TOKYO (AP) — When the dust settles on the marquee venue for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, it could well be the most expensive sports stadium in the world. The latest cost estimate of 252 billion ...

Japan's capital needs to decide on a new blueprint for the showpiece venue of its Games after initial plans were scrapped due to spiraling costs. Both designs, released by the Japan Sports Council, ...

Sue Bird was one of the flagbearers, sharing that role with baseball’s Eddy Alvarez. Bird is a five-time Olympian in women’s basketball. She remembers 2004 when the U.S. women’s basketball team got to ...

TOKYO — Japan's National Stadium was fan-less four years ago during the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics; zero atmosphere in the $1.4 billion, 60,000-seat venue for the globe's greatest track and field ...

A new design for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Stadium has been chosen by the Japanese Government ©Japan Sport Council Kuma's design, which will cost ¥149 billion (£806 million/$1.2 billion/€1.1 billion), ...

The Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics featured the lighting of the Olympic cauldron at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium by tennis star Naomi Osaka. The Olympic cauldron was lit by a torch, but the torch ...

After scrapping the original architectural plan for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic stadium due to a ballooning cost estimate and ridicule over its resemblance to a bicycle helmet, officials selected a new ...

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A new design from a Japanese architect has been chosen for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic stadium, NBC News reported. A new competition was organized this month. A design from architect Kengo Kuma won the ...