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Kellie Harrington and Brendan Irvine were chosen as Ireland's flag bearers for the opening ceremony

Irish flag bearers lead team as Olympic Games begin

Irish boxers Kellie Harrington and Brendan Irvine led their Olympic teammates into the new national stadium of Japan for the opening ceremony of the 32nd Olympic Games.

Olympic Games • 23 Jul 21

Delegations from North Korea and South Korea march under the Korean unification flag during the closing ceremony of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games

North Korea will not go to Olympics over Covid-19 fears

North Korea will not attend this year's Tokyo Olympics because of the coronavirus pandemic, Pyongyang's sports ministry has said.

Coronavirus • 06 Apr 21

Azusa Iwashimizu (L), a member of Japan women's football national team, lights the torch from the celebration cauldron in Fukushima

Olympic torch relay gets going under pandemic shadow

The Olympic torch relay has begun in Japan with waves, smiles and high fives, but no cheers, on a four-month countdown to the games in Tokyo, the first organised during a deadly pandemic.

World • 25 Mar 21

John Geddert coached the US women's gymnastics team to gold at the 2012 London Olympics

Accused ex-US Olympics gymnastics coach found dead

An American former Olympics gymnastics coach has been found dead hours after he was charged with human trafficking and abuse of athletes in his care.

US • 26 Feb 21

Yoshiro Mori said his comments caused 'a lot of chaos'

Tokyo 2020 chief Mori resigns over sexist comments

Tokyo 2020 Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori has resigned after making sexist comments that caused an international outcry with less than six months until the virus-postponed Games.

World • 12 Feb 21

There is less than six months to go until the troubled Games are due to start

IOC backing Tokyo Olympics despite pandemic

Representatives from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic organising committee have said there were no doubts or objections from its partners, including the International Olympic Committee and sporting federations, about Japan hosting the rearranged Games this year.

Coronavirus • 28 Jan 21

An IOC statement said it is fully concentrated on and committed to the successful delivery of the Olympic and Paralympic Games' this year

Updated IOC dismisses reports Tokyo Games will be cancelled

The International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee have dismissed renewed speculation that the delayed Tokyo 2020 Games are set to be cancelled.

Coronavirus • 22 Jan 21

Jack Woolley and 'Bob' sort out their differences

'You have to pick yourself back up and go again'

The eyes of the world should have been on Tokyo today for the opening ceremony of the 2020 Olympic Games - but instead thousands of athletes from across the world must refocus their training to next year - including those who had qualified to represent Ireland.

Ireland • 24 Jul 20

The US has around 15,000 more confirmed cases then the second country on the list, Italy

Tracker shows US confirmed Covid-19 cases pass 100,000

The United States now has more than 100,000 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus, a tracker maintained by Johns Hopkins University has shown.

Coronavirus • 27 Mar 20

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe addresses Parliament in Tokyo

Olympic postponement may be 'inevitable' - Abe

Postponing the Olympics over the coronavirus pandemic may become "inevitable", Japan's prime minister has conceded.

Coronavirus • 23 Mar 20

So far 4.5 million tickets have been sold in Japan

What would an Olympics cancellation cost Japan?

Japan and Olympic organisers are at pains to insist this summer's Games in Tokyo are on, despite the new coronavirus outbreak, but what would a cancellation cost the world's third-biggest economic powerhouse?

Coronavirus • 11 Mar 20

In all, 18,000 beds will be required at the village

Athletes to sleep in recyclable beds at Tokyo Olympics

Athletes competing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games will sleep on bed frames made from recyclable cardboard, with mattresses formed of polyethylene materials that will be reused for plastic products after the Games.

News Lens • 09 Jan 20

Tokyo 2020 Olympic medals which were unveiled today

Tokyo 2020 Olympic medals made from recycled devices

The medals for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics were unveiled today with exactly one year to go until next year's Games.

Tokyo 2020 • 24 Jul 19

The company said that while there had been growth in advertising revenue and sponsorship during 2016 there had been a marked slowdown in the second half of the year

Rising, election coverage contribute to RTÉ €19.7m loss

A series of large-scale special events, including 1916 Rising commemorations, the Olympic Games and the 2016 General Election, resulted in RTÉ recording a net deficit after tax of €19.7m last year.

Business • 18 Jul 17

Pat Hickey has temporarily stepped aside as president of the OCI during the investigation

Hickey given go-ahead to leave Brazil

Pat Hickey has been given the go-ahead by a judge in Rio to leave Brazil.

Pat Hickey • 12 Dec 16

Tickets allocated to the Irish Olympic Council were allegedly sold illegally in Rio

Pro 10: Mallon distributing tickets on its behalf

The Authorised Ticket Reseller for the Olympic Council of Ireland has said the Irish man being held in Rio for alleged ticket touting was holding tickets on its behalf.

News • 12 Aug 16

Pat Hickey said he fully expects that the OCI will come out of this with a clean bill of health

No impropriety in OCI regarding tickets - Hickey

Olympic Council of Ireland President Pat Hickey has said there is no impropriety whatsoever from himself, or anyone in the OCI, in the dealing of tickets for the Olympic Games.

News • 12 Aug 16

Stun grenades and tear gas were used to clear protesters

Tear gas used to clear protesters in Rio

Police used stun grenades and tear gas to clear protesters in the path of the Olympic torch in a poor suburb of Rio de Janeiro, two days before the Olympic Games open.

News • 04 Aug 16

The New York Times was told that dozens of Russians had used performance-enhancing drugs in Sochi

IOC delays decision on Russia ban from Olympics

Russia's participation in the Rio Olympics remains in the balance after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said it would "explore legal options" for banning the country from the Games.

News • 19 Jul 16

Karen Marshall was the first torch-bearer in the Northern Ireland relay

Olympic torch begins Northern Ireland relay

The Olympic Torch will visit the Belfast slipways where the Titanic was built as it begins its five-day relay through Northern Ireland.

News • 03 Jun 12

The ceremony took place in the ruins of the 2,600-year-old Temple of Hera

Olympic flame lit for London Games

The Olympic flame was lit in Olympia in Greece today, signalling the final countdown to the start of this year's summer Games in London.

Special Reports • 10 May 12

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