Olympic organizers, including the International Olympic Committee, announced Thursday there will be no fans allowed at the delayed 2021 Olympic Games later this month. The decision comes after Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced the Olympics will happen with Tokyo under a state of emergency. The state of emergency begins next Monday and will last…

Olympic officials announced new restrictions for spectators ahead of the Tokyo Olympics to reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19. Though attending the Games on-site is already limited, the new rules for fans include not cheering out loud, sharing high fives, or drinking alcohol at venues.

Sha’Carri Richardson will not be allowed to compete in the 100 meter dash at the Tokyo Olympics. The American track and field star is serving a one-month suspension after testing positive for THC, the main psychoactive component of marijuana. Richardson finished first in the 100 meter finals at the U.S. Olympic trials on June 20.…

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A member of the Ugandan Olympic team tested positive for COVID-19 over the weekend. This is the first infection to be detected as an Olympic team was arriving to Japan. The team member, who has not been named, was barred entry into the country. The rest of the team took a charter bus from the…

TOKYO (AP) — The safest way to hold the Tokyo Olympics is without any fans, the top medical adviser to the Japanese government said in a report on Friday. Dr. Shigeru Omi’s recommendation seems to put him at odds with organizers and the International Olympic Committee with the Olympics opening in just five weeks on…

The National Institutes of Health released a study Tuesday, showing new evidence the Coronavirus was in the U.S. as early as December 2019. The study looked at 24,000 stored blood samples donated between Jan. 2 and Mar. 18, 2020. It found samples from people in Illinois, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies…

The 2021 Tokyo Summer Olympics will make history with new sports like skateboarding, surfing, karate, sport climbing and baseball. The sports will feature new faces in the Olympic Games.