Japan: 80% want Tokyo Games canceled or delayed
The world’s biggest multi-sports event, postponed last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, is scheduled to be held from July 23-Aug. 8 in the Japanese capital.
The world’s biggest multi-sports event, postponed last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, is scheduled to be held from July 23-Aug. 8 in the Japanese capital.
"Iran's record of abuse in sports is just one area of an elaborate tapestry of wholesale violations of basic human rights carried out by the Islamic Republic against its own citizens," reads open letter to IOC President Thomas Bach.
Major sporting nations Australia and Canada had already withdrawn on Monday as organizers came under global pressure to postpone the event for the first time in its 124-year modern history.
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