Olympics: IOC approves Tokyo road cycling, race walking venues

The International Olympic Committee executive board on Saturday approved the 2020 Tokyo Olympics venues for the road cycling and race walking.Tokyo organizers said the race walk will start and finish at the Imperial Palace Garden, while the road cycling will begin from Musashinomori Park in suburban Tokyo and end at the Fuji International Speedway in Shizuoka Prefecture.The IOC executive board, however, did not have the opportunity to green-light football venues, with soccer's international governing body, FIFA, wanting to package the stadiums and match schedule in its final proposal to the…READ FULL ARTICLE