With three days to go for the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach examined the distant and not so distant past to draw lessons and hope for brighter times.
After a year-long delay, traversing 46 prefectures over 106 days, the Olympic flame has finally arrived in Tokyo on Friday ahead of the Olympic Games.
The 2018 Fifa World Cup gets under way on Thursday when hosts Russia face Saudi Arabia following an opening ceremony at Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium.
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