Tuesday morning, the inevitable happened. The 2020 Olympics, scheduled to begin in Tokyo, Japan July 24, were postponed:
What felt like the last major sporting event untouched by the current strain of the coronavirus — known formally as COVID-19 — the 2020 Olympics served as a glimmer of hope for the entire globe. But on Tuesday, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach agreed to postpone the Tokyo 2020 by about one year.
The Opening Ceremony had been planned for July 24.
The 2020 Major League Baseball season has also been postponed.