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@nytimesworld 2 years ago After dismal moods and empty arenas at the Tokyo Summer Games, postponed to 2021, and the Beijing Winter Games, held in February in a closed coronavirus bubble, the 2024 Paris Games are pledging to deliver the comeback of comebacks. nyti.ms
@WSJ 3 years ago When a WSJ reporter tested positive while covering the Olympic Games, she became one of a small number of Americans to experience China’s aggressive zero-Covid policies on.wsj.com
@guardian 3 years ago Covid pushes UK video games market to record £7bn – but games sales fall theguardian.com
@WSJ 3 years ago Ahead of the Beijing Games, Elsa Desmond, Ireland's first ever Olympic luger, had to set up the country's luge federation and help on the Covid-19 frontlines as a newly minted doctor on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld 3 years ago As the Omicron variant spreads rapidly around the globe, China is taking elaborate precautions to prevent the coronavirus from reaching its own population or participants in the Winter Games. nyti.ms
@guardian 3 years ago NBA postpones five more games with coronavirus numbers on rise theguardian.com
@nytimesworld 3 years ago The Olympic torch arrived in Beijing on Wednesday, beginning a countdown to a Winter Games being held under the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 4 years ago With the Winter Olympics in Beijing just six months away, the Chinese authorities are planning far more elaborate precautions against Covid-19 than were taken at the Tokyo Games. nyti.ms
@BBCWorld 4 years ago The Olympics are well under way, but more Covid cases continue to be reported at the Games Does Japan have Covid under control? #BBCRealityCheck bbc.in
@WSJ 4 years ago Covid-19 precautions have turned the Olympics torch relay, normally a boisterous build-up to the Games, into a socially distanced affair witnessed by almost no one on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld 4 years ago The Japanese government declared a new state of emergency in Tokyo on Thursday after a sudden spike in coronavirus cases, wreaking fresh havoc on preparations for an Olympic Games that organizers have insisted can be held safely amid a pandemic. nyti.ms
@BBCWorld 4 years ago When are the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic games, and will they go ahead despite Covid? bbc.in
@guardian 3 years ago Morning mail: wholesale power prices triple, Covid death rate rises, Commonwealth Games open theguardian.com
@WSJ 3 years ago When a Wall Street Journal reporter tested positive for Covid while covering the Olympic Games in Beijing, she became one of a small number of Americans to experience China’s aggressive zero-Covid policies. on.wsj.com
@WSJ 3 years ago A policy change to New York City's Covid-19 vaccine mandates paved the way for Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving, as well as unvaccinated Mets and Yankees players, to play in home games on.wsj.com
@BBCWorld 3 years ago Beijing Olympics: Winter Games start amid Covid and boycotts bbc.in
@WSJ 3 years ago The explosive spread of the highly contagious Omicron variant of the coronavirus is quickly presenting one of the most complicated possible Covid-19 scenarios for the 2022 Beijing Games on.wsj.com
@BBCWorld 3 years ago Three NFL games postponed because of Covid-19 outbreaks bbc.in
@WSJ 4 years ago With just over four months to go until the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, the developing picture of the Games is one of severe Covid-19 restrictions for outsiders, and possible advantages for domestic athletes on.wsj.com
@WSJ 4 years ago Olympic officials tout the lack of a major Covid-19 outbreak as a sign that they pulled off the strangest Games ever, despite public opposition and pandemic protocols that muted the atmosphere on.wsj.com
@WSJ 4 years ago U.S. pole vaulter Sam Kendricks tested positive for Covid-19, knocking the 2016 Olympic bronze medalist out of the Tokyo Games on.wsj.com
@WSJ 4 years ago The long-feared possibility that the Covid-19 pandemic could disrupt the Tokyo Olympics is rapidly emerging as a reality, as Games organizers scramble to deal with a rising load of athletes and officials who are testing positive upon arrival in Japan on.wsj.com
@WSJ 4 years ago Covid-19 measures are turning the Tokyo Olympics into the Games of "no": No lounging in the Olympic dining hall, no public torch relay— even no spectators on.wsj.com
@WSJ 4 years ago With the Tokyo Olympics set to open one month from now, the positive Covid-19 test of a second member of Uganda’s Olympic delegation upon arrival in Japan is revealing potential holes in plans to contain the virus during the Games on.wsj.com
@guardian 3 years ago Kelsey-Lee Barber still set for Commonwealth Games despite Covid setback theguardian.com
@WSJ 3 years ago When a Wall Street Journal reporter tested positive for Covid while covering the Olympic Games in Beijing, she became one of a small number of Americans to experience China’s aggressive zero-Covid policies on.wsj.com
@WSJ 3 years ago There have been troubles rumbling beneath every Olympics of the past decade. Covid and geopolitical tension have cast an especially gloomy shadow over the Beijing Games. on.wsj.com
@WSJ 3 years ago Athletes are scrambling to pass Covid tests, leaving cellphones at home amid spying concerns, and finding themselves in the middle of tricky politics. It’s time for the Beijing Winter Games. on.wsj.com
@WSJ 3 years ago Television networks are bracing for revamped schedules as the NHL, NBA and NFL postpone games because of coronavirus constraints on.wsj.com
@guardian 3 years ago Tottenham games under threat following Covid outbreak at club theguardian.com
@guardian 4 years ago 9,000 Covid cases linked to Euro 2020 games in mass events scheme theguardian.com
@WSJ 4 years ago "2020 Tokyo Olympics" Review: Simone Biles’s decision to withdraw from certain events highlighted the issue of athletes’ mental health, while predictable interviews and the unyielding threat of Covid-19 leave the rest of the Games with much to be desired on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld 4 years ago Tokyo Olympic organizers on Monday announced 16 new positive coronavirus tests among people connected to the Games. At least 153 people with Olympic credentials, including 19 athletes, have tested positive. nyti.ms
@BBCWorld 4 years ago Japan has declared a state of emergency in Tokyo which will run throughout the Olympic Games, as Covid cases rise bbc.in
@WSJ 4 years ago Covid measures are turning the Tokyo Olympics into the Games of "no": No lounging in the Olympic dining hall, no public torch relay— even no spectators on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld 4 years ago Alcohol will be banned at the Tokyo Olympics in a bid to control the coronavirus, organizers said. The decision came after an outcry from the Japanese public, which is deeply skeptical of hosting the Games. nyti.ms
@WSJ 3 years ago When a Wall Street Journal reporter tested positive for Covid while covering the Olympic Games in Beijing, she became one of a small number of Americans to experience China’s aggressive zero-Covid policies. on.wsj.com
@BBCWorld 3 years ago Asian Games in China postponed because of Covid bbc.in
@WSJ 3 years ago Ahead of the Beijing Winter Games, Elsa Desmond, Ireland's first ever Olympic luger, helped on the Covid-19 frontlines as a newly minted doctor on.wsj.com
@WSJ 3 years ago Athletes heading for the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing must attempt an extraordinary maneuver in the next month: lock in their spots on the national team, train and travel for their event and dodge the fast-spreading Omicron variant of the coronavirus on.wsj.com
@WSJ 3 years ago The NBA muddled through another turbulent period of the pandemic over the weekend as it postponed five games and nearly 70 players tested positive for Covid-19 on.wsj.com
@WSJ 3 years ago Beijing 2022 organizers unveiled a tough set of Covid-19 protocols for February’s Winter Olympic Games on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld 4 years ago Paralympic officials in Tokyo reported the first confirmed coronavirus case in the Olympic Village, five days before the Games are set to open. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 4 years ago Japan is expanding a state of emergency to four areas besides Tokyo and extending restrictions in the capital until the end of August — past the conclusion of the Olympics and into the start of the Paralympic Games — as its coronavirus outbreak worsens. nyti.ms
@WSJ 4 years ago Covid-19 precautions have turned the Olympics torch relay, normally a boisterous build-up to the Games, into a socially distanced affair witnessed by almost no one. on.wsj.com
@WSJ 4 years ago The Tokyo Olympics will be held without spectators, the organizers said, after Japan declared a new state of emergency that will continue through the end of the Games due to a rise in Covid-19 infections on.wsj.com
@guardian 4 years ago Australia’s race to secure Covid vaccine supply likened to Hunger Games as rollout crawls theguardian.com
@nytimesworld 4 years ago Japan said that it would relax emergency measures in Tokyo and other areas as the country’s latest coronavirus outbreak recedes, and with the Olympic Games scheduled to begin in just over five weeks. nyti.ms