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IOC launches Mentally Fit Helpline; athletes to have 24-hour access
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 18 (ANI): All athletes attending the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 and the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 will have 24-hour access to the new IOC Mentally Fit Helpline.
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Tokyo 2020: IOC to monitor sports betting on all Olympic competitions
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 17 (ANI): Protecting the integrity of sport at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, is a top priority for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) thus the IOC Executive Board (EB) was updated on Saturday about the measures put in place for Games time -- aimed at both preventing
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Tokyo Olympics: 0.1 per cent tested COVID-19 positive in 16 days
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 17 (ANI): Corporate Communications and Public Affairs Director of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Christian Klaue has informed that only 15 (0.1%) people tested COVID-19 positive at arrival or at screening tests between July 1-16.
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Tokyo 2020: BK Sinha to handle responsibilities of Press Attache for India
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): BK Sinha (Retired Director General of Police, IPS) will be handling the responsibilities of Press Attache for the Indian contingent in the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Sinha had already been assigned the role of Security Attache.
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Tokyo Olympics: Organisers pledge for net-zero carbon emissions
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 16 (ANI): Organisers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics have gone for net-zero carbon emissions as one of the main concerns in this year's showpiece event is to mitigate the impacts of high city temperatures on athletes, volunteers, and officials.
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Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu departs for Tokyo 2020 from USA
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
St. Louis [USA], July 16 (ANI): Ace Indian weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu has departed for Tokyo 2020, which is scheduled to begin from July 23, after completing her final bit of preparation here at St. Louis, United States of America.
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Tokyo 2020: Official in IOC Refugee Olympic team tests COVID-19 positive
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], July 14 (ANI): The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Wednesday confirmed that the Covid-19 PCR test of an official from the IOC Refugee Olympic Team returned positive before departing for Tokyo. A follow-up test confirmed the result, while the tests of all other members
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Olympic oath updated for Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony
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Tokyo [Japan], July 14 (ANI): Not only has the Olympic Oath been updated, at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, but the number of oath-takers will also be extended from three to six - two athletes, two coaches, and two judges.
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IOC Athletes' Commission election opens for voting in Tokyo
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Tokyo [Japan], July 13 (ANI): As the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 approaches, all accredited athletes (Aa category) participating will be eligible to vote from Tuesday in the Olympic Village for four positions on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Athletes' Commission (AC), with 30 candid
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Tokyo Olympics: IOA VP strongly opposes Madhukant Pathak's inclusion in In
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New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): Indian Olympic Association (IOA) vice-president Sudhanshu Mittal has strongly opposed the association's decision of sending Madhukant Pathak as the team manager of the athletics team in the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
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Team USA falls to Australia in pre-Tokyo exhibition match
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Nevada [USA], July 13(ANI): Basketball powerhouse Team USA is defeated for the second game in a row in Tokyo 2020 warm-up series as they fall 91-83 to Australia on Monday at Mandalay Bay's Michelob Ultra Arena here in Las Vegas.
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National sports awards likely to be delayed to include Tokyo Olympics meda
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New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) is planning to postpone the national awards for a couple of weeks to include possible Olympic medalists from the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Games.
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