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Bajrang assured of a top-four seeding in 65-kg category at Tokyo Olympics

The fast-rising Ravi Dahiya also seems set for a top-four billing at the mega-event, which will be held from July 23 to August 8 next year

Will not give up until I win gold at Olympics for India: Mary Kom

The ace Indian boxer had won bronze at the 2012 London Olympic Games in the 51-kg weight category. In 2016, she was unable to qualify for the Rio Games

Athletes will get chance to train well: Bajrang on new Tokyo Olympics dates

The IOC on Monday announced that the Tokyo Olympics 2020 will take place from July 23 to August 8 next year while the Paralympics games will be held from August 24 to September 5, 2021

New dates for Tokyo Olympics likely to be revealed this week: Organisers

The Tokyo 2020 Olympics were due to open on July 24 and run for 16 days, but the coronavirus pandemic forced the first peace-time postponement of the Games

Tokyo Games postponement rekindles Dipa Karmakar's hope for Olympic berth

Karmakar, who finished fourth at the 2016 Rio Olympics, has been struggling with injuries ever since she underwent a surgery to treat an Anterior Cruciate ligament (ACL) injury in 2017

Rescheduling Tokyo 2020 Olympics to involve 'massive' costs: Organisers

The historic decision to postpone the Games over new coronavirus outbreak leaves organisers with a logistical headache as they work to shift the enormous event to an as-yet-undecided date next year

Olympics postponed: Australia seeks higher age limit for men's football

With the 2020 Olympics postponed until 2021, there are fears the delay will shatter the gold medal hopes of many ageing athletes

Every athletes' worst fear has come true: Vinesh on Olympics postponement

The International Olympic Committee in a joint statement with the Tokyo Olympics organising committee said that the Games will be postponed to next year due to the coronavirus pandemic

Tokyo Olympics postponed to 2021: Who will pay the bills for another year?

The organisers of the Tokyo Olympic Games (Tokyo 2020) will set up a task force to resolve the issues arising after the postponement of the Olympic and Paralympic Games

Rescheduled Tokyo 2020 need sacrifices from all stakeholders: IOC president

Major corporate sponsors of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics are standing by the IOC after the Games were postponed

Not discussed new dates for Tokyo Olympics with Japan PM: IOC president

IOC president Thomas Bach says alarming figures in the past few days about the coronavirus were key to deciding the Tokyo Olympics must be postponed

Olympic fallout: World athletics, swimming championships may get delayed

While the International Olympic Committee has yet to set a new date for the Tokyo Games other than not later than summer 2021, the revised calendar undoubtedly will heavily impact two of the event's b

Olympics 2020 postponed: Here's what India's Tokyo-bound athletes said

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju has welcomed IOC's decision to postpone the Tokyo Olympics and said It's necessary for the well-being of athletes from across the world

Olympics in shadow of Coronavirus: How previous Games responded to crises

While Japan assures the Tokyo Olympic 2020 Games will go on as planned, there have been cancellations and muted versions, along with some triumph of spirit in the past

IOC postpones Tokyo Olympics till summer of 2021 over coronavirus pandemic

However, the postponed Olympics will retain the name 'Tokyo 2020' despite being held in 2021, says the city's governor

Japan PM Shinzo Abe asks IOC to delay Tokyo Olympics till summer of 2021

I proposed to postpone for about a year and president Bach , responded with 100 per cent agreement, says Shinzo Abe

Dick Pound's statement on Tokyo Olympics postponement not official: IOA

On Monday, Mehta had said that the IOA will wait for at least a month before taking any decision regarding sending athletes to Tokyo for the Olympic Games

USA Gymnastics calls for Tokyo Olympics postponement over Covid-19 pandemic

USA Gymnastics joined the growing number of sports federations calling for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics to be postponed in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. In a statement posted on its Twitter account, the federation said it was making the move after a survey found 62 percent of its athletes who responded were in favor of delaying the Games now scheduled for July 24-August 9. "After considering the responses from athletes who participated in our survey & the 62% who were in favor of delaying the Games, we are adding our voice to the chorus advocating for postponement," the federation said. "We are grateful to have our athletes' insight and input to guide this decision." USA Swimming and USA Track and Field had already urged the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee to press the International Olympic Committee for a delay. The USOPC has declined to do so, although on Sunday it welcomed IOC president Thomas Bach's promise that a decision would be made within four weeks. That's not ..

US will follow Japan's lead on attending Tokyo Olympics: Donald Trump

Shinzo Abe had said that the health of the athletes is the priority while hinting at the postponement of the Tokyo Summer Games due to the coronavirus pandemic

Olympics in 2020 'neither feasible or desirable': World Athletics chief

The IOC and Japanese government, under increasing pressure to take action, have flagged that postponement was possible