MELBOURNE, March 30 — The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has said its decision to pull out of the 2020 Tokyo Games was unilateral and made without the knowledge of Canada or the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The AOC said last Monday it could not assemble a team for 2020 because of...
Monday, 30 Mar 2020 10:32 AM MYT
MELBOURNE, March 30 — The Australian Olympic Committee has said its decision to pull out of the 2020 Tokyo Games was unilateral and made without the knowledge of Canada or the International Olympic Committee . The double-withdrawal prompted speculation that the two national Olympic committees may have acted in concert with the IOC to give the global body leverage to postpone Tokyo.“Any assertions that a decision by the Australian Olympic Committee to tell its athletes to plan for a Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021 was done in concert with either the International Olympic Committee or the Canadian Olympic Committee are completely incorrect,” the AOC said in a statement emailed to Reuters.
The IOC’s announcement came a day after Australian authorities announced a slew of measures aimed at containing the coronavirus, including travel curbs and quarantine requirements at national and state borders.The effect of the government measures and the IOC’s scenario planning prompted a special meeting of the AOC’s executive board last Monday.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Bank Islam refining details, to introduce iTekad programme by May 2020 | Malay MailKUALA LUMPUR, March 29 — Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd is currently refining the details of the iTekad programme announced by Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) and expects to introduce it by May 2020 to ensure its efficient implementation and execution. The iTekad programme...
Read more »
Australia says social distancing helping to slow Covid-19 spread | Malay MailMELBOURNE March 29 — The rate of spread of Covid-19 in Australia has halved in recent days, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said today as he announced an additional A$1.1 billion (RM2.9 billion) to expand telemedicine care and other health services. The daily increase in cases in recent days was at...
Read more »
Tokyo Olympics: ‘Challenge’ to decide who covers cost of postponing Games, says Mori | Malay MailTOKYO, March 29 — Tokyo 2020 Olympics organising committee president Yoshiro Mori has told international federations that deciding who foots the bill for postponing the Games to 2021 will be a “major challenge”, Olympic news website insidethegames reported on Saturday. The International...
Read more »
Bank Islam refining details, to introduce iTekad programme by May 2020 | Malay MailKUALA LUMPUR, March 29 — Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd is currently refining the details of the iTekad programme announced by Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) and expects to introduce it by May 2020 to ensure its efficient implementation and execution. The iTekad programme...
Read more »
Virus drives surge in Australia domestic violence cases | Malay MailSYDNEY, March 29 — Australia today announced a nearly US$100 million (RM431.5 million) boost in funding to tackle domestic violence after support services reported a spike in coronavirus-related family abuse. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said there had been a 75 per cent surge in Google searches...
Read more »
Australia curbs gatherings, locks down travellers, in new Covid-19 measures | Malay MailSYDNEY, March 30 — Australia's most populous states will restrict public gatherings to two people from midnight, state leaders said today, as part of a wave of new measures designed to slow the spread of coronavirus which has infected more than 4,000 across the country. The neighbouring eastern...
Read more »