David Owen: How COVID-19 has made cash – and hence the IOC – king
I take it we are all familiar with the phenomenon of the wealthy man pleading poverty in the divorce court.
Uğur Erdener: Never has World Health Day been more important than today
Today is World Health Day. It is normally a day to celebrate the work of key medical staff and remind world leaders of the critical role they play in keeping the world healthy.
Mike Rowbottom: Chocolate, Anthony Powell and a Munich Olympics treasure trove – recommended
Pandemic. Even the word is horrible, isn't it? The "dem" being silent.
Michael Pavitt: Sport gets creative with virtual and archive footage during shutdown
Sport, like the rest of the world, has been forced to get creative in recent weeks as the coronavirus pandemic has taken hold.
Nancy Gillen: Sport's responsibility in the coronavirus pandemic
As a news website that covers all global sport, insidethegames began to write about coronavirus at the start of January, when the International Olympic Committee began monitoring the Asia and Oceania boxing qualifier taking place in Wuhan in February.
Philip Barker: The Olympic dating game
The revised dates for Tokyo 2020 in 2021 were revealed this week. The Games will take place 364 days later than was originally planned.
Liam Morgan: Postponement of Tokyo 2020 raises tough questions for anti-doping
By the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) own admission, postponing Tokyo 2020 until 2021 has raised thousands of questions.
David Owen: Democracy delayed – key elections as well as sports events could fall victim to the virus in 2020
Unusually, it seems appropriate to start this week's column in the same place as last: Athens in June 2021 at the scheduled International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session where IOC President Thomas Bach is expected to come up for re-election.
Alan Hubbard: Karate king Thompson is living for kicks again and aiming for the Olympics - at 62
As sporting comebacks go, the return of another heavyweight giant could put even the remarkable renaissance of world boxing champion Tyson Fury in the shade. Former karate king Geoff Thompson is back training in a bid for a place at the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics next year - at 62.
Mike Rowbottom: Running free
A global host of runners have found their steps hindered and halted by the pressure of events in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Training confined. Races cancelled. Games postponed…
Michael Pavitt: Could shedding sports ease pressure on hosts to deliver world's most complex event?
Jigsaw puzzles have enjoyed a surge of popularity in recent weeks as people look to pass the time during lockdown periods.
Nancy Gillen: Coronavirus still a threat to Tokyo 2020 despite postponement
Just under two months ago, I wrote a blog on the emergence of coronavirus as a new challenge for the organisers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Philip Barker: Olympics in Tokyo suffer a snag not for the first time
As the Olympic world hurtled towards the postponement this week, Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Tarō Asō spoke of a 40-year Olympic cycle. He recalled the Moscow 1980 Games, when Japan joined a boycott, and looked even further back to 1940, when Tokyo was awarded the Olympics but they never took place.
Liam Morgan: IOC deserve criticism for starting European boxing qualifier amid coronavirus outbreak
Just shy of two weeks ago, the European boxing qualifier for Tokyo 2020 began in London.
David Owen: Tokyo in spring and why Bach's Presidency is now on the line
It appeared to have been so carefully choreographed.
