Sat, 07 Sep, 2013 - 22:18
Tokyo will host the Olympics and Paralympics in 2020 after seeing off rivals Madrid and Istanbul in dramatic circumstances to win the vote.
It will be the second time the Japanese capital has hosted the Games having previously done so in 1964.
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