The IOC Executive Board will meet tomorrow ©Getty Images

Tokyo 2020 is expected to be the focus as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) holds its second Executive Board meeting in as many months.

The meeting will see an update provided by Tokyo 2020 and Coordination Commission chair John Coates on progress made towards the postponed Games next year, which were rescheduled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The latest Coordination Commission meeting last month saw organisers announce a series of cost cutting measures, including reducing the number of officials at the Games by 10 to 15 per cent.

The cut to the number of officials attending, which would mean less money spent on food, drink and transportation, is part of a package of cost-reduction proposals.

A total of 52 items are expected to be proposed in the measures.

Tokyo 2020 are also expected to suggest infrastructure reforms that will reduce the amount of lighting and additional temporary power supplies for venues, and the elimination of ceremonies at the Athletes' Village and prior to the Opening Ceremony.

Decoration of venues are set to be reduced by 30 to 40 per cent.

The streamlining of transport services, adjusting spectator activities at competition venues and hosting a number of pre-Games meetings online were also among measures announced.

No figures were revealed by organisers last month regarding the savings they expect to make.

Tokyo 2020 said it would estimate the provisional cost-savings achieved, which should be presented to the Executive Board tomorrow.

A coronavirus countermeasures task force is assessing possible scenarios and measures that could allow the Olympics to run as expected from July 23 to August 8 next year.

The taskforce is formed of officials from the Japanese Government, Tokyo Metropolitan Government and Tokyo 2020.

Countermeasures are expected by the conclusion of this year.

Countermeasures could potentially require International Federations to adapt rules, which would enable athletes to be replaced in some sports should they test positive for coronavirus on arrival at the Games.

Tokyo 2020 should provide an update on how much their cost cutting measures will save ©Getty Images
Tokyo 2020 should provide an update on how much their cost cutting measures will save ©Getty Images

The IOC Executive Board will also receive reports from International Federations, as well as a report on National Olympic Committees.

The latter could see discussions regarding bills impacting the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) and the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI).

Federal lawmakers in the United States last week passed the "Empowering Olympic, Paralympic and Amateur Athletes Act of 2020", which grants Congress the power to remove members of the USOPC Board of Directors.

Although mainly focused on protecting athletes in the wake of the sexual abuse scandal at USA Gymnastics, the Bill has already caught the attention of the IOC, which strictly prohibits Government interference in its National Olympic Committees.

IOC President Thomas Bach has also warned the Italian Government over its draft sports law, which would see a separate Government-controlled organisation established to distribute funds to the country's national governing bodies.

This body, called "Sport e Salute" - or Sport and Health - would allegedly reduce CONI's role to only handling preparation for the Olympic Games.

The Korea Sport and Olympic Committee could also be discussed, amid suggestions the Korean Government could split the body into two separate entities.

The IOC is also facing mounting pressure to act on both the Belarus and Iran National Olympic Committees.

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has been head of the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus since 1997.

Anti-Government protests have been staged across Belarus since the controversial re-election of Lukashenko on August 9.

Lukashenko, who has ruled the country since 1994, supposedly won with 80 per cent of the vote.

The European Union is among those to have condemned the election, stating it was "neither free nor fair".

Lukashenko is subject to a growing number of sanctions from countries following the election and subsequent crackdown on protests.

Calls have also been made to sanction the Iran NOC following the execution of wrestler Navid Afkari last month.