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Sumit Malik earns Olympic quota in men's 125kg freestyle wrestling

India's Sumit Malik has won the Olympic quota place in the men's 125kg freestyle wrestling event by reaching the final of the World Olympic Games Qualifying Tournament here.

Indian rowing team of Arjun Lal and Arvind Singh qualifies for Olympics

Indian rowers Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh qualified for Olympics in men's lightweight double sculls event after finishing second in the final race of the Asia/Oceania Continental Qualifying Regatta

Malaysia Open badminton postponed, blow to Indians' Olympic hopes

The Malaysia Open Super 750 badminton tournament has been postponed and will no longer be an Olympic qualification event, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) said on Friday.

Calls to cancel Tokyo Olympics grow louder as Covid emergency extended

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has been determined to press ahead with the Tokyo Games

Tokyo 2020: Pfzier and BioNTech to donate vaccines for Olympic athletes

Vaccine developers Pfizer and BioNTech will donate doses to inoculate athletes and officials preparing for the Tokyo Olympics, says IOC

Tokyo 2020: Wrestler Sumit Malik one win away from Olympic qualification

But it was all over for Amit Dhankar and Satywart Kadiyan, who were ousted from the World Wrestling Olympic Qualifiers after losing at different stages of the competition

Tokyo 2020: Anti-Olympic petition gains tens of thousands of signatures

An online petition calling for the Tokyo Olympics 2020 to be canceled has gained tens of thousands of signatures since being launched in Japan only days ago

Japan to establish no-fly zone over Olympic venues during Tokyo 2020

Japanese government will set up a no-fly zone over Olympic venues from July 21 to September 5 as part of anti-terrorism measures during the summer games in Tokyo

Olympics: Tokyo wants Covid-19 state of emergency extended as cases surge

Tokyo needs to extend the current state of emergency as the number of new coronavirus infections has continued to increase, says Governor Yuriko Koike

Sebastian Coe gives stamp of approval to Tokyo Olympic test event

The head of the world governing body of track and field, said a half-marathon test event run in Japan's northern city made him confident that the Olympic marathon can be held successfully

Covid-19: Italy to vaccinate its athletes for Tokyo Olympics 2020

The Italian Olympic Committee is making arrangements to vaccinate its entire team for the Tokyo Games

Indian wrestlers make last attempt to qualify for Tokyo Olympics 2020

Handed an opportunity to qualify for the Tokyo Games at the fag end of his international career, veteran wrestler Amit Dhankar would go all out when he takes the mat along with 11 other Indians

Covid: Govt will provide extra care to Olympics-bound athletes, says Rijiju

The Olympics is set to take place in Tokyo, Japan this year

IOC push ahead with plans to open Tokyo Olympics during state of emergency

Local organizers and the International Olympic Committee pushed ahead Wednesday with plans to open the postponed Tokyo Olympics in just under three months

Tokyo Olympics: More tests, no quarantine likely in updated Covid-19 rules

Tokyo Olympic organizers and the IOC are to unveil new plans this week to explain how 15,400 Olympic and Paralympic athletes can compete in Japan when the games open in the midst of a pandemic

Tokyo Olympics torch relay has first positive Covid-19 case: Details here

Tokyo Olympics organizers said Thursday that a policeman tested positive for Covid-19 a day after his assignment last week at the Olympic torch relay

Badminton: India Open postponed due to massive spike in Covid-19 cases

The India Open Super 500 tournament, one of the last three qualifying events for the Tokyo Olympics, was on Monday postponed due to the raging COVID-19 pandemic in the country.

4X100m relay team can qualify for Tokyo Olympics, says Hima Das

Star sprinter Hima Das is confident that the Indian women's 4x100m relay team, of which she is a part, can qualify for the Tokyo Olympics during the World Athletics Relay in Poland next month. The top eight finishers in the World Relays on May 1 and 2 at Chorzow in Selisia will get automatic berths in the Tokyo Games, which is scheduled to begin on July 23. Hima, who is yet to qualify for the upcoming Olympics, is set to be a key member of the Indian 4x100m relay quartet, with the other three likely to be national record holder Dutee Chand, Archana Susenndran and S Dhanalakshmi. Himashree Roy and AT Dhaneshwari are the other members of the 4x100m relay team named by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI). "Dutee will also be a part of the team, we are confident that we can qualify for the Olympics during the World Relays. We should do it," Hima told PTI in an interview. "I am in very good shape and the other members are also doing good and preparing well. We have done really well

Tokyo Olympics will go on, but in name only as Covid-19 surges globally

In 1964, less than two decades removed from World War II, Japan used the Summer Olympics to showcase its astonishing recovery from a horrific defeat

Qualifying for Olympics just the start, says sailor Nethra Kumanan

Kumanan, who created history by becoming the first Indian woman sailor to secure an Olympics quota place in the Laser Radial event, said she wants to 'do the absolute best' at the quadrennial games