Exhaustion and fever force Neeraj to leave welcome function midwayThe 23-year-old Chopra, who has been on a busy schedule since his return to the country on Monday last after winning India's first Olympic ...
17 Aug, 2021, 11.31 PM IST
Tokyo Diaries: Risky shopping amid Covid, an Indian in TokyoOm Mundra, who has worked as a volunteer in many multidiscipline events, has somehow managed to get himself accredited this time around too...
31 Jul, 2021, 07.01 AM 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
Tokyo Olympics linked COVID count goes past 100 on day of opening ceremony with 19 new casesThe worrying milestone was touched on the day the Games will officially open in Tokyo with a ceremony to be attended by less than 1,000 dig...
23 Jul, 2021, 12.48 PM 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
Be prepared for long wait at Tokyo airport on arrival: IOA chief to Olympic-bound athletesThe first batch of India's Olympic-bound athletes is set to depart for Tokyo on July 17. More than 120 athletes are bound for the Games.
10 Jul, 2021, 12.21 PM IST
Nursing athletes allowed to bring children to Tokyo OlympicsThe organisers were criticised by new moms over tough rules on bringing family to the Games.
01 Jul, 2021, 01.42 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
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
An Olympic First: Cardboard beds for Tokyo Athletes VillageThe bed frames in the Athletes Village at this year's Olympics will be made of cardboard. Sturdy cardboard.
10 Jan, 2020, 01.36 PM IST
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