As the former national team member, Zico went to three World Cups and was part of the 1982 squad - widely considered one of the best teams in the world
The Tokyo Olympics torch relay began in northeastern Fukushima prefecture, the area that was devastated by the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and the meltdown of three nuclear reactors
If the torch relay has problems, if COVID-19 cases pop up and if there are delays, it could send up red flags about the feasibility of holding the Tokyo Olympics
On Monday, Japan's Kyodo news agency reported that Hyogo and Okayama prefectures will also take the torch relay off public streets.
If the torch relay has problems, if COVID-19 cases pop up and if there are delays, it could send up red flags about the feasibility of holding the Tokyo Olympics
It was at this stage at the start of the torch relay just under a year ago that the Olympics were postponed because of the coronavirus.
The Tokyo Olympics torch relay began in northeastern Fukushima prefecture, the area that was devastated by the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and the meltdown of three nuclear reactors
In the absence of spectators, the Olympic flame was handed to Tokyo 2020 representative Naoko Imoto at all-marble Panathenaic Stadium, where the first modern Olympics were held in 1896
For the first time since 1984, the Olympic torch was lit at Ancient Olympia, Greece on March 12 without spectators because of the ongoing concern over...
