The International Olympic Committee (IOC) continues to come under pressure to postpone the 2020 Tokyo Games due to the coronavirus pandemic. “For those reasons, USATF is respectfully requesting that the (USOPC) advocate to the IOC for the postponement of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.”The Spanish Football Federation also called for this summer’s Olympics to be postponed. The meeting had been called by president of the Spanish Olympic Committee, Alejandro Blanco. “And if people are home for another month and there is a Premier League football game on the TV every day, that can only be a good thing. Celtic’s charity foundation has also announced it will spend £150,000 helping vulnerable people in the local area during the coronavirus pandemic.

Source: Express March 22, 2020 04:30 UTC