With seasons and events canceled, they're unable to earn appearance fees, prize money and performance bonuses.
Jun 19, 2020 - SportsApril will see only 1% of scheduled events take place.
Apr 21, 2020 - SportsThe media rights fees likely won't come until next year.
Apr 9, 2020 - Sports57% of the total athlete quota spots have already been assigned, per the International Olympic Committee.
Apr 7, 2020 - SportsThe IOC's president is "very confident" about the prospect.
Nov 18, 2020 - SportsIt's "the largest coordinated effort" against the Beijing games yet, according to Reuters.
Sep 9, 2020 - SportsGreat Britain's Jonnie Peacock celebrates winning gold in the men's 100m at the 2012 Paralympics in London. Photo: Julian Finney/Getty Images
The 16th Summer Paralympics would have ended this weekend in Tokyo, but the pandemic had other ideas.
Why it matters: The Paralympics is the one of the biggest sporting events on Earth, and its recent surge in popularity has helped change how the world views disabilities — and human potential.
Olympic rings displayed outside the National Stadium. Photo: Behrouz Mehri/AFP via Getty Images
Yoshiro Mori, president of the organizing committee for the Tokyo Olympics, said Wednesday that the summer games rescheduled for next July won't be possible if the coronavirus pandemic continues in its current state, AP reports.
The state of play: The International Olympic Committee and Tokyo organizers have expressed confidence that the games will take place, but said that another delay would not be possible and that the Olympics would instead be canceled.
Christian Coleman at the IAAF World Indoor Championships. Photo: Stephen Pond/Getty Images for IAAF
American sprinter Christian Coleman, the world's 100 meter champion and a favorite to win gold next summer in Tokyo, has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for anti-doping violations.
Worth noting: Coleman has never failed a single drug test in his career; rather, these violations pertain to "whereabouts failures," which means he either missed a test or neglected to file the proper paperwork with the AIU.
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach in March. Photo: Denis Balibouse/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
The rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics would have to be canceled entirely if the coronavirus pandemic means they cannot be held in 2021, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach told the BBC on Wednesday.
The state of play: "You cannot forever employ 3,000, or 5,000, people in an organizing committee. You cannot every year change the entire sports schedule worldwide of all the major federations. You cannot have the athletes being in uncertainty. You cannot have so much overlapping with a future Olympic Games," Bach said.
Go deeper: Athletes who qualified for Tokyo Olympics to keep their spots in 2021
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach. Photo: Denis Balibouse/pool/AFP via Getty Images
The coronavirus-induced delay of the 2020 Summer Olympics could cost billions of dollars, with Japan and the International Olympic Committee footing the bill, reports the AP.
Why it matters: IOC president Thomas Bach said this weekend that his organization will likely face "several hundred million dollars" of added costs as Japan covers the rest — with estimates pegging the total postponement costs at $2 billion to $6 billion.