Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he has asked the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for a one-year postponement of the Tokyo Olympic Games. These will now be held by the Summer of 2021 at the latest. The only other time in history the Games have been moved or cancelled were for the first and second world wars.



The world's biggest sporting event has been postponed - for up to a year. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe asked for the Tokyo Olympic Games to be put off - saying, when it happens, it will be proof of victory over the coronavirus. Al Jazeera's Alexi O'Brien reports.