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Asian Games accommodation row deepens as Japan team reports men and women sharing roomsAccommodation problems continue to affect the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games preparations. Even Japan's team is exploring alternative lodging opt...17 Sep, 2026, 12.22 PM IST- Asian Games athletes evacuated as heavy rain lashes Nagoya; Mayor rules out disruptionTorrential rain in Nagoya caused a brief evacuation of hundreds of athletes and officials. The heavy rainfall prompted authorities to issue...09 Sep, 2026, 04.07 PM IST
- Asian Games cricket teams to get hotels amid facility concernsCricket players at the Asian Games will receive hotel accommodation, unlike other athletes. This decision comes after concerns were raised ...02 Sep, 2026, 12.59 PM IST
- How to feed 15,000 Olympians in Paris? Start with baguettesThe Paris Olympic Village welcomes 15,000 athletes with the aroma of freshly baked baguettes from a boulangerie producing 2,000 items daily...23 Jul, 2024, 11.01 AM IST
- 21 new COVID-19 cases reported, no athletes among themOut of the total new cases, 14 were contractors and seven Games-linked officials. Sixteen are residents of Japan and five from overseas.31 Jul, 2021, 12.44 PM IST
- 27 new Games-related COVID-19 cases reported, highest so farThe 27 cases, bringing the cumulative Games-related total to 220, comprise 18 residents of Japan and nine from overseas. Of the daily total...30 Jul, 2021, 11.20 AM IST
- 'No interest': Little cheer in Tokyo day before Olympics openThere are no cheering foreign fans roaming the streets, and athletes are ferried from Village to venue in a bubble meant to keep them and t...22 Jul, 2021, 01.29 PM IST
- Olympics: India's contingent checks in at Tokyo, training from MondayAll 88 athletes underwent COVID testing at the airport and were found to be negative. They will start training from Monday, the Sports Auth...18 Jul, 2021, 08.16 PM IST
- First athletes positive for Covid-19 in Tokyo Olympic VillageA daily tally of new cases revealed two athletes tested positive in the Village and one elsewhere. They come a day after an unidentified pe...18 Jul, 2021, 08.38 AM IST
- Olympics: Risk of COVID-19 spread is 'zero', says IOC chief Bach, even as cases rise in TokyoJust over a week before the July 23 opening ceremony, Tokyo reported 1,308 new COVID-19 infections on Thursday, its highest daily tally sin...15 Jul, 2021, 04.23 PM IST
- IOA seeks clarification from Tokyo organisers, this time on entry of foreign-based athletesThe Tokyo organisers have prescribed stricter regulations for all travellers -- including athletes, coaches and support staff -- from 11 co...21 Jun, 2021, 06.53 PM IST
- Fever clinic and Covid kits: Tokyo 2020 shows off Olympic VillageOrganisers are in the home stretch of preparations before the July 23 opening ceremony, and are trying to build confidence that the mega-ev...20 Jun, 2021, 12.02 PM IST
- Japan imposes stricter regulations on India's Olympic-bound, IOA says it's "unfair and discriminatory""The unfair and discriminatory" rules have drawn sharp criticism from the Indian Olympic Association. India's COVID-19 situation has improv...19 Jun, 2021, 03.44 PM IST
- No cheers or bubbly toasts: Alcohol may be banned at the Tokyo OlympicsOrganisers have yet to decide on a policy, which is expected by the end of the month.10 Jun, 2021, 11.00 AM IST
- Questions about Tokyo Olympics answered: Six months out and murmurs of cancellationInstead of a countdown celebration, the focus is on the virus and speculation around the Olympics being canceled. Should they take place du...19 Jan, 2021, 01.33 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
- Postponing the Olympic Games: It's complicatedMuch depends on the length of any postponement but shoehorning an Olympics into what is already a packed sporting calendar in 2021, for exa...23 Mar, 2020, 02.46 PM IST
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