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Tokyo Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori steps down over sexism row

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FILE PHOTO: Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games Organising Committee (TOGOC) President Yoshiro Mori speaks to the media after a video conference with IOC President Thomas Bach at the TOGOC headquarters in Tokyo, Japan January 28, 2021.  [REUTERS]

The head of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Yoshiro Mori has resigned after becoming embroiled in a sexism row when he said women 'talk too much'.

Yoshiro Mori has stood down as the president of Tokyo's Olympic and Paralympic Games organising committee after suggesting meetings involving females tended to drag on.

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