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  China offers to make vaccines for Tokyo, Beijing Olympians

  March 12, 2021 15:33 IST

  The Tokyo Olympics will be held from July 23 to August 8 this year. It was originally slated to be held from July 24 to August 9, 2020, but was postponed due to Covid-19 pandemic.

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  Exclusive: Javelin thrower Shivpal Singh to sit out of Federation Cup with ankle injury

  March 11, 2021 12:01 IST

  The Olympic-bound javelin thrower injured his left ankle and has been advised not to throw for a week with Federation Cup slated from March 15.

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  Thomas Bach re-elected as IOC president until 2025

  March 10, 2021 23:21 IST

  Bach, who won gold with the West German foil fencing team at the Olympic Games Montreal in 1976, was elected as IOC President at the IOC Session in 2013 in Buenos Aires for a first eight-year term.

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  Indian challenge in Doha ends with Sharath Kamal's defeat in pre-quarters

  March 10, 2021 20:27 IST

  Sharath showed consistency in the first game against Dmitrij, who recently won the WTT Contenders title, and came close. 

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  Olympic torch relay yet another hurdle at Tokyo Games

  March 10, 2021 12:44 IST

  The start of the torch relay on March 25 is also likely to be held without fans, according to local reports.

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  Japan to stage Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics without overseas spectators

  March 09, 2021 19:49 IST

  The Olympics will take place between July 23 and August 8, followed by the Paralympics, between August 24 and September 5.

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  Gymnastics test event cancelled ahead of Tokyo Olympics

  March 09, 2021 16:01 IST

  Travel restrictions were cited as a prime reason for the cancellation.

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  Koneru Humpy wins BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year award

  March 09, 2021 11:06 IST

  Chess player Koneru Humpy won the BBC India Sportswoman of the Year award for 2020.

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  India beat Great Britain 3-2 to end Europe tour on unbeaten note

  March 08, 2021 23:16 IST

  Harmanpreet Singh's strike in the very first minute and two goals by Mandeep in the 28th and 59th minutes helped India remain undefeated on the tour.

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  Tokyo Olympics: Atanu Das, Tarundeeep Rai, Deepika Kumari in Indian recurve archery squad

  March 08, 2021 22:12 IST

  After the final selection trials (Trial 3) at the Army Insitute of Sports in Pune, a six-strong squad which has three male and equal number of female archers was selected for the quadrennial extravaganza.

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  Anirban Lahiri to play at The Players Championship after Koepka pulls out due to injury

  March 08, 2021 15:14 IST

  The Indian competed at The Players Championships four times. He missed the cut thrice, while finished Tied 74th in the 2019 edition.

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  Neeraj Chopra's consistency shows he means business in Tokyo

  February 21, 2023 12:11 IST

  In an exclusive conversation with Indiatvnews.com, AFI president Adille Sumariwalla explains how champions like Neeraj are honed and handled with care while revealing that the athlete will be training and competing in Europe in May.

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  Bajrang Punia claims gold at Rome Ranking Series

  March 08, 2021 15:18 IST

  The Indian star wrestler defeated Mongolia's Tulga Ochir 2-2 by criteria in the 65kg freestyle final.

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  Veteran Indian athlete Ishar Singh Deol dies at 91

  March 08, 2021 7:18 IST

  Deol had won many medals for the country and the state since 1951 and was awarded the Dhyan Chand National Award in 2009 for his lifelong contribution towards sports.

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  PV Sindhu suffers demoralising defeat to Carolina Marin in Swiss Open final

  March 07, 2021 21:17 IST

  The 25-year-old Indian, who had won the coveted World Championship gold medal here in 2019, couldn't match the speed and accuracy of Marin during her 12-21 5-21 defeat

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  India's Lalrinsanga Tlau clinches WBC youth world title

  March 07, 2021 12:30 IST

  All three judges ruled in favour of the Indian with the score-line reading 80-72 80-72 80-72 in the fight.

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  Vinesh Phogat wins gold medal in Rome, reclaims top rank in 53kg category

  March 07, 2021 10:44 IST

  Vinesh scored all her points in the first period and held on to her lead in the second to ensure a top-of-the-podium finish.

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  COVID-19 case hits Indian boxers in Spanish tourney; three men pull out from final

  March 07, 2021 8:07 IST

  Olympic-bound Ashish Kumar (75kg) tested positive for the virus and as a result of being his roommates, Mohammed Hussamuddin (57kg) and Sumit Sangwan (81kg) were forced to withdraw from the finals.

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  Olympic-bound boxer Manish Kaushik strikes gold at Boxam International

  March 06, 2021 23:25 IST

  Manish defeated Denmark's Nikolai Terteryan in a split decision in his first competitive outing in a year 

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  PV Sindhu enters Swiss Open final with win over Mia Blichfeldt

  March 06, 2021 18:52 IST

  Sindhu, the reigning world champion, beat fourth seeded Blichfeldt 22-20 21-10 in 43 minutes to avenge her first-round loss to the Danish world No.12.

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  Matteo Pellicone wrestling: Sarita Mor bags silver in 57kg

  March 06, 2021 12:11 IST

  Sarita, 25, clinched the 59kg gold at the Asian Championship in Delhi last year. She is a seven-time national champion.

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  Swiss Open: PV Sindhu wins; B Sai Praneeth, Ajay Jayaram, Satwik-Ashwini lose in quarters

  March 05, 2021 22:59 IST

  Sindhu took a minute less than an hour to see off a fighting Busanan, seeded fifth, 21-16 23-21 to set up a clash with fourth seed Denmark's fourth seed Mia Blichfeldt.

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  Mary Kom settles for bronze after intense semifinal loss in Boxam International Boxing Tournament

  March 05, 2021 21:37 IST

  The 37-year-old olympic-bound star lost in a split decision after an exhausting contest that was also messy in equal measure.

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  Athletics coach Nikolai Snesarev found dead at NIS Patiala hostel room

  March 05, 2021 21:27 IST

  The dead body of the 72-year-old Snesarev, who returned to India after a gap of two years to be at the helm till the end of September, has been sent to a government hospital for post mortem.

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  Olympic-bound Neeraj Chopra shatters own javelin throw national record at Indian Grand Prix

  March 05, 2021 18:16 IST

  Chopra qualified for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics in January last year in an event in South Africa during his training stint in that country.

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  New Tokyo Olympic president tries to assure Japan on safety

  March 05, 2021 15:56 IST

  Seiko Hashimoto is trying to assure everyone that the Olympics will be safe and secure, a phrase she repeated a dozen times Friday in her inaugural news conference.

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  Indian women's trap team settles for silver in ISSF World Cup

  March 05, 2021 7:33 IST

  The Indian women's trap team won silver medal at the Shotgun World Cup.

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  Amit Panghal bows out of Boxam International; Vikas, Manish among three Indians in semis

  March 04, 2021 23:37 IST

  Olympic-bound Vikas and Manish, both bronze-winners from the world championships and the Commonwealth Games, joined Mohammed Hussamuddin (57kg) in the last-four stage.