The Tokyo 2020 torch-lighting ceremony will be held this week without spectators as organisers try to slow the spread of coronavirus. The Olympic torch will be lit in Olympia at a scaled-down ceremony on March 12. A seven-day relay will follow before an official handover ceremony in Greece on March 19. The International Olympic Committee affirmed the 2020 Games would go ahead as planned. Image: AP
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