Amid COVID-19, doubts raised over hosting of Tokyo Summer Olympics

The Tokyo Summer Olympics are scheduled to be held from July 24, 2020

'The Olympic Charter contradicts many indigenous physical activities'

Down To Earth speaks to Christian Wacker, president, International Society of Olympic Historians, about indigenous people at the Olympics

What would the ancient Greeks think of an Olympics with no fans?

In many ways, they’d view the prospect as absurd

The Tokyo Games prove that the Olympics are less relevant than ever

Our world is on fire, a pandemic rages on and the rich keep getting richer. In such a context, how can the Tokyo Olympics be anything other than …

Tokyo’s gamble with its Olympic architecture needs to be appreciated: Part 2

This second of a two-part series examines the environmental benefits of reusing of old buildings as the games venues rather than constructing new

How ‘Golden Boy’ Neeraj Chopra got caught in India’s caste cauldron

A number of caste groups have tried to claim Neeraj Chopra as their own ever since he won the gold medal at Tokyo; the cancer of caste is alive …