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  Former India hockey coach MK Kaushik hospitalised after testing positive for COVID-19

  May 05, 2021 13:06 IST

  The oxygen saturation level of the 66-year-old, a member of the 1980 Moscow Olympics gold-medal-winning Indian team, keeps fluctuating, according to his family.

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  Dhankar eyes Tokyo berth as Indian wrestlers make last attempt to qualify for Olympics 2021

  May 05, 2021 12:11 IST

  Handed an opportunity to qualify for the Tokyo Games at the fag end of his international career, veteran wrestler Amit Dhankar would go all out when he takes the mat along with 11 other Indians at the World Olympic Qualifiers.

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  Italy to vaccinate its athletes for Tokyo Olympics

  May 05, 2021 6:40 IST

  As of Tuesday, 237 Italians had qualified for the Olympics, which open on July 23.

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  Badminton great Prakash Padukone recovering from COVID-19 infection

  May 04, 2021 14:15 IST

  Legendary Indian badminton player Prakash Padukone, the father of Indian actress Deepika Padukone, has tested positive for COVID-19 and is recovering from the infection at a hospital in Bengaluru.

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  BFI Executive Director RK Sacheti dies after battling COVID-19

  May 04, 2021 14:04 IST

  The long-serving BFI administrator was fighting the dreaded infection at a hospital in Delhi for the past few days and was on ventilator support.

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  Olympic-bound Indian shooters to get vaccinated on Thursday ahead of Croatia tour

  May 04, 2021 0:12 IST

  The competition is scheduled to be held from May 20 to June 6 and the squad will be staying back in Zagreb for training before directly leaving for Tokyo to participate at the Olympics beginning in July.

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  India archer Jayanta Talukdar admitted to ICU after testing positive for COVID-19

  May 03, 2021 22:19 IST

  Talukdar had returned to his hometown about a month ago after he failed to make the cut for the Olympic-bound India team and possibly contracted the virus from his doctor wife."His wife first got the infection but she has now recovered.

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  Investigation reports toxic culture in Australian gymnastics

  May 03, 2021 16:38 IST

  The findings of the report were released Monday, with the Commission determining that the key drivers of the problems were: a win-at-all costs' approach, the young age of female gymnasts, a culture of control, and a tolerance of negative behaviours.

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  Sindhu named athlete ambassadors for IOC's 'Believe in Sports' campaign

  May 03, 2021 16:12 IST

  World champion and Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu and world no 11 Canada's Michelle Li have been nominated as athlete ambassadors for International Olympic Committee's 'Believe in Sports' campaign.

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  Olympic torch relay detour; diving test event opens in Tokyo

  May 01, 2021 11:46 IST

  A leg of the relay on Okinawa's resort island of Miyakojima set for Sunday has been canceled altogether with cases surging in Japan.

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  WBC India Championship bout postponed due to COVID-19

  April 30, 2021 18:43 IST

  The fresh date for the event, which was being promoted as the country's first Professional USA boxing event sanctioned by Indian Boxing Council (IBC), will be announced soon.

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  Sumo wrestler dies month after falling on head during bout

  April 30, 2021 13:11 IST

  Hibikiryu, whose real name was Mitsuki Amano, was thrown by his opponent during a bout at a tournament on March 26. 

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  Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth likely to travel to Olympic qualifiers via Doha

  April 29, 2021 21:03 IST

  Saina, who won India's first Olympic medal in the sport in 2012, is ranked 22nd while former world No.1 Srikanth is 20th. Both players need to be within the top 16 to secure qualification.

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  Was completely broken after Rio Olympics, seeing a psychologist helped: Mirabai Chanu

  April 29, 2021 20:31 IST

  Chanu had a disappointing outing at the 2016 Rio Games. She had failed to record a legal lift in any of her three attempts in clean and jerk and thus could not get an overall total in the women's 48kg.

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  Bajrang Punia takes a break due to elbow niggle

  April 29, 2021 17:36 IST

  The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) had organised a short camp in Sofia which is also the venue for the World Olympic qualifiers scheduled to be held from May 6 to 9.

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  Olympians to undergo daily Covid tests at Tokyo Games

  April 28, 2021 23:03 IST

  The decision comes less than 90 days before the start of the postponed Tokyo Olympics on July 23.

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  India miss Olympic qualifier World Relays in Poland due to COVID-forced flight suspension

  April 28, 2021 20:38 IST

  An Indian athletics team, including star sprinters Hima Das and Dutee Chand, was on Wednesday forced out of next month's Olympic qualifying World Athletics Relays in Poland.

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  Kidambi Srikanth, Saina Nehwal's Olympic hopes threatened by Malaysia's travel ban

  April 28, 2021 20:01 IST

  The travel ban, which has been implemented in response to the worsening Covid-19 situation in India, has put doubts over whether the Indian contingent will be able to take part in the Malaysian Open, which will be held from May 25 to 30.

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  Not best way to prepare for Olympics in COVID times but won't be under-prepared: Sharath Kamal

  April 28, 2021 16:13 IST

  Gearing up for his fourth Olympics, Sharath said he is "mentally better" as compared to last year when India was hit by COVID-19 for the first time.

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  IOA vice-president Janardhan Singh Gehlot dies

  April 28, 2021 16:03 IST

  Gehlot, a former Rajasthan minister, was also the founder president of International Kabaddi Federation

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  COVID impact: Boxing's Asian Championship moved from Delhi to Dubai

  April 28, 2021 14:21 IST

  The tournament was to be held at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium from May 21 to 31 in the national capital, which is recording over 20,000 daily cases right now.

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  India on verge of missing Olympic qualifier World Relays in Poland due to flight suspension

  April 28, 2021 11:45 IST

  The Athletics Federation of India is trying to book an alternate flight available to any European city en route to Silesia in Poland where the event will be held.

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  Sprint star Yohan Blake urges Indians to do whatever they can to stay safe

  April 28, 2021 11:39 IST

  The 2011 100m world champion is an avid cricket fan and an ambassador of the Road Safety World Series T20 event. He was in India last year.

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  Tokyo Olympics, IOC push ahead during state of emergency

  April 28, 2021 10:00 IST

  Tokyo, Osaka and several others areas came under a third state of emergency this week, and the death toll in Japan from COVID-19 has passed 10,000.

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  Australian Olympians to be given COVID-19 vaccine priority

  April 27, 2021 16:07 IST

  The Australian government on Tuesday said members of the Olympic team would be vaccinated under a priority group which includes health-care workers, Indigenous people aged over 55 and people older than 70.

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  'Shooter Dadi' Chandro Tomar contracts COVID, admitted to hospital

  April 27, 2021 11:17 IST

  Octogenarian shooter Chandro Tomar, nicknamed 'Shooter Dadi', has tested positive for COVID-19 and admitted to a hospital due to difficulty in breathing. 

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  Shooting: ISSF World Cup in Baku will not take place due to pandemic

  April 26, 2021 21:43 IST

  The tournament was to take place from June 21-July 2 and would have served as good preparatory ground for all shooters who have qualified for the Tokyo Olympics.

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  More tests, no quarantine in updated Tokyo Olympic rules

  April 26, 2021 21:08 IST

  The rollout of the second edition of the “Playbooks” — an IOC guidebook explaining how the games can be pulled off — comes as Tokyo, Osaka and several other areas have been placed under a third state of emergency as coronavirus cases surge.