“We have decided the venues and schedule, and the people involved are working on preparations, including infection control,” the Kyodo news agency quoted government spokesman Katsunobu Kato as saying.
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The comments, less than 200 days before the postponed Games start in July, come with greater Tokyo under a state of emergency over a spike in coronavirus cases and with countries around the world battling outbreaks.
Gumel, in his new year message to his immediate constituency and the corporate world, thanked all and sundry for their support for the success recorded thus far.
The minister made this known in a statement issued by his Special Adviser (Media), John Joshua-Akanji on Wednesday in Abuja.
A three-judge panel unanimously agreed that the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) failed to provide authentic drug-test data upon request by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), although the two-year ban is half the length requested by WADA.
The New York Times however reports that the ban has been cut in half and now stands at two years and states that CAS will confirm the reduction at 3pm.
The International Olympics Committee’s executive board approved the new sport Monday as part of a broader decision on Paris 2024’s event programme and athlete quotas.
The International Olympic Committee and the Japanese government were forced to put off the Games for a year in March as the coronavirus spread rapidly around the world.
The Olympic organisers said this on Thursday.
Russia was sanctioned last year after the World Anti-Doping Agency concluded that Moscow had planted fake evidence and deleted files linked to positive doping tests in laboratory data that could have helped identify drug cheats.
Abe, who announced his resignation on Friday, had been all but synonymous with Tokyo 2020.
John Joshua-Akanji, the Minister’s Special Adviser (Media), disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Abuja.
He said a recent spike in cases in Tokyo is due to a failure to stick to guidelines to prevent contagion.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday that the Tokyo Olympics may not take place next year unless the coronavirus pandemic is contained.
Ahead of a busy 2021 and 2022 international calendar, the Nigerian Basketball Federation is becoming the most sort after federation, thanks to her rising profile in global basketball family with interests from many players wanting to play for Nigeria ahead of the Olympics.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said for the first time on Monday that the Tokyo Olympic Games may be postponed if the event cannot be held in its “complete form” due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The International Olympic Committee is committed to the Tokyo Olympics going ahead on schedule this summer in spite of fears around the outbreak of the coronavirus, its president, Thomas Bach, says.
The minister made the pledge in an interview after receiving the Team Nigeria contingent which participated in the 12th African Games at Morocco.
Nigerian table tennis star, Funke Oshonaike, says if she qualifies for Tokyo Olympics in 2020, she will go down in history as the only female in Africa to participate in seven Olympics.