Football: UEFA postpone Women's European Championship to July 2022

The Women's European Championship originally scheduled in 2021 has been postponed by one year to avoid a direct clash with the Tokyo Olympics. The 16-nation tournament in England will now be played from 6th-31st July in 2022, UEFA said in a statement after an executive committee meeting. The move was inevitable after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided last month on a one-year postponement for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics due to the coronavirus pandemic.