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Tokyo 2020: Three S Africa under-23 football players test Covid-19 positive

Three members of South Africa's men's under-23 football team have tested positive for Covid-19 and they currently are in isolation in the Tokyo 2020 facility

Covid-19 scare at Tokyo Olympics after three athletes test positive

A total of 10 cases were detected on the day, including five "Games concerned personnel", one contractor, and a journalist

Tokyo 2020: 8 members in isolation after contact with Covid positive case

Eight members of the Great Britain's Olympic team have entered isolation after coming into contact with a Covid-19 case on their flight to the Tokyo Games

World Covid dispatch: Two athletes test positive in Tokyo Olympic village

Two foreign athletes tested positive for Covid-19 at the Tokyo Olympic Village, the first cases reported among competitors at the village, according to a document

88-member Indian contingent, including 54 athletes, arrives in Tokyo

Excited and cautious in equal measure, the first batch of athletes from India's Olympic contingent arrived in Tokyo on Sunday, clearing the exhaustive Covid-19 related protocols at airport

Indian Badminton contingent, Table Tennis team leave for Games Village

The Indian badminton contingent spearheaded by PV Sindhu and the Table Tennis team on Sunday were cleared to travel to Games Village for the Tokyo Olympics which gets underway from July 23.An 88 member Indian contingent including 54 athletes arrived in Tokyo on Sunday for the upcoming Olympic Games. With 127 athletes, Tokyo Olympics will be India's highest ever playing contingent.Athletes and support staff in eight disciplines Badminton, Archery, Hockey, Judo, Swimming, Weightlifting, Gymnastics, and Table Tennis arrived in Tokyo.They were tested on their arrival at the Tokyo airport and the Badminton and Table Tennis contingent have been cleared to travel to Games Village.The Indian Boxing team spearheaded by Amit Panghal and Mary Kom also arrived in Tokyo on Sunday from Italy.The India boxers had trained hard for the showpiece event in Italy and departed for Tokyo on Saturday.The men's boxing side comprises number one and Asian Games champion Panghal (52kg), Manish Kaushik (63kg), ..

2 athletes at Olympic Village test positive for Covid, another at hotel

Three athletes, two of them staying at the Olympic Village, have tested positive for COVID-19, the Games Organising Committee announced on Sunday. It is the first instance of athletes staying at the village catching the infection. Their identities have not been revealed by the organisers. The third infected athlete is staying at a designated Games hotel. A total of 10 cases were detected on the day, including five "Games concerned personnel", one contractor, and a journalist, according to the COVID-19 Positive Case List uploaded by the OC here. The development comes a day after a non-athlete at the Village tested positive for the dreaded virus. The total number of Games-related COVID cases have now risen to 55 as per the OC records. The first batch of Indian athletes for the Games left on Saturday and have landed in Tokyo this morning.

Indian boxing contingent arrive in Tokyo ahead of Olympics

Indian Boxing team spearheaded by Amit Panghal and Mary Kom arrived in Tokyo on Sunday for the upcoming Olympic Games which gets underway from July 23.

Japan's Olympic security balancing act leaves few satisfied

Struggling businesses forced to temporarily shut down around Olympics venues. Visitors ordered to install invasive apps and allow GPS tracking

Covid scare at Olympics 2021: Two athletes tests positive at Games village

Three athletes, two of them staying at the Olympic Village, have tested positive for COVID-19, announces Tokyo 2020Organising Committee

Tokyo Olympics 2021: Will India better its medal tally from Rio 2016?

India will send a 228-strong contingent to Tokyo Olympics, including 119 athletes. This will be India's largest ever contingent of athletes at Olympics. Check medal contenders for India in Tokyo 2020

Tokyo Olympics: Around 80,000 coronavirus tests to be conducted daily

To ensure that there is no spread of the dreaded novel Coronavirus during the Games, all participants will be tested daily

Tokyo 2020: Anurag Thakur to send off first batch of Indian athletes today

With the Tokyo Olympics set to commence in a week's time, a formal send-off ceremony will take place on Saturday at New Delhi's Airport as the first batch of athletes departs from India to Tokyo

South Korea removes banners at Tokyo Olympic village after IOC ruling

South Korea's Olympic committee said it has removed banners at the Olympic athletes' village in Tokyo that referred to a 16th-century war between Korea and Japan after IOC ruled it was provocative.

IOC President Bach visit Hiroshima as Olympic Truce comes into force

The United Nations Truce Resolution for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 came into force from Friday

Indian shooting contingent arrives in Tokyo ahead of Olympic Games

Indian shooting team on Saturday arrived in Tokyo for the upcoming Olympic Games which gets underway from July 23.Samples of the shooting contingent for the COVID-19 test have been collected and they all are waiting for the results.On Friday, the Indian shooting contingent for Tokyo 2020 reached Amsterdam from their Zagreb base in Croatia. Saurabh Choudhary, Abhishek Verma, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, and Anjum Moudgil headline India's shooting squad.The Indian team had an incredible medal-winning performance at ISSF World Cup in New Delhi and Croatia. The medal count was less in Croatia than in New Delhi because of less representation. In New Delhi, 52 shooters competed, while only 14 Indian shooters were in the fray in Croatia.The Indian shooting squad for Tokyo 2020 consists of Deepak Kumar, Divyansh Singh Panwar, Sanjeev Rajput, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Saurabh Chaudhary, Abhishek Verma, Angad Vir Singh Bajwa, Mairaj Ahmad Khan, Apurvi Chandela, Elavenil Valarivan, Anjum ...

Confident of clinching medal in Tokyo, says Noida DM after securing berth

Noida District Magistrate and para-badminton player Suhas L. Yathiraj, who would be representing India in the upcoming Paralympics, is confident of winning a medal at Tokyo 2020

Tokyo 2020: First case of Covid-19 detected in Olympic Games Village

With just six days to go for the much-awaited Tokyo Olympics, the first case of coronavirus has been detected at the Games village

Tokyo 2020: Japan's Olympic security balancing act: Few are satisfied

Japan's massive security apparatus has raised complaints that the nation, during the weeks of the Games, will look more like authoritarian North Korea or China

Best of BS Opinion: Fuel price surge, the path to herd mortality & more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Saturday