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    Convening 11,000 athletes from more than 200 countries for the Tokyo Olympics is proving to be a logistical nightmare, Bloomberg reports.The big picture: The pandemic has upended flight schedules, closed international borders and COVID-19 testing and vaccination requirements are posing enormous challenges for athletes traveling to the games.Stay on top of the latest market trends and economic insights with Axios Markets. Subscribe for freeDriving the news: The Olympic team from Fiji is traveling

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    TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan is looking at barring all but VIP spectators at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, a newspaper said on Tuesday, another downgrade for Games that have their pomp and public spectacle overshadowed by the coronavirus pandemic. Once promoted as an extravaganza to showcase Japan to the world, the Games appear in danger of taking place largely out of public view in a country closed to foreign tourists due to the pandemic. The Games, already delayed a year, are set to open on July 23 despite concern that an influx of tens of thousands of people from around the world could unleash another wave of infections.

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    The pressure of hosting an Olympics during a still-active pandemic is beginning to show in Japan. While Japan has made remarkable progress to vaccinate its population against COVID-19, the drive is losing steam because of supply shortages. With tens of thousands of visitors coming to a country that is only 13.8% fully vaccinated, gaps in border controls have emerged, highlighted by the discovery of infections among the newly arrived team from Uganda, with positive tests for the highly contagious delta variant.

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    (Reuters) -U.S. soccer player Alex Morgan leaves for the Tokyo Olympics in a week's time but says she is still unsure whether eased coronavirus restrictions for nursing mothers will allow her to bring her 1-year-old daughter with her. Some athletes have complained that they are being forced to choose between the Games and their young children but organisers told Reuters on Wednesday "when necessary, nursing children will be able to accompany athletes to Japan". Organisers have barred family members of athletes from attending the Games due to COVID-19 safety protocols, while foreign spectators have been excluded and limits will be placed on domestic crowds.

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    Japan Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga was still uncertain whether fans can be allowed at the Tokyo Olympics because of growing concern about rising COVID-19 cases on Thursday only three weeks before the games. Cases in Tokyo have been steadily on the rise, triggering fears the games would accelerate the spread of the coronavirus. �I have made clear that having no spectators is a possibility,� Suga said as he noted Tokyo's rising caseloads.

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    The Samoan government says three home-based members of the Samoa Olympic weightlifting team will not be allowed to compete in Tokyo due to COVID-19 concerns in Japan. Minister of Communications Afamasaga Rico Tupa�i said in a statement that the nation's Cabinet had decided to withdraw Samoa-based members of the team because of Japan�s high infection rate.

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    Join the club... the PENS have won 5 SCs in the last 30 years....all on the road

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    The Tampa Bay Lightning are one win away from a second consecutive Stanley Cup championship, but depending on how things go, they once again won�t get the chance to celebrate the feat with friends or family.

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    There was positive news for Super Rugby's future over the weekend when the Australian Government announced financial support for Fiji, but uncertainty around the competition structure, and another COVID outbreak, have muddied the waters.

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    Ducharme was in isolation for 14 days after testing positive for COVID-19.

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    Eyes were raised when it was learned the Jaguars were fined $200,000, and Urban Meyer was hit for $100,000. Now we know why.

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    The Euro 2020 soccer tournament was on Thursday blamed for a surge in coronavirus cases as fans have flocked to stadiums, bars and spectator zones across Europe to watch the action while the pandemic still raged.

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    At least 300 Finns who went to cheer on the national team at the Euro 2020 soccer tournament have contracted COVID-19, health officials said on Tuesday. The daily infection rate in Finland has gone up from around 50 a day to more than 200 in the past week and the figure is likely to grow in the coming days, they said. It is evident that the returning fans caused a rise in Finland's daily infections, said Mika Salminen, head of security at the Finnish Health Institute.

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    Tokyo Olympics organisers will not insist on allowing spectators "at all costs", the head of the Games organising committee said on Friday, amid concerns about a fresh wave of COVID-19 infections three weeks before the sports extravaganza begins.

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    Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike reiterated on Friday that a ban on spectators for the upcoming Olympics would be an option to consider if the coronavirus situation worsened.

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