Men's hockey team, P V Sindhu shine on a good day for India at the Olympics
Earlier on Friday, Russian archer fainted as Tokyo's temperatures climbed to as high as 34 degrees C
In hockey, the Indian women's team lost 1-4 to defending champions Great Britain
A four-day weekend to celebrate the opening of the sports spectacle is also likely to have led to a backlog of testing
Bloated Olympics have to carry too many sports
The shooters came undone once again and the hockey team took a hammering
Australia's highest-ranking Olympic official and current premier of state of Queensland where the 2032 Summer Games will be held have put an early test to old adage that sports and politics don't mix
The United Nations Truce Resolution for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 came into force from Friday
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PM Modi also spoke to the parents of Sindhu and lauded them for backing their daughter during her journey to success.
Ticket revenues had initially been expected at about 90 billion yen ($815 million) but will now drop to virtually nothing.
The Tokyo Olympics were postponed last year and are now scheduled to take place from July 23. The state of emergency will come into force on July 12 and will remain till August 22.
UP CM Yogi Adityanath thanks the PM for promoting sports in the country
Public sentiment in the country has been generally opposed to holding the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, partly based on fears the coronavirus will spike as almost 100,000 people enter the city
New daily cases in the country have fallen as it begins making final preparations for the Olympics starting in just over a month
Olympic athletes were told that the waiver they must sign releasing Tokyo organisers from liability for Covid-19 issues was "standard practice" for major sports events
Covid-19 is still spreading but the games appear to be going ahead, in what would be the biggest world event of the pandemic era
The head of the Tokyo Olympics on Friday was again forced to assure the world that the postponed games will open in just over three months
A decision has not yet been reached on rerouting the Olympic torch relay later this month around the city of Osaka
Achanta Sharath Kamal on Thursday became the first Indian paddler to qualify for the Tokyo Olympic Games after win over Pak's Muhammad Rameez at the Asian Olympic Qualification tournament in Doha.