In a massive relief to players who have already booked quota places for Tokyo 2020 will also be qualified for next year’s rescheduled Olympics, Agence France-Presse has reported. The decision was made at a teleconference between the International…
Two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar has joined Sunil Kumar and Bajrang Punia to ask for International Olympic Committee (IOC) for postponement of the Tokyo Games. In a conversation with WrestlingTV, he said it would be better for everyone…
Veteran International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound told USA TODAY Sports on Monday afternoon that the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games are going to be postponed amid the coronavirus pandemic. “On the basis of the information the IOC has,…
International Olympic Council president Thomas Bach has written an open letter to all the Olympic athletes to address the mounting concerns about the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and the threat from the COVID-19 pandemic. Ruling out any possibility…
The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and Paralympic Committee (CPC) said on Sunday that Team Canada will not participate in the Olympic and Paralympic Games in the summer of 2020 due to concerns about the outbreak of the coronavirus.…
Calls to cancel the Tokyo Olympic Games, which are set to start on July 24, are growing by the day with two more governing bodies voicing their concerns. Both UK Athletics, which is in charge of track and…
Vinesh Phogat is India’s best hope for an Olympic medal at Tokyo Games. But with the outbreak of Coronavirus, her training and competition plans have taken a serious hit. Despite the shortcomings caused by the global pandemic, the…
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) must give athletes some “clarity, transparency and flexibility” by postponing the Tokyo Games over the coronavirus pandemic, British athlete Guy Learmonth has said. The flu-like virus which originated in China late last year…
For the first time since 1996, Argentina will send a male wrestler to the Olympics as Agustin DESTRIBATS (ARG) qualified the 65 kg weight class for his nation on Sunday in Ottawa, Canada. Destribats began his day with…
2020 Asian Championship gold medallist Takuto Otoguro has beaten India’s most celebrated wrestler Bajrang Punia every time he has faced him. The wrestling world considers 2018 world champion Otoguro as one of the most talented wrestler in the…