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Beijing: The Chinese Foreign Ministry stressed on Wednesday that boycotting the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing would go against the spirit of the Olympic Charter after the United States backed away from the idea of discussing with allies a...

New Delhi: A 15-member Indian judo team has withdrawn from the ongoing Asia-Oceania Olympic qualifiers in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan after two judokas - Ajay Yadav and Ritu tested positive for COVID-19 just before the start of the tournament.Yadav, a 73kg...

Seoul: North Korea said it will not participate in the Tokyo Olympics because of the coronavirus pandemic.A website run by the North's sports ministry said the decision was made during a national Olympic Committee meeting on March 25 where...

Imphal: SDYC Khonghampat Khunou clinched the 22nd Khonghampat Gram Panchayat Level Football Cup by defeating LAMDA, Loitang in a penalty shoot-out.The football tournament organised by Khonghampat Youth Club under the Northern Development Association, NCDA at Khonghampat Awang Leikai...

Kolkata: Footballer Bidyashagar Singh, who created history by becoming the first Indian player to finish as outright top-scorer in the history of the I-League and also bagged the award for his performances, has said that he is a very...

New Delhi: A strong 20-member Indian contingent will participate at the 2021 AIBA Youth Men's and Women's World Boxing Championships to be held at Kielce, Poland from April 10 to 24, the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) said on...

New Delhi: Former India captain Sachin Tendulkar on Saturday said he has tested positive for COVID-19 and is currently in home isolation."I have been testing myself and taking all the recommended precautions to ensure Covid is kept at bay....

Tokyo: Almost 40 percent of people in Japan oppose holding the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in the country's capital of Tokyo this year, according to a poll published by the Kyodo news agency on Sunday.The media outlet conducted...

Tokyo: The organizing committee of the 2021 Summer Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo on Thursday formally accepted the resignation offer of its creative director, Hiroshi Sasaki, in light of his ill-fated proposal for popular Japanese plus-sized comedian Naomi Watanabe...

Tokyo: International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach on Saturday said COVID-19 vaccinations will not be necessary for athletes competing at the Tokyo Olympic Games this summer."The athletes and the national Olympic committees should follow their national regulations on...