Age limit increased for the men’s football tournament at the rescheduled 2020 Olympic Games

The age limit for the men’s football tournament at the rescheduled 2020 Olympic Games has been increased to 24, Fifa has confirmed.

The tournament is usually for under-23s, but football’s governing body has made the change to allow players who were eligible for the Tokyo Games this summer to still take part next year.

The change means that, in addition to three permitted ‘over-aged’ players, any player born on or after January 1, 1997 will be eligible.

The men's tournament will kick off before the July 23, 2021 opening ceremony in Tokyo, while the women's event has no age limit.

Fifa has also called off all men's and women's national team games set to be played in June 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic still grips the world.