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Tokyo Olympics: Two athletes test COVID positive, tally rises to 87
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 22 (ANI): Twelve new positive COVID-19 cases on Thursday were reported by the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games' organizing committee, which includes two athletes residing in the Olympics village.
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Director of Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony dismissed over Holocaust joke
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 22 (ANI): Kentaro Kobayashi was dismissed from his role as director of the team creating the opening and closing ceremonies of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics for making a Holocaust joke, the organizing committee said on Thursday.
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Tokyo Olympics: IOA to participate in opening ceremony with 50 attendees
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 22 (ANI): Around 50 people will attend the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics from the Indian side which is scheduled to be held on Friday in view of the COVID-19 concerns in the Japanese capital.
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Tokyo 2020: World No 1 skeet shooter Amber Hill withdraws from Olympics af
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
London [UK], July 22 (ANI): World number one skeet shooter Amber Hill has withdrawn from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after testing positive for COVID-19 in the UK, prior to her departure.
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Tokyo Olympics: Sania, Ankita to clash with Ukrainian duo in first round,
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 22 (ANI): The Indian tennis star duo of Sania Mirza and Ankita Raina will clash with the Ukrainian pair of Lyudmyla Kichenok and Nadiia Kichenok in the first round at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
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Tokyo expects 15 Heads of States, international organizations at Olympics
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Tokyo [Japan] July 21 (ANI/Sputnik) The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games opening ceremony is expected to be attended by heads of 15 states and international organizations, as well as sports ministers from 70 countries, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said on Wednesday.
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Tokyo 2020: I believe Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy have poten
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New Delhi [India], July 21 (ANI): National badminton coach Pullela Gopichand has high hopes from the Indian shuttlers and contingent at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics as he stated that PV Sindhu could turn Silver into Gold at the showpiece event.
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Tokyo Olympics: PV Sindhu looks to conquer final frontier as badminton con
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 21 (ANI): With two days to go for the Tokyo Olympics to get underway, athletes across the globe are looking to give finishing touch to their preparations as they head for the showpiece event. The Indian contingent is no different as 127 athletes will look to give it t
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Tokyo 2020 chief does not rule out cancellation of Games amid COVID-19 sca
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 21 (ANI): The head of the Tokyo 2020 organising committee Toshiro Muto has not ruled out the cancellation of the Olympic Games amid the COVID-19 scare.
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UN and IOC launch stamps to honour role of sport for peace
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Tokyo [Japan], July 21 (ANI): The United Nations and International Olympic Committee (IOC) launched a series of stamps to honour the role of sport for peace.
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IOC Session: Pandemic will end when world chooses to end it, says WHO DG
Updated : 5 years 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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Tokyo 2020 composer Oyamada quits after interview of bullying classmates r
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 19 (ANI): Japanese musician Keigo Oyamada has submitted his resignation from the creative team for the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics after admitting that he bullied children with disabilities many years ago.
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