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In this May 17, 2021, demonstrators protest against the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. The IOC and Tokyo Olympic organizers run into some of the strongest medical-community opposition so far with the games set to open in just over eight weeks. 
Tokyo Olympics
As demand grows to cancel Tokyo Olympics, who has the power to call it off?
Japan National Stadium is shown in the distance from the vantage of a glass observatory where three women are standing.
Sports
Amid cancellation talk, Tokyo Olympics ‘focused on hosting’
Workers move a sign at the Olympic Village for the 2022 Winter Olympics in the Chongli district of Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, China, Oct. 29, 2020.
Global Politics
Human rights groups weigh boycott of 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing
A man is shown wearing a face mask and walking in front of a countdown clock for the 2020 Olympics Games in Tokyo.
COVID-19
IOC to start discussions on possible Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games postponement
A man is shown in shadow in front of large sculpture of the Olympic rings.
Sports
Russia banned from Olympics, World Cup and other big events for cheating over doping
dope
Sports
Ban on Russia’s anti-doping agency is lifted, but criticism remains
People dressed in white carry the Olympic flag instead of the Russian flag.
Global Politics
Russia appeals to IOC for permission to fly flag at Games
olympics
Global Politics
Two Koreas will march together at the Olympics
Guor Marial, 28, smiles in his apartment under a South Sudan flag in Flagstaff, Arizona July 21, 2012. The marathon runner born in what is now South Sudan ran under the Olympic flag in London.
Sports
A former Olympian hails the decision to allow refugees into the Olympics
Patrick van der Valk (l) playing at Wildwood Tournament - The World's Largest Beach Ultimate Tournament
Sports
Could we see Ultimate Frisbee in the Summer Olympics?
The existence of the LA Coliseum is one reason LA is attractive a a possible Olympics host
Sports
What’s next for the Olympic Games in the US?
Geese fly past Vancouver's Olympic Rings
Global Scan
Want to host the 2022 Winter Olympics? We have just a few rules …
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (C) visits Team Ukraine House at the Olympic Park during the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics Games February 15, 2014.
Sports
Is Ukraine’s violence overshadowing Putin’s Olympics?
Viktor ahn
Sports
How did a South Korean Olympic speed skater end up skating for Russia?
Sports
Women are finally cleared for flight in Sochi
Global Politics
Vancouver’s openly gay deputy mayor is going to Sochi on a mission
IOC resists calls for moment of silence for victims of 1972 Munich Games kidnapping
PRI’s ‘The World’: Olympic debate
Conflict & Justice
FIFA President Under Bribery Investigation
Sports
Did Qatar Bribe FIFA in World Cup Bid?
Global Politics
Rethinking 2014 winter Olympics site
Sports
Which sports are olympics-worthy
Conflict & Justice
China responds to human rights record
Global Politics
Olympic package