Tag: 2020
Olympics: Overseas Athlete Infected With COVID-19 In Tokyo
An overseas athlete has tested positive for COVID-19 after arriving in Tokyo ahead of the Olympic Games, organisers said on Thursday. ....
First COVID-19 Case Emerges In Olympic Games Village
Six days before the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, a "non-athlete person" tested positive for COVID-19 in the Games Village. The organising committee confirmed on Saturday that a case had been detected in the Village. ....
Olympics: 80,000 Covid Tests Planned Daily For Tokyo 2020
With 11,500 athletes and around 79,000 administrators, support staff and media personnel reaching Japan in the next few days, the Tokyo Olympic Games will also see a massive operation to ensure everyone involved is healthy. ....
Praneeth, PV Sindhu And Other TT Players Have First Training In Tokyo
India's reigning world badminton champion and Rio Olympics silver medallist, PV Sindhu, and compatriot B Sai Praneeth hit the training facilities in Tokyo early on Monday for their first practice session ahead of the Olympic Games, which start on July 23.....
Fewer Than 1,000 To Watch Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony In Stadium: Official
Only about 950 people, including officials and reporters, will be allowed to watch Friday's opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics in the main stadium, a senior official from the organising committee said on Thursday. ....
Fireworks soared above Tokyo's new Olympic Stadium Friday as the delayed Summer Games finally held its opening ceremony — an event that culminates in lighting the Olympic cauldron. Nineteen Indians took part in the ceremony and were marshalled by 2012 London Olympics bronze-medallist Mary Kom and the Indian men’s hockey team’s captain Manpreet Singh.There was no cheering, screaming, and clapping by the huge crowd that usually fills the stadium for ceremonies of this magnitude and stature because the fans are banned from the entire Olympic....
Priyanka Chopra Supports Team India At Tokyo Olympics 2020: ‘Our Cheers Won’t Stop’
Actress Priyanka Chopra took to her social media profile and extended best wishes to all the participants in Tokyo 2020 Olympics, especially Team India.....
Olympics Archery: India Crash Out In Mixed Team Quarterfinals
The Indian mixed team in archery comprising Deepika Kumari and Pravin Jadhav crashed out in the quarterfinals, losing to South Korea 2-6. ....
Tokyo Olympics: Mirabai's Performance One Of The Best By An Indian Athlete, Says Abhinav Bindra
India's only individual gold medallist at the Olympics, former 10m air rifle shooter Abhinav Bindra, sent a heart-warming message to weightlifter Mirabai Chanu after her silver-medal performance in Tokyo, saying she was one of the only who had "experienced the elation" and that it was a reward for her "years of hard work and single-minded determination". ....
Tokyo 2020 Table Tennis: India’s Manika Batra, Sutirtha Mukherjee Suffer Straight-game Defeats
The curtains came down on India's table tennis campaign in the women's singles with the exit of Manika Batra and Sutirtha Mukherjee in straight games at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Monday. ....
