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  Tokyo Olympics schedule | Date-wise events of all Indian athletes at the 2020 Games

  July 23, 2021 19:05 IST

  Tokyo Olympics Schedule: Find date-wise schedule of all the Indian athletes participating in the 2020 Games.

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  Olympic athlete, staffer test positive for COVID-19 in Tokyo

  July 15, 2021 22:39 IST

  The postponed Tokyo Olympics are being held in a state of emergency one year after they were originally scheduled.

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  Tokyo Olympics: Manika Batra-Sharath Kamal emerge as medal contenders in mixed doubles table tennis

  July 15, 2021 20:21 IST

  Manika and Sharath stunned the World No. 5 Korean duo of Sang-Su Lee and Jihee Jeon in Doha to clinch mixed doubles Olympic quota

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  Touching 40s, India's table tennis great Sharath Kamal hits peak ahead of Tokyo Olympics

  July 15, 2021 18:04 IST

  Sharath has missed only one Olympic Games (London 2012) since his debut at Athens in 2004.

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  Cases surge to six-month high in Tokyo a week before Olympics

  July 15, 2021 16:32 IST

  Thursday's tally is the highest since 1,485 were recorded on January 21, when Japan was under an earlier state of emergency.

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  IOC guidelines for medal ceremony: Participants to wear mask all times, no group photo on podium

  July 15, 2021 16:24 IST

  IOC president Thomas Bach had on Wednesday said that athletes at the Tokyo Olympics will have to put their medals around their necks themselves to protect against spreading the virus.

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  Tokyo-bound Bhavani Devi: The sword girl of India hopes for Olympic medal

  July 15, 2021 15:41 IST

  That small girl who wanted to be away from her class despite being a bright student is now 26 year old, an MBA graduate and is largely outside India training with a target to win a medal in the Olympics.

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  Sailing: Nethra Kumanan and Vishnu Sarvanan's boats arrive in Tokyo for Olympics

  July 15, 2021 15:30 IST

  The pictures of the boats arriving at the Haneda airport were shared by the Sports Authority of India (SAI).

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  It will be a different fight this time if Deepak clashes with Yazdani: Coach Virender

  July 15, 2021 15:16 IST

  Yazdani is the top seed at the Tokyo Games in the 86kg category and 21-year-old Deepak is seeded second. So if at all they meet, it will not be before the gold medal bout.

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  Narinder Batra says Indian officials in Tokyo happy with arrangements; dining hall issues resolved

  July 15, 2021 14:04 IST

  The mega-event is being held from July 23 to August 8 under strict health safety protocols and sans crowds amid the raging pandemic.

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  Pandemic did not impact my Olympic preparation: PV Sindhu

  July 15, 2021 13:51 IST

  The world number seven is the lone Indian to have qualified for the women’s singles in Tokyo Olympics.

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  Viswanathan Anand starts No-Castling event with win over Vladimir Kramnik

  July 15, 2021 12:54 IST

  Anand needed 66 moves to beat Kramnik late on Wednesday in a match played as part of the "No-Castling" Chess devised by the Russian GM .

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  Olympic-bound Chirag on spectre of COVID-19, loss of loved one & Tokyo dreams

  July 15, 2021 11:40 IST

  Chirag lost his grandfather to COVID-19 while the Indian doubles shuttler was preparing for Olympics in Mumbai in April.

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  FINA suspends 2 Russian swimmers for Tokyo Olympics

  July 15, 2021 10:13 IST

  Alexandr Kudashev and Veronika Popova Andrusenko were suspended on Wednesday based on doping evidence provided by WADA.

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  Tokyo Olympics | IOC's Thomas Bach brings attention to Hiroshima -- some unwanted

  July 15, 2021 8:50 IST

  Bach will also bring political baggage — as will his vice president John Coates when he visits Nagasaki the same day — that is largely unwelcome in two cities viewed as sacred by many Japanese.

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  Kenyan Olympic sprinter Alphas Kishoiyan banned for 4 years by Anti-Doping Agency

  July 14, 2021 23:27 IST

  Kishoiyan, 26, a two-time African championships silver medallist who also competed for Kenya at the Beijing 2015 World Championships, will be eligible to compete again from July 28, 2024.

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  Navy blazers, stripes and flag scarves for Team USA in Tokyo Olympics

  July 14, 2021 22:07 IST

  Ralph Lauren has built a personal air conditioning system into a roomy white jacket to be worn by the yet-unannounced athletes who will have that honor during opening ceremonies for the Olympics and Paralympics, the company said Wednesday.

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  Gujarat: Women Tokyo Olympics participants to get Rs 10 lakh each from govt

  July 14, 2021 20:26 IST

  Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani took the decision to give Rs 10 lakh each to these six sportswomen.

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  Powerlifters Jaideep Kumar, Sakina Khatun qualify for Tokyo Paralympics

  July 14, 2021 20:19 IST

  The Tokyo Paralympics will run from August 24 to September 5. 

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  PV Sindhu to open Tokyo Olympics campaign against Polikarpova Ksenia of Israel

  July 14, 2021 19:29 IST

  Sindhu, who had lost to Spain's Carolina Marin in the 2016 Olympics final, has been clubbed in an easy Group J, also comprising Hong Kong’s Cheung Ngan Yi.

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  Sports Minister Anurag Thakur launches official song on Indian contingent at Tokyo Olympics

  July 14, 2021 18:17 IST

  Grammy Award winner composure A R Rahman and young singer Ananya Birla collaborated to present the official song of the Indian contingent for the Tokyo Olympics, titled Cheer4India: Hindustani Way.

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  Japan's Emperor Naruhito likely to open Tokyo Olympics

  July 14, 2021 17:46 IST

  Emperor Naruhito Emperor Naruhito had earlier expressed concern that the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics could accelerate the spread of the coronavirus.

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  Tokyo Olympics: On Neeraj Chopra's shoulders rest India's big hopes in athletics | Profile

  July 16, 2021 17:09 IST

  A total of 26 athletes will represent India in the track and field competition at the Olympics but the medal hopes rest on star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra.

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  China sending more than 400 athletes to Tokyo Olympics

  July 14, 2021 17:01 IST

  The team includes 298 female athletes, more than twice the 133 male competitors. They range in age from 14-year-old female diver Quan Hongchan to 52-year-old male equestrian rider Li Zhenqiang

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  Tokyo Olympics: PV Sindhu flaunts 'Olympic Fever' with special nail art

  July 14, 2021 16:41 IST

  Sindhu, one of India's biggest medal hopes in Tokyo, also interacted with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday.

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  Olympic athletes to put on own medals at Tokyo ceremonies

  July 14, 2021 16:21 IST

  Bach confirmed Wednesday that in Tokyo “there will be no shake hands and there will be no hugs there during the ceremony.”

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  The contenders: Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia the stars; Ravi Dahiya dark horse in wrestling squad

  July 14, 2021 16:02 IST

  India will field seven wrestlers, headlined by the spunky Vinesh Phogat and a very strong Bajrang Punia.

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  Thomas Bach meets Japan PM Yoshihide Suga as Tokyo virus cases approach 6-month high

  July 14, 2021 15:32 IST

  Suga asked Bach to ensure that the Olympics will be safe, particularly for the Japanese public, of which fewer than 20% are fully vaccinated.