Tag: Olympics
Kipyegon wins historic fourth world 1500m gold
Faith Kipyegon stormed to a historic fourth world 1500m title as the Kenyan great extended her streak of dominance with a fifth consecutive global...
Alfred given EC$1m and land
Castries – St Lucia’s Olympic champion Julien Alfred became an instant millionaire on Friday after being gifted EC$1 million by the government for her...
FIFA’s World Cup plan gets cold response from IOC’s Bach
LONDON – FIFA’s proposals for a shift to a biennial World Cup, which could see the tournament held in the same year as the...
Barbados Government to increase investment in sports
Government plans to invest more funding in sports programmes, in order to create more world class and elite athletes.Minister of Youth, Sports and Community...
Tokyo governor vows city’s medical system is ready for Olympics
TOKYO – City of Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike said on Tuesday that enough hospitals combined with a speed-up in the COVID-19 vaccination roll-out among...
Japan to ease state of emergency, focus on Games spectators
TOKYO – Japan said on Thursday it would ease emergency coronavirus (COVID-19) curbs in nine prefectures, including Tokyo, while keeping some measures.The country plans...