Tokyo Olympics 2021
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Neeraj Chopra reaches Portugal, to compete on June 10
Other Sports | Jun 07, 2021, 01:23 PM ISTThe CEO of JSW Sports, Chopra's sponsors, Parth Jindal took to Twitter to reveal that the reigning Asian and Commonwealth Games champion has reached Portugal.
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PT Usha requests Kerala CM to vaccinate state athletes taking part in National Championships
Other Sports | Jun 07, 2021, 11:21 AM ISTThe National Inter-State Champioships, to be held in Patiala, will be the last chance for the Indian athletes to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics. The deadline for Olympics qualification for athletics is June 29.
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Reigning Olympic champion Monica Puig to miss Tokyo Olympics
Tennis | Jun 07, 2021, 09:22 AM ISTReigning Olympic tennis gold medalist Monica Puig will miss the Tokyo Games and the rest of the season after having surgery on her right shoulder.
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IOA asks 5 Tokyo-bound COVID-19 recovered athletes to get first dose of vaccine
Other Sports | Jun 06, 2021, 02:00 PM ISTThe IOA said 120 athletes and 27 para-athletes have so far received at least one dose of the vaccine. The body said that there are 62 fully-vaccinated athletes, including four para athletes.
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Olympian Kaori Yamaguchi says Japan 'cornered' into holding Tokyo Games
Other Sports | Jun 04, 2021, 02:35 PM ISTKaori Yamaguchi said the International Olympic Committee, the government and local organizers are ignoring widespread opposition to the Olympics from the Japanese public.
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Indian women's hockey team already on Tokyo Olympics
Other Sports | Jun 04, 2021, 01:24 PM ISTWith less than 50 days to go for the Tokyo Games, there is a lot of excitement among the members of the Indian women's Olympic core probable group
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Olympic-bound wrestler Sumit Malik fails dope test, provisionally suspended
Other Sports | Jun 04, 2021, 12:59 PM ISTIt marks the second consecutive instance of a wrestler being caught in dope net before the Olympics -- the previous being ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympics when Narsingh Pancham Yadav had failed one and was slapped with a four-year ban.
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I am working to acquire new technique, skills for Tokyo Olympics: Sindhu
Other Sports | Jun 03, 2021, 02:22 PM ISTIndia's top badminton star P V Sindhu says she is working to acquire new skills and techniques to surprise her rivals, who are at the same level with distinct playing styles, at the Tokyo Olympics.
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Sports Ministry to launch short movies on journey of Tokyo-bound athletes
Other Sports | Jun 02, 2021, 08:02 PM ISTThe first film to be telecast will be of reigning World champion and Rio silver medallist shuttler PV Sindhu.
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Yes. Tokyo Olympics are 'a go' despite opposition, pandemic
Other Sports | Jun 02, 2021, 09:01 AM ISTTokyo is under a COVID-19 state of emergency, but IOC Vice President John Coates has said the games will open on July 23 — state of emergency, or no state of emergency.
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Japan's vaccine push ahead of Olympics looks to be too late
Other Sports | Jun 01, 2021, 06:17 PM ISTThat's the realization sinking in as Japan scrambles to catch up on a frustratingly slow vaccination drive less than two months before the Summer Olympics, delayed by a year because of the coronavirus pandemic, are scheduled to start.
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Carolina Marin pulls out of Tokyo Olympics due to knee injury
Other Sports | Jun 01, 2021, 03:54 PM ISTPV Sindhu's arch-rival Marin suffered an Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) tear in her left knee that will require surgery to heal.
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Mary Kom and Indian boxers to have three-week training camp abroad before Olympics
Other Sports | Jun 01, 2021, 12:32 PM ISTIndia's nine Olympic-bound boxers will travel abroad for a three-week training stint ahead of the Tokyo Olympics.
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Novak Djokovic planning to play at Tokyo Olympics
Tennis | May 31, 2021, 11:09 PM ISTDjokovic competed at three Olympic Games and won a bronze medal in singles back in 2008 in Beijing.
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Fouaad Mirza confirms Tokyo Olympics berth in equestrian
Other Sports | May 31, 2021, 02:15 PM ISTExpert horse rider Fouaad Mirza, the first Indian to qualify for Olympic Games equestrian in 20 years, has completed the minimum eligibility requirement (MER) to compete in the Olympics Games' eventing discipline.
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Tokyo Olympics qualification: Indians fancy chances at Qosanov athletics
Other Sports | May 30, 2021, 04:42 PM ISTThe two-day competition, an Olympic qualifying event, is scheduled to be held on June 19 and 20 and is part of the World Athletics continental tour series.
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Rowing teams cancel exposure trip to Portugal due to strict quarantine rule
Other Sports | May 30, 2021, 03:11 PM ISTOlympic-bound men's lightweight double scull rowing team has cancelled its five-week exposure tour in Portugal due to strict fortnight-long quarantine rule for Indian visitors. The tour was supposed to start on June 1.
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Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju says India ready to shine at Olympics, calls for support for athletes
Other Sports | May 29, 2021, 08:19 PM ISTMore than 90 Indian athletes across sports have so far qualified for the postponed Tokyo Olympics.
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Decision on local fans at Tokyo Olympics to be made after lifting of emergency
Other Sports | May 28, 2021, 11:25 PM ISTThe Japanese government and the organisers are under mounting pressure from an increasing number of medical experts and Japanese people to call off the Olympics
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Japan to extend virus emergency with safe Olympics at stake
Other Sports | May 28, 2021, 03:10 PM ISTExperts have warned that more contagious variants are infecting more people, leaving them seriously ill and flooding hospitals.