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  Tokyo Olympics: Is Usain Bolt 100m record under threat?

  Other Sports | July 18, 2021 12:44 IST

  The best a sprinter has clocked this season is 9:77 seconds, by American 26-year-old Trayvon Bromell in June this year.

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  Tokyo Olympics: Will Archer Deepika Kumari finally overcome big-stage jitters

  Other Sports | July 18, 2021 11:48 IST

  Deepika Kumari may finally taste Olympic success with husband Atanu Das ready to be the calming factor in the mixed event debut at the Oympics.

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  Coronavirus: Tokyo Olympics registered its first Covid-19 case in the Olympic Village

  News | July 17, 2021 9:46 IST

  The Tokyo Olympics has registered its first Covid-19 Tokyo Olympics ,Covid-19 case, Olympic Village case in the Olympic Village six days before the Games open, organisers said on Saturday.

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  Super 100: Novak Djokovic To Compete At Tokyo Olympics

  News | July 16, 2021 7:44 IST

  World No. 1 Novak Djokovic has confirmed he will participate at this month's Tokyo Olympics as he looks to continue his dominant season in Asia.

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  Olympic-bound Chirag on spectre of COVID-19, loss of loved one & Tokyo dreams

  Other Sports | July 15, 2021 11:40 IST

  Chirag lost his grandfather to COVID-19 while the Indian doubles shuttler was preparing for Olympics in Mumbai in April.

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  FINA suspends 2 Russian swimmers for Tokyo Olympics

  Other Sports | July 15, 2021 10:13 IST

  Alexandr Kudashev and Veronika Popova Andrusenko were suspended on Wednesday based on doping evidence provided by WADA.

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  Official in IOC refugee team for Olympics tests positive for COVID-19

  Other Sports | July 14, 2021 14:50 IST

  The COVID postive case has lead to a delay in their travel plans for the Tokyo Games even though all others have returned negative results for now.

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  PV Sindhu all set for Tokyo Olympics

  Sports | July 14, 2021 14:46 IST

  India's ace shuttler PV Sindhu on July 14 said that she is confident and all set for Tokyo Olympics."I am looking forward as it is just nine days away.

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  Bianca Andreescu and Johanna Konta pull out of Tokyo Olympics

  Tennis | July 14, 2021 14:40 IST

  Johanna, through a post on Twitter, revealed she had tested positive for Covid-19 while in self-isolation.

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  Aaj Ki Baat: What advice PM Modi gave to Indian athletes going to take part in Tokyo Olympics

  Aaj Ki Baat | July 13, 2021 23:02 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asked the Tokyo Olympics-bound Indian sportspersons not to get bogged down by the pressure of huge expectations and try and put up their best performance without bothering about the results.

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  PM Narendra Modi interacts with Tokyo-bound Indian athletes

  Sports | July 13, 2021 19:13 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday interacted with India's Tokyo Olympics-bound contingent and listened to athletes' inspiring stories ahead of the showpiece. Modi asked the athletes to not be bogged down by expectations and give their best shot at the Games.

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  4 US, UK Olympic contractors arrested for alleged drug use

  Other Sports | July 13, 2021 13:44 IST

  Four US and British men working for a power company contracted for the Olympics were arrested on suspicion of using cocaine.

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  Tokyo Olympics: Neeraj Chopra confident of strong performance

  Other Sports | July 12, 2021 8:42 IST

  Chopra, India's main medal hope in athletics, has recently recovered from an ankle injury and is preparing for Tokyo Olympics in Sweden.

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  Tokyo Olympics: India must start competing, and not participating in Games

  Other Sports | July 11, 2021 11:49 IST

  India has won a grand total of 28 medals, nine of them being gold, in the 121 years of Olympics. On the other hand, American swimming star Michael Phelps has won 28 medals in just four Olympics.

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  Crores spent on me, no longer indisciplined : Vikas Krishan ahead of Tokyo Olympics

  Other Sports | July 08, 2021 15:03 IST

  Vikas Krishan has no qualms admitting that he has been 'indisciplined' and 'too reliant on luck in the past' ahead of his third Olympics appearance in Tokyo.

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  At 34, 'Mommy Rocket' Fraser-Pryce sprinter to beat in Tokyo Olympics

  Other Sports | July 06, 2021 9:30 IST

  Fraser-Pryce chances of winning gold increased dramatically earlier this month when her USA rival Sha'Carri Richardson was banned for a positive test for marijuana.

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  Super 100: Indian Navy’s Jabir qualifes for Olympics in 400m hurdles

  News | July 02, 2021 9:22 IST

  Indian Navy's ace athlete MP Jabir on Thursday qualified for the Tokyo Olympics in 400m hurdles after he clocked 49.78s to win gold at the recently concluded Inter-State Athletics Championships in Patiala.

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  Javelin thrower Annu Rani qualifies for Tokyo Olympics through World Ranking quota

  Other Sports | July 01, 2021 9:25 IST

  Despite not breaching the stiff qualifying mark of 64.00m, Annu Rani's strong ranking of World No. 11 has helped her bag quota spot as just 15 throwers could earn the direct qualification.

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  Dutee Chand to qualify for Tokyo Olympics in 100 and 200m through world ranking quota

  Other Sports | July 01, 2021 9:27 IST

  Fellow sprint star Hima Das is ranked at 108th in the 200m and won't make the cut for the qualification through the alternate route.

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  Bopanna, Divij miss cut for men's doubles event at Tokyo Olympics

  Tennis | June 30, 2021 11:46 IST

  Also rules out the country's presence in the mixed team competition, it's best chance for a podium finish.