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Cycling Weekly · Jul 3, 2024

‘We work just as hard’: Team GB swimmers want Olympic prize money

Britain’s double Tokyo 2020 champion Tom Dean has joined a chorus of calls for prize money to be paid at the Olympic Games

The Guardian - UK · Apr 16, 2024

How British Rowing are using a ‘third way’ to deliver Olympic glory

The Tokyo 2020 Olympics were an unmitigated disaster as British rowing descended into civil war but a new outlook is fuelling a potential return to dominance in Paris next summer

The Independent UK · Dec 22, 2023

Olympic scandal disappoints mascot creator

The creator of the official mascots for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games has voiced his disappointment over the bribery scandal that has tainted the event.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Oct 21, 2022

Paralympic swimmer Maisie Summers-Newton hails her hero as she collects MBE

The Tokyo 2020 gold medallist was joined by fellow Paralympic swimmer Jordan Catchpole and designer Esmeralda Devlin at Buckingham Palace.

The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2022

Takahashi suspected of diverting fees to acquaintance's firm

A former Tokyo 2020 organizing committee executive who has been arrested in a bribery probe is suspected of proposing that Games sponsorship fees from a major publisher be diverted to an acquaintance's consulting firm, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Sep 7, 2022

Two officials at Tokyo 2020 sponsor arrested in widening bribery probe

Japanese prosecutors arrested two officials at a sponsor of the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday as part of a widening bribery investigation that media said involved a former member of the Tokyo 2020 board.

Reuters · Sep 6, 2022

Arrested Games exec linked to deal with Kadokawa Takahashi linked to another deal in Games bribery probe

The Tokyo 2020 organizing committee executive board member already under arrest in an Olympics-related bribery probe is now suspected of acting as an intermediary for major publisher Kadokawa Corp. to be selected as an official Tokyo Games sponsor, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Sep 3, 2022

Arrested Tokyo 2020 sponsor executive says he gave cash to Japan's ex-PM Mori - Sankei

The former chairman of Tokyo Olympics sponsor Aoki Holdings has told prosecutors he gave 2 million yen ($14,300) in cash to the head of the Games' organising committee, former prime minister Yoshiro Mori, the Sankei daily reported.

Reuters · Sep 1, 2022

Olympic sponsor fee for Japan retailer in bribery scandal was more than halved -Kyodo

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic sponsor fee for Japanese fashion firm Aoki Holdings was less than half the standard fee, news agency Kyodo reported on Thursday, one day after the arrest of the former Aoki chairman on suspicion of bribery.

Reuters · Aug 18, 2022