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Will be extremely happy if India wins Olympic athletics medal: Shiny Wilson

4-time Olympian, and one who became the first Indian woman athlete to reach the 800m semis at the Olympics, Shiny Wilson, feels India has a "very good chance" of winning an athletics medal in Tokyo

Forced to pick fencing in school, Bhavani is now competition ready

Fencing happened out of compulsion for the Tokyo Olympic-bound C A Bhavani Devi.

Indians at Olympic village: Mixed reviews for food, no daily housekeeping

The Indian contingent was largely satisfied with the food and facilities provided at the Olympic Games Village, but a request has gone out to the Indian Embassy for 100 plus electric kettles

Nobel Peace Prize winner says Olympics deserves the award

The Olympic movement deserves to win the Nobel Peace Prize, former award winner Muhammad Yunus said Monday.

Swimmers have done well to qualify with 'A' cuts: Sebastian Xavier

An Olympian who competed in 1996 Atlanta and three consecutive Asian Games from 1990 onwards, Xavier is currently a senior sports officer with the Indian Railways.

Olympics: I want to prove to myself that I can win, says Deepika Kumari

Star Indian archer Deepika Kumari says she wants to prove to herself that she is capable of wining a medal at the Olympics after missing out in the last two editions.

Delhi HC restrains unauthorised broadcast of upcoming Tokyo Olympics

The Delhi High Court Monday restrained the unauthorised broadcast of the upcoming Tokyo Olympics by several rogue websites, multi-system operators and local cable operators. The court directed internet service providers (ISPs) to block access to these websites illegally broadcasting the games on their platforms and also asked Central government to issue necessary directions/notifications calling upon various ISPs to block access to the rogue websites. The ex-parte interim order, which will remain in force till the next date of hearing on September 29, was passed by Justice C Hari Shankar on a plea moved by Sony Pictures Networks India which is the exclusive broadcaster of Tokyo Olympics. Sony Pictures owns and operates the Sony Ten Network of channels which includes Sony Ten 1, Sony Ten 1 Hd, Sony Ten 2, Sony Ten 3, Sony Ten 2 Hd, Sony Ten 3 Hd, Sony Espn, Sony Espn Hd, Sony Six, Sony Six Hd etc. Advocate Abhishek Malhotra, representing Sony Pictures, told the court that his client

Olympic organisers announce 3 more Covid-19 cases, none of them athletes

Third case is of a journalist who has travelled for the event and was under a 14-day quarantine in Tokyo.

Tokyo 2020: Three S Africa under-23 football players test Covid-19 positive

Three members of South Africa's men's under-23 football team have tested positive for Covid-19 and they currently are in isolation in the Tokyo 2020 facility

Covid-19 scare at Tokyo Olympics after three athletes test positive

A total of 10 cases were detected on the day, including five "Games concerned personnel", one contractor, and a journalist

Tokyo 2020: 8 members in isolation after contact with Covid positive case

Eight members of the Great Britain's Olympic team have entered isolation after coming into contact with a Covid-19 case on their flight to the Tokyo Games

World Covid dispatch: Two athletes test positive in Tokyo Olympic village

Two foreign athletes tested positive for Covid-19 at the Tokyo Olympic Village, the first cases reported among competitors at the village, according to a document

88-member Indian contingent, including 54 athletes, arrives in Tokyo

Excited and cautious in equal measure, the first batch of athletes from India's Olympic contingent arrived in Tokyo on Sunday, clearing the exhaustive Covid-19 related protocols at airport

Indian Badminton contingent, Table Tennis team leave for Games Village

The Indian badminton contingent spearheaded by PV Sindhu and the Table Tennis team on Sunday were cleared to travel to Games Village for the Tokyo Olympics which gets underway from July 23.An 88 member Indian contingent including 54 athletes arrived in Tokyo on Sunday for the upcoming Olympic Games. With 127 athletes, Tokyo Olympics will be India's highest ever playing contingent.Athletes and support staff in eight disciplines Badminton, Archery, Hockey, Judo, Swimming, Weightlifting, Gymnastics, and Table Tennis arrived in Tokyo.They were tested on their arrival at the Tokyo airport and the Badminton and Table Tennis contingent have been cleared to travel to Games Village.The Indian Boxing team spearheaded by Amit Panghal and Mary Kom also arrived in Tokyo on Sunday from Italy.The India boxers had trained hard for the showpiece event in Italy and departed for Tokyo on Saturday.The men's boxing side comprises number one and Asian Games champion Panghal (52kg), Manish Kaushik (63kg), ..

2 athletes at Olympic Village test positive for Covid, another at hotel

Three athletes, two of them staying at the Olympic Village, have tested positive for COVID-19, the Games Organising Committee announced on Sunday. It is the first instance of athletes staying at the village catching the infection. Their identities have not been revealed by the organisers. The third infected athlete is staying at a designated Games hotel. A total of 10 cases were detected on the day, including five "Games concerned personnel", one contractor, and a journalist, according to the COVID-19 Positive Case List uploaded by the OC here. The development comes a day after a non-athlete at the Village tested positive for the dreaded virus. The total number of Games-related COVID cases have now risen to 55 as per the OC records. The first batch of Indian athletes for the Games left on Saturday and have landed in Tokyo this morning.

Indian boxing contingent arrive in Tokyo ahead of Olympics

Indian Boxing team spearheaded by Amit Panghal and Mary Kom arrived in Tokyo on Sunday for the upcoming Olympic Games which gets underway from July 23.

Japan's Olympic security balancing act leaves few satisfied

Struggling businesses forced to temporarily shut down around Olympics venues. Visitors ordered to install invasive apps and allow GPS tracking

Covid scare at Olympics 2021: Two athletes tests positive at Games village

Three athletes, two of them staying at the Olympic Village, have tested positive for COVID-19, announces Tokyo 2020Organising Committee

Tokyo Olympics 2021: Will India better its medal tally from Rio 2016?

India will send a 228-strong contingent to Tokyo Olympics, including 119 athletes. This will be India's largest ever contingent of athletes at Olympics. Check medal contenders for India in Tokyo 2020

Tokyo Olympics: Around 80,000 coronavirus tests to be conducted daily

To ensure that there is no spread of the dreaded novel Coronavirus during the Games, all participants will be tested daily