Critics speak out on Tokyo Olympic costs, pandemic, fairness
(AP Photo/Stephen Wade)TOKYO โ Three-time Olympic champion gymnast Kohei Uchimura wants the postponed Tokyo Olympics to happen next year. โUnfortunately, 80% of the Japanese donโt believe that the Tokyo Olympics can take place as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic,โ Uchimura said after a one-day exhibition gymnastics meet last weekend. Organizers say they can hold the Games, vaccine or no vaccine. Incoming travel has been mostly halted, but it's sure to change for Olympic athletes and staff. Olympic finances say the Games must go on โ particularly on television, which pays most of the bills.
The Latest: Tom Izzo tests positive for COVID-19
(AP Photo/Michael Woods)The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:___Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo has tested positive for COVID-19. 20 Auburn and Mississippi State because of positive COVID-19 and quarantining within the Bulldogsโ program that the school says left the team below the minimum threshold of 53 available scholarship athletes. 5 Texas A&M paused in-person activities on Monday after a player and a staff member tested positive for COVID-19 after the team returned from its weekend trip to South Carolina. ___Arkansas football coach Sam Pittman has tested positive for COVID-19 and could miss the Razorbacksโ game at No. Pittman was tested Sunday as part of the teamโs regular protocol and learned Monday that his test came back positive.