Organizers of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics have dismissed the director of the Opening Ceremony just 24 hours before the event is slated to begin, the latest setback for an event already rife with ...

Latyr Sym, a drummer originally from Senegal, said he was dropped from the opening ceremony because of the color of his skin.

When the delayed Tokyo Games kick-off next year, the opening and closing ceremonies will be “simpler and more restrained,” according to the organizing committee. In an announcement Tuesday, the group ...