Olympics Organizers Mull Postponement of Tokyo 2020 Games

Olympic gold medalist Kelley O’Hara, 31, told HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY that the reaction from her teammates on the U.S. Women’s Soccer team to the Tokyo Olympics being pushed until 2021 was very level headed.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared a month-long state of emergency Tuesday for Tokyo and six other prefectures to ramp up defenses against the spread of the coronavirus as the number of infections surges. But the move came in the form of a stay-at-home request — not an order — and violators will not be penalized.

Actor George Takei has revealed his announcement that he was to be the final torchbearer for the 2021 Tokyo Summer Olympics was actually an April Fools’ Day joke.

The As Long as You Love Me, singer, Justin Bieber has officially postponed his 2020 Changes tour amid the global Coronavirus pandemic. The singer's representative stated in an official statement that for Justin Bieber the health and safety of his fans and crew are of utmost importance.

Justin Bieber has postponed his anticipated Changes Tour as of Wednesday (April 1).

Justin Bieber has been forced to postpone his upcoming tour due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Justin Bieber has postponed his anticipated Changes tour as of Wednesday (April 1).The outing was slated to kick off on May 14 with a show at Centurylink Field in Seattle, Washington and run through a Sept.

Justin Bieber’s 2020 Changes tour has been postponed due to the growing coronavirus crisis. The 45-date stadium and arena trek was due to kick off on May 14 at CenturyLink Field in Seattle and follow Bieber’s first album in nearly five years, released on Feb. 14, and his first tour in nearly three.

No summer romance! The Bachelor: Summer Games has been canceled by ABC, Us Weekly can confirm.

The Bachelor Summer Games are over before they were even officially announced. Network ABC and production company Warner Bros. have called off the planned Bachelor spin-off due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The new dates for the Summer Olympics in Tokyo have just been revealed. After getting postponed due to the global coronavirus pandemic, the Games have been rescheduled to open on July 23, 2021 and close on August 8, 2021.

Update 3/30/20: We know now when the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics will take place, after the event was delayed as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. On Monday, the International Olympic Committee, the International Paralympic Committee, the government of Japan, and affiliated organizations announced that the Summer Games will take place from July 23, 2021, until August 8, 2021. The Paralympic Games will follow from August 24, 2021, until September 5, 2021.

With the new coronavirus, the business of sports is a whole new ballgame. From Major League Baseball to the NBA and the Tokyo Summer Olympics, professional sporting events worldwide have been delayed, postponed or canceled outright amid the global pandemic, raising questions about the financial damage the outbreak will wreak on networks dependent on live coverage of tremendously fit folk running, throwing, kicking and catching all manner of round objects.

Olympic champion swimmer Ryan Lochte says that while he is disappointed by the postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo due to the coronavirus pandemic, it's a "bump in the road" for him and fellow athletes.

By Jill Goldsmith

IOC President Thomas Bach has agreed "100 percent" to a proposal of postponing the Tokyo Olympics for about one year until 2021 because of the coronavirus outbreak, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tuesday.Abe said after his telephone talks with Bach that he requested a postponement "taking into consideration the current circumstances" and to secure an environment in which athletes can perform at their best and crowds can be safe and secure.He added that he hoped to reschedule the

The 2020 Summer Olympics, which were originally scheduled to kick off on July 24 in Tokyo, Japan, have been officially postponed one year.

By Jill Goldsmith