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  Hima Das requests Kiren Rijiju for access to outdoor training at NIS Patiala

  Other Sports | March 31, 2020 17:05 IST

  Deputy chief national athletics coach Radhakrishnan Nair, who is supporting the move, told that the Hima-led campers at the National Institute of Sports (NIS) are expecting a reply from the ministry in a day or two.

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  After new dates announced for Tokyo Olympics, IOA asks NSFs to start planning

  Other Sports | March 30, 2020 20:24 IST

  The Tokyo Olympics will begin on July 23 next year, organisers said on Monday, after the global health crisis forced the unprecedented decision to postpone the Games until 2021.

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  No more Olympic qualifiers until fair access can be guaranteed for all athletes: IOC

  Other Sports | March 30, 2020 19:35 IST

  The IOC also confirmed that the Olympics will now be held from July 23 to August 8, 2021 -- almost exactly a year after it was originally scheduled to be held.

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  Tokyo Olympics to be held from July 23 to August 8 in 2021

  Other Sports | March 30, 2020 17:39 IST

  The Olympics were postponed last week owing to the deepening coronavirus outbreak.

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  Tokyo Olympic head expects call from IOC’s Thomas Bach on potential dates for rescheduled games

  Other Sports | March 30, 2020 16:07 IST

  The International Olympic Committee and Japanese organizers last week postponed the Olympics until 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic.

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  Boxing Federation starts online coaching for 9 Olympic-bound boxers amid coronavirus lockdown

  Other Sports | March 29, 2020 17:10 IST

  Nine Indian boxers -- M C Mary Kom (51kg), Simranjit Kaur (60kg), Lovlina Borgohani (69kg), Pooja Rani (75kg), Amit Panghal (52kg), Manish Kaushik (63kg), Vikas Krishan (69kg), Ashish Kumar (75kg) and Satish Kumar (+91kg) -- have qualified for the Tokyo Games

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  Turkish boxers test positive for COVID-19 after Tokyo Olympics qualifier, IOC draws flak

  Other Sports | March 26, 2020 18:24 IST

  Turkish Boxing Federation revealed two fighters and a coach who took part in a Tokyo 2020 qualifying event in London earlier this month had since tested positive for COVID-19.

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  After Tokyo Olympics postponement, athletes can now calm down a bit: Abhinav Bindra

  Other Sports | March 26, 2020 17:17 IST

  Bindra, who is India's lone individual gold medallist, said that the athletes around the world were overwhelmingly in favour of the postponement of the Games, which was duly conveyed to the IOC.

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  Tokyo Olympics, Winter Games 2022, Youth Olympics 2022 in a row huge challenge for IOC: Thomas Bach

  Other Sports | March 25, 2020 23:33 IST

  The IOC and the Tokyo 2020 organising committee announced in a joint statement that the Olympics has been postponed so as to deal with the coronavirus outbreak.

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  Decision to postpone Tokyo Olympics 2020 was hard to take, admits IOC president Thomas Bach

  Other Sports | March 25, 2020 21:31 IST

  Speaking to journalists, Bach said the postponed Tokyo Olympics could be held in the spring of 2021.

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  IOC president Thomas Bach invokes Donald Trump in defense of Olympic decision

  Other Sports | March 25, 2020 21:23 IST

  Bach spoke to about 400 reporters on a conference call and was quizzed why, despite growing concern from athletes, it took so long to postpone the Tokyo Games.

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  Tokyo 2020 Olympics postponed: Who pays bills for another year?

  Other Sports | March 25, 2020 18:10 IST

  The Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei put the added cost at $2.7 billion, citing an estimate from local organizers.

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  Looking at possibility to freeze rankings, will review Olympic qualification: BWF

  Other Sports | March 25, 2020 17:58 IST

  There have been growing calls for freezing the world rankings with Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal, B Sai Praneeth, Parupalli Kashyap and H S Prannoy expressing their concern.

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  Indian shuttlers urge BWF to freeze ranking, seek clarity about Olympics qualification

  Other Sports | March 25, 2020 15:59 IST

  The BWF had suspended all HSBC BWF World Tour events post the All England Championships due to the COVID-19 pandemic and there were calls for the extension of the Olympic qualification period which falls on April 28.

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  After Games postponement, Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay put off

  Other Sports | March 25, 2020 15:51 IST

  On Tuesday evening, IOC and the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) decided to postpone the Olympics by a year owing to the rapid rise in coronavirus cases across the world

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  No ideal solution for Tokyo 2020 but it can be celebration of humanity: IOC president Thomas Bach

  Other Sports | March 25, 2020 15:36 IST

  Bach said that in his telephonic conversation with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday, the pair agreed that it won't be possible to hold the Olympics this year due to the relentless spread of the coronavirus pandemic

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  All set but still a year to go: Coaches back to drawing board after Tokyo Olympics postponement

  Other Sports | March 25, 2020 15:27 IST

  The deadly COVID-19 pandemic caused an unprecedented postponement as the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the Japanese government and the athletes world over agreed that Olympics in July-August this year could not have gone ahead in the present circumstances.

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  Olympics postponement: Indian hockey teams determined to move forward

  Other Sports | March 25, 2020 15:15 IST

  The Indian men's and women's hockey team captains expressed their disappointment but vowed to continue to stay committed to their goals.

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  Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju welcomes IOC's decision to postpone Tokyo Olympics

  Other Sports | March 24, 2020 23:07 IST

  The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday announced postponement of the 2020 Games, scheduled for July-August, to the summer of 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic which has brought the world to a standstill.

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  Hockey India ready to make adjustments post Tokyo Olympics postponement

  Other Sports | March 24, 2020 22:41 IST

  The move comes after the growing concerns around the COVID-19 pandemic and the announcement jointly made by the IOC and Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee on Tuesday to postpone the Tokyo Olympic Games to 2021.