These scenarios relate to modifying existing operational plans for the Games to go ahead on 24 July 2020, and also for changes to the start date of the Games. This step will allow better visibility of the rapidly changing development of the health situation around the world and in Japan. It will serve as the basis for the best decision in the interest of the athletes and everyone else involved.
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On the one hand, there are significant …
On the one hand, there are significant improvements in Japan where the people are warmly welcoming the Olympic flame. This could strengthen the IOC’s confidence in the Japanese hosts that the IOC could, with certain safety restrictions, organise Olympic Games in the country whilst respecting its principle of safeguarding the health of everyone involved. On the other hand, there is a dramatic increase in cases and new outbreaks of COVID-19 in different countries on different continents. This led the EB to the conclusion that the IOC needs to take the next step in its scenario-planning.
FIBA Olympic Tournaments draw postponed
FIBA media: Following the latest developments with the COVID-19 pandemic, the Draw for the @Tokyo2020 Men’s & Women’s Olympic Basketball Tournaments, which was set to take place at the Patrick Baumann House of Basketball in Mies, 
on March 20, is postponed to a date yet to be confirmed.
on March 20, is postponed to a date yet to be confirmed.Sergio Scariolo talked to El Transistor …
Sergio Scariolo talked to El Transistor shortly after the NBA shut down all activities due to the COVID-19 pandemic, about the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The Spanish NT head coach addressed the issue, stating that at this timeframe, the Olympic Games cannot take place as initially planned. “Everything is subject more to the general feeling than to the data, but on a personal level, it will be difficult to think about the Olympics being held… I see it as borderline impossible”, he mentioned.
The president of the Spanish Basketball …
The president of the Spanish Basketball Federation, Jorge Garbajosa, stated that Pau Gasol plans to play in the 2020 Olympic Games. “He will do everything possible and part of the impossible to be there. If Pau wants and can, he will be. And if he can’t be on the court, let him be there in any position he wants. We will always wait for him,” Garbajosa said, per Marca.
Why Russia olympic ban is nothing but smoke and mirrors
SportsPulse: USA TODAY Sports’ Nancy Armour dissects the latest Russian ban from international sports competitions and explains why it’s all a farce.
SportsPulse: USA TODAY Sports’ Nancy Armour dissects the latest Russian ban from international sports competitions and explains why it’s all a farce.