中国奥委会9月8日发布消息，受当前全球新冠疫情影响，亚奥理事会、中国奥委会和第三届亚青会组委会共同做出决定，将原定于2021年11月20日至28日在广东汕头举行的第三届亚青会推迟至2022年12月20日至28日举行。运动会名称“2021年第三届亚洲青年运动会”和运动会标识保持不变。
The Asian Youth Games have been postponed by more than a year to December 2022 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the organizers announced on Wednesday.
The games were due to be held in Shantou city in south China's Guangdong Province in November. Shantou was due to become the fifth city in China to host a comprehensive Asian sporting event, after Beijing, Guangzhou, Nanjing and Hangzhou.
The move is to "ensure the safety and health of athletes and all participants," the Shantou government department in charge of sports affairs said on the leading Chinese social media platform Weibo, citing an announcement from the organizers, the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA).
The statement said the decision came after in-depth discussions among the OCA, the Chinese Olympic Committee and the local organizing committee.
据报道,由于新冠疫情的影响，日本足协已经决定放弃今年世俱杯的举办。目前日本足协正在和国际足联进行协商，国际足联尚未决定备选举办地。作为日本足协成立百年庆典的一部分，今年的世俱杯原本计划年底在该国举办。但鉴于日本国内严峻的疫情形势，日本足协不得不做出放弃举办的决定。
In another move that showed the coronavirus' continued impact, Japan will not host the FIFA Club World Cup later this year because of virus restrictions that could cap spectator numbers, a report said on Wednesday.
The annual football tournament, at which the champions from the six global confederations compete along with the host nation's top team, was due to be held there in December.
But the Japan Football Association (JFA) has decided to give up its right to host the cup, Kyodo news agency said.
"The risk of increasing infections and difficulty in turning a profit due to a likely cap on spectators swayed the decision," Kyodo said, citing anonymous sources.
The JFA is in discussions with football's world governing body FIFA, which may push back the Club World Cup to early next year, the report said.
According to AFP, a FIFA spokesman said that "details of the next FIFA Club World Cup will be confirmed in due course."
The event was last held in Japan in 2016, and the JFA had planned to host the 2021 edition as part of its 100th anniversary celebrations.
The tournament usually takes place in December, but the 2020 event in Qatar was postponed to February 2021 because of the pandemic, with Bayern Munich the winners.
