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Russia anti-doping agency says it won't appeal Olympic team restrictions

The agency confirmed that it will not file an appeal to further loosen restrictions on its teams at the Olympics and other major sports events

Some athletes shelving plans to run for Olympics amid delayed Tokyo Games

Driving to Dublin it's, well, a long way from Tipperary. Too long for Dean Gardiner, especially with a new baby and full-time university courses. The Irish super heavyweight boxer tried to endure the grind of traveling and training for another shot at the Olympics, but he's called it a career. The four-time Irish champion said the Tokyo Olympics, delayed a year because of the coronavirus pandemic, are no longer his top priority. "I just couldn't do it all," the 32-year-old Gardiner said of his packed schedule, which included driving several times per week from Tipperary to Ireland's high-performance training center in the capital 100 miles away. "The year was going by, I was getting older, I have the responsibility of being a father, I have a responsibility to give everything to my college," he said. "I have other priorities now that are higher up the list than boxing." Gardiner is just the latest athlete deciding against another Olympic run. Lin Dan, a two-time Olympic champion

Dhyan Chand should get Bharat Ratna: Olympian Harbinder Singh Chimni

Hockey wizard and triple Olympic gold medallist Dhyan Chand should definitely be conferred the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour, says 1964 Olympic gold medallist Harbinder Singh Chimni

Tokyo's Olympics mired in doubt again as coronavirus surges

With less than 200 days left until the opening ceremony, the situation has revived questions about the feasibility of safely holding even a limited version of the quadrennial games

Tokyo Olympic organising committee head tries to reassure doubting country

The president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee tried on Tuesday to reassure the Japanese public that the postponed games will open in just over six months

Senior IOC member says he's not sure Tokyo Games will happen due to Covid

A senior member of the International Olympic Committee has said he can't be certain the postponed Tokyo Olympics will open in just over six months because of surging pandemic in Japan and elsewhere

1956 Olympics fourth-place finishing football squad member Nandy dies

A member of 1956 Olympics fourth-place finishing Indian football squad, Nikhil Nandy died here on Tuesday after a prolonged illness, according to family sources.

India shouldn't be satisfied with 1-2 medals in 2028 Olympics, says Rijiju

Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju has said that India should not be satisfied with only one or two medals at the 2028 Olympic Games and instead aim to be in top 10 at the Los Angeles Games

Breakdance becomes an official Olympic sport, to debut at 2024 Paris Games

Breakdancing will be called breaking at the Olympics, as it was in the 1970s by hip-hop pioneers in the United States

IOC bans Belarusian President Lukashenko from attending Olympic games

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to temporally ban Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, also head of Belarus' National Olympic Committee (NOC), from the Olympic Games

Tokyo Olympic organizers plan to host 18 test events beginning in March

The Tokyo Olympics are set to open on July 23, 2021

Two Romanian weightlifters lose London Olympics medals for doping

Two Romanian weightlifters were stripped of their 2012 London Olympics medals on Wed after positive tests for steroids, bringing its record total of doping cases at any Summer or Winter Games to 77

Tokyo Olympics: IOC President promises athletes unforgettable experience

Speaking from the Olympic Village, the International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach promised the athletes an unforgettable experience at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020

Japan can host Olympics despite recent virus spike: Tokyo governor

Japan has experienced an uptick of the infections this month with a nationwide daily total exceeding 2,000

Olympic preparations: Narang, Sushil meet parliamentary standing committee

India is likely to field a strong contingent at the Games, which was pushed back by a year to 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic

Thomas Bach encourages Tokyo Olympics-bound athletes to get vaccinated

Thomas Bach has said that athletes for next year's Tokyo Olympic Games are encouraged to get vaccinated, although the IOC will not issue obligatory requirements.

Tokyo Olympics 2020 to have 'reasonable' crowd size, says IOC chief

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach believes that the postponed Tokyo Olympic Games can be held safely and, in all likelihood, with some kind of crowd inside the venues next year

Determined to stage safe, secure Olympics next year: Tokyo Governor

Earlier in the day, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe received the Olympic Movement's highest award, the Olympic Order in Gold

Australia could lose swimming medal from 2012 Olympic in doping case

Rickard, a three-time Olympic medalist, swam in the heats for Australia. The United States won gold with a team that included Michael Phelps

Hoping for economic boost, Japan wants Tokyo Olympics to go ahead: poll

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, who sees tourism as key to reviving the economy, has vowed to do all it takes to ensure the coronavirus pandemic-delayed Olympics Games take place in 2021