Tokyo to host 2020 Summer Olympic Games

Tokyo has been named the host of the 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games after seeing off rivals Madrid and Istanbul in dramatic circumstances to win the vote.

It will be the second time the Japanese capital has hosted the Games, having previously done so in 1964.

The vote by the International Olympic Committee meeting in Buenos Aires saw Tokyo win the first round of voting with Istanbul and Madrid polling the same number of votes.

A tie-break saw Madrid eliminated by four votes to set up a final round between Istanbul and Tokyo with the Japanese city emerging triumphant.