Can Japan cling to its Olympic dream with a pandemic raging?
Officials firmly deny a report that, privately, they know the Summer Games are doomed, but they look increasingly cornered by COVID-19, and public opinion.
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Japan's leaders stubbornly insist Olympics "definitely" going ahead
As a 3rd wave of COVID-19 infections drives a widening state of emergency, the government is forging ahead with the Summer Games against the will of its people.
Most Japanese say postpone or cancel the Olympics as COVID surges
Overwhelming response to polling by Japanese news outlets is bad news for Tokyo organizers, who keep pushing for the delayed summer Games despite the pandemic.
U.S. won't punish athletes for peacefully protesting at Olympics
Fencer Race Imboden, who was penalized last year for taking a knee during the Pan American Games medal ceremony, told CBS News that the decision was a "shifting of the moral compass."
Track star Semenya "will continue to fight" after legal setback
"I will continue to fight for the human rights of female athletes, both on and off the track, until we can all run free the way we were born," she said.
Simone Manuel still sometimes feels excluded as a Black swimmer
The 23-year-old says swimming "definitely has a long way to go when you're talking about diversity and inclusion."
Olympics chief accepts it's 2021 for the Tokyo Games, or bust
"You cannot forever employ 3,000 or 5,000 people in an organizing committee," IOC president Thomas Bach says, bowing to Japanese officials' assessments.
Beach volleyball star reacts to Olympics being postponed
Kerri Walsh Jennings said she still plans to compete in 2021.
Tokyo Olympics postponed until 2021
IOC President Thomas Bach has agreed "100%" to a proposal of postponing the Tokyo Olympics for about one year until 2021, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said.
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Transcript: Sen. Chris Murphy on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Oct. 11, 2026
