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Olympic organisers announce 17 new Tokyo Games-related Covid cases

The Olympics organisers announced 17 new Games-related Covid-19 cases on Saturday, including one athlete and an event-related personnel staying at the Games village

India at Olympics: Apurvi, Elavenil fail to qualify for 10m air rifle final

Indian shooters were off to a poor start at the Tokyo Olympics 2021 as first-timer Elavanil Valarivan and Apurvi Chandela failed to qualify for the finals of the women's 10m air rifle event

Tokyo Olympics 2021 Highlights, men's football: Brazil beats Germany 4-2

Richarlison scores a hat-trick as Brazil gets the better of Germany

Tokyo Olympics 2021, Women's football: Netherlands thrash Zambia 10-3

Two goals from Stina Blackstenius and one from Lina Hurtig snapped the US Women's national team's unbeaten streak from January 2019

Tokyo Olympics 2021 highlights: Opening ceremony concludes at Tokyo Stadium

The Tokyo 2020 Games were inaugurated by Japanese Emperor Naruhito a month after raising worries about the likely spread of coronavirus during the Olympics.

Tokyo Olympics 2021 opening ceremony, full schedule, live telecast in India

A total of around 11,000 athletes from 206 countries are expected to participate in 33 sports in Tokyo Olympics 2021. Check Tokyo 2020 full Inda's schedule, live streaming and other details here

Archery at Olympics 2021: India 9th in both men's team, mixed pair rankings

Debutant Pravin Jadhav finished ahead of the experienced Atanu Das and Tarundeep Rai as India managed ninth-place finishes in both the men's team and mixed team rankings at Tokyo Olympics 2021

Olympics linked Covid cases go past 100, organisers announce 19 new cases

The Covid-19 cases associated with the Olympic Games breached the 100-mark with the announcement of 19 new infections and the Czech contingent seemed among the worst hit

Archery in Olympics 2021: Deepika ninth in ranking round; Koreans dominate

Star Indian archer Deepika Kumari secured an easy first-round clash in the main event as the country's Olympic campaign kickstarted at the Yumenoshima Park

Indian Olympic contingent has 'meditation partners' to help it stay focused

App Dhyana, given to every member of the contingent, will measure 'mindful minutes', or the time they are actually focusing while in meditation

India at Tokyo Olympics: Huge expectations, high aspirations

The 127-member Indian contingent will enter the Tokyo Olympic Games with soaring expectations of returning with their best medal haul ever even as the pandemic plays havoc with their preparations

20 Indian athletes, 6 officials to take part in Olympics opening ceremony

A total of 20 Indian athletes from seven sports and six officials will participate in the Olympics opening ceremony on Friday

Investigators reveal work to weed out pre-Olympics cheating

Eight Olympic qualifying performances in track and field were wiped out because of suspicions of cheating and the athletes were denied entry to the Tokyo Games, investigators said Thursday

Pune 1919: Long years ago, when India's made its tryst with Olympics

India's tryst with the Olympics started at a sports meet of the Deccan Gymkhana in Pune in 1919

EXPLAINER: What's the history of the Olympics protest rule?

The simple act of taking a knee felt like something more monumental when it happened on Olympic soccer pitches in Japan on the opening night of action

Tokyo Olympics 2021: Schedule for sailing, rowing, fencing and match timing

At Tokyo Olympics 2021, India will pin its hopes on Bhavani Devi, India's first fencer to qualify. Check Schedule for sailing, rowing, fencing and match timings (Indian time)

Tokyo Olympics: Table Tennis, weightlifting full schedule, timings in India

Tokyo Olympics 2021:Table tennis matches will begin on July 24. Mirabai Chanu's fate will be decided same day in 49-kg category weightlifting competition. Check India's Table Tennis match timings here

Surfer, weightlifter, celeb: women in headlines at Tokyo Olympics

Here's our list of the 10 women who will be in the news and get the most number of global eyeballs in the fortnight starting from Friday, July 23

Wrong entries in the health status App raise Covid-19 alarm in Indian camp

Wrong entries in the health status application caused a Covid-19 scare in the Indian camp at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday

Tokyo 2020: Olympic Games boast equal gender participation for first time

Grace Luczak had left competitive rowing and taken a job in the private sector when a move toward gender equity at the Tokyo Games lured her back into a boat