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Speculations on Tokyo Olympics hurting athletes in their preparations: IOC
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], January 28 (ANI): The International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has put all speculations to rest, asserting that they are "fully concentrated on and committed" to stage the Tokyo Olympics.
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China opposes India's decision to continue Chinese apps ban, says it viola
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 27 (ANI): China on Wednesday opposed India's decision to continue the ban on 59 Chinese mobile apps and said the action is in violation of World Trade Organisation's non-discriminatory principles.
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Tokyo's new daily COVID-19 cases dip back below 1,000-mark
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], January 27 (ANI/Xinhua): The Tokyo metropolitan government reported 973 new daily COVID-19 cases in the capital on Wednesday, bringing the city's total tally of people testing positive for the virus to 96,507, according to preliminary figures as of 3:00 pm local time.
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IOC president encourages Oly participants to take COVID-19 vaccine, but it
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], January 27 (ANI): The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said that its president Thomas Bach held consultation calls with the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) on Friday, as the Olympic Movement enters the final stretch in preparations for the postponed Olympic an
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Florida authorities propose relocating summer Olympics from Tokyo to US
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Florida [US], January 26 (ANI/Sputnik): Florida chief financial officer Jimmy Patronis has sent a letter to International Olympic Committee (OIC) president Thomas Bach proposing to relocate the 2021 Olympic and Paralympic Games from Japan to the United States.
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WHO expert says no need to prioritise vaccination of Tokyo Olympics partic
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], January 26 (ANI/Sputnik): The executive director of the World Health Organization's (WHO) Health Emergencies Programme, Mike Ryan, has said that there was no need to prioritize the vaccination of the athletes participating in the Olympic Games in Tokyo planned for Ju
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Postponement of Olympics has given Deepak Punia time to fine-tune skills a
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 25 (ANI): The coronavirus pandemic might have brought sporting action across the country to a grinding halt last year, but Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has high expectations from the athletes as he feels wrestl
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Dominant Indian junior women's hockey team beat Chile's senior side
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Santiago [Chile], January 24 (ANI): Maintaining their unbeaten streak during the tour of Chile, an impressive and dominating performance from the Indian junior women's hockey team saw them defeat Chile's senior side 2-0 in their fifth match of the overseas tour held here at the Prince of
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International Olympic Committee prepares for various scenarios ahead of To
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Moscow [Russia], January 23 (ANI/Sputnik): The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is taking into account various scenarios for holding the upcoming Tokyo Olympics and has a wide array of measures for a proper response, IOC President Thomas Bach said.
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Our wrestlers will bag four medals in Tokyo Olympics: WFI president
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 23 (ANI): Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh is confident that Indian wrestlers will bag four medals in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics.
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All parties involved are working together to prepare for successful Tokyo
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Lausanne [Switzerland], January 22 (ANI): International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Friday reiterated its stand that the body is fully committed to the successful delivery of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 this year.
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Japan records rise in suicide rate for first time since 2009
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Tokyo [Japan], January 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan recorded an increase in the number of suicides in 2020 for the first time since 2009, with the country's Health Ministry saying that the impact of the coronavirus pandemic affected this tendency, media reported on Friday, citing the National Pol
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