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Worldwide sports collapse piles pressure on Olympics

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Even if major sporting events see massive disruption worldwide, organizers insist the coronavirus pandemic will not derail the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo2020 coronavirus

The impact of COVID-19, which has killed more than 5,000 people according to an AFP tally, is accelerating just over 4 months from the Tokyo Olympics' start on July 24.

But Trump became the first foreign leader to break ranks and raise the prospect of delaying the Olympics until 2021. But Tokyo's governor Yuriko Koike was unmoved, telling reporters on Friday:"For Tokyo, there is no option of cancelation at all." In Melbourne, drivers were just hours from the first practice session when the season-opening Australian Grand Prix was axed on Friday, after a McLaren team member was diagnosed with COVID-19.

The Players Championship was called off after the first round as the PGA Tour cancelled another four tournaments leading up to the Masters, starting on April 8.

 

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