Tokyo Olympics: Japan is considering to host up to 20,000 spectators for the Tokyo Olympics which is just 10 months away. THe host nation will consider raising the upper limit for the number of spectators at sports, concerts…
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Tokyo 2020 Sports Director Koji Murofushi has left to join the Japan Sports Agency, the organising committee said on Friday, a departure that comes just 10 months before the start of the rearranged Games. The former Olympic gold…
Amid uncertainty about planning the Tokyo Olympics, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said Wednesday that progress with vaccines and rapid testing for COVID-19 would not be the complete answer for staging the rescheduled games. “They will not…
Beijing 2022: Over 160 human rights advocacy groups have delivered a joint letter to the chief of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) calling for it to reconsider its choice to award China the 2022 Winter Games in light…
Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju has reiterated India’s commitment towards promoting clean sport during his recent online meeting with World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) President Witold Banka. “For years I have worked towards promoting clean sport and now as…
Tokyo 2020 Olympics organisers have not extended sponsors’ contracts set to expire at the end of the year, sources said, leaving some questioning whether to continue after COVID-19 forced a delay of the world’s largest sporting event. Postponing…
Ace wrestler Narsingh Yadav, who was banned for four years for failing dope tests in 2016, still believes that his food and water was spiked at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) centre in Sonepat, and questioned the…
Tokyo Olympics: Officials from the Japanese govt, Tokyo govt and the Olympics organising committee have met to develop steps to counter the virus at the Games The rearranged Tokyo Games must be held “at any cost” in 2021,…
Wrestling News: Olympic bronze medallist Yogeshwar Dutt on Monday said that the national wrestling camp should not be postponed despite four grapplers testing positive for COVID-19 at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) centre in Sonepat. The camp…
As the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games approach its 500-day countdown, Olympic family members have spoken highly of the Beijing 2022 preparations despite the Covid-19 pandemic this year. “The IOC continues to be impressed by the progress…