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Florida authorities propose relocating summer Olympics from Tokyo to US
Updated : 5 years, 2 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, 2 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
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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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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
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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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Vaccination of Olympic-bound athletes our top priority: IOA chief Batra
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 22 (ANI): Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president Narinder Batra on Friday said that vaccination of the Olympic-bound athletes is the topmost priority of the federation. Batra is confident that a proper plan will be charted "very soon" to put the thought into
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Japanese government 'fully focused' on hosting Tokyo Olympics
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Tokyo [Japan], January 22 (ANI): The Japanese government is "fully focused" on hosting the Tokyo Olympics this summer, the organisers said on Friday.
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TOPS approves proposal of Manu Bhaker, Angad Vir Singh Bajwa to engage spo
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New Delhi [India], January 20 (ANI): Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) has sanctioned the proposal from two Olympic-qualified shooters Manu Bhaker and Angad Vir Singh Bajwa to engage the services of sports psychologist Sanjana Kiran to assist them in their preparation for the Tokyo Olympic
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Looking forward to test our preparations before Olympics, says women's hoc
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Buenos Aires [Argentina], January 16 (ANI): Ahead of their first game of the Argentina tour, Indian women's hockey team skipper Rani Rampal said that it is a crucial tour for the side to test themselves before the Tokyo Olympics.
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Punjab raring to go for Tokyo Olympics, bagging maximum quota our sole aim
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Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], January 15 (ANI): Punjab Sports and Youth Services Minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi on Friday said that the state is all set to excel in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. Sodhi honoured the 90 players, who brought laurels for the state and country in the year 2017-18,
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The next 200 days is going to be most important period of our lives: Manpr
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New Delhi [India], January 4 (ANI): With only 200 days to go for the Olympic Games in Tokyo this year, the Indian men and women's hockey team captains Manpreet Singh and Rani Rampal believe this will be the most crucial time of their lives. They cautioned the players to not let external fact
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