It’s been widely flagged that by the end of this week Tokyo Olympic chief Yoshiro Mori will have resigned from his position after widespread condemnation of gender remarks he made about women making committee meetings too long. Referring to his time as chairman of the Japanese Rugby Football Union,

There is a well-known sentiment among rugby fans around the world that they’re happy for anyone to win, so long as it’s not England. That friendly ribbing could be put down to any number of reasons – the presumed wealth of the Rugby Football Union, a certain blazered aloofness

Closed since the end of February this year, public viewing of tuna auctions at Tokyo's famous Toyosu fish market re-started on Monday, 2 November in a further positive sign of confidence that Japan is easing past the live event lockdown. Eighteen visitors were selected by lottery in advance and gathered

Australia’s premier horse race – always on the first Tuesday of November - is famously the one thing that stops the whole of the country. It goes ahead tomorrow, but there’ll be no crowd allowed for the Melbourne Cup, not even racing connections, despite the state of Victoria easing