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Tokyo Olympic organising committee head tries to reassure doubting country

The president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee tried on Tuesday to reassure the Japanese public that the postponed games will open in just over six months

80% in Japan say Tokyo Olympics should be called off or will not happen

More than 80% of people in Japan who were surveyed in two polls in the last few days say the Tokyo Olympics should be canceled or postponed, or say they believe the Olympics will not take place

Senior IOC member says he's not sure Tokyo Games will happen due to Covid

A senior member of the International Olympic Committee has said he can't be certain the postponed Tokyo Olympics will open in just over six months because of surging pandemic in Japan and elsewhere

Indian badminton players start training in Thailand after testing negative

Indian badminton players, who will play three back-to-back tournaments here, started training on Wednesday after testing negative for Covid-19.

Olympic qualifying race walk event to kick off athletics season in February

India's athletics season is set to begin next month with the National Open Race Walking Championship, which will also serve as an Olympic qualifying event, the national federation announced on Wednesday. Some international athletes will compete in the two-day championship, beginning February 13. The competition will be held in men's 50km, men's and women's 20km, besides the men's and women's U-20 10km events under strict COVID-19 protocols. The men's and women's 20km and men's 50km are Olympic events. KT Irfan and Bhawana Jat have already qualified for the Tokyo Olympics in men's and women's 20km events respectively. "The 8th Edition of National Open/4th International Race Walking Championships will be held at Ranchi (Jharkhand) on 13th & 14th February 2021. It will be a qualifying Event for Olympic Games," the Athletics Federation of India said. "Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) prepared by AFI and other guidelines issued by the concerned State Government in connection with ...

Indian Boxer Vikas Krishan targets gold medal at 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Indian boxer Vikas Krishan Yadav (69kg) is setting his eyes on a gold medal in the third Olympics of his life in Tokyo, slated to be held in a few months time.

Indian women's hockey team to resume Olympic preparations in Jan

Indian hockey will hit the restart button and begin the Olympic preparations when the women's team travels to Argentina next week for its first tour in nearly a year

Five Maharashtra athletes get aid for 2020 Tokyo Olympics preparations

Ace shooters Rahi Sarnobat and Tejaswini Sawant were among the five sportspersons from Maharashtra who were given aid of Rs 50 lakh each to help them prepare for the Tokyo Olympics

After a dry 2020, Indian hockey teams aim for Olympic podium in 2021

Men's and women's teams had started the year with an aim to finish on the podium at 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games that would end the countrys 40-year medal drought at the worlds biggest sports extravaganza

RS Chairman Naidu receives reports on 'Preparation for Olympics - 2021'

Rajya Sabha MP Vinay Sahasrabuddhe on Thursday said that reports with "concrete recommendations" for the Olympic preparedness, among other reports, were presented to Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu

Olympics-bound athletes, coaches should be in vaccine priority group: Panel

A parliamentary panel on Thursday recommended putting athletes, coaches and support staff going for the 2021 Japan Olympics in the priority group for the COVID-19 vaccination process. The committee also voiced concern over large number of vacancies of coaches, saying they should be filled up in a time-bound manner so that Olympic preparations do not suffer. The Japan Olympics are slated to be held from July next year. The panel has also recommended identifying training facilities, stadia and sports centres for Olympic qualified athletes which have not opened yet. It said the closed centres should be reopened "at the earliest" or theathletes should berelocated to alternate centres which have opened. The department-related parliamentary standing committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports headed by Vinay P Sahasrabuddhesubmitted its report on"Preparation for Olympics 2021" to Rajya Sabha Chairperson M Venkaiah Naidu through virtual mode. The report said medical staff

2020 Tokyo Olympics: Wrestling qualifier moved to Kazakhstan from China

Indian wrestlers, who were set to participate in the Asian qualifier for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, will now compete in Kazakhstan instead of China.

Novelist Yu Miri: Tokyo Olympics not helping Fukushima rebuilding

Yu Miri, who won this year's National Book Award for translated literature, says Tokyo's Ueno Park, where a homeless man kills himself in her award-winning story, looks very clean ahead of Olympics

Tokyo Olympic Games sponsors pay $3.3 billion, but more still needed

A University of Oxford study says they are the most costly Summer Olympics on record

Tokyo Olympic Games won't confirm added costs reported at $3 billion

A University of Oxford study published early this year calculated before the postponement said Tokyo was the most expensive Summer Olympics on record and the meter is still running.

Tokyo Olympic organizers plan to host 18 test events beginning in March

The Tokyo Olympics are set to open on July 23, 2021

Tokyo Olympics: IOC President promises athletes unforgettable experience

Speaking from the Olympic Village, the International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach promised the athletes an unforgettable experience at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020

Japan can host Olympics despite recent virus spike: Tokyo governor

Japan has experienced an uptick of the infections this month with a nationwide daily total exceeding 2,000

Olympic preparations: Narang, Sushil meet parliamentary standing committee

India is likely to field a strong contingent at the Games, which was pushed back by a year to 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic

IOC back in Tokyo as world prepares for next year's Summer Olympics

The International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Coordination Commission Chair John Coates returned to Japan, for the first time since February 2020, with IOC President Thomas Bach for the Joint International Olympic Committee, International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and Tokyo 2020 Project Review.The meetings, held between November 16 and 18, reaffirmed the full commitment of all partners to deliver Olympic and Paralympic Games fit for a post-corona world next year.Speaking afterwards, Coates said that discussions have reinforced their joint determination to hold "safe and successful" Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo."This is a very positive sign that we've been able to return to Japan at this point in preparations. Discussions over the last three days have reinforced our joint determination to hold safe and successful Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo. Close collaboration and regular communications with our friends in Japan, partners across the world and the entire Olympic ...