IOC's Coates arrives in Tokyo as Games organisers to unveil latest 'playbook'

Senior Olympics official John Coates arrived in Tokyo on Tuesday as Games organisers prepared to unveil their latest "playbook" of rules to control Covid-19 infections and the government pondered whether to extend the latest state of emergency.

Coates, a vice-president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and its point-man for the event, sparked a backlash last month when he said the Games would go ahead even if Tokyo were under a state of emergency due to the pandemic.