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Dutch tennis player tests Covid positive, 16 new cases at Tokyo Olympics

Dutch tennis player Jean-Julien Rojer was forced to withdraw from the Olympics after testing positive for COVID even as the organisers announced 16 new infections at the ongoing Games here on Monday

LS, RS congratulate weightlifter Chanu for winning silver at Olympics

Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on Monday congratulated weightlifter Mirabai Chanu for winning a silver medal at Tokyo Olympics

At Tokyo Olympics, skateboarding teens blaze trail for women

On the Olympic podium, girls aged 13, 13 and 16 with weighty medals around their necks, rewards for having landed tricks on their skateboards that most kids their age only get to see on Instagram

Olympics: Rankireddy-Shetty lose to Indonesian pair in men's doubles

India's Satwinsairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty went down after putting up a fight against world No.1 Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo of Indonesia in their second Group A match

Three athletes among 16 new Covid-19 cases at Tokyo Olympics

The COVID-19 infections associated with the Tokyo Olympics rose to 148 after organisers reported 16 new cases on Monday, including three athletes. The organisers, in their daily COVID-19 update, announced that three athletes, four contractors, eight Games-concerned personnel and one Games employee have been found to be COVID positive. All the three athletes are not residents of the Olympic Village, which has reported 16 cases since it was opened. One Games-connected personnel and a contractor are residents of Japan in the fresh additions. The three athletes and seven Games-concerned personnel have been put under the mandatory 14-day quarantine. The total number of Games-concerned personnel to have tested positive so far stood at 83 after the addition of 8 new cases. The contingents that have been hit by COVID-19 after landing in Tokyo include Czech republic, the USA, Chile, South Africa and the Netherlands among others. Of these, the Czech Republic is inquiring into possible hea

Dressel wins US Olympic swimming gold; Aussie beats Ledecky

Caeleb Dressel got started on his quest for six gold medals in swimming Monday, while Katie Ledecky found herself in a very unusual position

Tokyo Olympics: Japan's Naomi Osaka breezes into third round

Japanese tennis sensation Naomi Osaka cruised into the third round of women's singles event in Tokyo 2020 Olympics here at centre court on Ariake Tennis Park

Tokyo Olympics: Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu headed home after winning silver

Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu on Monday left for India after winning a silver medal in the Tokyo Olympics. The silver medallist is expected to arrive home later on Monday.

Tokyo Olympics: Paddler Sutirtha Mukherjee bows out after losing in Round 2

India paddler Sutirtha Mukherjee on Monday bowed out of the women's singles event after losing her Round 2 match against Portugal's Fu Yu here at Tokyo Metropolitan Gym

Sharath Kamal advances to 3rd round in Olympics; faces Ma Long next

Sharath Kamal overcame a sluggish start to beat Portugal's Tiago Polonia in the second round to set up a clash with defending champion Ma Long in the Olympics, here on Monday.

Tokyo Olympics: CA Bhavani Devi crashes out of women's individual sabre

India's lone representative at fencing CA Bhavani Devi lost the round of 32 match against France's Manon Brunet in women's individual sabre here at Makuhari Messe B Hall Yellow Piste.

Indian men's team knocks out Kazakhstan, sets up QF against top seed Korea

Indian men's archery team of Pravin Jadhav, Atanu Das and Tarundeep Rai downed Kazakhstan 6-2 to set up a quarterfinal clash against heavyweights Korea at the Tokyo Olympics here on Monday. The Indians were strong, especially Atanu Das who drilled in five perfect 10s during team's easy win in the 1/8 Elimination round at the Yumenoshima Park. The Kazakhstan troika of Denis Gankin, Ilfat Abdullin, Sanzhar Mussayev showed flashes of brilliance. They took the third set with one point margin. India had on Saturday lost to Korea in their favourite mixed pair section.

Confident start for Bhavani Devi on Games debut, wins against Nadia Azizi

India's trailblazing fencer Bhavani Devi was off to a confident start on her Olympic debut as she demolished the challenge of Nadia Ben Azizi 15-3 to advance to the second round

Tokyo Olympics 2021 Highlights: Mary Kom, PV Sindhu, Manika Batra win

Manu Bhaker disappoints on Day 2 as she bows out in 10m Air Pistol qualification round. Check India today's Olympics matches, Tokyo 2020 live updates and telecast details in India

Tokyo Olympics: Mary Kom, Sindhu cross first hurdle, into round 2

Iconic boxer M C Mary Kom, 38, beat her 23-year-old opponent

Tokyo Olympics 2020: American medal rush begins with a splash

Host Japan follows China in list for most gold medals

Tokyo Olympics: Govt exempts Olympic returnees from RT-PCR negative test

Besides, all those returning from Tokyo will be retested upon landing in India

Olympics hockey: Australia inflict crushing 7-1 defeat on India

India, who had scraped through to a narrow 3-2 win against New Zealand on Saturday, were totally off colour

Tokyo Olympics 2021: First post-competition coronavirus case reported

However, this series of events did not hamper the rowing on Sunday as all events were held as scheduled

Mary Kom enters Olympic pre-quarters, Manish exits after hard-fought loss

Mary Kom is a six-time world champion