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...
Tokyo: The Tokyo Olympics have hit the one-year-to-go mark again. But few are in a mood to celebrate. Tokyo observed the original date a year ago....
Tokyo: The 42 venues for next year’s delayed Tokyo Olympics have been secured and the competition schedule will remain almost identical to the one that would...
Lausanne: Desperate to end its four-decade medal jinx, the Indian men’s hockey team will open its campaign against New Zealand at the Tokyo Olympics on July...
Zurich: Roger Federer is already focusing on the 2021 season, including the postponed Tokyo Olympics, as he recovers from two knee surgeries. Federer said Monday he...
Tokyo: Local sponsors have chipped in a record 3.3 billion to support the postponed Tokyo Olympics. That’s at least two times more than any previous Olympics,...
New Delhi: Star striker Bala Devi says India will have to build on the legacy of hosting the women’s U-17 World Cup and Asian Cup if the...
Tokyo: About 80 per cent of the facilities needed for next year’s postponed Tokyo Olympics have been lined up, the president of the organising committee said...
Tokyo: The Tokyo 2020 organising committee and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has agreed to hold a simplified Olympics next year so as to make up...
Tokyo: The Japanese public is being prepared for the reality of next year’s postponed Olympics, where athletes are likely to face quarantines, spectators will be fewer,...
New York: American gymnast Simone Biles hopes that Olympics goes on as per it’s new schedule next year. Tokyo Olympics, which was originally slated to begin...
New Delhi: An extended qualification period for the Tokyo Olympics will be introduced next year and ranking points earned at tournaments during the original qualification phase...
Sydney: A senior Olympics official has warned that holding the postponed Tokyo Games next year faces “real problems”, with even a vaccine unlikely to stave off...
Tokyo: Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto on Thursday denounced claims that the International Olympic Council (IOC) will have the Olympic Games cancelled if it is not...
New Delhi: The World Archery decided not to hold any Olympic qualifying event this year in view of the COVID-19 pandemic and also freezed the world...
Tokyo: The postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be cancelled if the coronavirus pandemic isn’t brought under control by next year, the organising committee’s president said in...
Tokyo: The Tokyo 2020 Olympics cannot be delayed beyond the year-long postponement already forced by the coronavirus outbreak, the organising committee’s president has warned in comments...
Tokyo: A staff member of the Tokyo Olympic organsing committee has tested positive for COVID-19. Tokyo organisers issued a statement Wednesday saying it was a male...
Tokyo: An open conflict broke out Tuesday between Tokyo Olympic organisers and the IOC over who will pay for the unprecedented year-long postponement. Tokyo spokesman Masa...
Tokyo: IOC member John Coates, who oversees planing for next year’s Tokyo Olympics, has claimed the postponed games could help kick start Japan’s economy. Japan has...
Tokyo: Postponing the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will provide a welcome boost to the coronavirus-hit Japanese economy next year, a senior International Olympic Committee (IOC) official claimed...
Tokyo: Tokyo organisers said Tuesday they have no B Plan in the event the Olympics need to be postponed again because of the coronavirus pandemic. Masa...
New Delhi: Teenage sensation Manu Bhaker believes India shooters were at the peak of their performances before the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted their Olympic plans and created...
Tokyo: The International Olympic Committee will face “several hundred million dollars” of added costs because of the postponement of the Tokyo Games, the body’s president said....
Tokyo: As the coronavirus spreads in Japan, the chief executive of the Tokyo Games said Friday he can’t guarantee the postponed Olympics will be staged next...
Tokyo: The Olympic flame will be removed from display in Japan, officials said Tuesday, as the country braces for a state of emergency due to the...
