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Germany's Nadine Apetz (red) and India's Lovlina Borgohain fight during their women's welter (64-69kg) preliminaries round of 16 boxing match during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Kokugikan Arena in Tokyo. (Photo: AFP)

Lovlina assures India of first boxing medal at Tokyo Olympics

She will now square off against reigning world champion Busenaz Surmeneli of Turkey

30 Jul 2021 9:55 AM

Sudaporn Seesondee of Thailand lands a punch on India's Simranjit Kaur during their bout in in the Women's Light (57-60kg) round of 16 boxing match, at the Summer Olympics 2020 in Tokyo. (Photo: PTI)

Debutant Simranjit loses opening bout to exit Olympic Games

The 26-year-old Indian, seeded fourth, went down 0-5 despite a gritty performance

30 Jul 2021 9:40 AM

India's Deepika Kumari competes in the women's individual 1/8 eliminations round of the archery event, at the Summer Olympics 2020, in Tokyo. (Photo: PTI)

Deepika seals last-eight berth, ousts former world champion Russian Perova

Locked 5-5 after the regulation five-setter, the 27-year-old Indian delivered a perfect 10

30 Jul 2021 8:50 AM

PV Sindhu in action. (Photo: Olympics.com)

Olympics 2020: PV Sindhu beats Denmark's Mia Blichfeldt to enter quarterfinals

The 26-year-old notched up a 21-15 21-13 win over 13th seed Blichfeldt in a 41-minute match

29 Jul 2021 8:29 AM

Indian team player in action at the game with Argentina. (Photo: Olympics.com)

Olympics 2020: Indian men's hockey team beat Argentina 3-1 to seal quaterfinal berth

After goalless first two quarters, India broke the deadlock in the 43rd minute

29 Jul 2021 8:22 AM

PV Sindhu. (Photo: Official Olympic website)

Sindhu beat Cheung in straight games, enter pre-quarterfinals

28 Jul 2021 9:12 AM

Archer Tarundeep Rai at the Tokyo Olympics 2020. (Photo: Olmypics.com)

Tokyo Olympics: Archer Tarundeep beats Hunbin, moves into round of 16

Tarundeep defeated Hunbin 6-4 to march into the round of 16

28 Jul 2021 8:37 AM

Spain goalkeeper Francisco Cortes Juncosa (1) and Spain's Miguel Delas de Andres (7) guard the goal against India during a Men's field hockey match at the 2020 Summer Olympics. (Photo: AP)

India beat Spain 3-0 in Olympic men's hockey

India produced a spirited performance against world No.9 Spain

27 Jul 2021 8:36 AM

A rescue boat patrols the rowing course at Sea Forest Waterway after the venue was forced to close for competition Monday in Tokyo because of Tropical Storm Nepartak. (Photo: AP)

Pandemic Olympics endured heat, and now a typhoon's en route

The Tokyo Olympics are due for another hit of nature's power: a typhoon arriving on Tuesday morning

27 Jul 2021 8:14 AM

Pauline Schaefer-Betz, of Germany, performs her floor exercise routine during the women's artistic gymnastic qualifications at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 25, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo)

Gymnastics team, tired of ‘sexualization,’ wears unitards

Just days before the Games began, the Norwegian women’s beach handball team refused to play in bikini bottoms during European tournaments

27 Jul 2021 12:22 AM

Medal winners will be allowed to take off their mask for 30 seconds on the podium. (Photo: AFP)

Bonus prize for an Olympic medal: 30 seconds mask-free

Medal-winners were urged not to abuse the relaxation in the rules

26 Jul 2021 2:30 PM

Boxer Vikas Krishan will open India's boxing campaign in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on Saturday. (Photo: AFP)

All eyes on Vikas as boxers open Olympic campaign aiming to negotiate difficult draws

Vikas will be the lone Indian boxer in action on the opening day of boxing competitions at the Ryogoku Kokugikan arena

23 Jul 2021 12:21 PM

PV Sindhu in a file picture. (Photo: Deccan Chronicle)

Indian badminton star Sindhu feeling the Tokyo pressure

The 26-year-old world champion, who won silver at the Rio 2016 Games, begins her tilt at gold on Sunday against Israel's Ksenia Polikarpova

23 Jul 2021 12:12 PM

Mixed doubles partners Sharath Kamal and Manika batra. (Photo: PTI)

Sharath Kamal, Manika Batra to skip opening ceremony

Instead of 20 athletes, 19 will be seen at the opening ceremony with tennis player Ankita Raina replacing the table tennis stars

23 Jul 2021 12:08 PM

Tokyo Olympics linked Covid cases go past 100, organisers announce 19 new cases

The total number of cases directly linked to the Games stood at 106 on Friday with 11 of them athletes

23 Jul 2021 11:55 AM

India's Deepika Kumari competes in the women's individual archery ranking round during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Yumenoshima Park Archery Field in Tokyo on Wednesday. (Photo: AFP)

Archery: Deepika ninth in ranking round; Koreans dominate

The world No.1 finished with 663 points

23 Jul 2021 11:48 AM

The Indian Badminton contigent left for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics on July 18, 2021. (Photo: @Media_SAI)

Most Indian athletes opt out of Olympic opening ceremony amid Covid fear

About 30 athletes will be attending the event and competitions lined up the next day

22 Jul 2021 12:41 PM

The IOC members took the decision at the 138th session in Tokyo on Wednesday. (Photo: olympics.com/ioc)

IOC elects Brisbane as host of 2032 Olympics

The IOC Executive Board (EB) had in June decided to propose Brisbane for hosting the 2032 Olympics

21 Jul 2021 2:23 PM

Atheletes during a ceremony to see off the first batch of Indian athletes as they leave for Tokyo to participate in the Olympics, in New Delhi. (PTI)

COVID scare at Olympics: 3 athletes test positive, 2 staying at Olympic Village

The development comes a day after a non-athlete at the Village tested positive for the dreaded virus

18 Jul 2021 10:18 AM

A security gate is set up near the National Stadium, the main venue for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, in Tokyo on July 17, 2021. (Yuki IWAMURA / AFP)

First coronavirus case hits Tokyo Olympics Village

Japanese media reported that the person who had tested positive was a foreign national

17 Jul 2021 11:19 AM

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