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Olympics playbook advises athletes to leave China 48 hours after competiti
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], December 13 (ANI): All athletes participating in Beijing Winter Olympics next year have been advised to leave China within 48 hours after their last competition, according to the guidelines published by International Olympic Committee (IOC).
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India inducts 148 athletes, including 20 new, in first list of TOPS athlet
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 13 (ANI): A total of 148 athletes, including 20 new inductees, in seven Olympic disciplines and six Paralympic disciplines, have been identified for support under the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) at a meeting of the Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) of the Ministr
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Anurag Thakur holds MOC meeting at Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 13 (ANI): Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Monday held a Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) meeting with the newly-inducted members of the Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) at Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.
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Beijing Winter Olympics: China appreciates Pakistan for being against 'pol
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 13 (ANI): China's Ambassador to Pakistan Nong Rong on Sunday said that his country appreciates Pakistan for being against the 'politicization' of sports after Islamabad said that the Beijing Winter Olympics would offer "a spectacular and colourful gala to sport
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China worried about COVID-19 marring Winter Olympics 2022
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 12 (ANI): China is struggling with fulfilling its claim of making the country COVID free for the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022, scheduled to be held in February next year.
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G-7 foreign ministers exchange views on Beijing Winter Olympics amid calls
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Liverpool [UK], December 11 (ANI): The Group of Seven industrialised nations' Foreign Ministers exchanged their views on the upcoming 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics amid the echoing call to boycott the games, Kyodo News reported citing a Japanese delegation source.
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Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 will see Cold War battle lines drawn
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China] December 11 (ANI): As Beijing is set to host the Winter Olympics next year, it could see Cold War battle lines being drawn with many of the democratic countries diplomatically boycotting it.
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Japan mulls diplomatic boycott of 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], December 11 (ANI): Japan is considering a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing amid the human rights abuses in China's Xinjiang province, government and ruling coalition sources said on Saturday.
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Demonstration held outside Chinese Embassy in UK over human rights abuses
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], December 11 (ANI): A large number of human rights activists including Tibetans, Uyghurs, Hongkongers, Mongolians held protests outside the Chinese Embassy in London over human rights abuses in China and sought action against the Chinese Community Party (CCP) regime as well as ur
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LA28 Initial Sports Programme to be put forward to IOC Session
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], December 10 (ANI): The Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Friday discussed the list of sports to be included in the Initial Sports Programme for the Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028, along with the process that will be adopted for the r
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'Go beyond diplomatic boycott' of Beijing Olympics, political analyst urge
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], December 9 (ANI): After several countries announced a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics, a political analyst called on Tokyo to diplomatically shun the event and go 'beyond' it by stopping Japanese athletes from attending its opening ceremony.
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Canada PM Justin Trudeau announces diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Ol
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], December 9 (ANI): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday (local time) announced a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
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