International Olympic Committee's (IOC) President Thomas Bach speaks during the Almaty 2022 Presentation at the 128th IOC Session in Malaysia's capital city of Kuala Lumpur July 31, 2015. REUTERS/Edgar Su
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Olympic officials have told Japan there was no need to apologise for scrapping their original proposal for a new national stadium in Tokyo but they still need to get a hurry on to have it ready in time for the 2020 Olympics.
Tokyo 2020 Games chief Yoshiro Mori issued a formal apology to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Saturday after plans for the city's new Olympic stadium were scrapped because of escalating costs.
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