A group led by Bouygues have been chosen to construct the Paris 2024 Aquatic Centre in Saint-Denis by Métropole du Grand Paris, with the cost having increased to €174 million (£151million/$190million).
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe is reportedly considering extending the country's nationwide state of emergency for another month.
Italian long-distance runner Francesco Perrone, known for competing in the marathon at the Rome 1960 Olympics, has died at the age of 89 due to COVID-19.
Pierre-Olivier Beckers-Vieujant has claimed comments from fellow International Olympic Committee member Guy Drut have created confusion around Paris 2024, after he described the project as "obsolete, outdated and disconnected from reality".
Spain's double Olympic artistic swimming medallist Ona Carbonell could look to return to the sport amid the postponement of Tokyo 2020.
John Coates, the head of the Tokyo 2020 Coordination Commission, has claimed the Olympic and Paralympic Games are not dependent on a vaccine being developed in time to allow the events to take place next year.
Turkish steeplechase athlete Gülcan Mıngır has been found guilty of committing an anti-doping offence at London 2012 by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) is expecting a shortfall this year because of the coronavirus crisis and the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games until 2021.
Tokyo 2020 President Yoshirō Mori claimed the Olympic and Paralympic Games would be "scrapped" if they could not be held next year.
Tokyo 2020 marketing agency Dentsu is to assess the impact of the postponement of the Olympic and Paralympic Games on its "consolidated financial position and consolidated operating results" for the 2020 fiscal year.
Japanese karate star Kiyou Shimizu has joined a campaign to send words of encouragement following the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics until next year.
A reworked supplementary budget of ¥25.69 trillion (£193 billion/$240 billion/€221 billion), designed to alleviate the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the Japanese economy, has been submitted to Parliament by Shinzō Abe's Government.
Two of Australia's top swimmers have expressed their relief over the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, due to their respective health concerns.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Guy Drut has said the coronavirus pandemic is an opportunity to "reinvent" the Olympic Games, calling on the event to be more "sober and responsible."
French doubles specialist Nicolas Mahut is targeting gold at the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after confirming his intention to continue his career until at least 2021.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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