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  Olympic-bound Indian shooters to get vaccinated on Thursday ahead of Croatia tour

  Other Sports | May 04, 2021 0:12 IST

  The competition is scheduled to be held from May 20 to June 6 and the squad will be staying back in Zagreb for training before directly leaving for Tokyo to participate at the Olympics beginning in July.

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  Sindhu named athlete ambassadors for IOC's 'Believe in Sports' campaign

  Other Sports | May 03, 2021 16:12 IST

  World champion and Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu and world no 11 Canada's Michelle Li have been nominated as athlete ambassadors for International Olympic Committee's 'Believe in Sports' campaign.

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  Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth likely to travel to Olympic qualifiers via Doha

  Other Sports | April 29, 2021 21:03 IST

  Saina, who won India's first Olympic medal in the sport in 2012, is ranked 22nd while former world No.1 Srikanth is 20th. Both players need to be within the top 16 to secure qualification.

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  Olympians to undergo daily Covid tests at Tokyo Games

  Other Sports | April 28, 2021 23:03 IST

  The decision comes less than 90 days before the start of the postponed Tokyo Olympics on July 23.

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  Kidambi Srikanth, Saina Nehwal's Olympic hopes threatened by Malaysia's travel ban

  Other Sports | April 28, 2021 20:01 IST

  The travel ban, which has been implemented in response to the worsening Covid-19 situation in India, has put doubts over whether the Indian contingent will be able to take part in the Malaysian Open, which will be held from May 25 to 30.

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  Not best way to prepare for Olympics in COVID times but won't be under-prepared: Sharath Kamal

  Other Sports | April 28, 2021 16:13 IST

  Gearing up for his fourth Olympics, Sharath said he is "mentally better" as compared to last year when India was hit by COVID-19 for the first time.

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  Australian Olympians to be given COVID-19 vaccine priority

  Other Sports | April 27, 2021 16:07 IST

  The Australian government on Tuesday said members of the Olympic team would be vaccinated under a priority group which includes health-care workers, Indigenous people aged over 55 and people older than 70.

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  More tests, no quarantine in updated Tokyo Olympic rules

  Other Sports | April 26, 2021 21:08 IST

  The rollout of the second edition of the “Playbooks” — an IOC guidebook explaining how the games can be pulled off — comes as Tokyo, Osaka and several other areas have been placed under a third state of emergency as coronavirus cases surge.

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  Tokyo Olympics 2021 to decide on spectator limits by end of April

  Cricket | April 26, 2021 14:49 IST

  Tokyo Olympics President Seiko Hashimoto said on Monday that she will decide the upper limit of spectators for the Olympics and Paralympics by the end of April.

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  Olympics' fate should be decided by medical experts: IOC official

  Other Sports | April 25, 2021 17:40 IST

  Due to a spike in Covid-19 cases, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has decided to issue another state of emergency in Tokyo and three other prefectures -- Kyoto, Osaka and Hyogo.

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  I don't want a silver medal in the Olympics, I want gold, says Mirabai Chanu

  Other Sports | April 25, 2021 16:16 IST

  With North Korea withdrawing from the Olympics, it is likely to be a two-way race between Chanu and the lifter representing China in the 49kg category.

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  Not expecting much from Olympics, need to have cool mind like MS Dhoni: sailor Vishnu Saravanan

  Other Sports | April 22, 2021 18:34 IST

  In a historic first, four Indian sailors -- Saravanan (Laser Standard), Kumanan (Laser Radial) and Vishnu Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar (49er Skiff) -- made the Olympics cut during the Asian Qualifiers.

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  Sushil Kumar ignored, Amit picked ahead of Mann for wrestling's final Olympic qualifier

  Other Sports | April 22, 2021 18:22 IST

  The tournament, to be held in Sofia, Bulgaria from May 6-9, will be the last qualifying event before the Tokyo Games.

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  Tokyo Olympics delay decision until June on fans -- or no fans

  Other Sports | April 21, 2021 20:00 IST

  Fans from abroad have already been barred, and on Wednesday organizing committee president Seiko Hashimoto said a decision on venue capacity — or if there will be any fans at all, or just empty venues — may not be made until June.

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  Tokyo Olympics: Brazil and Germany football teams draw in same group; Spain-Argentina in Group C

  Football | April 21, 2021 17:22 IST

  Football giants Brazil and Germany were paired in the same group (Group D) at the draw of the groups for the Tokyo Olympics in Zurich on Wednesday. 

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  Tokyo Olympics: No athletes have requested pre-Olympic vaccinations yet, says official

  Other Sports | April 20, 2021 15:02 IST

  The vaccine rollout in Japan has been very slow with less than 1 per cent vaccinated, causing concern about the postponed Tokyo Olympics that are scheduled to open in just over three months.

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  4X100m relay team can qualify for Tokyo Olympics: Hima Das

  Other Sports | April 19, 2021 21:31 IST

  The top eight finishers in the World Relays on May 1 and 2 at Chorzow in Selisia will get automatic berths in the Tokyo Games, which is scheduled to begin on July 23.

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  As COVID cases soar, NRAI requests government to vaccinate athletes at the earliest

  Other Sports | April 19, 2021 16:08 IST

  Considering the grim situation of the pandemic, the NRAI is keen that its athletes are vaccinated soon.

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  Vaccination process for Olympic-bound athletes to start soon: IOA secretary

  Other Sports | April 14, 2021 19:31 IST

  Speaking at a virtual webinar organised to mark the 100 days countdown to the Tokyo Games, Mehta stressed that the safety of the Olympic-bound athletes is paramount.

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  Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju expecting double digit medal haul in Tokyo Olympics

  Other Sports | April 14, 2021 17:24 IST

  Rijiu said the government has provided all possible support to the country's athletes in preparation for the Olympics, and it is now their job to make the Games a "memorable" one for India.