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New Zealand confirms their largest ever team to Tokyo Olympics
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Wellington [New Zealand], July 12 (ANI): The New Zealand Team for the Tokyo Olympic Games has been finalised at 211 athletes which is their largest-ever team for the showpiece.
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Tokyo Olympics: Need to bring out my A-game to win Khel Ratna, says Neeraj
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Uppsala [Sweden], July 11 (ANI): Tokyo-bound javelin thrower from India, Neeraj Chopra is "ready" to showcase his skills in the upcoming Olympic Games and he is hoping to bank on the recent experience of playing in the international tournaments to give his best shot in the quadrennial event.
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Most important thing is that Olympic Games are happening, says IOC Preside
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 10 (ANI): International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach delivered a video message to the athletes ahead of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 and said that the most important thing is that the showpiece event is happening.
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Olympic flame arrives in Tokyo ahead of opening ceremony on July 23
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 9 (ANI): After a year-long delay, traversing 46 prefectures over 106 days, the Olympic flame has finally arrived in Tokyo on Friday ahead of the Olympic Games.
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Challenges and opportunities are unprecedented for Tokyo Olympics, says IO
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 9 (ANI): The President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, said that challenges and opportunities are unprecedented for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
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Tokyo to be under COVID-19 state of emergency for duration of 2020 Olympic
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 8 (ANI): Japan Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Thursday made a decision to place Tokyo under the fourth state of emergency for the duration of the upcoming Olympics to curb a recent rise in COVID-19 cases.
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Tokyo Olympics: 9-member Indian badminton contingent finalised
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI): The badminton contingent for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games will be having a nine-member team consisting of three coaches and two physios alongside four qualified shuttlers.
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Exactly 50 per cent male and female participation to be achieved at Paris
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], July 6 (ANI): As the three-day Generation Equality Forum came to a close last week in Paris, France, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Tuesday announced its commitments towards strengthening and accelerating gender equality at the Olympic Games and across t
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Unique Achievement: Four delegates from KIIT in Tokyo Olympics
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Bhubaneshwar (Odisha) [India], July 6 (ANI/PRNewswire): In a remarkable feat, three athletes - Dutee Chand, C. A. Bhavani Devi and Shivpal Singh - and Dr. Sudeep Satpathy, a sports medicine doctor, from KIIT Deemed to be University, have made the cut for the forthcoming Olympic Games.
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Tokyo Olympics: Huge honour to be named flagbearer alongside incredible Ma
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Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 5 (ANI): Indian men's hockey team skipper Manpreet Singh on Monday expressed immense excitement upon being named the flagbearer of the Indian contingent for the opening ceremony on July 23 at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
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Tokyo Olympics: Roger Federer to be part of Switzerland team
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Bern [Switzerland], July 5 (ANI): Swiss tennis maestro Roger Federer has been selected for Tokyo Olympics 2020 by the Swiss Olympic Association on Monday. Federer will represent his nation in the men's singles tennis tournament and it will be his fifth Olympic Games.
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Tokyo Olympics: Japan name basketball player Hachimura Rui and wrestler Su
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 5 (ANI): Basketball player Hachimura Rui and wrestler Susaki Yui have been named as Japan's flagbearers for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. The Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) announced the two stars will lead out the host nation's 600-strong team at the Olympic Stadium du
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