Tokyo Olympics: Indian 4x400m relay team breaks Asian record but fails to qualify for finalThe quartet of Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Tom Noah Nirmal, Rajiv Arokia and Amoj Jacob ran 3 minutes 25 second to finish fourth in the second he...
06 Aug, 2021, 08.13 PM IST
Tokyo Olympics: India's schedule on August 5The Indian men's hockey team will have a chance to secure an Olympic medal after 41 years when they take on Germany in the bronze medal mat...
04 Aug, 2021, 10.47 PM IST
Tokyo Olympics: India's schedule on July 28Indian women's hockey team, who lost their first two pool matches, will be up against Great Britain.
28 Jul, 2021, 08.16 AM IST
Japan mulls 50% cap on Olympics spectators: MediaSources have told that Japan has decided to stage the Games without spectators from abroad due to concerns over the spread of COVID-19, but...
14 Mar, 2021, 12.32 PM IST
Tokyo 2020 boss resigns over sexism row, but successor unclearThe resignation and the leadership vacuum left behind by the controversy add to the woes of organisers struggling to win over a sceptical p...
12 Feb, 2021, 12.22 PM IST
Delay in Tokyo Olympics may cost up to $2.8 bnThe cost for coronavirus counter measures is about $920 million.
05 Dec, 2020, 01.03 PM IST
Tokyo 2020 organisers estimate Games postponement cost $1.9 billion - mediaThe International Olympic Committee and the Japanese government were forced to put off the Games for a year in March as the coronavirus spr...
29 Nov, 2020, 12.30 PM IST
Tokyo Olympics: Many rules, no partying, no hanging aroundInstead of getting to know their global neighbors, Olympic athletes will be encouraged to leave Japan a day or two after they've finished c...
18 Nov, 2020, 09.42 PM IST
Top woman wrestler Vinesh Phogat recovers from Covid-19, tests negative twicePhogat could not receive her 'Khel Ratna' as she tested positive just ahead of the National Sports Awards.
02 Sep, 2020, 02.33 PM IST
Being No. 1 feels great, will do everything to win Olympic medal: Boxer Amit PanghalPanghal, the reigning Asian Games gold medallist, is amongst the nine Indian boxers — five men and four women — who have secured qualificat...
16 Jul, 2020, 12.12 PM IST
COVID-19 impact: New Olympic date likely 'this week': OrganisersNew dates for the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics will likely be revealed this week, organisers said Monday after the coronavirus forced the hi...
30 Mar, 2020, 01.20 PM IST
Olympics delay could help organisers beat the Tokyo heatThe historic decision to delay the Games due to the coronavirus pandemic gave Tokyo a wide range of options when rescheduling: the Games wi...
28 Mar, 2020, 12.33 AM IST
After Cannes & Coachella, Tony Awards for Broadway theatre fall victim to pandemic, postponed indefinitelyBroadway theatres were closed two weeks ago as part of the effort to contain the spread of the disease.
26 Mar, 2020, 08.56 AM IST
IOC looking at postponing Tokyo Olympics; Canada pulls outIOC President Thomas Bach sent a letter to athletes explaining the decision and why it might take so long, while also acknowledging the ext...
23 Mar, 2020, 08.19 AM IST
Olympics: IOC urges India isolation after Pakistani athletes denied visasAfter suspending all Indian applications, IOC now wants other global sports bodies to follow suit.
22 Feb, 2019, 11.39 AM IST
When Sushil Kumar broke the flag-bearer jinx at 2012 London OlympicsKumar was told that flag-bearers end up winning no medals at the Olympics.
26 Dec, 2018, 08.40 AM IST
- UPDATE 1-China's Alibaba becomes major sponsor of Olympics
DAVOS-MEETING/OLYMPICS-ALIBABA (UPDATE 1):UPDATE 1-China's Alibaba becomes major sponsor of Olympics
19 Jan, 2017, 05.12 PM IST