Tokyo Olympics: Dutch cyclist Van Vleuten wins women's cycling time trial gold
Jul 28, 2021, at 04:15 pm
Tokyo/UNI/Xinhua: Dutch cyclist Annemiek Van Vleuten won gold in the cycling road women's individual time trial at Tokyo 2020 here on Wednesday.
Tokyo Olympics: British swimmer Dean wins men's 200m freestyle gold
Jul 27, 2021, at 02:40 pm
Tokyo/UNI/Xinhua: Tom Dean and Duncan Scott led a one-two finish for Britain in the men's 200m freestyle at the Tokyo Olympic Games here on Tuesday.
Tokyo Olympics 2020: Indian men's archery team loses to Korea in the quarter finals
Jul 26, 2021, at 11:06 pm
Tokyo/UNI: The Indian men's archery team bowed out of the Olympics after losing to defending champions Korea in the quarter-finals of the men's team event at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday.
Tokyo Olympic: Hancock wins his third Olympic gold in men's skeet
Jul 26, 2021, at 11:04 pm
Tokyo/UNI/Xinhua: Vincent Hancock of the United States won his third Olympic gold medal after a commanding 59-hit victory in men's skeet here on Monday.
Tokyo Olympics: Fencer Bhavani Devi impresses on her Olympic debut before bowing out
Jul 26, 2021, at 10:53 pm
Tokyo/UNI: Indian fencer Bhavani Devi put up an impressive performance on her Olympic debut before she lost her second round match in the women’s individual sabre and bowed out of Tokyo 2020, here on Monday.
Tokyo Olympics: Sharath Kamal advances, while Sutirtha Mukherjee bows out in table tennis
Jul 26, 2021, at 10:50 pm
Tokyo/UNI: Veteran Indian table tennis player Sharath Kamal won a hard-fought match against Tiago Apolonia of Portugal 2-11, 11-8, 11-5, 9-11, 11-6, 11-9 in the second round of the men’s singles at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium here on Monday.
Tokyo Olympics: Zhang Yufei claims sliver of women's 100m butterfly
Jul 26, 2021, at 10:48 pm
Tokyo/UNI/Xinhua: Zhang Yufei of China claimed the silver medal in 55.64 seconds, only 0.05 seconds after gold medalist Margaret Macneil of Canada, in the women's 100m butterfly final Monday.
India's Archery Team lose to Korea 0-6, crash out of Tokyo Olympics
Jul 26, 2021, at 04:52 pm
Tokyo/IBNS: In a heartbreak for the South Asian country, the Indian Archery Team Monday lost to Korea 0-6 in the men's event to crash out of Tokyo Olympics 2020.
Tokyo Olympics: British swimmer Peaty wins men's 100m breaststroke gold
Jul 26, 2021, at 03:32 pm
Tokyo/UNI/Xinhua: Rio Olympic champion Adam Peaty defended his title in men's 100m breaststroke here on Monday, winning the gold medal in 57.37 seconds.
Mighty Australia drubbed India 7-1 in Men’s Hockey
Jul 26, 2021, at 12:56 am
Tokyo/IBNS: Powerful Australia displayed their might and drubbed India 7-1 in the pool ”A” league match of the men’s hockey at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics Sunday.
Tokyo Olympics: Czech Republic defeats Iran in Olympic basketball opener
Jul 25, 2021, at 10:04 pm
Tokyo/UNI/Xinhua: The Czech Republic held off a strong fourth quarter comeback from Iran to enjoy a 84-78 win in the first game of the Olympic men's basketball tournament here on Sunday.
Tokyo Olympics: Sathiyan Gnanasekaran crashes out
Jul 25, 2021, at 10:00 pm
Tokyo/UNI: Indian paddler Sathiyan Gnanasekaran crashed out of the Tokyo Olympics after losing 4-3 to Hong Kong's Lam Siu Hang in the second round of men’s singles event, here on Sunday.
Tokyo Olympics: Russian shooter Batsarashkina wins women's 10m air pistol
Jul 25, 2021, at 09:57 pm
Tokyo/UNI/Xinhua: Russian markswoman Vitalina Batsarashkina won the women's 10m air pistol gold at the Tokyo Olympics with an Olympic record of 240.3 points here on Sunday.
Tokyo Olympics 2020: Chirag-Satwik register win, S Praneeth loses opener
Jul 24, 2021, at 11:46 pm
Tokyo/UNI: The Indian men's doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy registered a stunning win over higher-ranked Chinese Taipei pair of Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin in their first Group A badminton match at the Tokyo Olympics, here on Saturday.
Narendra Modi speaks to Tokyo Olympics silver medalist Mirabai Chanu, congratulates her
Jul 24, 2021, at 10:24 pm
New Delhi: Indian PM Narendra Modi on Saturday spoke to silver medalist Mirabai Chanu and congratulated her over the Tokyo Olympics achievement.
Tokyo Olympics 2021: Indian paddlers Manika, Sutirtha advance to 2nd round
Jul 24, 2021, at 09:37 pm
Tokyo/UNI: Indian paddlers Manika Batra and Sutirtha Mukherjee advanced to second round in women's singles table tennis event of Tokyo Olympics after registering convincing victories, here on Saturday.
India men's hockey team start Tokyo Olympics campaign with 3-2 win over NZ
Jul 24, 2021, at 09:33 pm
Tokyo/UNI: The Indian men's hockey team got off to a rollicking start at 2020 Tokyo Olympics with a 3-2 win against New Zealand in a Pool A match, here on Saturday.
Tokyo Olympics: Deepika Kumari, Jadhav knocked out in quarterfinals
Jul 24, 2021, at 09:29 pm
Tokyo/UNI: Indian archery mixed team of Deepika Kumari and Pravin Jadhav lost in the quarter-final match of the Archery Mixed Team event by 6-2 to the Korean pair of An San and Kim Je Deok at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday.
Tokyo Olympics: Saurabh Chaudhary reaches 10m air pistol final
Jul 24, 2021, at 09:23 pm
Tokyo/UNI: Indian shooter Saurabh Chaudhary advanced to the final of the men’s 10m air pistol event by topping the qualifications with a stunning performance in the Tokyo Olympics, here on Saturday.
Tokyo Olympics: Table Tennis players Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra defeated in mixed doubles event
Jul 24, 2021, at 02:59 pm
Tokyo: India's Table Tennis mixed doubles pair of Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra started their Olympics campaign by disappointing the nation as they lost to Chinese Taipei pair of Yun Ju Lin and Ching I Cheng in their Round of 16 clash on Friday.
Protest against Olympic Games occurs in Tokyo near stadium during opening ceremony
Jul 23, 2021, at 11:46 pm
Tokyo/UNI/Sputnik: A protest against holding Olympic Games is ongoing in Tokyo near a stadium during an opening ceremony of the event on Friday.
Tokyo Olympics: New Zealand rowers impressive in opening session
Jul 23, 2021, at 11:06 pm
Tokyo, Jul 23 (UNI/Xinhua) New Zealand's rowing squad made an impressive start to their Olympic campaign on Friday.
Olympics: Indian men archers struggle after iconic Deepika finishes 9th in rankings round
Jul 23, 2021, at 11:03 pm
Tokyo/UNI: Indian men archers - Pravin Jadhav, Atanu Das, Tarundeep Rai struggled in their opening ranking round competition while world No 1 Deepika Kumari finished at the 9th spot in women's individual ranking round on the inaugural day of Tokyo Olympics, here on Friday.
Tokyo Olympics organizing committee says 19 more people, linked to games, caught COVID-19
Jul 23, 2021, at 02:21 pm
Tokyo/UNI/Sputnik: The Organizing Committee of the Tokyo Summer Olympics said on Friday that 19 more people linked to the games had been diagnosed with COVID-19, including three of them in the Olympic village.
India field its largest ever contingent in Tokyo Olympics
Jul 23, 2021, at 01:54 am
Kolkata, July 22 (IBNS ) India have fielded its largest ever contingent in Olympics aiming to better its earlier best medal tally of six earned in London 2012, as the quadrennial and biggest sporting event on earth begins under the shadow of Covid-19 in Tokyo Friday.
IOC elects Brisbane 2032 as Olympic and Paralympic host
Jul 22, 2021, at 12:14 am
Brisbane: International Olympic Committee Members on Tuesday voted to elect Brisbane 2032 as host of the Games of the XXXV Olympiad.
Olympics: Another nine cases of COVID-19 detected
Jul 20, 2021, at 02:35 pm
Tokyo/UNI/Sputnik: Nine more people involved in the Summer Olympics in Japan have tested positive for the coronavirus, the organizers said on Tuesday.
Olympic Village is still safe: IOC health advisor
Jul 19, 2021, at 11:26 pm
Tokyo, Jul 19 (UNI/Xinhua) A health advisor for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on COVID-19 countermeasures reassured on Monday that the Olympic village is safe despite more positive cases reported among the Olympics-and-Para Olympics related personnel.
Tokyo Olympics: First COVID-19 case detected in Olympic Village, say reports
Jul 17, 2021, at 05:19 pm
Tokyo/UNI/Sputnik: The first case of COVID-19 has been detected in the Olympic village in Tokyo, the NHK broadcaster reported on Saturday, citing the Organizing Committee.
No spectator in Tokyo Olympics amid COVID-19, confirms Japanese minister
Jul 09, 2021, at 07:00 pm
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: Minister of Olympic Affairs Tamayo Marukawa confirmed that the Tokyo Olympics would not allow any spectators at all venues due to the worsening COVID-19 situation, Kyodo reported on Thursday.