Tokyo Games have been pushed back to not later than summer of 2021, in view of the worsening Covid-19 pandemic. Indian Olympic Association President Narinder Batra on Saturday wrote to various National Sporting Federations regarding the qualification events…
A decision on when the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will be held is expected to be made within the next three weeks, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) told countries on a conference call today. According to leading…
In a video conference meeting between the leaders of the G20 countries on Thursday, they welcomed the decision of Tokyo Games postponement by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The IOC had announced the rescheduling of the Olympics on…
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…
Narsingh Pancham Yadav watched videos of wrestling on YouTube and WhatsApp every day for the past four years. Like this, he kept himself motivated with just one thought in mind – donning the singlet with the Indian flag.…
International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach says he did not discuss the new dates or cost of postponing the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games with Japan’s prime minister Shinzo Abe. The IOC said the Olympics in Tokyo will now…
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games have been postponed to next year. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s office has confirmed the development formally. Prime Minister Abe had earlier today had telephonic talks with the International Olympic Committee president Thomas…
A week ago 2016 Rio Olympic Champion Erica Wiebe booked “punched her ticket to Tokyo”. But now after Canada announced that it will pull out of the Tokyo Olympics, she is “heartbroken”. Wieba had secured the Olympic berth…
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,…
Shako Bentinidis, Bajrang Punia’s coach, was quarantined after returning to Georgia on Saturday. He left India after Bajrang requested the Sports Authority of India (SAI) and Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) to let his coach leave for home…