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Olympics in times of COVID-19: IOC allows teams to have alternate players as part of team squad
July 04, 2021 19:06 ISTIOC, after discussions with the International Federations (IFs) has decided "to provide flexibility for team selections in several sports."
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Sajan Prakash says self belief, support system, shutting down non-sense helped him
July 04, 2021 15:47 ISTThe 27-year-old clocked 1:56:38 seconds in the men's 200m butterfly event in Rome to become the first ever Indian swimmer to earn a direct Olympic qualification.
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Judoka Shushila Devi to finetune preparations in Delhi before Tokyo: SAI
July 04, 2021 15:27 ISTSAI has arranged for the camp for the 48kg class judoka at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.
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Serbian tests positive arriving for Tokyo Olympics
July 04, 2021 14:18 ISTOfficials said the athlete was isolated at Tokyo's Haneda airport. Four others travelling along were reportedly transferred to a facility near the airport.
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Tokyo elects assembly amid pandemic fears over Olympics
July 04, 2021 9:12 ISTIn Sunday’s balloting, 271 candidates are vying for 127 seats. Eligible voters total 9.8 million people in the megacity with a population of nearly 14 million.
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Viswanathan Anand to shooters: I've been hearing fantastic things about you
July 03, 2021 22:28 ISTAnand told Saurabh Chaudhary that he has been hearing fantastic things about the shooters and hope that they would excel in the Olympics too.
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International swimming body to review 'soul cap' usage
July 03, 2021 21:14 ISTFINA had banned the use of soul caps for the Tokyo Olympics because they did not "fit the natural form of the head."
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Tokyo Olympic torch relay wraps up in Chiba off-road due to COVID-19 restrictions
July 03, 2021 20:18 ISTThe Tokyo Olympic torch relay is scheduled to visit all 47 prefectures of Japan over 121 days.
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PCI picks 24-member para athletic team for Tokyo Paralympics
July 03, 2021 19:56 ISTThe PCI's selection committee picked the team after a two-day trial at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on June 29 and 30.
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First batch of Olympic-bound Indian athletes to leave on July 14: IOA official
July 03, 2021 18:58 ISTUpon reaching Tokyo, all athletes and officials will have to serve three days of quarantine.
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SFI nominates Sajan Prakash for Arjuna, Kamlesh Nanavati for Dhyan Chand
July 03, 2021 18:31 ISTThe SFI has also nominated veteran coach Kamlesh Nanavati for the Dhyan Chand Award, for his lifetime contributions to aquatic sports.
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Soren announces Rs 50L cash award for archer Deepika Kumari
July 03, 2021 18:06 ISTThe chief minister declared cash awards of Rs 2 crore for winning gold in Tokyo Olympics, Rs 1 crore for winning silver and Rs 75 lakh for bronze for the Jharkhand players.
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Olympics: Former skipper Zafar Iqbal cautions Indian men's hockey team against complacency
July 03, 2021 17:30 ISTWith less than 30 days to go for the Tokyo Games, the Indian team is gearing up for the marquee event.
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Pullela Gopichand hoping rich haul of medals from 'very different' Tokyo Olympics
July 03, 2021 17:12 ISTGopichand said he can see many "great starting points" in the sporting eco-system in India and a big haul of medals in the Tokyo Olympics can be the springboard in making the country a sporting powerhouse.
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Caster Semenya misses Tokyo, may be forced out of Olympics for good
July 03, 2021 15:17 ISTNow 30, Semenya's hopes of making it back to the Olympics are dwindling.
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AIBA rejigs weight categories, adds 3 to men's and 2 to women's competition
July 03, 2021 12:22 ISTFrom the current 10, the men's weight categories have now gone up to 13 with the minimum weight reduced to 48kg from the current 49kg.
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IOC gives athletes more scope for protest at Tokyo Olympics
July 02, 2021 22:51 ISTThe latest guidance appears to let athletes copy the iconic Black Power raised fist gestures of American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.
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Namibia teenagers out of Olympic 400m event over high testosterone level
July 02, 2021 20:58 ISTThe Namibian Olympic committee said Friday that the two runners, Christine Mboma and Beatrice Masilingi, had been withdrawn from the 400.
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WAKO India Kickboxing Federation gets government recognition
July 02, 2021 20:11 ISTWAKO India Kickboxing Federation is affiliated to the World Association of Kickboxing Organizations (WAKO), the world body for kickboxing.
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Denied visas, Indian para-archers pull out of Paralympics qualification event
July 02, 2021 19:53 ISTThe sports ministry has advised the Archery Association of India and Paralympic Committee of India to take up the matter with World Archery and International Paralympic Committee respectively.
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Sha'Carri Richardson will miss Olympic 100m event after marijuana test
July 02, 2021 19:25 ISTThe 21-year-old sprinter was expected to face Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in one of the most highly anticipated races of the Olympic track meet.
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Government clears PV Sindhu's request for advanced recovery system
July 02, 2021 19:04 ISTThe approval came within 24 hours of the 2016 Olympic silver-medallist Indian shuttler's request, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) said.
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Tokyo Paralympics: Rio gold medallist Mariyappan Thangavelu named India's flag-bearer
July 02, 2021 18:37 ISTThangavelu had won the Rio Paralympics T-42 high jump gold by clearing 1.89m.
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Indian Open Golf cancelled for second straight year
July 02, 2021 18:21 ISTThe tournament, now in its sixth decade and co-sanctioned by European and Asian Tours, was to be held here from October 28-31.
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Wrestling: Sumit Malik handed two-year ban; has a week to appeal
July 02, 2021 18:00 ISTSumit Malik is handed the ban after his B sample also returned positive for a prohibited stimulant.
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Boxing: Former national coach Sandhu recommends Manoj Kumar's trainer for Dronacharya
July 02, 2021 17:37 ISTBeing a former awardee himself, Sandhu is entitled to recommend names for the national sports awards.
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After help from SAI, NRAI and Peter Gorsa, India's skeet shooters get COVID-19 vaccination jabs
July 02, 2021 17:19 ISTBoth Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Angad Vir Singh Bajwa drove all the way from their training base in Montecatini, Italy to Zagreb to get jabbed on Thursday.
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Some fans or no fans? Tokyo undecided as Olympics open in 3 weeks
July 02, 2021 15:45 ISTThe government’s top COVID-19 adviser, Dr. Shigeru Omi, has said repeatedly that the safest option is without any fans.
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