The United Nations General Assembly has approved a change to the Olympic Truce observation period to reflect the postponement of Tokyo 2020.
Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) President Yasuhiro Yamashita claimed his organisation and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee are "advancing step by step" towards next year's postponed Games.
United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) chief executive Sarah Hirshland has warned of further financial cuts to the organisation if next year's Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo are cancelled.
Tokyo Tower has reopened in the host city of next year's Olympic and Paralympic Games as restrictive lockdown measures in Japan ease.
Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) chief executive Matt Carroll has claimed Queensland's bid for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games is still ahead of its rivals, despite the candidature being put on hold in response to the coronavirus crisis.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe is reportedly considering extending the country's nationwide state of emergency for another month.
Tokyo 2020 President Yoshirō Mori claimed the Olympic and Paralympic Games would be "scrapped" if they could not be held next year.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will adopt a flexible approach to the election cycles of National Olympic Committees (NOC) following the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Olympic Solidarity have increased funding to National Olympic Committees following the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Kentaro Iwata, a professor of infectious diseases at Kobe University, said he is "very pessimistic" about the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games taking place next year.
Ten-time world champion canoeist Alexander Slafkovský claimed the ability for athletes to train is essential for next year's Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The tower at Tokyo 1964's Komazawa Olympic Park is being turned blue to honour doctors and nurses working against coronavirus pandemic.
French President Emmanuel Macron pledged to rebuild Notre-Dame in time for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games despite recent delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Executive Committee agreed to keep the principles of their qualification events for the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Tokyo 2020 have set-up a joint steering committee to deliver the postponed Olympic and Paralympic Games in 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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