'Rules changed to accommodate Mary Kom': Nikhat Zareen asks Sports
Updated : 10 min ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 17 (ANI): Boxer Nikhat Zareen on Thursday wrote a letter to the Sports Ministry asking the body to give her a "fair" chance to contest the qualifiers for the Tokyo Olympics 2020. She also stated that rules were bent to give Mary Kom a direct entry into the global games
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IOC announces plan to move Tokyo 2020 Olympics marathon, race walk
Updated : 19 hours, 44 min ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], Oct 16 (ANI): The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Wednesday announced that it is planning to move the Tokyo 2020 Olympics marathon and race walking events to Sapporo, the host city of the Olympic Winter Games 1972.
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Will go abroad if required: Dutee Chand on Olympic preparation
Updated : 1 day, 16 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 15 (ANI): Indian sprinter Dutee Chand on Tuesday said that she would travel abroad if required, for Tokyo 2020 Olympics preparation.
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Death toll due to Typhoon Hagibis in Japan rises to 47
Updated : 3 days ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Oct 14 (Sputnik/ANI): Local media on Monday reported that the number of people who have lost their lives due to Typhoon Hagibis in Japan has increased to 47.
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Japan's Hagibis typhoon: Death toll rises to 14, 16 missing
Updated : 4 days, 4 hours ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Oct 13 (ANI): The number of people killed in Typhoon Hagibis in Japan has increased to 14 while 16 people remained missing, Sputnik reported on Sunday.
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IOA-JSW unveil plans for first-ever Indian Olympic Hospitality Hou
Updated : 6 days, 19 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 10 (ANI): The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and the JSW Group on Thursday announced the first-of-its-kind partnership that will see the group setting up of the Indian Olympic Hospitality House in Tokyo during the Summer Olympics next year.
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Japanese tourists' first trip to contested Kuril Islands postponed
Updated : 1 week ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Oct 9 (Sputnik/ANI): The first pilot trip of Japanese tourists to the contested Kuril Islands, which was planned for October 11-16, has been postponed until late October-early November, the Consulate General of Japan in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk told Sputnik on Wednesday.
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Winning gold at Tokyo Olympics main focus now, says PV Sindhu
Updated : 1 week ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Oct 9 (ANI): Months after she became the first Indian to win the BWF World Championships, Ace shuttler PV Sindhu on Wednesday said that her main focus now is to win gold medal at Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
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Paralympian Deepa Malik files nomination for PCI president
Updated : 1 week, 1 day ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 9 (ANI): Deepa Malik has filed nomination for the president of Paralympic Committee of India (PCI).
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Really happy after qualifying for Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Avinash Sab
Updated : 1 week, 4 days ago IST
Doha [Qatar], Oct 5 (ANI): India's Avinash Sable, who qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in men's 3000m steeplechase event, is ecstatic on achieving the feat, for which he worked "really hard."
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Avinash Sable secures Olympic berth in men's 3000m steeplechase
Updated : 1 week, 5 days ago IST
Doha [Qatar], Oct 5 (ANI): Avinash Sable secured a berth in the Tokyo Olympics 2020 in men's 3000m steeplechase after finishing 13th in the final of World Athletics Championships here on Saturday.
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Panasonic designs Power Assist suits for power-lifters in 2020 Tok
Updated : 1 week, 6 days ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Oct 3 (ANI): The Tokyo International Forum hosted a test event for para-powerlifting as part of preparations for 2020 Olympic and Paralympics games.
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