Japan is set, this week, to revise a law allowing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to declare a formal state of emergency over the coronavirus if needed, as Abe faces persistent criticism for his handling of the outbreak ahead of the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Browsing: Tokyo
The camp of the senior national women basketball team, D’Tigress, has continued to bubble as preparation hots up for the final phase of the 2020 Olympic Games qualifiers in Belgrade, Serbia.
The IOC announced a plan earlier this month to move the marathon and race walking events to the northern island of Hokkaido due to concerns about heat in Tokyo next summer.
AbdulRazaq would be attending the conference alongside two other state governors who are in the entourage of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Floyd Mayweather has been appointed by the Chinese Boxing Federation to help bring the country boxing success at next year’s Olympics.
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, has predicted a successful outing for Nigerian wrestlers at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Succour has come the way of 11 Nigerian athletes ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo after they were captured in the latest International Olympic Committee scholarship scheme.
Rafael Nadal has revealed that he hoping to take part in the new-look Davis Cup Finals as well as the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.
The new Secretary-General, Nigeria Olympic Committee, Olabanji Oladapo, has said that cooperation with the Ministry of Sports would ensure that the country present the best athletes for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Mohammed told the News Agency of Nigeria that the qualifiers would hold at Doha in Qatar from December 19 to December 23.
The 28-year-old princess, the third daughter of Emperor Akihito’s late cousin, Prince Takamado, tied the knot with Kei Moriya, a 32-year-old employee of shipping company, Nippon Yusen.
The Japanese was aiming for his third title on home soil.
Fourth-seeded Karolina Pliskova handed US Open champ Naomi Osaka a 6-4, 6-4 defeat, to claim the title at the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the 2020 Summer Olympics, is expected to hold in Tokyo from July 24 to August 9.
The Danish former world No 1, who joins Steffi Graf and Gabriela Sabatini with three Pan Pacific Open crowns, outclassed her Russian opponent 6-0 7-5 in 75 minutes to capture her first title of the year after losing in six previous finals.
Akinsola, accompanied by some of his supporters, were at the residence of Sheikh Haruna Suara, the Chief Imam of Ibadanland, to honour an earlier invitation from the Imam when the attempt was made on his life
More than anything else that Ajimobi may have accomplished so far, the mature manner in which he deflated the tires of the rampaging NURTW will rank near the top