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COVID: Tokyo reports over 4,000 new cases amid Summer Olympics 2020
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan] August 8 (ANI): Tokyo on Saturday reported 4,566 COVID-19 cases amid the ongoing Summer Olympics 2020 in the city.
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'The Quad', becoming a matter of concern for Beijing
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China] August 8 (ANI): After the first meeting of "the Quad" in 2017, the Chinese Foreign Minister scoffed it as a "headline-grabbing idea," but within a few years, "the Quad" has become a matter of concern for Beijing.
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'This is only the beginning' says IOA secy gen as India records best-ever
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], August 8 (ANI): The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Secretary General Rajeev Mehta on Saturday congratulated all the Indian athletes who won medals in the Tokyo Games.
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Tokyo Olympics, Day 15: Neeraj Chopra scripts history, Bajrang Punia bags
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], August 8 (ANI): Neeraj Chopra hogged the limelight as the whole of India celebrated the javelin thrower's historic feat on day fifteen of the ongoing Tokyo Olympics on Saturday.
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Wrestler Bajrang Punia 'disappointed' to miss out on gold medal, sets sigh
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], August 7 (ANI): Grappler Bajrang Punia might have won a bronze medal in the Tokyo Olympics but the Indian wrestler is "disappointed" and wants to focus on bringing gold in Paris 2024.
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'Couldn't have asked for greater reward', says AFI chief after Neeraj Chop
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Tokyo [Japan], August 7 (ANI): Athletics Federation of India (AFI) president Adille Sumariwalla on Saturday congratulated Neeraj Chopra for winning the gold medal in the ongoing Tokyo Olympics.
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After winning gold in Tokyo 2020, Neeraj Chopra aims to break the Olympics
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], August 7 (ANI): After scripting history in Tokyo Olympics, Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra on Saturday said competing in international tournaments before the Games helped him in his preparations.
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Tokyo Olympics: Neeraj Chopra creates history, picks first gold for India
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], August 7 (ANI): Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra created history on Saturday as he became the first from the country to win a gold in track and field in the Olympics. He threw a distance of 87.58m to pick the gold at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics.
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Tokyo Olympics: Bajrang Punia clinches bronze, beats Daulet Niyazbekov
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], August 7 (ANI): Grappler Bajrang Punia won a bronze medal in the men's freestyle 65kg category in the ongoing Tokyo Olympics after defeating Kazakhstan's Daulet Niyazbekov here at the Makuhari Messe Hall A Mat B on Saturday. Punia defeated Niyazbekov 8-0 in the bronze medal
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Tokyo Olympics, Boxing: Hebert delivers KO for gold while Surmeneli stamps
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], August 7 (ANI): Busenaz Surmeneli of Turkey defeated China's GU Hong 3-0 to clinch the first Olympic gold in women's welterweight while Brazil's Hebert Sousa knocked out Ukraine's Oleksandr Khyzhniak in the third round after losing first two rounds in men's middleweight to cla
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Tokyo 2020: IOC President Bach visits Sapporo's Olympic Museum
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Sapporo [Japan], August 7 (ANI): International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach was in Sapporo on Saturday for the women's marathon. He was at the finish line to cheer the runners home, joined by World Athletics President and IOC member Sebastian Coe.
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Tokyo Olympics has shown it is possible to keep COVID-19 pandemic at bay,
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], August 7 (ANI): Brian McCloskey, chair of the Independent Expert Panel for the Olympics, stated that Tokyo 2020 has proven that it is possible to "keep the pandemic at bay".
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