FILE PHOTO: Yoshiro Mori, President of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Organising Committee, attends a news conference in Tokyo, Japan July 17, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato/Pool
TOKYO (Reuters) - The president of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics organising committee, Yoshiro Mori, will resign over a sexist remark that sparked an outcry, two sources said on Thursday, while the former prime minister said he could not let the controversy drag on.
Mori's resignation would be bound to raise new doubts over the viability of holding the postponed Games this year.
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