IOC condemns remarks about women by Tokyo chief as volunteers quit

Head of organising committee in Japan, Yoshiro Mori, under pressure to step down as anger grows

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has condemned derogatory remarks about women by the head of the Tokyo 2020 Games organising committee, Yoshiro Mori, as absolutely inappropriate".

The unusually strong intervention came after Mori complained last week that meetings tended to drag on because competitive" women in attendance talked too much".