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  IOC temporarily bans Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko from Olympic Games

  Other Sports | December 08, 2020 10:23 IST

  The IOC said it has come to the conclusion that the current leadership has not appropriately protected the Belarusian athletes from political discrimination within the NOC.

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  Breakdancing becomes Olympic sport, to make debut in 2024 edition

  Other Sports | December 08, 2020 8:45 IST

  The IOC’s pursuit of urban events to lure a younger audience saw street dance battles officially added to the medal events program at the 2024 Paris Games.

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  Olympics: Tokyo sees record number of new cases amid nationwide spike

  Other Sports | November 18, 2020 13:01 IST

  The record number of new cases came as IOC President Thomas Bach ended his visit to Japan to discuss with Olympic officials on how to safely host the games.

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  LA 2028 chief urges IOC to allow anti-racist advocacy at Olympics

  Other Sports | August 01, 2020 14:50 IST

  Amid widespread support for the 'Black Lives Matter' movement in a number of sporting events in the western world, the IOC has come under increased pressure to amend Rule 50.

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  Qatar submits request to host 2032 Olympic, Paralympic Games

  Other Sports | July 27, 2020 16:30 IST

  Qatar delivered the request via an official letter to the IOC's headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, said the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC).  

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  International Olympic Day: A revisit to India's history at the Olympic Games

  Other Sports | June 23, 2020 21:40 IST

  As the world celebrates the International Olympic Day, let's revisit India's history at the Olympic Games.

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  Dream to see my students win 10 Olympics gold for one I missed in Sydney: Karnam Malleswari

  Other Sports | May 18, 2020 18:22 IST

  Karnam Malleswari, who won the bronze medal in 2000 Sydney Olympics, has high expectations from her students.

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  Tokyo Olympics: 'No B Plan' for another postponement, says spokesperson

  Other Sports | April 14, 2020 14:43 IST

  The organizers are proceeding under the assumption the Olympics will open on July 23, 2021. The Paralympics follow on Aug. 24.

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  Olympics postponement costs IOC 'several hundred million dollars', Japan to bear rest

  Other Sports | April 13, 2020 17:05 IST

  Except for the IOC portion, all added costs will be borne by the Japanese side according to an agreement signed in 2013 when Tokyo was awarded the Olympics.

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  Tokyo Olympics CEO hints Games could be in doubt even in 2021

  Other Sports | April 10, 2020 16:59 IST

  Tokyo Olympics have been postponed to 2021 due to the outbreak of COVID-19, but the CEO of the organizing committee has hinted that the Games could be in doubt even next year.

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  International Gymnastics Federation to reschedule Olympic qualifiers

  Other Sports | April 10, 2020 13:30 IST

  While almost 75 per cent of the 324 Olympic places in gymnastics have already been allocated, the remaining qualifying events have now been postponed.

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  Track world championships rescheduled for 2022 after Olympics postponement

  Other Sports | April 09, 2020 9:15 IST

  The 2022 worlds will be the first to be held in an even-numbered year. They had been held in odd-numbered years since they started in 1983.

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  Postponing Olympics represents big challenge in terms of workload: IOC

  Other Sports | April 07, 2020 14:21 IST

  The IOC will focus on the organisation of the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021, which will be followed by the Olympic Winter Games in Beijing in 2022 and the Youth Olympic Games in Dakar in the same year.

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  Maintaining form till next year's Olympics a challenge, but I am prepared: pistol ace Abhishek Verma

  Other Sports | April 04, 2020 16:07 IST

  The ongoing nationwide lockdown, enforced to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus, has halted training schedules of all the sportspersons.

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  Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 organizers assessing impact of postponing Tokyo Games

  Other Sports | April 02, 2020 11:27 IST

  Although the Summer and Winter Olympics will now be held within six months of each other, Beijing organizers say their preparations are on target and they have no plans to delay events.

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  Olympics 2021: India set to retain foreign coaches whose contracts would have ended after Tokyo 2020

  Other Sports | March 26, 2020 16:40 IST

  The Olympics were postponed to next year following the deadly outbreak of COVID-19 across the globe.

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  Australia seek age-limit lift for Olympic football after postponement to 2021

  Football | March 26, 2020 10:06 IST

  The Football Federation Australia wants FIFA and IOC to consider increasing the age limit for football at the Olympics.

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  Carolina Marin unsure about participation in World Cup, says her goal is to play at Olympics 2020

  Other Sports | July 18, 2019 12:13 IST

  Carolina Marin faced a knee injury in January, and is now considering skipping the World Cup to participate in Olympics next year.

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  Indian Olympic Association celebrates 125th Anniversary

  India | June 23, 2019 21:14 IST

  On this very day, 125 years ago, Frenchman Pierre de Coubertin founded the International Olympic Committee and revived the Olympic Games.

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  Test cricket is dying but World Test Championship can save it, thinks ICC Chairman Shashank Manohar

  Cricket | February 08, 2019 8:42 IST

  Manohar also said that logistical problems are proving to be a major hurdle to their plans of including cricket in Olympics.