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  As Tokyo Olympics approach, coronavirus worries rise in Japan

  July 06, 2021 11:03 IST

  The games begin July 23, with organizers determined they will go on, even with a reduced number of spectators or possibly none at all.

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  At 34, 'Mommy Rocket' Fraser-Pryce sprinter to beat in Tokyo Olympics

  July 06, 2021 9:30 IST

  Fraser-Pryce chances of winning gold increased dramatically earlier this month when her USA rival Sha'Carri Richardson was banned for a positive test for marijuana.

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  AFI names 26-member squad for Tokyo Olympics

  July 05, 2021 22:24 IST

  Dutee (women's 100m and 200m), MP Jabir (men's 400m hurdles), Gurpreet Singh (men's 50km race walk) and Annu Rani (women's javelin throw) have been assured of entries on the strength of their rankings.

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  Tokyo Olympics still weigh limits on fans -- if any fans at all

  July 05, 2021 19:01 IST

  Two weeks ago organizers, the IOC, and others agreed to allow indoor and outdoor stadiums to be filled to 50% capacity with a ceiling of 10,000.

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  Mary Kom, Manpreet Singh to be India's flag bearers at Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony

  July 05, 2021 17:43 IST

  One of India's biggest hopes, wrestler Bajrang Punia will be flag bearer at the closing ceremony on August 8.

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  Sudhanshu Mittal re-elected as KKFI President

  July 05, 2021 17:01 IST

  Mahender Singh Tyagi was re-lected as the general secretaty while Surendra Kumar Bhutiyani was elected as the treasurer.

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  Sumit Malik to challenge 2-year ban and seek lesser punishment

  July 05, 2021 15:27 IST

  The 2018 CWG gold medallist Malik was on Friday banned for two years by the sport's world governing body United World Wrestling (UWW) after his B sample also returned positive for a prohibited stimulant.

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  400m runner Poovamma quits national camp

  July 05, 2021 10:19 IST

  India's leading women's 400m runner MR Poovamma has quit the national camp in Patiala due to an injury.

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  Australia to send 472 athletes for Tokyo Olympics

  July 05, 2021 8:39 IST

  This will be the second-largest team sent overseas by the country since the 2004 Athens Games.

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  AFI holds trial of 400m runners to pick Olympic relay team

  July 04, 2021 22:59 IST

  Two relay teams had qualified for Olympics, but the AFI faced a tricky situation as the camper quartermilers had a poor show during the recent National Inter-State Championships.

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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 IST

  IOC, 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 IST

  The 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 IST

  SAI 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 IST

  Officials 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 IST

  In 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 IST

  Anand 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 IST

  FINA 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 IST

  The 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 IST

  The 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 IST

  Upon 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 IST

  The 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 IST

  The 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 IST

  With 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 IST

  Gopichand 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 IST

  Now 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 IST

  From 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 IST

  The 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 IST

  The Namibian Olympic committee said Friday that the two runners, Christine Mboma and Beatrice Masilingi, had been withdrawn from the 400.