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Coronavirus: Kenya Rugby Union backs move on Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

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France's Pierre Gilles Lakafia scores a try during the HSBC Paris Sevens Series rugby match between France and Kenya at the Stade Jean Bouin in Paris, on June 2, 2019. [Photo by Lucas BARIOULET / AFP]

Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday revealed he and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach had agreed to postpone the 2020 Olympic Games scheduled for the summer this year.

"I proposed to postpone for about a year and president Bach responded with a hundred per cent agreement," Shinzo Abe told the media.

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