Safety and health of athletes is paramount if Paralympics are to proceed

Paralympic chief Andrew Parsons says a Games can conceivably go ahead in Tokyo next year in the absence of a Covid-19 vaccine but stressed that the health and wellbeing of competitors must be guaranteed.

The 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games were delayed by exactly a year each due to the pandemic. The decision was made in April, just four months before the Olympics were due to begin in the Japanese capital.