210140 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material http://www.dailynews.lk/2020/09/08/sports/228146/tokyo-olympics-will-go-ahead-%E2%80%98-or-without-covid%E2%80%99-ioc%E2%80%99s-coatesSydney, Monday: Tokyo’s postponed Olympics will go ahead next year regardless of the coronavirus pandemic, IOC vice president John Coates told AFP Monday, vowing they will be the “Games that conquered Covid”. The Olympics have never been cancelled outside of the world wars and Coates, speaking in a....Mon, 07 Sep 2020 22:46:00 +0200dailynews-lk-4403b0d1abe8f4d33a9ff3c309fdefdd20200907224600https://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news/section/8/222696/Tokyo-Games-will-go-ahead-'with-or-without-Covid'Tokyo's postponed Olympics will go ahead next year regardless of the coronavirus pandemic, IOC vice president John Coates said yesterday, vowing they will be the "Games that conquered Covid". The Olympics have never been cancelled outside of the world wars and Coates was adamant that the Tokyo Games will start on their revised date.Mon, 07 Sep 2020 21:41:00 +0200thestandard-hk-689a454f3db89d87b895817a3664d53420200907214100https://www.clarin.com/deportes/vicepresidente-coi-dijo-juegos-olimpicos-haran-coronavirus-_0_zqA1Y198w.htmlDurante una entrevista telefónica con la agencia AFP, el presidente del Comité de Coordinación del COI para la cita en Japón afirmó que la cita tendrá lugar "con o sin" coronavirus y precisó que "empezarán el 23 de julio del próximo año". "Serán los Juegos que habrán conquistado al Covid-19.Mon, 07 Sep 2020 20:31:00 +0200clarin-df5d2c6f87154676d113fbb05c9bf2c320200907203100https://www.panorama.am/en/news/2020/09/07/Tokyo-Olympics/2356012The postponed Tokyo Olympic Games will go ahead next year "with or without Covid", the vice-president of the International Olympic Committee says. John Coates confirmed to news agency AFP that the Olympics would start on 23 July next year, calling them the "Games that conquered Covid", reported.Mon, 07 Sep 2020 19:04:00 +0200panorama-am-en-d610586b8c85372108555388c29b36cc20200907190400