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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.

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  Tokyo Olympics | Sindhu aiming for a historic second successive medal, others target breakthrough

  July 20, 2021 18:28 IST

  Here is a look at the shuttlers, who would be either looking to better the colour of the medal or create a breakthrough in their respective categories in the competition

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  Faster, higher, stronger and now 'together', IOC adds fourth Olympic motto

  July 20, 2021 17:01 IST

  The word "together" after a hyphen has been added to the earlier motto, which was made up of three Latin words -- Citius, Altius, Fortius, translating to "Faster Higher Stronger" in English.

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  Czech beach volleyball coach tests positive for COVID-19 at Olympic Village

  July 20, 2021 16:17 IST

  This was after the country's men's beach volleyball team player Ondrej Perusic tested positive for COVID-19 at the village on Monday.

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  Japanese PM Yoshihide Suga says world should see safe Olympics staged

  July 20, 2021 16:15 IST

  Tens of thousands of athletes, officials, games staff and media are arriving in Japan amid a local state of emergency and widespread opposition from the general public.

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  Tokyo Olympics: Sania Mirza striving for a medal at the Games | Profile

  July 20, 2021 15:42 IST

  With Ankita as her partner, Sania can expect to complete an unfinished business: adding an Olympics medal to her trophy cabinet.

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  Tokyo Olympics: Indian shooters feeling the 'heat' ahead of D-Day

  July 20, 2021 14:56 IST

  3 days before the Olympics, shooters are struggling to carry out their last few training sessions, thanks to a combination of the hot and humid weather and the convertible facility at the Asaka Shooting Range.

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  Tokyo Olympics: COVID positive US gymnast is asymptomatic, says father

  July 20, 2021 13:20 IST

  A day after it emerged that a US reserve gymnast had tested COVID-19 positive, the father of the 18-year-old Kara Eaker said she was 'asymptomatic and had been fully vaccinated' for the disease.

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  Tokyo Olympics: An athletes post video to prove Cardboard beds in Games Village are not 'anti-sex'

  July 20, 2021 12:26 IST

  Irish gymnast Rhys McClenaghan filmed himself jumping repeatedly on the bed and tweeted the video claiming the reports questioning the sturdiness of the bed as "fake news".

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  WATCH: Kolkata's iconic Howrah Bridge lit up in Olympic colours to boost morale of Indian contingent

  July 19, 2021 23:39 IST

  The video was shared on Twitter by the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways wishing all the Indian athletes the best of luck for the impending Olympics.

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  Tokyo Olympics | Want to prove to myself that I can win: Deepika Kumari

  July 19, 2021 20:22 IST

  Deepika, who is gearing up for her third straight Olympics, has never lived up to the expectation, making early exits in her previous appearances in London 2012 and Rio 2016.

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  Indian athletes at Olympic village: Mixed reviews for Indian food, no daily housekeeping, hot water

  July 19, 2021 20:04 IST

  A team official informed PTI that accommodation is spick and span but cleaning has not been done since they checked in on Sunday.

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  Saurabh Chaudhary can beat four-time gold medallist Jin Jong-Oh in Tokyo, feels Jitu Rai

  July 19, 2021 18:01 IST

  Rai is also backing the industrious Yashaswini Singh Deswal and the extremely talented Manu Bhaker to "do something good" at the Games in Tokyo.

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  Tokyo Olympics: How USA training stints helped Mirabai Chanu save her Olympic dreams

  August 12, 2021 19:49 IST

  Olympic medal prospect Mirabai Chanu could have almost left for Tokyo underprepared if not for sports ministry intervention, who made an arrangement for her US travel before travelling ban due to COVID.

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  Tokyo Olympics: Member of U.S. women's gymnastics team tests positive for COVID-19

  July 19, 2021 17:11 IST

  The USOPC did not say if world champion Simone Biles or any of the other favorites to win gold were isolated because of contact tracing.

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  Sathiyan feeding off historic Asian Games performance against Japan for success in maiden Olympics

  July 19, 2021 15:33 IST

  Sathiyan feels he is a much better player than he was at the 2018 Asiad where he won his two matches against Japan in the quarterfinals to end India's 60-year wait for a medal at the continental Games.

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  Tokyo Olympics: 3rd athlete tests positive for COVID-19 at Olympic Village

  July 19, 2021 15:07 IST

  Czech beach volleyball player Ondrej Perusic has become the third athlete staying at the Olympic Games Village to test positive for COVID-19.

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  Russian chess coach alleges Indian company owes him fees

  July 19, 2021 14:14 IST

  Russian chess Grandmaster Evgeniy Solozhenkin hopes his $610 dues from an Indian company for his coaching services is settled at the earliest.

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  Japan girds for a surreal Tokyo Olympics, and questions are plenty

  July 19, 2021 12:04 IST

  A COVID-19-ravaged Tokyo Olympics point to an utterly surreal and atomised Games, one that will divide Japan into two worlds.

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  Tokyo Olympic organisers announce 3 more COVID cases, none athlete

  July 19, 2021 10:00 IST

  One Olympics concerned personnel and a contractor were among three COVID-19 cases detected on Monday by the Games organisers.