Don't Miss

ENG

Cricket
Football
NDTV Podcast
Formula 1
Tennis
Golf
- Badminton
- Kabaddi
- Boxing
- Athletics
- Chess
- Swimming
- Shooting
- Wrestling
- Table tennis
- Othersports
- NFL
- NBA
- NHL
- US Streamers
- MMA
- WWE

Dark / Light mode

Oct 9,2026 04:29 PM IST

Olympics Will Happen "However Coronavirus Evolves": Tokyo 2020 Chief

facebook

twitter

Settings

Change Font Size

A A
Change Language

हिंदी | Hindi
Focus on Story

Select Language

Languages
हिंदी | Hindi

Dark / Light mode

Featured Links
Featured Sports
- Cricket
- Football
- Formula 1
- Tennis
- Hockey
- Golf
- Badminton
More Sports
- Kabaddi
- Boxing
- Athletics
- Chess
- Swimming
- Shooting
- Wrestling
- Table tennis
- Othersports
More from NDTV
- NDTV
- Business
- Hindi
- Movies
- Cricket
- Health
- Food
- Tech
- Auto
- Apps
- Trains

Other Sports

News
Features
Blogs
Videos

arrow-down reddit snapchat twitter facebook comments email printer search bell top-nav reddit-fill snapchat-fill twitter-fill facebook-fill share whatsapp-fill bookmark arrow-rgt arrow-next arrow-up refresh close link cog star book zap cricket football tennis formula-1 badminton hockey golf boxing ndtv-n check left-arrow right-arrow

Live Cricket Matches

Cricket Matches
Football Matches
All Matches

India Matches

IPL 2026

Football Matches

Cricket Matches
Football Matches
All Matches

ISL

EPL

All Matches

Cricket Matches
Football Matches
All Matches

India Matches

EPL

1st Test, Australia in South Africa, 3 Test Series, 2026 at Durban, Oct 9, 2026

Day 1 Post Lunch Session

notify

South Africa

Yet To Bat

Australia

95/4 (32.3)

Australia elected to bat

CRR: 2.94
One-off Test, Afghanistan and Bangladesh in UAE, One-off Test, 2026 at Abu Dhabi, Oct 9, 2026

Day 1 Tea

notify

Afghanistan

Yet To Bat

Bangladesh

226/5 (52.0)

Bangladesh elected to bat

CRR: 4.35
Match 6, Women's Under-19 T20 Tri-Series in Pakistan, 2026 at Faisalabad, Oct 9, 2026

Play In Progress

notify

Pakistan Women Under-19

110/8 (20.0)

Sri Lanka Women Under-19

10/0 (2.0)

Sri Lanka Women Under-19 need 101 runs in 108 balls at 5.61 rpo

CRR: 5.00
Match 131, ICC CWC League 2, 2023-27 at Oman, Oct 9, 2026

Play In Progress

notify

Oman

263 (49.1)

Canada

93/3 (21.5)

Canada need 171 runs in 169 balls at 6.07 rpo

CRR: 4.33
1st T20I, Sri Lanka in Pakistan, 3 T20I Series, 2026 at Rawalpindi, Oct 9, 2026

notify

notify

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

Fri, Oct 9, 2026 - 6:30 PM IST
2nd T20I, West Indies in India, 5 T20I Series, 2026 at Ranchi, Oct 9, 2026

notify

notify

India

West Indies

Fri, Oct 9, 2026 - 7:00 PM IST
Match 132, ICC CWC League 2, 2023-27 at Dallas, Oct 9, 2026

notify

notify

Namibia

United Arab Emirates

Fri, Oct 9, 2026 - 8:30 PM IST
Match 5, ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia Sub Regional Qualifier B, 2026 at Bangi, Oct 9, 2026

China

40 (13.2)

Hong Kong, China

41/2 (3.4)

Hong Kong, China beat China by 8 wickets
Match 4, ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia Sub Regional Qualifier B, 2026 at Kuala Lumpur, Oct 9, 2026

Malaysia

137/2 (20.0)

Saudi Arabia

139/7 (19.1)

Saudi Arabia beat Malaysia by 3 wickets
Match 6, ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia Sub Regional Qualifier B, 2026 at Kuala Lumpur, Oct 9, 2026

Maldives

155/7 (20.0)

Singapore

188/6 (20.0)

Singapore beat Maldives by 33 runs

Sports Home Other Sports News Olympics Will Happen However Coronavirus Evolves Tokyo 2020 Chief

Story ProgressBack to home

Olympics Will Happen "However Coronavirus Evolves": Tokyo 2020 Chief

Tokyo 2020 president Yoshiro Mori on Tuesday brushed aside doubts about the Olympics this year.

Agence France-Presse
Updated: February 02, 2021 02:19 pm IST

Read Time: 2 min

facebook

twitter

E-mail

Olympics Will Happen "However Coronavirus Evolves": Tokyo 2020 Chief

Olympics will go ahead "however the coronavirus evolves," Tokyo 2020 president Yoshiro Mori said.© AFP

Highlights

Pandemic-postponed Olympics will go ahead, says Tokyo 2020 president
Yoshiro Mori brushed aside doubts about the event
The nationwide Olympic torch relay is due to begin on March 25

The pandemic-postponed Olympics will go ahead this summer "however the coronavirus evolves", Tokyo 2020 president Yoshiro Mori said Tuesday, brushing aside doubts about the event. "We'll certainly go ahead however the coronavirus (pandemic) evolves," he told a meeting of Olympic organisers and members of Japan's ruling party in Tokyo. "We must go beyond discussion about whether we will hold it or not. It's about how we will do it. Let's think about a new kind of Olympics on this occasion," he added.

The comments come with organisers and government officials insisting the Games can be held safely despite surging Covid-19 infections around the world, including in Japan.

Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is expected to announce a month-long extension of a virus state of emergency later Tuesday -- meaning the measure will run until March 7 in Tokyo and several other parts of the country.

Tighter border restrictions imposed after infections surged have already forced the postponement of some sporting fixtures including this year's first Olympic test event, an artistic swimming qualifier that was scheduled for March.

The nationwide Olympic torch relay is still due to begin on March 25.

On Wednesday, organisers are expected to outline further details of the extensive coronavirus countermeasures they have devised for the 2020 Games, which were pushed back to 2021 last March as the virus spread around the globe.

But public opinion appears opposed to holding the Games this year, with 80 percent of Japanese people asked in a January survey backing either further postponement or a cancellation.

Organisers have said neither of those options are on the table, and have received strong support from both the International Olympic Committee and athletes around the world.