The New National Stadium in Tokyo is complete for the 2020 OlympicsConstruction work has been completed at Tokyo's New National Stadium, set to be the centrepiece of next year's Olympic Games. The Japan Sports Council said the final work had been completed on Thursday, with just the final quality and safety checks remaining before the stadium opens next month. The delay meant the stadium could not host matches of the Rugby World Cup, as originally planned. The New National Stadium is one of eight new venues to be used at the Tokyo Games, all of them are either complete or on schedule to be finished before the event, which runs across July and August 2020. It will be officially unveiled on December 21, with the Emperor's Cup football final being the first sporting event to be held there on New Year's Day.

Source: Sky sports November 19, 2019 06:45 UTC