Delay Means $12Bn Games Just Got More Expensive

SPORT SPORT | 05 SPORT | 06 Tour de France Six stars may go ahead for whom without roadside Olympics may sspectators:p Minister come too late FRIDAY 27 MARCH 2020 IOC working toward July-August Olympics in 2021: Report REUTERS – TOKYO Wimbledon, slated to end in Sebastian Coe has said the “proffered a view but confirms reviewing dates for the Games The IOC and Japanese government mid-July, and the US Open, world athletics championships a range of options are on the and securing venues. succumbed to intense pressure The International Olympic which starts in late August. in Eugene, Oregon could be table for the IOC”. No specifics have been from athletes and sporting bodies Committee (IOC) is working “We want to more or less moved back to 2022 if The IOC and Japanese discussed yet on the timing around the world on Tuesday, with sports bodies to arrange finalise the dates in four necessary. government succumbed to of the delayed Games, but a agreeing to push back the Games a July-August window for the weeks’ time,” the paper Coates told the newspaper intense pressure from athletes date needs to be decided as by as much as a year because of postponed Tokyo Olympics in quoted Coates as saying. the hope was to follow the and sporting bodies around soon as possible, Hidemasa the coronavirus pandemic. 2021 and hopes to confirm the Coates, who is also pres- same arrangements next year the world on Tuesday, Nakamura, a senior official schedule within a month, ident of the Australian that had been planned for agreeing to push back the at Tokyo 2020, told reporters Japan’s Yomiuri newspaper Olympic Committee (AOC), 2020, including holding the Games by as much as a year after the taskforce’s first |On Monday, the Tokyo 2020 reported yesterday. said the summer scheduling marathon in the northern city because of the coronavirus meeting, IOC President John Coates, the IOC’s would be dependent on of Sapporo instead of Tokyo pandemic. Thomas Bach said on organising committee launched a Coordination Commission avoiding clashes with the to escape the heat. On Monday, the Tokyo Wednesday “all options” taskforce to resolve issues linked chief for Tokyo, told the world championships for The AOC confirmed the 2020 organising committee were on the table for to the postponement, such as Yomiuri the Games would swimming (July 16-August 1) Yomiuri report’s veracity and launched a taskforce to rescheduling, including reviewing dates for the Games and have to be held between the and athletics (August 6-15). also told Reuters in a resolve issues linked to the holding the Games before the securing venues. tennis Grand Slams of World Athletics boss statement that Coates had postponement, such as Japanese summer. WHO SAID WHAT QAF postpones local Delay means $12bn Games competitions and just got more expensive foreign participations We would like to open up discussion with FIFA BLOOMBERG – TOKYO QNA – DOHA and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) The decision to delay the Tokyo 2020 The Qatar Athletics Federation (QAF) has post- to consider adjusting Olympics until next year means poned all local competitions for all groups and has taxpayers and sponsors likely will suspended foreign participations by the national the men’s football have to fork over billions of dollars team champions in order to support the efforts tournament so that more just as the global economy made by the State through all precautionary it becomes an U24 caves in during the coronavirus measures to limit the spread of the coronavirus tournament for the pandemic. (COVID-19). Tokyo Olympic Games: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo QAF President, Dr. Thani bin Abdulrahman Al Football Federation of Abe and International Olympic Com- Kuwari said that the postponement of the Doha mittee Chairman Thomas Bach round of the Diamond League will be temporary Australia CEO James agreed on an unprecedented post- until another notice in the hope that this crisis ends Johnson ponement of the event for about a soon, pointing out that new date will be determined year as the world grapples with the later in coordination with World Athletics. coronavirus infection. It’s the first Al Kuwari added that they have coordinated I think a lot of people time the games have been delayed fully with the Ministry of Public Health and all State think that time is since they began in the 19th century. institutions during the past days and decided with against me or against Now Abe’s administration, along World Athletics to postpone the Doha round of the with organizers and the Tokyo local Diamond League to maintain the safety of athletes older athletes in this government, have to start figuring as it is more important than any competitions or situation, and it’s out the costs associated with that tournaments. far from the truth: decision - and who’s going to pay American sprinter them. Justin Gatlin “When you have to change your plans in projects like this, it’s like South Korea, Australia turning a supertanker around, and it’s really expensive,” said Bent Fly- want age limit raised It's a decision me vbjerg, a professor at the University and my team are of Oxford’s Said Business School who thinking about very wrote a study of Olympic cost for 2021 football hard: Veteran Indian overruns. “The only thing you can AGENCIES – SEOUL tennis player Leander do at this stage is keep paying the Paes is contemplating bills.” South Korean and Australian football associations Japan’s organising committee yesterday called on the International Olympic extending his career said in December the event would A pedestrian walks past the Committee (IOC) to raise the age limit for the Tokyo by another year to bid cost ¥1.35tr ($12bn), the bulk of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Games in 2021 to ensure those players who helped for an eighth Olympic which would be covered by them- logo in Tokyo yesterday, their teams qualify are still eligible to compete. appearance following selves and the Tokyo Metropolitan two days after the historic The Olympic men’s football tournament is the postponement of Government. decision to postpone the restricted to under-23 players. For 2020, players the Tokyo Games to The Nikkei newspaper, citing the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. born on or after January 1, 1997 are eligible, while group, said Wednesday the delay squads can also include three players over the age 2021. would trigger about ¥300bn in addi- of 23. tional costs. known yet, he said. Much of the extra pay for alternatives. And sports But the decision to move the Games to next year A professor at Kansai University, costs likely will accrue from having federations may need to hold extra due to the coronavirus pandemic has raised con- At the moment my next Katsuhiro Miyamoto, recently pub- to retain staff, who otherwise competitions to select represent- cerns that some players would miss out because they competitive Cricket is lished an estimate of ¥422bn in extra would’ve been let go once the games atives for the 2021 games. will breach the age limit. going to be in the IPL: costs for a one-year postponement, ended, Flyvbjerg said. Not least of the concerns is the South Korea won the AFC under-23 champi- England's Ben Stokes with another ¥218bn hit to the Maintaining venues that sud- fate of the athletes’ village, where onship in January to secure Olympic qualification, economy on top of that, excluding denly will be empty during the July- many apartments already were sold with his team relying heavily on players born in 1997. any effects from the pandemic. September schedule for the Olympics to people expecting to occupy them That includes the tournament’s best player Won Japan’s organising committee and Paralympics also will be a in 2023. Du-jae and Song Bum-keun, who was named the I think that we're the will be seeking more cash from burden. Miyamoto estimated that The Covid-19 outbreak also top goalkeeper. athletes that we are in sponsors and the government, with extra care for the 45 venues will cost introduces a huge element of doubt The Australian Olympic Committee has also said large part because of individual sports associations likely about ¥22bn. in planning for next year. Abe bills the IOC and FIFA would need to work together to your support and now to face financial difficulties, the Some Olympic facilities the event as one to mark humanity’s iron out the qualification issues. body’s president, Yasuhiro already are booked for other victory over the virus, yet no one The KFA has also asked for squads to be expanded is that time that your Yamashita, said on Wednesday. The events next summer, potentially knows whether the pandemic will in line with other major tournaments hosted by the athletes don't fail you: amount of funding needed isn’t forcing organisers to be under control by then. AFC and FIFA. Rafael Nadal I just want to say I am incredibly sorry and Turkish official slams IOC after boxers incredibly embarrassed for what I've done: tested positive following Olympic qualifier Wellington Phoenix midﬁelder Tim Payne AFP – ISTANBUL for boxers from Europe to Turkish Boxing Federation, prepare for the tournament apologising after he qualify for Tokyo 2020. said. but found no protective broke a coronavirus Turkey’s boxing federation “The International The Boxing Road to measures in place at their yesterday slammed organ- Olympic Committee Boxing Tokyo event started on Sat- hotel or elsewhere. quarantine in Australia isers of an Olympic quali- Task Force and the local urday and was scheduled to “There were no protective and was charged fying tournament in London committee in London -- run until Tuesday behind measures in the hotels we following a golf after three Turkish fighters responsible for the organi- closed doors.

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