IOA president Narinder Batra on Saturday requested its executive council to approve the immediate release of the pending annual grant to all state Olympic associations and national sports federations to help meet their financial requirements. In a letter…
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TOKYO: Next year’s Tokyo Olympics will follow an almost identical competition schedule as the one planned for this year before the event was postponed due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, organisers said on Friday. The International Olympic Committee…
Thomas Bach will again stand for re-election as International Olympic Committee’s president. Bach has confirmed his intention to run for a second term as President of the IOC Bach, who became IOC President in 2013, said he would…
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has declared June 29, 2021 as the new qualification deadline for the postponed Tokyo Olympics. Accordingly, the deadline for final entries has been revised to July 5, 2021, the IOC said. A total…
Banning fans from the Tokyo Olympics is “clearly something we don’t want”, International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach said, adding that “multiple scenarios” were under consideration for the rescheduled Games. Bach said safety was the top concern for…
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) remains fully committed to staging the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021 and is considering multiple scenarios for them to take place safely, IOC president Thomas Bach said on Wednesday. Japan and the…
Wrestling News: The iconic Chhatrasal Stadium in the national capital has resumed operations but wrestlers are yet to do any contact training in the complex as per the government’s guidelines for the resumption of training. It is a…
The Tokyo Olympics may have to be postponed again if the novel coronavirus mutates into a stronger pathogen, Kiyoshi Kurokawa, a prominent Japanese government adviser, said on Wednesday. However, a recent spike in cases in Tokyo is due…
The International Olympic Committee’s Executive Board will meet today over teleconference to discuss issues surrounding Tokyo Olympic Games postponement and other important matters. The IOC board meeting is taking place two days before the first virtual IOC Session…
Wrestling News: The shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic is now falling over the ‘Dangal’ competitions that are held across Uttar Pradesh on the occasion of ‘Nag Panchami’. ‘Dangal’ matches are organised during the Hindu month of Saawan, especially…