Santiago opens Pan American Games with nod to the Indigenous, poetry and memory of dictatorship
The opening ceremony of Chileโs first Pan American Games was not only a celebration of athletes, Indigenous peoples and poetry, but laid bare the politically divided countryโs scars from the military dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet from 1973 until 1990.
TV equipment stolen from Pan Am Games' opening ceremony site in Chile, boosting security concerns
Television crews at the Pan American Games had equipment stolen this week from the compound of the National Stadium, the site of Fridayโs opening ceremony, heightening concerns about crime at the tournament hosting over 6,800 athletes.
Report: Hotel will house Olympic athletes with COVID-19
Athletes at the Tokyo Olympics who come down with minor symptoms of COVID-19 could be isolated in a hotel lined up by local organizers of the games, according to Japan's Kyodo news agency, which cited unnamed officials with โknowledge of the plan.โ.
Tokyo Olympics: Q&A on vaccines, fans, qualifying and costs
Bach said during this week's trip to Tokyo that he is encouraging all Olympic participants and fans to be vaccinated - if one becomes available - if they are going to attend next year's Tokyo Olympics. The Tokyo Olympics were postponed eight months ago, and now are to open in eight months: July 23, 2021. Hanging in the balance are 11,000 Olympic athletes and 4,400 Paralympians. Tokyo said the Olympics would cost $7.3 billion when it was awarded the games in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 2013. Takahashi is a former executive of the Japanese marketing company Dentsu Inc., the marketing agent for the Tokyo Games.
The Latest: Ireland sets new virus restrictions for 6 weeks
(AP Photo/Anupam Nath)LONDON โ Irelandโs government is putting the country at its highest level of coronavirus restrictions for six weeks in a bid to combat a rise in infections. The board members hail from top California top universities and medical providers, along with state and local public health officials. ___AUSTIN, Texas -- Health officials in Texas have reported 4,319 COVID-19 hospital patients, the most since Aug. 28. Khanโs remarks come amid a slight increase in COVID-19 cases and deaths in recent weeks. Pakistan also reported 440 new confirmed cases, raising its total cases to 323,452 since February when Pakistan reported its first case.
Coe supports athletes' right to take knee on Olympic podium
He's an International Olympic Committee member, a two-time Olympic champion, and the head of the governing body of track and field, known as World Athletics. โAthletes are a part of the world and they want to reflect the world they live in,โ Coe said. Coe is in the Japanese capital on a courtesy visit to Tokyo Olympic organizers. Coe pitched Tokyo as a possible venue for a future track world championships. โWe donโt know what will happen in the next few months,โ Coe said, speaking about the Olympics.
Pope seeks to 'liberate' Virgin Mary from the Mafia
FILE - In this Nov. 21, 2019 file photo, Pope Francis blesses a statue of the Mother Mary as he celebrates Mass at the National Stadium, in Bangkok, Thailand. Pope Francis is giving his blessing to a new Vatican think tank that is seeking to prevent the Mafia and organized crime groups from exploiting the image of the Virgin Mary for their own illicit ends. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)ROME โ Pope Francis is giving his blessing to a new Vatican think tank that is seeking to prevent the Mafia and organized crime groups from exploiting the image of the Virgin Mary for their own illicit ends. The Catholic Church in Italy has long been associated with the Mafia, thanks in part to their post-war common cause against communism. Marian devotion is particularly important to Francis, history's first pope from Latin America, where displays of such popular piety are common.
Olympic flame out on display in Japanese Olympic Museum
TOKYO The Olympic flame is going on display in Tokyo, just a short walk from the new National Stadium where it was supposed to be burning a month ago. The flame was unveiled on Monday at a small ceremony with Yoshiro Mori, the president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, and Yasuhiro Yamashita, the president of the Japanese Olympic Committee. The flame will be on display beginning Tuesday at the new Japan Olympic Museum for at least the next two months. The fate of the Tokyo Olympics remains uncertain. Tokyo organizers say they are officially spending $12.6 billion to hold the Olympics, although a national audit board says its twice that much.
3 dead following clashes between soccer fans in Honduras
Google Maps(CNN) - Three people have been killed and several injured in clashes between fans of rival soccer clubs in the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa. The violence broke out inside and near the city's National Stadium ahead of a scheduled match between the Olimpia and Motagua clubs. "Bottles, stones were thrown at us and the players threw themselves on the floor screaming," Diego Vsquez, Motagua coach, told Honduran media. The Honduran National Police said that fans of the rival teams rioted following the attack on the bus. Saturday's clashes were not the first time that violence has broken out between Motagua and Olimpia fans.