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IOC Session: Pandemic will end when world chooses to end it, says WHO DG
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 21 (ANI): The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, delivered the keynote address at the 138th International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session here in Tokyo on Wednesday where he stated that the pandemic will end when the world
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Australian Olympic equestrian rider suspended after positive cocaine test
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 21 (ANI): Australian equestrian rider Jamie Kermond has been provisionally suspended just days before Tokyo Olympic Games for returning a positive drug test for cocaine.
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Biden announces presidential delegation to Tokyo Olympics, names US Fir
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 21 (ANI): US President Joe Biden announced that First Lady Jill Biden will lead the presidential delegation to the Tokyo Olympics, informed the White House on Tuesday.
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Tokyo Olympics: Testing, sanctioning of components of anti-doping system t
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 20 (ANI): In the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, both the testing and the sanctioning components of the anti-doping system will be independent from the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
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Let us win and let the others lose: Tendulkar's message to Indian athletic
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): Little Maestro Sachin Tendulkar on Tuesday exhorted the Indian athletics contingent heading to the Olympic Games in Tokyo to chase their dreams of winning medals for the country.
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Tokyo Olympics: It's overwhelming and surreal, want Fouaad to live in the
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): Former Indian equestrian Imtiaz Anees wants Fouaad Mirza to "live in the moment" when he takes the field in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. Fouaad is the first Indian equestrian to make the Olympic cut in 20 years, with the last representative from the natio
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Tokyo Olympics: Best chance for Indian hockey team to bag medal, says Vire
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): Former India hockey skipper Viren Rasquinha feels the current team has the "best chance" to bring home an Olympic medal. The Indian hockey team might have dominated the sport in the 20th century, but the Asian side has not claimed a medal in the Summer Ol
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Tokyo Olympics: Fouaad Mirza picks Seigneur Medicott over Dajara 4 for sho
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 20 (ANI): Just three days before the start of the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, India equestrian Fouaad Mirza has decided to change his horse and he will now go with Seigneur Medicott in the Games.
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Anil Kapoor shares video sprinting out on tracks, cheers India for upcomin
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor, on Tuesday, cheered the country's contingent for the upcoming Olympics by sharing a video of him doing a sprint out on the tracks.
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Unsavoury controversy needlessly generated due to irresponsible tweets: AI
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): The All Indian Tennis Association (AITA) has made it clear that it is disappointed at the recent turn of events after Rohan Bopanna slammed the federation for playing with the careers of players and even termed the federation 'incompetent'. The federation al
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Tokyo Olympics: We can defeat COVID-19, but only if everyone plays their p
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 20 (ANI): The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is in Tokyo and addressed the International Olympic Committee as athletes gear up for the Tokyo Olympics.
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Tokyo Olympics: Spotlight on Indian shooters as 15 in-form athletes look t
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): With three days to go for the Tokyo Olympics to get underway, athletes across the globe are looking to give finishing touch to their preparations for the showpiece event. The Indian contingent is no different as 127 athletes will look to give it their all
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