Olympics

Tokyo Games: WFI Cancels Camp For Olympic-Bound Wrestlers, Finalises Training-Cum-Competition Trip To Europe

Press Trust of India | Saturday May 15, 2021

Tokyo Games: India will field a strong eight-wrestler contingent at the Olympics, beginning in Tokyo on July 23.

Tokyo Games: WFI Cancels Camp For Olympic-Bound Wrestlers, Finalises Training-Cum-Competition Trip To Europe

Press Trust of India | Saturday May 15, 2021

Tokyo Games: India will field a strong eight-wrestler contingent at the Olympics, beginning in Tokyo on July 23.

Tokyo Games: Conducting Olympics Will Send Strong Message That World Is Moving Beyond COVID-19, Says IOA Chief

Press Trust of India | Saturday May 15, 2021

Tokyo Games: Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President Narinder Batra, who is also an International Olympic Committee (IOC) member, is hoping that the Olympics will be held as scheduled, from July 23.

Japan E-Commerce CEO Calls Olympics "Suicide Mission"

World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday May 15, 2021

Holding the Tokyo Olympics this summer would be a "suicide mission" as the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage around the world, the head of Japan's e-commerce giant Rakuten has warned.

Pandemic To Be 'Far More Deadly' This Year, Warns WHO

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday May 14, 2021

World health experts issued a grim warning Friday that the second year of Covid-19 was set to be "far more deadly", as Japan extended a state of emergency amid growing calls for the Olympics to be scrapped.

Tokyo Games: Japan's Entry Ban Won't Affect India's Olympic-Bound Athletes, Assures IOA Chief

Asian News International | Friday May 14, 2021

Tokyo Games: IOA Chief Narinder Batra wants the Indian athletes to focus on the road ahead with the Olympics just over two months away and he also assured that the travel ban won't play any role.

Tokyo Games: World Champion Julian Alaphilippe Opts Out Of Olympic Cycling

Agence France-Presse | Friday May 14, 2021

Julian Alaphilippe said he would represent France in the World Championships and not in Tokyo Olympics.

Japan Expands COVID-19 Emergency As 350,000 Sign 'Cancel Olympics' Petition

Agence France-Presse | Friday May 14, 2021

A petition to cancel the Tokyo Olympics with more than 351,000 signatures was submitted to the city's governor on Friday, with its organiser urging officials to "prioritise life".

"Impossible" To Hold Tokyo Olympics During COVID-19 Pandemic, Japan Doctors Union Warns

Agence France-Presse | Thursday May 13, 2021

Japan doctors union think it is "impossible to hold the Tokyo Games in the country in the middle of the raging coronavirus pandemic.

Tokyo Games: Olympic-Bound Race Walker KT Irfan Tests Positive For COVID-19, Says Report

Press Trust of India | Thursday May 13, 2021

Tokyo Olympics: Race walker KT Irfan has reportedly tested positive for COVID-19 with four other athletes.

Kiren Rijiju Announces Rs 5 Lakh Each For Bereaved Families Of Hockey Stars

Press Trust of India | Thursday May 13, 2021

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju announced Rs 5 lakh each to bereaved families of Moscow Olympic gold medallists MK Kaushik and Ravinder Pal Singh, both of whom passed away last week due to COVID-related complications.

Tokyo Games: How Coach Paramjeet Yadav Changed Olympic-Bound Seema Bisla's Wrestling Career

Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 12, 2021

Tokyo Games: Wrestler Seema Bisla has qualified for the Olympics, when she won the 50kg quota last week in Sofia.

Winning Gold At Beijing Olympics "Created Large Void In My Life": Abhinav Bindra

NDTV | Wednesday May 12, 2021

Abhinav Bindra said that after winning the Gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, he felt like he had no goal in life and wanted to quit the sport.

Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth's Olympic Hopes Virtually Over As Singapore Open Cancelled

Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 12, 2021

Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth suffered a huge blow when the Singapore Open tournament, one of badminton's last Olympic qualifying events, was cancelled on May 12 due to coronavirus-related travel restrictions.

India's Olympic-Bound Boxers Mary Kom, Lovlina Borgohain Receive First Dose Of COVID-19 Vaccine

Asian News International | Wednesday May 12, 2021

Six-time world boxing champion Mary Kom and two-time world championship bronze medallist Lovlina received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine at Command Hospital in Pune on May 12.