The 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which was earlier postponed to 2021, will be cancelled if the COVID-19 pandemic isn’t brought under control by the time the Games are scheduled, the organising committee’s president Yoshiro Mori said on Tuesday.

Tokyo Olympics will be cancelled if coronavirus pandemic is not over, says Games chief

The pressure is mounting on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to postpone the 2020 Tokyo Olympics given the havoc caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. While Canada and Australia have already warned the IOC that they will be not sending their athletes to the Games, Hugh Robertson, the head of the British Olympic Association, has also said: "If the virus continues as predicted by the Government, I don't think there is any way we can send a team.

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Tokyo Olympics will be cancelled if coronavirus pandemic is not over, says Games chief

Have the Summer Olympics ever been cancelled? A look back at history as dark clouds hover over 2020 Tokyo Games