Tokyo Olympics
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Tokyo Olympics: Is Usain Bolt 100m record under threat?
Other Sports | Jul 18, 2021, 12:44 PM ISTThe 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 | Jul 18, 2021, 11:48 AM ISTDeepika 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 | Jul 17, 2021, 09:46 AM ISTThe 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 | Jul 16, 2021, 07:44 AM ISTWorld 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 | Jul 15, 2021, 11:40 AM ISTChirag 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 | Jul 15, 2021, 10:13 AM ISTAlexandr 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 | Jul 14, 2021, 02:50 PM ISTThe 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 | Jul 14, 2021, 02:46 PM ISTIndia'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 | Jul 14, 2021, 02:40 PM ISTJohanna, 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 | Jul 13, 2021, 11:02 PM ISTPrime 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 | Jul 13, 2021, 07:13 PM ISTPrime 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 | Jul 13, 2021, 01:44 PM ISTFour 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 | Jul 12, 2021, 08:42 AM ISTChopra, 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 | Jul 11, 2021, 11:49 AM ISTIndia 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 | Jul 08, 2021, 03:03 PM ISTVikas 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 | Jul 06, 2021, 09:30 AM ISTFraser-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 | Jul 02, 2021, 09:22 AM ISTIndian 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 | Jul 01, 2021, 09:25 AM ISTDespite 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 | Jul 01, 2021, 09:27 AM ISTFellow 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 | Jun 30, 2021, 11:46 AM ISTAlso rules out the country's presence in the mixed team competition, it's best chance for a podium finish.