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  Coronavirus affecting Olympic preparations but Indian athletes hopeful of Tokyo Games being on time

  March 06, 2020 13:21 IST

  Olympic silver-medallist Sindhu says she can understand the apprehensions of fellow shuttlers, including compatriot Sania Nehwal, who is racing against time to qualify for the Games due to the cancellation of tournaments in the wake of the outbreak.

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  Paris Marathon postponed due to coronavirus

  March 06, 2020 10:16 IST

  About 138 new cases have been reported in France since Wednesday, the biggest one-day jump in the country since the outbreak began, which brought the total to 423.

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  Indian players withdraw from All England Championships due to Coronavirus outbreak

  March 05, 2020 22:31 IST

  The season's first World Tour Super 1000 tournament, the prestigious All England Championships, which counts towards qualification for Tokyo 2020 begins on March 11.

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  Ashish Kumar enters quarters of boxing's Asian Olympic Qualifiers

  March 05, 2020 17:06 IST

  Ashish prevailed 5-0 in the mostly lop-sided contest to set up a clash with Indonesia's Maikhel Roberrd Muskita.

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  Coronavirus Impact: Indian archery team pulls out of Asia Cup

  March 05, 2020 16:34 IST

  The Indian archery team has withdrawn from the upcoming Asia Cup, which is scheduled to take place in Thailand between March 8-15.

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  Mumbai set to host International Olympic Committee session in 2023

  March 05, 2020 13:34 IST

   The Evaluation Commission had visited Mumbai in October last year to study the feasibility of hosting the Session in Mumbai.

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  Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu get tricky draw at India Open

  March 05, 2020 13:05 IST

  PV Sindhu will open her campaign against Cheung Ngan Yi while Saina Nehwal will face Pai Yu Po in the first round of Indian Open.  PV Sindhu will open her campaign against Cheung Ngan Yi while Saina Nehwal will face Pai Yu Po in the first round of Indian Open. 

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  Indian Grandmaster Harika Dronavalli stuns world champion Ju Wenjun in FIDE Women's GP

  March 05, 2020 12:31 IST

  The Indian outlasted the 29-year old Chinese player, ranked No.3 in the world, in 54 moves with white pieces late on Wednesday.

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  All sporting events in Italy to be played without fan till April 3

  March 05, 2020 9:30 IST

  Italy is the epicenter of Europe's coronavirus outbreak and more than 100 people have died and more than 3,000 have been infected with COVID-19.

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  Despite coronavirus outbreak, IOC unwavering on Tokyo Olympics starting in July

  March 04, 2020 23:22 IST

  Despite worldwide concern and speculation about whether the fast-spreading virus outbreak will affect the Tokyo Olympics, the IOC’s leadership is not joining in the debate.

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  Simranjit Kaur joins Sakshi Chaudhary in quarters of boxing's Asian Olympic Qualifiers

  March 04, 2020 22:57 IST

  World Championships bronze-medallist Simranjit defeated Kazakhstan's Rimma Volossenko 5-0, while former junior world champion Sakshi stunned Asian silver-medallist and fourth seed Nilawan Techasuep of Thailand in a split 4-1 verdict.

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  Situation should be carefully monitored: Abhinav Bindra on coronavirus threat to Olympics

  March 04, 2020 21:37 IST

  The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Tuesday unequivocally backed this summer's Tokyo Olympics, urging athletes to prepare "full steam" despite the coronavirus threat.

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  Coronavirus outbreak: FIBA 3X3 basketball Olympic qualifier in Bengaluru postponed

  March 04, 2020 19:20 IST

  The 3x3 basketball Olympic qualifier became the first sporting event in India to be affected owing to coronavirus outbreak.

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  Coronavirus impact: No ranking points in New Delhi Shooting World Cup, says ISSF

  March 04, 2020 18:33 IST

  The ISSF said there will no ranking points in the tournament scheduled to be held from March 15 to 26 as the organisers are not in a position to guarantee participation of all athletes owing to the extraordinary situation.

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  Sakshi Chaudhary advances to quarters of boxing's Asian Olympic Qualifiers

  March 04, 2020 17:37 IST

  The two-time youth world champion Indian, who is only 19, prevailed in a split verdict against the Asian Games bronze-medallist in an engrossing second-round bout after both the boxers got opening-round byes.

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  Personal success not as important as team achievements, says Mandeep Singh

  March 04, 2020 17:24 IST

  Indian hockey team's forward Mandeep Singh has been nominated for the Dhruv Batra Player of the Year 2019.

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  Coronavirus threat looms large over Tokyo Olympics 2020

  March 04, 2020 16:00 IST

  With each passing day, the concerns over Tokyo Olympics increase due to the deadly outbreak of COVID-19. 

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  IOC confident of 'successful' hosting of Tokyo Olympics

  March 03, 2020 20:56 IST

  The International Olympic Committee (IOC) executive board on Tuesday expressed its full commitment to the success of the Olympic Games in Tokyo to be held between July 24 to August 9 this year.

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  Tamim Iqbal becomes 1st Bangladesh batsman to score 7,000 ODI runs

  March 03, 2020 16:44 IST

  Tamim Iqbal, who played his first ODI in nine months in the first match, had taken a break from cricket in the second half of 2019.

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  Games could be held any time in 2020: Japan Olympic Minister

  March 03, 2020 16:12 IST

  Seiko Hashimoto's response to a question in the upper house of parliament implies the Olympics could be held later in the year and would not have to start on July 24 as planned.

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  Gaurav Solanki enters pre-quarters of Asian Olympic Qualifiers

  March 03, 2020 15:34 IST

  Solanki prevailed 5-0 against the two-time Kyrgyz national champion to enter the last-16 stage where he will be up against top-seeded Uzbek Mirazizbek Mirzakhalilov, who got a bye into the second round.

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  Administrative woes have hurt athletes ahead of Tokyo 2020: Deepa Malik

  March 03, 2020 15:29 IST

  Malik said that the while global crisis of coronavirus is a concern, the problems for Indian para-athletes started with the Sports Ministry de-recognising the PCI and the subsequent case in the Delhi High Court.

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  Tokyo calls off test event; growing virus threatens Olympics

  March 03, 2020 14:50 IST

  The test event was to take place on March 12-15 in Tokyo and original plans called for athletes from abroad.

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  FIDE removes list of AICF office bearers from its website

  March 03, 2020 11:40 IST

  FIDE had recently recognised a new set of office-bearers of AICF after they were declared elected unopposed by the returning officer for the election.

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  Indian men's hockey team achieves all-time highest ranking, jumps to 4th spot

  March 02, 2020 19:04 IST

  India's excellent form in the first three rounds of the second edition of FIH Hockey Pro League has seen them move from fifth to fourth position.

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  Sumit Sangwan's doping ban lifted, NADA panel rules intake of banned substance unintentional

  March 02, 2020 18:53 IST

  The 27-year-old international medallist said medical records showing the enlargement of his liver following the intake of the medicine helped him prove his case.

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  Working on ''shortcomings'', says ace wrestler Bajrang Punia

  March 02, 2020 17:13 IST

  Bajrang Punia lost to Japan's Takuto Otoguro in the final of the Asian Wrestling Championship in New Delhi.

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  Amit Panghal gets top billing, Mary Kom seeded 2nd in boxing's Asian Olympic Qualifiers

  March 02, 2020 16:38 IST

  The Indian team arrived in Jordan on Friday last week after a training stint in Assisi, Italy.