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  Majority of India’s Olympic-bound shooters now vaccinated

  June 09, 2021 21:29 IST

  The shooters were administered the Covishield vaccine, manufactured jointly by AstraZeneca and Serum Institute of India.

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  No Cheers: Tokyo Olympic Village considering ban on alcohol

  June 09, 2021 21:27 IST

  It’s not clear if alcohol will be allowed in the village, which will house 11,000 Olympic athletes and 4,400 Paralympians.

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  Indian athletes not to take part in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan events; AFI announces IGP 4 on June 21

  June 09, 2021 20:47 IST

  Hima and Dutee, who are yet to qualify for the Olympics, were to be a part of the 4x100m women's relay team, which was earlier planned events to be held in the two Central Asian countries.

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  I see myself on Olympic podium: Boxer Pooja Rani

  June 09, 2021 18:28 IST

  Pooja defended her gold in the Asian Championships in Dubai a few days ago by beating Mavluda Movlonova of Uzbekistan in the final.

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  Olympic hockey opener will set momentum: Forward Ramandeep

  June 09, 2021 18:03 IST

  The Indian men's team will begin their campaign in Tokyo on July 24, against New Zealand in a first round-robin match.

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  Ravi Dahiya to fight for gold at Poland Open after 3 consecutive wins

  June 09, 2021 17:40 IST

  He will now fight for gold against Abdullaev, whom he trounced easily in his opening bout.

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  Be objective and fair: China after IOA drops Li Ning as kit sponsor for Tokyo Olympics

  June 09, 2021 15:51 IST

  The decision to part ways with the sportswear company was taken by the IOA on Tuesday, a week after unveiling the kits in the presence of sports minister Kiren Rijiju.

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  Tokyo Olympics: After snapping ties with Li Ning, IOA in search of new apparel sponsor by month-end

  June 09, 2021 14:44 IST

  The IOA on Tuesday dropped the Chinese sports apparel co. as its official kit sponsor for the Olympics and stated that the country's athletes will wear unbranded apparel during the Tokyo Games.

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  Letesenbet Gidey breaks 2-day-old women's world record in 10,000 meters

  June 09, 2021 12:46 IST

  Gidey clocked 29 minutes, 1.03 seconds at the Ethiopian Olympic trials, which are being held in the Netherlands. Tsigie Gebreselama was second in 30:06.01.

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  Refugee team of 29 athletes picked for Tokyo Olympics

  June 09, 2021 9:01 IST

  The team selected by the International Olympic Committee on Tuesday was drawn from 55 athletes who fled their home countries and got scholarships to train for the games in a new home country.

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  Sebastian Coe urges persuading Japan that Tokyo Olympics will be safe

  June 09, 2021 7:18 IST

  Public opinion in Japan consistently maintains canceling the Olympics that open on July 23.

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  IOA drops Chinese brand, decides to go with unbranded apparel for Tokyo Olympics

  June 08, 2021 23:30 IST

  The IOA had unveiled the Olympic kit designed by Li Ning for the Tokyo Games last week, which led to criticism.

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  India might have two flag-bearers at Tokyo Olympics: IOA chief Narinder Batra

  June 08, 2021 20:43 IST

  The Tokyo Games are scheduled to open on July 23 and over 100 Indian athletes would be gunning for podium finishes at the showpiece.

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  BAI writes to IOA to allow 4 coaches including Pullela Gopichand for Olympic-bound shuttlers

  June 08, 2021 19:03 IST

  According to the norms, the number of officials travelling to Olympics cannot be more than one-third of the athlete. However, the sports ministry can allow additional officials at no cost to the government.

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  Continuous improvement in condition of COVID-afflicted Milkha Singh: PGIMER

  June 08, 2021 18:04 IST

  A PGIMER statement further said that Milkha is under the observation of a medical team comprising senior doctors of the institute.

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  Deepak Punia pulls out of Poland Open due to hand injury

  June 08, 2021 16:32 IST

  It has been learnt that the 2019 World championships bronze-winner had suffered the injury two-three days before leaving for Warsaw during practice.

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  Ahead of Olympics it cannot get better than this, says Manu Bhaker on Croatia tour

  June 08, 2021 16:07 IST

  Thirteen Olympic-bound pistol and rifle shooters are currently training in Zagreb after having participated as guest invitees in the European Championship recently in Osijek. 

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  NRAI tells coaches to communicate through 'proper channel to avoid confusion' ahead of Olympics

  June 08, 2021 14:36 IST

  The Olympic-bound Indian shooting team is currently in Croatia on a training-cum-competition tour, at the end of which, it will fly directly to Tokyo.

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  Olympic-bound athletes, officials to receive second dose of COVID-19 vaccine after four weeks

  June 07, 2021 19:34 IST

  Last month, a government panel had recommended that the dosage interval of Serum Insititute of India's Covishield vaccine be increased to 12-16 weeks.

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  COVID-afflicted Milkha Singh and wife improving: Family statement

  June 07, 2021 19:06 IST

  The 91-year-old Milkha is admitted to the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), while his 82-year-old wife, who is a former national volleyball captain, is at the Fortis Hospital in Mohali.

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  TTFI planning training camp in Sonepat for Olympic-bound paddlers from June 20

  June 07, 2021 16:11 IST

  Sharath, who is set to compete in his fourth Olympics, could not get the visa to train in Denmark and therefore is looking forward to much needed practice in a team environment.

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  Women recurve archery team reaches Paris, eyes spot in Tokyo Olympics

  June 07, 2021 15:15 IST

  Deepika had qualified for the Tokyo Olympic Games in an individual event in November 2019, but the Indian team was off target. 

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  Neeraj Chopra reaches Portugal, to compete on June 10

  June 07, 2021 13:23 IST

  The CEO of JSW Sports, Chopra's sponsors, Parth Jindal took to Twitter to reveal that the reigning Asian and Commonwealth Games champion has reached Portugal.

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  PT Usha requests Kerala CM to vaccinate state athletes taking part in National Championships

  June 07, 2021 11:21 IST

  The National Inter-State Champioships, to be held in Patiala, will be the last chance for the Indian athletes to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics. The deadline for Olympics qualification for athletics is June 29.

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  Sifan Hassan shatters women's 10,000 metres world record

  June 06, 2021 23:41 IST

  Sifan cross the finish line in 29 minutes 06.82 seconds and entered her name in the record books.

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  Milkha Singh showing 'continuous improvement' in COVID fight, wife battling 'bravely'

  June 06, 2021 18:32 IST

  The 91-year-old is being closely monitored by a medical team at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER).

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  Sudha Singh focussed on qualifying for Olympics in 3000m steeplechase

  June 06, 2021 16:53 IST

  The National Inter-State Athletics Championships is scheduled to be held from June 25 in Patiala.

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  IOA asks 5 Tokyo-bound COVID-19 recovered athletes to get first dose of vaccine

  June 06, 2021 14:00 IST

  The IOA said 120 athletes and 27 para-athletes have so far received at least one dose of the vaccine. The body said that there are 62 fully-vaccinated athletes, including four para athletes.