Tokyo Olympics 2020 Postponed, To Be Now Held In 2021 Confirms Japan PM Shinzo Abe

Team Latestly Mar 25, 2020 09:23 PM IST

For the first time in the history of the Olympics, the games have been postponed. Tokyo Olympics will now be held in 2021 instead of this year as the coronavirus pandemic rages across 150 countries. Before the announcement of the postponement came, countries like Canada and Australia had already announced that they were withdrawing from the games over COVID-19 fears.

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