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Int'l Olympic Committee Sources Say Tokyo In Lead For 2020 Olympics Host City Race06 / 18 / 13Several notable IOC members said that members of the IOC, "who will vote in less than three months to decide the host city for the 2020 Summer Olympics," are increasingly leaning toward Tokyo as the favorite, according to KYODO. Tokyo's emphasis on safety and security appears to be influencing... |
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Tokyo 2020 To Submit Bid Jan. 7
The Tokyo bid committee announced that reigning FIFA Women's World Player of the Year Homare Sawa "will present Tokyo's candidature file for the 2020 Olympics to the IOC next month," according to KYODO. Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose said, "We must make the bid a success at all costs." Sawa will submit the ...
Tokyo 2020 Names New Chairman
Tokyo 2020 announced that newly elected Tokyo Metropolitan Governor Naoki Inose will serve as Tokyo 2020 chairman. Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda said, "Governor Inose has been following our bid closely for the past five years as Tokyo's Vice Governor. He has steadily supporte ...
Kobayashi Gives Up Hope For F1 Cockpit
Former Sauber F1 driver KAMUI KOBAYASHI "has given up hope to get one of the few remaining F1 cockpits," according to BLICK. Kobayashi wrote on his website, "Unfortunately, the time was not long enough, and I couldn't acquire a cockpit for 2013 in a competitive team. It is very sad, and I'm very s ...
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Japan Tour Expands OneAsia Link
The Japanese Tour has expanded its involvement with the OneAsia Tour, announcing two co-sanctioned events for '13. The announcement may have significant repercussions in the ongoing rivalry between the OneAsia Tour and the Asian Tour. The Japan Golf Tour Organisation announced it will co-sanction On ...
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Chelsea Players Mobbed In Japan
Millionaire Chelsea players PETR CECH and PAULO FERREIRA "popped into a Starbucks for coffee after training at the Club World Cup in Japan on Tuesday and were mobbed as they waited in line," according to Alastair Himmer of REUTERS. Picking up a small size coffee, Cech asked his teammate: "Do y ...
FIFA'S Goal-Line Technology Goes Live
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Red Bull Extends Infiniti Partnership
F1 team Red Bull Racing has agreed to a four-year extension of its partnership with Japanese car brand Infiniti, which first began in March '11. The increased agreement will see Infiniti become title partner from '13, meaning the Red Bull Racing's team name will become Infiniti Red Bull Racing from ...
Tokyo 2020 Signs On New Partner
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Japan's National Stadium Plans Unveiled
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Sumo Struggling To Recruit Young People
A dearth of new recruits "is thinning the ranks of sumo wrestlers, threatening the future of the celebrated but scandal-plagued ancient Japanese sport," according to Mure Dickie of the FINANCIAL TIMES. The Japan Sumo Association said that "only 56 hefty young trainees" have applied to join sumo stab ...
