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TOKYO -- IOC President Thomas Bach met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday and suggested staging some events for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the northeastern region of Japan hit by the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.Bach said the International Olympic Committee is considering holding some of the baseball and softball games in the affected areas as one of the options.Fukushima is reportedly a strong candidate. Baseball and softball were dropped from the Olympics after Beijing 2008 but are among five sports added to the program for the 2020 Games. Both are very popular in Japan and an event in the disaster-affected areas could send a powerful message of reconstruction.Bach said Abe welcomed his proposal.We discussed ... the idea of the IOC to have some events of the Olympic games of Tokyo 2020 in the disaster-affected areas, to contribute to the regeneration of the area, to show the world by 2020 how this regeneration is making progress, Bach said.Baseball and softball are one of the options under discussion given the great popularity of the sport here in Japan, he told reporters. So an inaugural match for baseball with the participation of the Japanese team, I think, could be a very powerful message.The primary venue for baseball and softball is expected to be the Yokohama Stadium.Bach is in Japan amid tension between Olympic organizers and Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, who is pushing to cut costs. A Tokyo government panel set up by Koike said the cost of the Olympics could exceed $30 billion -- four times the initial estimate -- unless drastic cuts are made.The city panel also proposed moving three sports from planned new venues to existing ones -- including relocating rowing to a site hundreds of miles outside the capital.The IOC has suggested the possibility of moving rowing to an existing site in South Korea in case there is no resolution over the Japanese venue, the Asahi newspaper reported, quoting unidentified Japanese sources as saying. The South Korean venue in Chungiu City hosted the 2013 world championships and rowing at the 2014 Asian Games.Speaking at Tokyo 2020 headquarters, Bach did not address reports of the rowing and canoe sprint events possibly being moved to South Korea.Earlier, Bach rejected calls to expand four-party talks aimed at reducing the costs of the Tokyo Games.Bach said negotiations between the IOC, Tokyo organizers, the city government and Japans central government should result in cost reductions.Koike had suggested including international and national sports federations in the four-party talks but Bach said the makeup of the group has been agreed on.We have an agreement about this four-partite working group, Bach said. And this was very well perceived by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and by the governor, and we will follow this agreement we had yesterday.Cheap Lightning Jerseys . Brandon Morrow allowed five runs on six hits over three innings. 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Bryant, who signed a five-year, $34 million contract as a free agent with Cleveland in March, reported symptoms on Monday morning, a team spokesman said.Barcelonas small squad could be a cause for concern for Luis Enrique in the run-in, believes Sky Sports Spanish football expert Terry Gibson.Luis Enriques side suffered a 2-1 defeat at the hands of rivals Real Madrid on Saturday which saw their lead over Atletico Madrid - whom they face in a Champions League quarter-final first leg on Tuesday - at the top of La Liga cut to just six points.Real are a further point behind their city rivals Atletico with seven games remaining and Gibson, speaking on the La Liga Weekly podcast, thinks the amount of football Barcas first-team regulars are playing could be a problem heading into the crunch stage of the season. Barcelona have picked up just one point from their last two La Liga matches My biggest concern would be the small squad, Gibson said.The starting line-up is known as the Gala XI now; the 10 outfield players are permanent and they only made one sub at the weekend with Arda Turan coming on.Zinedine Zidane changed Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale and freshened it up with youthful quick players that added to the momentum at the end. Barcelonas Javier Mascherano in action against Real Madrid Barcas players are playing significant amounts of football, they are all internationals and have all played most games this season.Enriqque has tried to be conservative with players like Andres Iniesta but Javier Mascherano and Sergio Busquets play nearly every game.dddddddddddd I would imagine Barca need to concern themselves with it at some point because they obviously dont trust the bench enough to go to it in the bigger games.Gibson also thinks the age of Barcelonas current side is a worry for the future with Neymar, at 24, the youngest of the 11 players that started El Clasico last Saturday. Neymar, 24, was the youngest member of Barcas starting line-up against Real Madrid I noticed when I was writing the list of players out that Neymar was the youngest at 24, he said. I think it should be cause for concern.You could argue that most of them are at their peak and its not a crisis, but its one point from the last six in the league.They were ahead in both games and have opened the door a little for Atletico and Real, even though Barca have the advantage in the head-to-head records as well, so thats another point. La Liga Weekly - 4th April Follow Barcelonas Champions League clash with Atletico Madrid on Soccer Special on SSNHQ or via our live blog on skysports.com and the Sky Sports apps.Also See:Griezmann to hurt Barca?Balague: Real smell CL gloryPique: Atletico even bigger threatBale and Ronaldo key to win ' ' '