Tokyo Olympics 2021
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Tokyo Olympics organisers set limit of 50% capacity at stadia
Cricket | Jun 21, 2021, 03:03 PM ISTThe Tokyo Olympics will allow some local fans to attend when the games open in just over a month, organizing committee officials and the IOC said on Monday.
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Transgender weightlifter Hubbard to compete at Tokyo Olympics
Other Sports | Jun 21, 2021, 06:32 AM ISTWeightlifter Laurel Hubbard will be the first transgender athlete to compete at the Olympics.
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BCCI to donate INR 10 crore for Tokyo Olympic-bound athletes' preparations
Other Sports | Jun 20, 2021, 08:02 PM ISTA decision in this regard was taken at the BCCI's emergent Apex Council meeting, attended by Board president Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah.
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PV Sindhu will be under pressure in Tokyo Olympics, winning medal won't be easy: Jwala Gutta
Other Sports | Jun 20, 2021, 06:28 PM ISTAll the focus was on London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal in the run-up to the Rio Games but it was Sindhu who stunned the world with her silver medal winning feat five years back.
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Top medical adviser says 'no fans' safest for Tokyo Olympics
Other Sports | Jun 18, 2021, 07:05 PM ISTFans from abroad were banned several months ago, and organizers are to announce early next week if some local fans should be allowed.
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Mary Kom to skip Italian training stint due to personal reasons
Other Sports | Jun 18, 2021, 05:29 PM ISTNine Indian boxers, including women, have achieved quota places for the July 23-August 8 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
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Ten Olympic debutants in Indian men's hockey squad for Tokyo Games
Other Sports | Jun 18, 2021, 01:10 PM ISTAmit Rohidas, Hardik Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Nilakanta Sharma, Sumit, Shamsher Singh, Dilpreet Singh, Gurjant Singh and Lalit Kumar Upadhyay are the 10 players who will make their Olympic debut in Tokyo.
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Naomi Osaka to skip Wimbledon 2021 but compete at Tokyo Olympics
Tennis | Jun 18, 2021, 07:06 AM ISTOsaka, a 23-year-old who was born in Japan, withdrew from the French Open after the first round, saying she needed a mental health break.
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Javelin throwers' spat with Uwe Hohn can impact Tokyo Olympics show: Former coach
Other Sports | Jun 17, 2021, 04:19 PM ISTWith the Olympic Games less than 40 days away, both Hohn and India's top javelin throwers are levelling allegations against each other.
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Why are Tokyo Olympics going on despite public, medical warnings?
Other Sports | Jun 17, 2021, 10:35 AM ISTPublic sentiment in Japan has been generally opposed to holding the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, partly based on fears the COVID.
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Ace sprinter Dutee Chand hopes to qualify for Tokyo Olympics
Other Sports | Jun 16, 2021, 05:37 PM ISTFor the Tokyo Olympic Games, World Athletics has set stricter qualification standards in track and field events and June 29 is the deadline to achieve a qualification mark in the respective events.
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Indian hockey team among top five contenders for medal at Tokyo Olympics: Former coach Oltmans
Hockey | Jun 16, 2021, 03:20 PM ISTIndia has not won an Olympic medal in the sport since 1980.
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Athletes could be kicked out of Tokyo Olympics for violating COVID-19 rules
Other Sports | Jun 15, 2021, 09:12 PM ISTHidemasa Nakamura, Tokyo 2020 Main Operations Centre chief, was confident that the playbook would be strictly followed by the participants.
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I did not take any stimulant but was on painkillers: Suspended wrestler Sumit Malik
Other Sports | Jun 15, 2021, 07:34 PM ISTThe 2018 Commonwealth Games gold-medallist was handed a provisional suspension by the United World Wrestling (UWW) after a specified banned substance was found in his sample.
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Captain Rani Rampal says women's hockey team wants to win medal in Tokyo Olympics for COVID warriors
Hockey | Jun 16, 2021, 07:54 PM ISTLast year during the nationwide lockdown, the team had raised funds to help feed more than 1000 families from economically under-privileged backgrounds.
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Tokyo Olympics organisers roll out final editions of COVID rule books
Other Sports | Jun 15, 2021, 09:10 AM ISTOrganizers confirmed Coates' arrival from Australia. Officials last week said he would be quarantined for three days, followed by 11 days of restricted activities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Want to pay tribute to COVID warriors by winning medal in Tokyo Olympics: Manpreet Singh
Other Sports | Jun 14, 2021, 03:23 PM ISTManpreet is determined to pay tribute to the country's frontline workers by finishing on the podium in the Tokyo Games to be held from July 23 to August 8.
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Pierre-Hugues Herbert-Nicolas Mahut set sights on Tokyo Olympics after French Open title
Tennis | Jun 13, 2021, 06:49 AM ISTMahut and Herbert — who have won all four Grand Slam tournaments together — defeated Alexander Bublik and Andrey Golubev of Kazakhstan 4-6, 7-6 (1), 6-4 in Saturday's final at Roland Garros.
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Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu qualifies for Tokyo Olympics
Other Sports | Jun 12, 2021, 05:44 PM ISTThe 26-year-old from Manipur has qualified on the basis of her world ranking points. The Indian lifter is ranked second in the women's 49kg category with 4133,6172 points in her kitty.
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Staying calm in crunch situations will be key in Tokyo Olympics: Forward Navneet Kaur
Hockey | Jun 12, 2021, 03:07 PM ISTKaur, who has played 79 matches for India, said the team should try to cut down on the errors during the Tokyo Olympics which opens on July 23.