A 20-year-old girl Sabkat Malik who hails from the Vijjhara area of Kashmir’s Bandipora district has been selected to represent India in Ju-Jitsu International Federation’s World Championship scheduled in Mongolia this year. Sabkat, who has worked very hard to leap the ladder of success, has already won several accolades at the district, […]
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Beijing 2022: India’s campaign end at Olympics after Arif Khan records DNF in slalom
Indian alpine skier Mohammad Arif Khan ended his campaign at the ongoing Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics with a DNF (Did Not Finish) in the men’s slalom event on Wednesday. Arif Khan failed to complete his first run at the Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre which meant the Indian couldn’t participate in the second run. Johannes Strolz of Austria led the race […]
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Haryana CM asks Neeraj Chopra to head centre of excellence to groom athletes for Olympics
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday asked India’s first-ever Gold Medallist in track and field Neeraj Chopra to head a centre of excellence to groom athletes for the Olympics. Speaking to the media after meeting Chopra in Chandigarh today, Khattar said, “We are thinking of making the state a hub of sports. It […]
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Debut for national team at a dream event like Olympics will be a fairytale, says Manpreet
Young defender Manpreet Kaur, who has been training at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) Centre in Bengaluru as part of the Women’s Senior Core Probable Group, is eyeing to make her debut for the senior national team at the upcoming prestigious Tokyo Olympics. She expressed that her debut for the senior […]
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Japan opens mass vaccination sites for elderly ahead of Olympics
Japan opened two mass inoculation centres on Monday as the country races to vaccinate most of its elderly population against Covid-19 before the start of the Tokyo Olympics. The centres in Tokyo and Osaka will vaccinate thousands of people every day, giving a boost to Japan’s sluggish inoculation drive as […]
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Olympics ‘difficult’ after virus spikes, Japan medical group warns
Holding the postponed Tokyo Olympics this summer will be “really difficult” given a spike in coronavirus infections across Japan, the head of the Tokyo Medical Association has warned. Haruo Ozaki sounded the alarm as rising daily cases prompt new virus restrictions in Tokyo and elsewhere in Japan. “If infections spread […]
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Del Potro to have more knee surgery, still hopeful for Olympics
Argentine Juan Martin Del Potro will undergo more knee surgery this week and hopes to recover in time for the Tokyo Olympics, the former US Open champion said on Monday. The former world number three, who has not fully recovered from a series of knee injuries, said on his Instagram […]
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Olympics on track, don’t believe rumours, says Kiren Rijiju
Kiren Rijiju, the Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports on Monday said that he is confident of the Tokyo Olympics going ahead this year and he urged people to not fall prey to rumours which are doing the rounds regarding the Games. Tokyo Olympics are set to take place from July 23-August 8 […]
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UP girl breaks national record, walks into Tokyo Olympics
Ten years ago, this UP girl’s resolve for victory on tracks was for winning a bag that was at stake. On Saturday, it culminated into a national record and a ticket to Tokyo Olympics and for the World Athletics Championship in Oregon. Priyanka Goswami, 25, shattered the national record in the 20-km walk at […]
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Amit Pangal receives invitation for Iranian Boxing League
Tokyo Olympics-bound Indian boxer Amit Panghal has received an invitation to participate in the seventh Iranian Boxing League. Currently, Panghal is practising at Bellary in Karnataka in India’s camp with his personal coach Anil Dhankhar. Before confirming his participation in the tournament, the boxer will discuss with his camp’s high-performance director Santiago Niva and coach Dhankhar. […]
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Japan set to expand state of emergency, public cools to Olympics
The Japanese government plans to expand a state of emergency it declared for the Tokyo area last week to seven more prefectures today, media reported, as the public’s hopes for a Summer Olympics fade with the steady spread of Covid-19. The move comes after the governors of Osaka, Kyoto and […]
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Tokyo Olympics should be cancelled or postponed
80% of people in Japan who were surveyed in two polls in the last few days say the Tokyo Olympics should be cancelled or postponed, or say they believe the Olympics will not take place. The polls were conducted by the Japanese news agency Kyodo and TBS — the Tokyo […]
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If Tokyo Games don’t happen, won’t wait for next Olympics: Paes
India’s tennis star Leander Paes has clarified he will not wait another four years to make a record eighth Olympics appearance if the Tokyo Games next year do not take place. Between 1992 and 2016, Paes has appeared at each Olympic event, making him the only Indian to feature in […]
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Bobby Joe Morrow, 3-time winner in 1956 Olympics, dies at 84
Bobby Joe Morrow, the Texas sprinter who won three gold medals in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics while a student at Abilene Christian University, died Saturday. He was 84. Morrow’s family said he died of natural causes at home in San Benito. Morrow won the 100 and 200 meters in Melbourne […]