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New Delhi: India's star weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu created history on Saturday as she became the first Indian weightlifter to win the silver medal at the Olympic Games. Chanu also became the first Indian to win an Olympic medal...

Tokyo: After an extra year of waiting, the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games finally opened Friday night at Tokyo's Olympic Stadium behind closed doors.The biggest sporting event on the planet is exactly one year later than originally planned due to...

Tokyo: The Organizing Committee of the Tokyo Summer Olympics said on Friday that 19 more people linkCZXaed to the games had been diagnosed with COVID-19, including three of them in the Olympic village.According to the organizers, three athletes, three...

Tokyo: World No 1 Archer Deepika Kumari opened India's campaign on the inaugural day of the Tokyo Olympics and finished at the 9th spot in the women's individual ranking round, here on Friday.The Indian archer scored 663 points out...

Tokyo: Kentaro Kobayashi, the director of the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic Games, has been dismissed from his role after his past comments on the Holocaust resurfaced online.The move was made by Tokyo 2020 organizers just one day...

Tokyo: Athletes will be required to take daily tests for COVID-19 during the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, the general manager of the Russian men’s volleyball team, Sergey Tetyukhin told Sputnik."We did PCR tests upon arrival at the airport, all...

Imphal:  Star Indian weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu, who is one of the strong contenders in the women's 49kg category in the run-up to the Olympics, sought public blessing ahead of the games.The Tokyo Olympics is scheduled to begin on...

Tokyo: The first case of COVID-19 has been detected in the Olympic village in Tokyo, the NHK broadcaster reported on Saturday, citing the Organizing Committee.The infected person is a member of one of the foreign delegations, there is no...

Moscow: Argentine star Lionel Messi is set to sign a new contract with Barcelona to stay for another five years at his boyhood club, La Vanguardia newspaper reported on Wednesday as speculation over his future looms large over the...

Beijing: China will send 431 athletes, including 24 Olympic champions, to the upcoming Tokyo Olympic Games.The figures were confirmed as the Chinese delegation was unveiled in Beijing on Wednesday.The delegation, including 298 female athletes and 133 male athletes, will...