Tokyo: Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu bagged a historic silver medal in the women’s 49kg weightlifting at the Tokyo International Forum to lift the gloom after four...
Tokyo: The Indian tennis star duo of Sania Mirza and Ankita Raina will clash with the Ukrainian pair of Lyudmyla Kichenok and Nadiia Kichenok in the...
Tokyo: The Olympic Games, beginning on Friday, is the world’s biggest sporting extravaganza but in the Japanese capital, which is the host city, there is clear...
Tokyo: Two athletes living in the Olympic Village have tested positive for COVID-19, the first to do so with the Tokyo Games opening on Friday. Organisers...
New Delhi: Indian shooting and boxing contingent at the Olympics would not be required to undergo a quarantine period as they have landed in Tokyo from...
Tokyo: With 11,500 athletes and around 79,000 administrators, support staff and media personnel reaching Japan in the next few days, the Tokyo Olympic Games will also see...
New Delhi: With the Tokyo Olympics approaching, PTI takes a look at interesting facts and trivia about the Games from its previous editions. Here are some...
Los Angeles: Those looking for definitive answers about Naomi Osaka and how she copes with the demands of her career and fame shouldn’t expect to find...
New Delhi: Striving to master “closing out” narrow games, Indian shuttler B Sai Praneeth is entering his maiden Olympics “a bit worried” about returning false positive for COVID-19 in...
Washington: Banned sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson was not on the Olympic roster released by USA Track and Field, a decision that means the American champion’s positive test...
Bengaluru: Indian hockey team is currently one of the fittest in the world and will be a top contenders at the Tokyo Olympics, believes former centre...
New Delhi: Owing to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, participating countries will be allowed to have ‘stand-by’ or ‘alternate’ players as part of certain team squads during...
New Delhi: India’s star badminton player and Rio Games silver medallist PV Sindhu is a front-runner to become one of the two flag-bearers for the Indian contingent at...
New Delhi: On the occasion of Olympic Day on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India is proud of the contributions of athletes who have represented...
Tokyo: Japan could allow up to 10,000 fans at sports events ahead of the Olympics, media reported Wednesday, as organisers weigh how many domestic fans can attend...
Tokyo: Japan’s medical establishment is becoming increasingly anxious about bringing together 78,000 people from 200 countries for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, even as the country...
New Delhi: Reigning Olympic champion shuttler Carolina Marin on Friday suffered a freak knee injury during training, leaving her doubtful for the Tokyo Games which begins...
Tokyo: Tennis world No.2 Naomi Osaka of Japan ended the 2020-21 financial year as the highest earning female athlete in the world. Naomi’s total earnings amounted...
Tokyo: Restricting movement of people during forthcoming Olympics and Paralympics to same level as decrease in economic activity if the two events were to be called...
Tokyo: Japan could call up military doctors and nurses from its Self-Defence Forces to help at this year’s Tokyo Olympics, defence minister Nobuo Kishi said in...
Tokyo: A new US travel warning for Japan over virus risks will not affect this summer’s pandemic-postponed Olympic Games, the Japanese government and Tokyo 2020 organisers...
New Delhi: US health officials and the State Department has warned Americans against travel to Japan because of a surge in coronavirus cases in the country, which is...
Tokyo: The Tokyo Olympics will go ahead even if the city is under a state of emergency due to COVID-19, a top Olympic official said on Friday,...
Tokyo: Nearly 70% of Japanese firms want the Tokyo Olympics either cancelled or postponed, a Reuters survey found, underscoring concerns that the Games will increase coronavirus infections at...
Tokyo: Two top officials of Japan’s ruling LDP party on Thursday said radical changes could be coming to the Tokyo Olympics. One went as far to...
New Delhi: Indian tennis star Sania Mirza was on Wednesday included in the government’s Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS), four years after she opted out of...
New Delhi: The torch relay for the postponed Tokyo Olympics began its 121-day journey across Japan on Thursday and is headed toward the opening ceremony in...
New Delhi: Indian boxer Mary Kom has said the Tokyo Games will be her final appearance at the Olympics but she takes solace from the fact that...
New Delhi: Japan’s government likely to stage this summer’s Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics without overseas spectators due to concern among the Japanese public about COVID-19, Kyodo...
New Delhi: There are many reasons why Japan is determined to hold the already-delayed Tokyo Olympics this summer, but one that is seldom discussed publicly: China....
Tokyo: Japan’s Olympic Games faced a “major issue” after the head of the local organising committee Yoshiro Mori made sexist remarks, Tokyo’s governor Yuriko Koike said...
Beijing: The COVID-19 challenges have not compromised Japan and the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) determination to host, as scheduled, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which was already...
New Delhi: International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach reaffirmed in his New Year’s message that the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and the Beijing 2022 Olympic...
Tokyo: The torch relay for the Tokyo Olympic Games will begin on March 25, 2021, almost along the same route set before the Games was postponed...
New Delhi: The cost of the postponed Tokyo Olympics could reach about USD 2.8 billion, according to figures released on Friday by the Tokyo organising committee,...
New Delhi: Two-time Olympic medallist wrestler Sushil Kumar has said that the coronavirus vaccine is a must for players as the world moves closer to next...
Tokyo: Japan is determined to host the postponed Tokyo Olympics and Paralympic Games in 2021 to prove that humanity has defeated the Covid-19 pandemic, Japanese Prime...
New Delhi: The Tokyo 2020 organising committee is expecting an agreement with the International Olympic Committee on “50 to 60 items” aimed at simplifying the postponed...
Tokyo: Japan’s Olympic minister Seiko Hashimoto has said that the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games should be held “at any cost”, trying to clear all doubts...
Tokyo: Two employees of the Tokyo Olympic organising committee have tested positive for COVID-19, officials. That brings to three the number of employees of the committee...
