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Equestrian Mirza changes horse, picks Seigneur Medicott for Tokyo Olympics

Indian equestrian Fouaad Mirza has decided to change his horse, preferring to go with Seigneur Medicott, who helped him win two silver medals at the 2018 Asian Games, as his equine partner

Tokyo Olympics: Hopes on Sania-Ankita in controversy-marred tennis buildup

Pre-Olympic talk about tennis in India has always been about controversies

Go for elusive medal: Tendulkar tells Tokyo-bound track and field athletes

Tendulkar on Tuesday urged India's 26-strong squad for Olympics to enjoy the pressure and not be bogged down by it during the Games as he joined the AFI in giving them an online send-off

Olympics: Best chance for Indian hockey team to bag medal, says Rasquinha

Rasquinha feels India could end its 41-year-old medal drought in the upcoming Olympics

Olympics: Opening ceremony composer quits over abuse of disabled children

A famous Japanese musician who was involved in composing music for the opening ceremony of the upcoming Olympics has quit after admitting to "inhuman" sexual abuse of disabled children as a schoolboy

Olympics: 5,000 anti-doping tests to be conducted during Tokyo Games

The International Testing Agency (ITA) plans to conduct approximately 5,000 on-site tests as part of its anti-doping efforts during the Tokyo Olympic Games, starting July 23.

AITA to refer Rohan Bopanna's recording act to ethics committee

Rohan Bopanna's act of making public his conversation with AITA secretary general Anil Dhupar will be referred to its ethics and managing committee, the sports body said on Tuesday

Sindhu aiming for historic 2nd successive medal, others target breakthrough

P V Sindhu, is aiming to continue the trend of returning with Olympic medal after achieving success in the last two editions of the Games.

AITA have misled the nation over doubles pairing, says Rohan Bopanna

India's ace tennis players Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza have lashed out at All India Tennis Association for lack of clarity over nomination of players for the Olympics

From Satara to Tokyo: Archer Jadhav aims to make it big in Olympics

Indian archer Pravin Jadhav had two choices to make as a young boy - join his father as a wage labourer or run on the track for a better living

Tokyo Olympics: Foreign athlete, 8 others test positive for Covid-19

Organisers of the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday confirmed that a foreign athlete has tested positive for Covid-19 at the Games Athletes' Village

Michael Phelps to work as NBC commentator, correspondent at Tokyo Olympics

Michael Phelps will be part of NBC's Olympics coverage as a correspondent and swimming commentator, the network announced. Phelps who has won the most medals (28) and gold medals (23) in Olympic history will call selected swimming events with Dan Hicks and Rowdy Gaines and contribute features as a correspondent during primetime coverage. Phelps, who swam in five Games from 2000-16, did some work for NBC during its coverage of last month's U.S. swimming trials. I know he's going to offer some incredible insight on especially those races that he has won so many gold medals in, Gaines said during a teleconference. A three-part retrospective on Phelps' career is streaming on NBC's Peacock platform.

Olympics: Mary Kom, Pooja Rani along with boxing contingent begin training

Mary Kom and Pooja Rani along with the entire boxing contingent began their training in Tokyo ahead of the upcoming Olympics

Covid watch: Olympic Village still safe, says IOC health advisor

The International Olympic Committee still considers the Games Village safe and cited it as success of robust methods put in place in the Japanese capital.

IOC EB and AC discusses Tokyo 2020 final preparations

The Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the IOC Athletes' Commission (AC) discussed the final preparations for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020

Seniors gave me confidence to play without fear, says Manpreet Singh

Indian men's hockey team skipper has said that the confidence he gained while being with the seniors when he first became a part of the senior side has taught him to play without fear or anxiety

Olympic torch relay continues in Tokyo with 4 days to go

The Tokyo segment of the Olympic torch relay entered the eleventh day on Monday, which also marks Day 117 of the whole event. There are four days left to go to the opening of the 2020 Summer Games. The Tokyo Olympic torch relay is scheduled to visit all 47 prefectures of Japan over 121 days. It will end on July 23rd at the Opening Ceremonies in Tokyo.

Olympics 2020: Gymnast Pranati Nayak begins practice in Tokyo

Gymnast Pranati Nayak, who was part of the first batch of Indian athletes to fly into Tokyo from New Delhi on Sunday morning, began her practice sessions ahead of the Olympics.

Covid watch: USA female reserve gymnast tests positive for Covid-19

A reserve gymnast associated with the USA women's team tested positive for the COVID-19 virus on Monday.

Olympic countdown: Van Niekerk, Shaunae Miller chase second gold in 400m

While the focus in the Olympics has always been on 100m and 200 metres, the 400m is no less glamorous given that some of the biggest names have competed in the event and cornered glory