tokyo as it gave him time to recover from injury.

India's top javelin throwers, including the qualified Neeraj Chopra and Shivpal Singh, have started a month-long training camp in preparation for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Athletes competing at the postponed Olympic and Paralympic Games next year should not "let their guard down" when they return to the Athletes' Village after finishing their event, Tokyo 2020 sports director Mikako Kotani has warned.

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga claimed he would "spare no effort" in organising a "safe and secure" Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo next year.

Tokyo 2020 has claimed the postponement of the Olympic Games will cost $2.8 billion (£2 billion/€2.3 billion), as the Organising Committee confirmed how the additional costs would be allocated.

The International Testing Agency (ITA) is set to run an independent anti-doping programme for the International Olympic Committee (IOC), leading up to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Around 18 per cent of Japanese ticketholders for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics have requested refunds following the postponement of the Games.

Tokyo 2020 believe the number of spectators allowed at the Games will reflect the domestic and global coronavirus infection levels in the spring, with travel restrictions and the outcome of pilot events also taken into consideration.

Athletes could be tested for coronavirus every four to five days during their time at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, as part of countermeasures.

Japan will reportedly allow "large-scale" overseas visitors to enter the country for next year's Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo without mandatory vaccinations or quarantine periods.