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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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People need to rise above casteism: Rani Rampal condemns offensive remarks
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], August 7 (ANI): India women's hockey skipper Rani Rampal condemned casteist slurs hurled at Vandana Katariya's family after the side suffered a loss in the semi-finals of the ongoing Tokyo Olympics. India suffered a loss against Argentina in the semi-finals, and the side then
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Typhoon expected to approach Tokyo on the last day of Olympics
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], August 7 (ANI): A typhoon is expected to approach Tokyo and its neighboring areas from the Pacific on Sunday, the final day of the Tokyo Olympics, reported Kyodo News.
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IOC Athletes' Commission elect new chair and vice-chair
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], August 7th (ANI): Meeting in Tokyo following the election of its new members, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Athletes' Commission (AC) on Saturday elected Emma Terho (Finland, Ice Hockey) as its new Chair, and Seung Min Ryu (Republic of Korea, Table Tennis) as the n
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Tokyo 2020: Fourth at an Olympics where they give out three medals kind of
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], August 7 (ANI): Golfer Aditi Ashok gave her hundred percent in her memorable fourth-place finish at Tokyo 2020 as she stated that fourth at an Olympics where they give out three medals kind of hurts. Aditi narrowly missed out on an Olympic medal after finishing a brilliant 4th
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Tokyo Olympics: USA win fourth consecutive gold in men's basketball, defea
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], August 7 (ANI): The USA men's basketball team clinched their fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal after defeating France 87-82 here at the Saitama Super Arena on Saturday.
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Tokyo Olympics: Brilliant Aditi Ashok misses medal by a whisker, finishes
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], August 7 (ANI): Golfer Aditi Ashok narrowly missed out on an Olympic medal after finishing a brilliant 4th in the women's individual stroke play at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday.
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10 injured in knife attack on Tokyo train
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], August 7 (ANI): At least 10 people were injured after a man stabbed them on Tokyo's Odakyu Electric Railway commuter train on Friday, local officials said.
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Tokyo reports 4,515 new cases amid Summer Olympics 2020
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan] August 7 (ANI): The Tokyo metropolitan government on Friday reported 4,515 new COVID-19 cases while additional 29 people associated with Summer Olympics 2020 were also tested positive.
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