Daily life Tokyo stops to honor Olympic medalists
TOKYO, Japan ● Japan’s Olympic medalists brought downtown Tokyo to a standstill on Monday in an open-top bus victory parade witnessed...
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Melbourne dreaming of hosting Olympics
MELBOURNE, Australia Basking in the glory of being named the world’s most desirable metropolis, Melbourne is...
Tokyo 2020 says bid has stronger geographic advantage
LONDON, England ● Tokyo’s bid to host the 2020 Olympics has a better chance of success than when it...
Phelps reaches summit Mount Olympus
LONDON< England ● Four years after he climbed to the top of Olympic achievement, Michael Phelps took...
Quake survivor first Turkish gymnast in Games
BOLU, Turkey ● So excited was Goksu Uctas at the thought of becoming Turkey’s first Olympic gymnast, she wanted...
Tokyo, Madrid, Istanbul make cut for 2020 Olympics
QUEBEC CITY, Que ● Tokyo, Istanbul and Madrid made the first cut among bidders to host the 2020 Olympics,...
IOC to pick 2020 finalists in Quebec City
QUEBEC, Que ● As the torch relay traverses Britain ahead of the July 27 opening of the London Games,...
Japan train with ‘rice balls’ to sharpen soccer skills
TOKYO, Japan ● Japan have come up with a novel way of preparing themselves for this year’s London Olympic...