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Tokyo’s excellent sporting infrastructure will be offering a level playing field for the athlettes. (Twitter)

AA Edit | Let the Games begin in Tokyo as Covid lingers

No edition since 1896 may have been so fraught with the sheer tensions of a global pandemic

23 Jul 2021 3:20 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

From left, Czech track cyclist Tomas Babek, hammer thrower Katerina Safrankova, rider Miroslav Trunda, artistic gymnast Aneta Holasova and rider Miloslav Prihoda, pose wearing the new olympic uniforms for The Tokyo Olympic Summer Games 2020, in Prague, Czech Republic, Tuesday, June 22, 2021. (Photo: AP)

Let the fashion policing begin on opening day of Tokyo Games

Olympic gear makes for lively social media fodder, starting with the hours-long Parade of Nations

22 Jul 2021 11:40 AM

Explainer: How will the virus emergency affects the Olympics?

A look at the state of emergency in Japan and how it will affect the Olympics.

12 Jul 2021 6:26 PM

Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra who qualified for Tokyo Olympics. (DC File Photo)

Missed the feeling of being in a world class event: Neeraj Chopra

Chopra pulled out of the June 13 Diamond League at Gateshead due to visa issues

11 Jul 2021 4:56 PM

Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike with the Olympic flame during the unveiling ceremony in Tokyo on July 9, 2021. (Photo: AFP)

Olympic flame arrives in Tokyo for no-spectator relay

Tokyo 2020 organisers and government officials on Thursday night announced their decision to bar fans from Olympic events

09 Jul 2021 9:14 AM

India's Vikas Krishan (right) fights United States' Errol Spence during a men's welterweight 69-kg preliminary boxing match at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. (Photo: AP)

Crores spent on me, no longer indisciplined and reliant on luck: Boxer Vikas Krishan

The Haryana-boxer has been a medal contender for India almost every time he has stepped into the ring

08 Jul 2021 4:09 PM

The Games already will take place without foreign spectators. (Photo: AP)

Japan to declare virus emergency lasting through Olympics

The Summer Olympics, already delayed a year by the pandemic, begin July 23 and close Aug 8

08 Jul 2021 9:24 AM

Mary Kom, a six-time world champion and an Olympic bronze-medallist, was chosen by the BFI selection panel based on her gold medal-winning performances at the India Open and a subsequent tournament in Indonesia. (Photo: PTI)

Mary Kom, Manpreet Singh to be India's flag bearers at Tokyo Games opening ceremony

05 Jul 2021 6:27 PM

Tokyo Games still weigh limits on fans

Officials say that more than 80% of athletes and support staff will be vaccinated

05 Jul 2021 4:31 PM

Seema Punia competes in the woman's discus final at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia in 2018. (Photo: AP)

Veteran discus thrower Seema Punia qualifies for Olympics

37-year-old Punia has won a silver in the 2018 Commonwealth Games and a bronze in the 2018 Asian Games

30 Jun 2021 3:52 PM

Aditi Ashok in action during the second round of the Volunteers of America LPGA Texas Classic at Old American Golf Club in the Colony, Texas. (Photo:AFP)

Aditi Ashok qualifies for her second successive Olympics

Aditi Ashok will take part in her second successive Olympic Games in Tokyo next month after finishing 45th on the qualifying list

30 Jun 2021 3:47 PM

Olympic-bound shot putter Toor continues impressive form with 21.10m throw

Tajinder Pal Singh Toor booked an Olympic ticket last Monday with a national record throw of 21.49m during the Indian Grand Prix 4

29 Jun 2021 1:28 AM

Workers paste the overlay on the wall of the National Stadium, where opening ceremony and many other events are scheduled for the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics, on June 2, 2021, in Tokyo.

Japan set to ease virus emergency ahead of Olympics

Japan has been struggling since late March to slow a wave of infections propelled by more contagious variants

17 Jun 2021 11:13 AM

First time Badminton World Championships to be held in year of Olympics

Remainder of the 2021 BWF tournament calendar and qualifying process for next year's Olympic Games will be announced later

01 May 2020 5:59 PM

Women's hockey team has a lot to gain from Olympic postponement: Salima Tete

The team is currently stationed at the SAI Centre Bengaluru where focus on individual fitness routine and workout in isolation

29 Apr 2020 3:24 PM

Former Japanese prime minister and Tokyo 2020 organising committee president Yoshiro Mori speaks at a press conference along with IOC president Thomas Bach. AP Photo

Olympics will be cancelled if pandemic not controlled by next year: Games chief

Japanese though the delayed Olympics will be a chance to show world's triumph over virus, but questions persist if Games will be held at all

28 Apr 2020 1:17 PM

Scientific coordinator Aude Echalier (R) and head of quantitative pharmacology Martin Redhead look at a screen showing results of vaccine research as they work in the laboratory of British pharmatech company Exscientia at Oxford Science Park in Oxford, in southern central England. AFP Photo

Vaccine holds the kley to Tokyo Olympics, says Japanese medical association chief

He called for more testing as the current rate was not enough to judge whether infection rates in the country were falling

28 Apr 2020 8:30 AM

British athlete Dina Asher Smith (L) shares a light moment with an air hostess. DC File Photo

Former Olympian Iwan Thomas feels Tokyo delay may harm Asher-Smith's chances

The British 400 metres record-holder believes an extra 12 months' preparation time could count against Asher-Smith who is at the peak now

26 Apr 2020 9:28 AM

Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee president Yoshiro Mori. AP Photo

Impossible to postpone Olympics again: Tokyo Games chief

When Mori asked PM Shinzo Abe whether Japan should consider a two-year postponement, the latter said "one year is the way to go"

23 Apr 2020 12:08 PM

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