Tokyo 2020 to be rescheduled to no later than summer 2021 – IOC and Japanese organizers
The International Olympic Committee and Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe have concluded the Tokyo 2020 Olympics must be postponed, and held no later than the summer of 2021, the IOC and Tokyo 2020 organizers said on Tuesday.
Japan PM Abe: Agreed with IOC’s Bach on idea of delaying Olympics one year
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Tuesday he and the head of the International Olympic Committee agreed on the idea of delaying the Tokyo Olympics by about one year.
Tokyo’s Koike: Next year’s Olympics will still be Tokyo 2020
The name of the delayed Olympics will still be Tokyo 2020, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said on Tuesday, adding that the Games would be held by Summer 2021.
IOC to hold emergency EB meeting later on Tuesday on Tokyo 2020 postponement – source
The International Olympic Committee’s Executive Board will discuss the widely expected postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in a hastily arranged conference call later on Tuesday, a source within the Olympic movement told Reuters.
To athletes’ relief, Tokyo 2020 delay looks inevitable
Japan and the Olympics movement were deciding on Tuesday whether to postpone this year’s Tokyo Games due to the coronavirus as a global outcry made an unprecedented delay seem inevitable.
IOC to hold emergency EB meeting later on Tuesday to discuss Tokyo2020 postponement – source
The International Olympic Committee’s Executive Board will discuss the widely expected postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in a hastily arranged conference call later on Tuesday, a source within the Olympic movement told Reuters.
Pulev sees no problem in fighting Joshua without spectators
Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev, the IBF’s mandatory challenger, said he saw no problem in fighting Briton Anthony Joshua for the world heavyweight title in a match without spectators.
Looming delay spells uncertain future for ‘Tokyo 2020’ merchandise
Vendors of a vast array of Tokyo 2020-themed trinkets are looking to cash in from a looming postponement of the Games, because of a global coronavirus pandemic, by marketing their items as emblems of something that never happened instead.
Tokyo governor to join Olympics call with Abe, IOC boss
The governor of Tokyo will join Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on a call with International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach on Tuesday, a Tokyo government official told Reuters.
To athletes’ relief, Tokyo 2020 postponement decision due any day – sources
A decision on whether to postpone this year’s Tokyo Olympics for the first time in the Games’ modern history will come in days, sources said on Tuesday, as global clamor made a delay look inevitable because of the coronavirus crisis.
