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COVID-19: 2 Countries threaten to withdraw from Tokyo Games

Mar 23, 2020

The IOC is under further pressure to postpone the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

This is after Australia and Canada said they WON'T send their athletes to the games, if it will go on as scheduled starting this July. 

Earlier, the world athletics governing body said it's ready to work with the IOC, to find a new date for the Games. 

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Arsenal have called off plans for players to return to training this week, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. 

The first-team went into self-isolation for 14 days, after boss Mikel Arteta tested positive for the virus.
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The fate of the Johor Sukma Games will only be decided once the Movement Control Order
ends on March 31st.

The National Sports Council says it was supposed to meet last week over the issue, but it had
to be postponed due to the MCO.