TOKYO/ATHENS, March 24 — The Tokyo Olympics were postponed on Tuesday into 2021, the first such delay in the Games' 124-year modern history, as the coronavirus crisis wrecked the last international sporting showpiece still standing this year.

ATHENS, March 23 — The International Olympic Committee is stepping up its "scenario planning" for the Tokyo 2020 Games — including a possible postponement — as the coronavirus pandemic spreads, it said after an emergency meeting on Sunday.

HIGASHIMATSUSHIMA (Japan), March 20 — A plane carrying the Olympic torch from Greece arrived on Friday on Japan's northwestern coast ravaged by a 2011 tsunami, but the welcome ceremony will have no spectators, amid worries the Games could be cancelled over the coronavirus pandemic.

TOKYO, March 19 — Tokyo 2020 Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori attended a meeting on March 10 that included the deputy head of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) who tested positive for the new coronavirus this week, officials said.

KEPALA BATAS, March 15 — The preparation of national athletes has been affected by the cancellation and postponement of sports championships both locally and abroad following the Covid-19 outbreak.

TOKYO, March 5 — Japan's Olympics minister said the country is committed to hosting the summer games as planned from July even as the coronavirus outbreak spread to new parts of the country.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 4 — The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board (EB) yesterday expressed its full commitment to staging the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games successfully, as scheduled from July 24 to August 9 in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak.