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Shooting World Cup is a qualification competition for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 in which direct quotas are earned by the respective National Olympic Committees (NOCs). (Photo: AFP)

IOC 'suspends discussions' with India for hosting global events

The decision came after IOC was informed that the Indian government authorities failed to grant an entry visa to the...

22 Feb 2019 6:18 AM GMT

A statue of a discus thrower stands opposite Athens Panathenaic stadium or Kalimarmaro, where the first modern Olympic Games began, in Athens, one day after the historic decision to postpone the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Japan on March 25 started the unprecedented task of reorganising the Tokyo Olympics after the historic decision to postpone the worlds biggest sporting event due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic that has locked down one third of the planet. (AFP)

AA Edit: Olympics makes the sacrifice

There can be no winner in this battle against Covid-19, only survivors

26 March 2020 1:20 PM GMT

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 to ask athletes from India, others for more COVID-19 tests

Japan aims to put the new rule, which will be applied to athletes from India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka...

27 Jun 2021 4:33 AM GMT

In this Aug. 6, 2020, file photo, the Olympic rings for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 pass by on a barge by tugboats off the Odaiba Marine Park in Tokyo. (Photo: AP)

10,000 Olympic volunteers quit ahead of Games: Organisers

Some of the volunteers are likely also to be among the approximately 80 percent of people in Japan who oppose hosting...

3 Jun 2021 8:07 AM GMT

PV Sindhu entered the Tokyo Olympics semis after beating Japans Akane Yamaguchi on Friday. (Photo: Twitter/@WeAreTeamIndia)

Tokyo Olympics 2020: PV Sindhu enters semifinals, beats Akane...

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Sindhu's victory has moved India to an inch closer to its second medal in the Olympics

30 July 2021 9:50 AM GMT

Germanys Nadine Apetz (red) and Indias Lovlina Borgohain fight during their womens 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 July 2021 4:25 AM GMT

Sudaporn Seesondee of Thailand lands a punch on Indias Simranjit Kaur during their bout in in the Womens 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 July 2021 4:10 AM GMT

Indias Deepika Kumari competes in the womens 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...

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

30 July 2021 3:20 AM GMT

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

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

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

29 July 2021 2:59 AM GMT

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 July 2021 3:07 AM GMT

Olympic silver medalist Mirabai Chanu before her flight to India, in Tokyo. -- PTI

Manipur to appoint Mirabai Chanu as Additional Superintendent of...

The Manipur government has also decided to establish a world-class weightlifting academy in the state soon

27 July 2021 3:16 AM GMT

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 July 2021 2:44 AM GMT