Olympics 2020

Tokyo: Just two months after the unprecedented Olympic postponement, organising committee CEO Toshiro Muto was asked Thursday about progress toward rescheduling next year’s Tokyo Games. “If you ask, are we just around the first corner of the 400-mere race, I cannot answer that question,” said...

Kolkata: Indian women's archery team will get its final chance of clinching full quota at the Tokyo 2021 Olympics during the Paris Stage of the World Cup in June, next year. India have so far grabbed men's full quota and one individual place in women's...

Paris: Athletes who had already qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics before they were postponed will keep their places when the showpiece takes place in 2021, sources told this agency Friday. Around 57 per cent of the 11,000 scheduled participants for Tokyo had already made...

New Delhi: India’s medal hopeful wrestler Vinesh Phogat said Wednesday the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics was her ‘worst fear’ and the extended wait is going to be tougher than competing at the Games. In an unprecedented move, the 2020 Tokyo Games was Tuesday pushed...

Higashimatsushima (Japan): The Olympic flame arrived in Japan to a scaled-down welcoming ceremony Friday as doubts grew over whether the Tokyo Games will go ahead on schedule with the coronavirus pandemic causing chaos around the world. As the flame, enclosed in a special lantern, landed...

London: World athletics chief Sebastian Coe admitted Thursday that the Tokyo Olympics could be moved to later in the year by the coronavirus outbreak, but said it was too early to make a definitive decision. International Olympic Committee (IOC) bosses had acknowledged Wednesday there was...

Amman (Jordan): World bronze-medallist Manish Kaushik (63kg) Wednesday became the ninth Indian boxer to qualify for Tokyo Olympics after beating Australia's Harrison Garside in a brutal box-off at the Asian Qualifiers here. Kaushik defeated the Commonwealth Games champion and second seed Garside 4-1 to book...

London: Legendary athlete David Rudisha has said he is back on track after injuries, partying and a close shave with death in his bid to become the first man to win three successive 800 metres Olympic titles. The 31-year-old Kenyan’s world record run of 1min...

Amman (Jordan): World Championship silver medallist and top seed Amit Panghal (52kg) qualified for his maiden Olympic Games after edging out familiar foe Carlo Paalam of Philippines in the quarterfinals of the Asian Qualifiers for boxing here Monday. Panghal, who is the reigning Asian Games...

Amman (Jordan): Asian champion Pooja Rani (75kg) became Sunday the first Indian boxer to qualify for this year’s Tokyo Olympics by advancing to the semifinals of the continental qualifiers with a facile win over Thailand’s Pornnipa Chutee here. The fourth-seeded 29-year-old Indian defeated her 18-year-old...