His resignation comes less than 500 days before the opening of the 2020 Games.
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Japan to splash $25b on Olympics
The price tag keeps soaring for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics despite local organizers and the International Olympic Committee saying that spending is being cut. A report just released by the national government’s Board of Audit shows Japan is likely to spend $25 billion to prepare the Games, and the final number could go even higher. […]
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Oshonaike won’t give up on seventh Olympics
At 43, Olufunke Oshonaike is not giving up of setting a new continental record as the first African female athlete to attend seven Olympic Games. Since making her debut at the Olympic Games in Atlanta 1996 in United States, Oshonaike has represented Nigeria at six Olympic Games and she is poised on making it to […]
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