Breakdancing, surfing, skateboarding and sports climbing won a spot in the 2024 Paris Olympics when the International Olympic Committee ratified their inclusion, IOC President Thomas Bach said.
The Olympic Games were due to start this week but have been postponed until next year. In a short series, the Otago Daily Times chats to competitors and coaches about the year ahead. Jeff Cheshire catches up with shot put star Tom Walsh.
The Tokyo Olympics were postponed on Tuesday to 2021, the first such delay in the Games' 124-year modern history, as the coronavirus crisis wrecked the world's last sporting showpiece still standing this year.
NZ Olympic organisers seeking a swift decision on the Tokyo Games to allow teams to reset and prepare for a delayed event due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The IOC is putting the health of elite athletes at risk by telling them to continue training for the Tokyo 2020 Games as the coronavirus rages, reigning pole vault champion Katerina Stefanidi says.
The coronavirus pandemic must have reached its peak and be on the wane by the end of May otherwise the Tokyo Olympics can't be staged on schedule, the head of the French Olympic Committee says.
The focus every four years falls on the Olympics. And the woman in charge of the New Zealand challenge is a farmer’s girl from Clinton, who grew up wanting to be an All Black. These days there are...
The potential cancellation of the Tokyo Olympics due to the coronavirus outbreak could end the careers of several athletes like twice shot put champion Dame Valerie Adams, according to Athletics NZ's high performance director.
Caveats and compromises in the small print mean there is a good chance Russian athletes and footballers will appear at the 2020 Olympics and the 2022 World Cup, writes Sean Ingle.