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  Cadet World C'ships: Jaskaran takes silver, bronze for Chirag and Jaideep

  July 22, 2021 9:18 IST

  Jaskaran lost 2-6 in the final of the 60kg event against Uzbekistan's Kamronbek Kadamov.

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  Tokyo Olympics | Director of opening ceremony fired for Holocaust joke

  July 22, 2021 11:09 IST

  He was accused of using a joke about the Holocaust in his comedy act, including the phrase “Let’s play Holocaust,” in one of his shows.

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  Tokyo Olympics: Wrong entries in health status App raise COVID-19 alarm in Indian camp

  July 21, 2021 22:57 IST

  The deputy chef de mission Prem Verma though clarified that no one has shown symptoms for the virus and there was no positive case.

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  Tokyo Olympics: Sports Minister Anurag Thakur cheers for Indian athletes

  July 21, 2021 21:58 IST

  After a one-year postponement, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will finally start on July 23.

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  Tokyo Olympics | Indian athletes' participation in opening ceremony to be 'bare minimum'

  July 21, 2021 20:48 IST

  The likes of 10m air pistol shooters Saurabh Chaudhary, Abhishek Verma, Apurvi Chandela and Elavenil Valarivan, who have events on the first competition day, will skip the ceremony.

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  COVID cases in Tokyo at six-month high ahead of Olympics

  July 21, 2021 20:23 IST

  Japan has recorded about 84,800 infections and more than 15,000 confirmed deaths since the start of the pandemic.

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  Tokyo Olympics: Draws for Indian paddlers out; Manika-Sharath to face Chinese Taipei pair

  July 21, 2021 20:09 IST

  Sharath is slated to play against either Portugal's Tiago Apolónia or Nigeria's Olajide Omotayo in the second round of men's singles. 

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  Tokyo Olympics: Admire skill and technique of Cristiano Ronaldo, says PV Sindhu

  July 21, 2021 19:40 IST

  Ronaldo recently won the Golden Boot at Euro 2020, following his five goals and one assist.

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  Shooter Amber Hill out of Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for COVID

  July 21, 2021 18:58 IST

  The 23-year-old Amber, ranked No 1 in the world, was due to compete in the women's skeet event.

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  COVID scare at Olympics: Chilean Taekwondo player, Dutch skateboarder, Czech paddler ruled out

  July 21, 2021 18:13 IST

  The COVID-hit Olympics will open on Friday and will go on till August 8 without any spectators.

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  Tokyo Olympics: India's 10m air rifle teams get just 20 minutes of training after 'time slot issue'

  July 21, 2021 17:59 IST

  The likes of 10m air pistol shooters Saurabh Chaudhary, Abhishek Verma, Apurvi and Elavenil have events on the first competition day.

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  Tokyo Olympics | More 'conscious' Vinesh going with 'clear head': Coach Woller Akos

  July 21, 2021 17:00 IST

  The last time Vinesh Phogat faced a defeat was at the Asian Championship semifinals in February 2020, where she had to settle for a bronze.

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  Tokyo Olympics | Meet India's 15-member shooting contingent

  July 21, 2021 15:58 IST

  As India sends it biggest ever shooting contingent to the quadrennial games, there is hope of not just a couple, but a handful of medals from the sport.

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  PV Sindhu will be among favourites to win gold medal at Tokyo: Gopichand

  July 21, 2021 15:31 IST

  Pullela Gopichand said that PV Sindhu has a chance to better her performance from the last Olympics.

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  Doping has become inevitable at Olympics. And who wins gold in Tokyo might not be certain until 2031

  July 21, 2021 15:24 IST

  There have been doping scandals at every Olympics in my lifetime and a few before, reaching back to the middle of the 20th century.

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  Tokyo Olympics | Heartbreak as six Poland athletes sent home due to registration error

  July 21, 2021 14:33 IST

  An administrative mistake meant that Poland had infringed Olympic rules by overfilling their roster of permitted athletes.

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  Brisbane confirmed as hosts for 2032 Olympics

  July 21, 2021 14:15 IST

  The Games will go back to Australia 32 years after the popular 2000 Sydney Olympics. Melbourne hosted in 1956.

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  5-time Paralympian shooter Naresh Sharma moves Delhi HC over not being selected for Tokyo games

  July 21, 2021 14:00 IST

  The plea, which seeks a direction to the PCI to include Sharma's name in the list of selected shooters for the R7 event, will be heard by Justice Rekha Palli on July 22.

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  Tokyo Olympics | World leaders from 15 nations to attend opening ceremony

  July 21, 2021 11:53 IST

  Leaders who have already promised their attendance are French President Emmanuel Macron, Mongolian PM Luvsannamsrai Oyun-Erdene and US first lady Jill Biden among others.

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  Tokyo's drinkers drown frustrations over virus limits, Games

  July 21, 2021 11:36 IST

  Japan has asked the city's restaurants and bars to close by 8 PM to keep people from socializing and spreading the virus, but the state of emergency hasn't deterred many. 

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  Tokyo Olympics | Chilean Taekwondo player out after testing positive for COVID on arrival

  July 21, 2021 11:11 IST

  Fernanda Aguirre travelled to Tokyo from Uzbekistan with negative COVID report but tested positive in both the antigen and PCR tests conducted at the airport.

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  Tokyo Olympics | Australian showjumper provisionally banned after testing positive for cocaine

  July 21, 2021 11:03 IST

  Jamie Kermond returned a positive A-sample for a metabolite of cocaine following a test conducted by Sport Integrity Australia on June 26.

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  Tokyo Olympics | Virus risk inevitable at the Games, says WHO director general

  July 21, 2021 9:47 IST

  How infections are handled is what matters most, WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a speech to an International Olympic Committee meeting.

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  Tokyo Olympics | Japan tops Australia in softball as Games open

  July 21, 2021 9:10 IST

  Fans are barred from the Olympics because of the coronavirus pandemic, which caused a one-year delay.

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  An Olympics like no other, Tokyo perseveres to host Games

  July 20, 2021 22:51 IST

  The Tokyo Olympics have already broken new ground because of the 12-month delay caused by the coronavirus pandemic, pushing it into an odd-numbered year for the first time.

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  850,000 people watch virtual Olympic festival leading up to the games

  July 20, 2021 22:12 IST

  Originally the organizers had planned to host the "wassai" festival in the actual Olympic Stadium, but the plans fell victim to the pandemic early on.

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  Olympics: Ugandan athlete who fled Tokyo found in central Japan

  July 20, 2021 21:57 IST

  There were reports that the Ugandan weightlifter had left a note saying he didn't want to return to his country.

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  Long-banned athlete protest acts expected at Tokyo Olympics

  July 20, 2021 20:50 IST

  When play starts at the Tokyo Games on Wednesday, acts of free expression of the kind athletes were long banned from making at the Olympics will take center stage.