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Cancelling this year s Olympic Games remains on the cards concedes a senior Japanese ruling party official.
Toshihiro Nikai, secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, said Japan might have to give up on the Tokyo Olympics if rising coronavirus cases in the country made the event impossible ,
Kyodo news agency has reported. If it s a situation that s absolutely impossible, we need to make a decision without hesitation, he said.
Mr Nikai questioned what the meaning of the Olympics would be if the Games ended up spreading the virus.
Tokyo s National Olympic Stadium
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Mr Nikai is known for his frank comments. Many other ruling party politicians have avoided discussing the hot issue of a possible cancellation.
Football Ferns 2019 World Cup
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FIFA has confirmed that Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington and Dunedin and five Australian cities will host the 32-team tournament.
The original proposal had Eden Park, Waikato Stadium, Wellington Stadium, Christchurch Stadium and Dunedin Stadium hosting games along with Adelaide, Brisbane, Launceston, Melbourne, Newcastle, Perth and Sydney.
Launceston and Newcastle have also missed out.
While Christchurch stadium hosted games during the 2015 men s under-20 FIFA tournament, a multi-million dollar upgrade of the temporary ground was needed.
New Zealand Football chief executive Andrew Pragnell said it just was not up to scratch. The standards for a tier one FIFA event, one of their biggest events, are very high and they re well aware that the stadium is temporary so in that regards it s a fairly cut and dried case.