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Koike says Mori sexism row a "major issue" for Tokyo 2020

  • Tokyo 2020

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has described Yoshirō Mori’s comments about women as a "major issue" for the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

lack of female representation in senior roles.World Triathlon’s Marisol Casado and the International Golf


Alan Hubbard: Downsize the Tokyo Games - half an Olympics would be better than none at all

  • Inside the Blogs

It is surely the most agonising Question of Sport ever. Will Tokyo 2020, rescheduled for this summer, go ahead as planned? Or perhaps more pertinently should the Olympic and Paralympic Games now be abandoned as yet another victim of COVID-19?

polo), gymnastics and boxing.Plus archery, judo, karate, taekwondo, weightlifting, wrestling, rowing, golf



Smaller Federations "safer" in pandemic and Tokyo 2020 cancellation would not cause bankruptcies - ASOIF executive director

  • Tokyo 2020

Smaller International Federations (IFs), with smaller operations and staff, are less exposed to the effects of the pandemic than larger organisations, according to a top Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) official.

million), while smaller sports such as modern pentathlon and newer Olympic sports such as rugby and golf


Olympic golf champion Rose facing battle to qualify for Tokyo 2020

  • Golf

Britain’s Justin Rose has spoken of the challenge he faces to qualify for this year’s Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games as he aims to defend his crown.

climbed to as high as world number one in September 2018.But having failed to win on the Professional Golf

per country within that number.Players will have until June 21 to accumulate points in the Olympic golf

For the sake of golf, even if I'm not there, I'd love it to go ahead."

It was a great spectacle last time and I think, biased of course, golf came out pretty well."

Japan being an established golfing nation, I think hosting the golf would be fantastic."


Human rights groups write letter calling for Japan to pass LGBT Equality Act before Tokyo 2020

  • Tokyo 2020

Human Rights Watch is among 116 organisations to have signed a letter calling for Japan to draft and pass an anti-discrimination bill on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity prior to the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Since several Tokyo 2020 competitions, including the marathon and race walk, golf, fencing, and surfing


Southern Hills announced as new host of US PGA Championship

  • Golf

Country Club in Oklahoma has been announced as the new host for the 2022 United States Professional Golf

America took the decision to take the US PGA Championship, one of the four major championships in men’s golf

, away from the Trump National Golf Club in New Jersey.The PGA of America removed the tournament from

held to certify the election of Joe Biden.The 2022 US PGA Championship was removed from Trump National Golf

The course offers a tough but fair test for the strongest field in golf."


Ryder Cup organisers plan to host over 40,000 fans daily

  • Golf

Organisers of the rescheduled Ryder Cup are planning to host more than 40,000 people a day at the postponed event at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin in September if the COVID-19 pandemic situation improves.

with right now [with] 40,000 to 45,000 spectators on site per day," said Michael O'Reilly, director of golf

There's a lot of golf tournaments to be played between now and late September, including the PGA Championship

hiatus due to the pandemic.To date, there have been 42 Ryder Cups, with the last taking place at Le Golf


From London to Melbourne, from Edmonton to Tokyo, how bubbles can enable international sporting events to rise above COVID-19

  • The Big Read

As organisers of next month’s Australian Open strive to manage quarantine arrangements for many of the world’s leading tennis players, they have no more sympathetic observer in the world than Hockey Canada’s vice-president Dean McIntosh, who recently oversaw the successful staging in Edmonton of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Junior Championship.

The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA), for instance, have devised a system with one of the


Newcastle and Gateshead planning bid for 2026 European Championships

  • European Championships

Newcastle and Gateshead has announced its intention to bid for the 2026 European Championships, the third edition of the multi-sport event.

of the multi-sport European Championships was held in Glasgow and Berlin in 2018.Athletics, cycling, golf


Sörenstam has no regrets over accepting Presidential Medal of Freedom after Capitol riots

  • Golf

International Golf Federation (IGF) President Annika Sörenstam has defended her decision to accept the

Speaking to the Golf Channel, Sörenstam of Sweden described the riots on January 6 as a "dark day in

to force the ceremony to be postponed.South Africa’s Gary Player, who won nine major titles in his golf

posthumously to American Babe Zaharias.Zaharias died of cancer at the age of 45 in 1956 after winning 10 golf