PV Sindhu sails into Singapore Open quartersPV Sindhu reached the Singapore Open quarterfinals with a swift win. The Indian men's doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shett...
28 May, 2026, 01.35 PM IST
Singapore Open 2026: Lakshya Sen, PV Sindhu lead Indian challengeIndia's top badminton players Lakshya Sen and PV Sindhu are set to compete at the Singapore Open Super 750. They aim to break their title d...
25 May, 2026, 04.31 PM IST
Error-prone AI chatbot dog leads Japan's elderly astrayA cartoon canine AI chatbot designed to cheer up and inform lonely older residents of western Japan is in the doghouse after providing erro...
26 Oct, 2023, 03.10 PM IST
View: The Tokyo Olympics has improved political mood in AsiaIn calculating the political value of the Olympics to Japan, we should consider three key gains. Firstly, the Olympics strengthened Japan’s...
09 Aug, 2021, 12.03 PM IST
Tokyo Olympics: A success? A failure? And how to judge?Pushing on with the Olympics after the postponement, and during the pandemic, has hurt the IOC's reputation in Japan. Kaori Yamaguchi, a fo...
27 Jul, 2021, 11.39 AM IST
Why are Olympics going on despite public, medical warnings?The medical journal The Lancet has raised questions about the health risks and criticized the World Health Organization and other health bo...
17 Jun, 2021, 10.25 AM IST
Half of Japanese predict Olympics will happen this year, poll showsFor the Tokyo Olympics, already postponed a year due to the coronavirus pandemic, public concerns remain over how Tokyo can hold the global...
07 Jun, 2021, 12.54 PM IST
Tokyo Olympics march on without fans from abroadThe IOC must get the 11,000 athletes into the venues and in front of cameras. Japanese residents will fill the stands to whatever level is ...
21 Mar, 2021, 12.04 PM IST
Seiko Hashimoto takes over as Tokyo Olympic presidentThe 56-year-old Hashimoto was named president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee after a meeting of its executive board, which is 80...
18 Feb, 2021, 01.52 PM IST
Tokyo Olympics to pick Mori replacement; is a woman likely?Mori tried last week to work behind the scenes to appoint 84-year-old Saburo Kawabuchi, the former head of the governing body of Japanese s...
16 Feb, 2021, 12.07 PM IST
Japan's Olympics minister: not government's role to look into bid paymentsIn response to a question from a lawmaker about Reuters' reporting on the subject, Hashimoto said it was the responsibility of the Japanese...
26 Nov, 2020, 10.30 AM IST
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, aka 'Super Mario', loses out on OlympicsAbe's humorous invitation to the next Olympics in Tokyo was a big hit among Brazilian fans, and to a worldwide television audience. It turn...
29 Aug, 2020, 12.26 PM IST
Next year's Olympics will be cancelled if pandemic not over: Games chiefThe postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be cancelled if the coronavirus pandemic isn't brought under control by next year, the organising co...
28 Apr, 2020, 11.44 AM IST
Tokyo Olympics rescheduled for July 23-Aug 8 in 2021Last week, the IOC and Japanese organizers postponed the Olympics until 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic. This year's games were sc...
30 Mar, 2020, 05.45 PM IST
Tokyo 1940: The missing OlympicsIn 1940, Tokyo was set to host the summer Games but they were cancelled. 80 years later, the city finds itself in a similar situation, alth...
17 Mar, 2020, 11.44 PM IST
Cancelling Olympics will have global impactThe Olympic brand could be damaged, although the International Olympic Committee may be among the least affected parties financially if the...
11 Mar, 2020, 12.04 AM IST
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