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Tokyo Olympics: Anurag Thakur and other MPs cheer for Indian athletes
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur along with other MPs outside Parliament on Thursday showed a 'victory punch' and chanted 'Jai Hind' as they cheered for the Indian athletes and players participating in Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
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Tokyo Olympics: Team USA show great rhythm during official practice
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 22 (ANI): The five-time Olympic medallist Simone Biles and the rest of the US women's artistic gymnastics team wasted no time in making their presence known at Tokyo 2020.
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Tokyo Olympics: Archers, shooters, shuttlers won't attend opening ceremony
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 22 (ANI): Archers, shooters, shuttlers and hockey players among others from the Indian contingent will not be attending the Tokyo 2020 Olympics opening ceremony on Friday. While the hockey players won't be present, men's team skipper Manpreet Singh will be an exception
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Tokyo Olympics: Two athletes test COVID positive, tally rises to 87
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 22 (ANI): Twelve new positive COVID-19 cases on Thursday were reported by the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games' organizing committee, which includes two athletes residing in the Olympics village.
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Director of Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony dismissed over Holocaust joke
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 22 (ANI): Kentaro Kobayashi was dismissed from his role as director of the team creating the opening and closing ceremonies of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics for making a Holocaust joke, the organizing committee said on Thursday.
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Tokyo Olympics: IOA to participate in opening ceremony with 50 attendees
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 22 (ANI): Around 50 people will attend the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics from the Indian side which is scheduled to be held on Friday in view of the COVID-19 concerns in the Japanese capital.
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Tokyo 2020: World No 1 skeet shooter Amber Hill withdraws from Olympics af
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], July 22 (ANI): World number one skeet shooter Amber Hill has withdrawn from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after testing positive for COVID-19 in the UK, prior to her departure.
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Tokyo Olympics: Sania, Ankita to clash with Ukrainian duo in first round,
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 22 (ANI): 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 first round at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
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Olympics: India security attache BK Sinha to reach Tokyo on July 24
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 21 (ANI): Retired IPS officer BK Sinha, who is the Security Attache for the Indian contingent in the upcoming 2020 Olympics, will be reaching Tokyo on July 24.
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Sandesh Jhingan named AIFF Men's Footballer of the Year
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 21 (ANI): Blue Tigers defender Sandesh Jhingan is the AIFF Men's Footballer of the Year 2020-21, with midfielder Suresh Singh Wangjam being named the winner of the AIFF Men's Emerging Footballer of the Year 2020-21 Award.
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Tokyo expects 15 Heads of States, international organizations at Olympics
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan] July 21 (ANI/Sputnik) The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games opening ceremony is expected to be attended by heads of 15 states and international organizations, as well as sports ministers from 70 countries, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said on Wednesday.
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Tokyo 2020: I believe Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy have poten
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 21 (ANI): National badminton coach Pullela Gopichand has high hopes from the Indian shuttlers and contingent at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics as he stated that PV Sindhu could turn Silver into Gold at the showpiece event.
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