sports

July 9, 2021

Fans banned from Olympic venues as virus emergency imposed

TOKYO: Fans will be banned from Olympic venues in Tokyo and the capital will be under a virus state of emergency throughout the pandemic-postponed Games, Japan’s government announced Thursday just two weeks before the opening ceremony.The decision means Tokyo 2020 will be the first Games ever held largely behind closed doors, the latest unprecedented decision about a Games that will be like no other.When the Games were postponed last year as the scale of the pandemic became clear, there was...