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2020 Tokyo Olympics. (Photo: AFP)

IOC guidelines for medal ceremony: Participants to wear mask all times

IOC president Thomas Bach had on Wednesday said that athletes at the Tokyo Olympics will have to put their medals around...

15 July 2021 4:53 PM IST

(Photo: Representational Image/ PTI)

COVID-19 forces FIH to postpone inaugural FIH World Hockey5s to 2022

The -'FIH Hockey5s Lausanne 2021-' event was initially planned to be held in September this year but now has been...

14 July 2021 5:17 PM IST

2020 Tokyo Olympics. (Photo: AP)

Olympic athletes to put on own medals at Tokyo ceremonies

The IOC had previously said medallists and ceremony officials would have to wear masks

14 July 2021 4:58 PM IST

PM Modi hails struggles of Indian athletes of Olympics; wishes them luck

PM Modi hails struggles of Indian athletes of Olympics; wishes them...

The PM said the people of India are cheering for their athletes to do well at the Olympics

13 July 2021 8:11 PM IST

Amit Rohidas FIle photo. (Photo: PTI)

My sole focus is successful campaign at Tokyo Olympics: Rohidas

The 28-year-old defender has played 97 matches for the national sidev

13 July 2021 5:59 PM IST

2020 Tokyo Olympics. (Photo: AFP)

Deepak Kabra becomes first Indian gymnastics judge at Olympics

Kabra will be seen officiating the men-'s artistic gymnasts at the Tokyo Games, which gets underway on July 23

13 July 2021 4:56 PM IST

Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur speaks in Lok Sabha during the ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament, amid the coronavirus pandemic, in New Delhi, Friday, Sept. 18, 2020. (LSTV/PTI)

Anurag Thakur chairs high-level committee meeting to review India...

Thakur took charge as sports minister from Kiren Rijiju last week following a cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister...

12 July 2021 6:41 PM IST

Tokyo Olympics. (Photo: AFP)

Explainer: How will the virus emergency affects the Olympics?

A look at the state of emergency in Japan and how it will affect the Olympics.

12 July 2021 6:23 PM IST

Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra. AP Photo

Missed the feeling of being in a world class event: Neeraj Chopra

Chopra pulled out of the June 13 Diamond League at Gateshead due to visa issues

11 July 2021 4:47 PM IST

Tokyo-bound shuttlers PV Sindhu, Sai Praneeth, Chirag Shetty, and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy being felicitated. (Photo: Twitter/Khelo India)

Telangana Sports Minister felicitates Tokyo-bound shuttlers

Tamil Nadu Sports Minister Siva M Meyyanathan also distributed Rs 5 lakh cash award to the Olympic-bound athletes from...

10 July 2021 12:54 PM IST

New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard.

The Laurel Hubbard controversy: Transwomen vs women in sport

Should transwomen compete with women? Should intersex sport be a separate category?

10 July 2021 11:38 AM IST

Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike with the Olympic flame during the unveiling ceremony in Tokyo on July 9, 2021. (Photo: AFP)

Olympic flame arrives in Tokyo for no-spectator relay

Tokyo 2020 organisers and government officials on Thursday night announced their decision to bar fans from Olympic...

9 July 2021 9:14 AM IST