Tag: Tokyo
Sania Mirza's Dance Video Ruling The Internet
Six-time Grand Slam champion Sania Mirza's video of her donning the new Indian Olympic team kit has become a hit on Instagram, grossing thousands of likes from fans and followers across the world. ....
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. ....
From Atlanta To Tokyo: This Karnataka Institute Has Sent 7 Olympians
An institution in the small town of Moodbidri in Mangaluru district of Karnataka has earned the distinction of sending seven sportspersons to the Olympic Games between 1996 Atlanta and 2020 Tokyo. ....
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.....
Brisbane Wins Right To Host 2032 Olympics
The Australian city of Brisbane won the right to host the 2032 Summer Olympics in a vote at the 138th session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) here on Wednesday, two days before the opening ceremony of Tokyo 2020. ....
Tokyo Olympics: Brazil's Richarlison Scores Hat-trick Against Germany
Brazilian forward Richarlison scored a hat-trick in the match against Germany at International Stadium, Yokohama on Thursday. This is the first hat-trick scored in the men's football event at the Tokyo Olympics. ....
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. ....
Tokyo Olympics: Deepika Kumari Qualifies Ninth, To Face Bhutanese Archer In First Elimination Round
Ace Indian archer Deepika Kumari finished a creditable ninth after the women's individual ranking round, notching up a total of 663 points, on the opening day of the Tokyo Olympics at the Yumenoshima Ranking Field, the venue of the archery competitions, on Friday. ....
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....
