South Africa stuggle to field soccer team

Updated July 20 2021 - 4:37pm, first published 4:29pm
South Africa's soccer team is battling a COVID-19 outbreak in Japan.
South Africa's soccer team is battling a COVID-19 outbreak in Japan.

The first major test of how an Olympics can be held in the midst of a pandemic may well come this week in the men's soccer tournament when Japan face a South Africa side that could struggle to field 11 players due to coronavirus.

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