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Across the world and to varying degrees, sports events were cancelled or postponed. [2] [3] [4] The 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo were rescheduled to 2021. [1] At the time, spectators had no games to watch and players no games to play. [5]
Temperature check and COVID-19 countermeasures at the tennis venue. The COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic was a concern for the 2020 Summer Olympics, which took place at the end of July 2021. Due to the Olympics, the Japanese government took extra precautions to help control the country's ongoing COVID-19 outbreaks.
Contains articles relating to sports events which were suspended/delayed but later played to a conclusion due to the COVID-19 pandemic – also applies to current affected events which awaited a decision on an outcome at the time of categorisation.
The head organizer of the Tokyo Olympics said the Games may still be cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns.
The IOC has maintained, for months, that the 2020 Olympics will not be affected by the coronavirus. That changed on Sunday. Coronavirus: Postponing 2020 Olympics an option, says IOC president
On 1 December 2019, the first known case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a novel virus caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was identified in Wuhan, China. The virus has since spread to other parts of mainland China and around the world, becoming the COVID-19 pandemic , one of the deadliest pandemics ...
A senior Japanese ruling party official said on Thursday that cancelling this year's Olympics in Tokyo remains an option if the coronavirus crisis becomes too dire. The Tokyo Olympics Organising ...
Karate, sport climbing, surfing, and skateboarding made their Olympic debut, while baseball and softball also made a one-off return to the Summer Olympics for the first time since 2008. 15 new events within existing sports were also added, including 3×3 basketball, freestyle BMX, and the return of madison cycling, as well as nine new mixed ...