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Tokyo Olympics: Neeraj Chopra enters javelin throw final

Aug 04, 2021, at 07:16 pm

Tokyo/IBNS: India's Neeraj Chopra entered the final of men's javelin throw at the Tokyo Olympics Wednesday.

Wrestlers Deepak Punia, Ravi Dahiya reach Tokyo Olympics semis

Aug 04, 2021, at 07:09 pm

Tokyo/IBNS: Indian wrestlers Deepak Punia and Ravi Dahiya Wednesday reached the semifinals of men’s 80 kg and 57 kg free style wrestling  respectively in the Tokyo Olympics 2020.

Tokyo Olympics: Boxer Lovlina Borgohain settles for bronze

Aug 04, 2021, at 06:45 pm

Tokyo/IBNS: Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain settled for a bronze medal in the weight category at Tokyo Olympics 2020 here Wednesday.

Tokyo Olympics: US runner McLaughlin wins women's 400m hurdles with new world record

Aug 04, 2021, at 03:52 pm

Tokyo/UNI/Xinhua: US runner Sydney McLaughlin won the women's 400m hurdles title with new world record here on Wednesday at the Tokyo Olympics.

Tokyo Olympics: Brazilian swimmer wins women's marathon swimming title

Aug 04, 2021, at 03:46 pm

Tokyo/UNI/Xinhua: Ana Marceela Cunha of Brazil won the women's 10km marathon swimming gold medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games here on Wednesday.

Tokyo Olympics: Cuba adds two gold medals

Aug 04, 2021, at 03:43 pm

Havana/UNI/Xinhua: Cuba added two gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday, taking its tally to four so far in the tournament.

Tokyo Olympics: Swim stars enter quarantine on return to Australia

Aug 04, 2021, at 02:53 pm

Canberra/UNI/Xinhua: Australia's star Olympic swimmers have returned home after winning nine gold medals in the pool in Tokyo.

Medal Hope: India's javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra qualifies for Tokyo Olympics final round

Aug 04, 2021, at 02:26 pm

Tokyo/UNI: India's javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra qualified for the men's Javelin Throw Final at the Tokyo Olympics, here on Wednesday, giving Indians a hope that another medal may come hom.

Tokyo Olympics: Hungarian wrestler Tamas Lorincz wins Greco-Roman 77kg gold

Aug 03, 2021, at 11:46 pm

Moscow/UNI/SPUTNIK: Hungarian wrestler Tamas Lorincz defeated Kyrgyzstan’s Akzhol Makhmudov in the final of the Greco-Roman -77kg weight category and won a gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday.

Tokyo Olympics: Hungary's Kopasz wins men's kayak single 1,000m gold

Aug 03, 2021, at 09:21 pm

Tokyo/UNI/Xinhua: Balint Kopasz and Adam Varga led a one-two finish for Hungary in the men's kayak single 1,000m final at the Tokyo Olympic Games here on Tuesday.

Tokyo: Carrington wins her third Olympic women's kayak single 200m gold

Aug 03, 2021, at 09:18 pm

Tokyo/UNI/Xinhua: Six-time world champion Lisa Carrington of New Zealand had a commanding victory in women's kayak single 200m to win her third Olympic gold here on Tuesday.

Tokyo 2020: Annu Rani fails to qualify in women's javelin final

Aug 03, 2021, at 09:14 pm

Tokyo/UNI: India's women javelin thrower Annu Rani failed to qualify for the final round after finishing 14th in the Group A qualification round here on Tuesday.

Tokyo Olympics: Wrestler Sonam Malik loses opening bout on her Olympic debut

Aug 03, 2021, at 08:52 pm

Tokyo/UNI: India's young grappler Sonam Malik put up a brave effort but lost in her Olympic debut against Mongolian wrestler Bolortuya Khurelkhuu in the women’s freestyle 62kg 1/8 final event here on Tuesday.

Tokyo Olympics: Belgium beat India 5-2 in men's hockey semi-finals

Aug 03, 2021, at 02:41 pm

Tokyo: Indian Hockey team's dream of bringing home a gold medal ended on Tuesday morning as Belgium defeated the Men in Blue  5-2 in the men's hockey semi-final here.

Tokyo Olympics: First transgender athlete in Olympics history Laurel Hubbard's run ends

Aug 03, 2021, at 02:22 pm

Tokyo/UNI/Sputnik: New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard, the first transgender woman in the history of the Olympic Games, failed on Monday to complete any of the lift attempts, effectively finishing her participation in the Tokyo games.

Tokyo Olympics: Dutee Chand bows out after finishing last in her heat

Aug 02, 2021, at 11:45 pm

Tokyo/UNI: Ace Indian sprinter Dutee Chand crashed out of the Tokyo Olympics after her early exit in the women’s 200m event at the Olympic Stadium on Monday.

Tokyo Olympics: Indian women's hockey team create history, beat Australia 1-0 to reach semis

Aug 02, 2021, at 03:52 pm

Tokyo: Indian eves created history on Monday morning as they defeated Australia in the women's hockey quarter-final clash of the ongoing Tokyo Olympics here.

Tokyo Olympics: Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico wins women's 100m hurdles

Aug 02, 2021, at 03:25 pm

Tokyo/UNI/Xinhua: Puerto Rican hurdler Jasmine Camacho-Quinn continued her top form at Tokyo 2020 by winning the women's 100m hurdles final here on Monday.

Eight people lost accreditation due to safety rule violations at Tokyo Games, say Organizers

Aug 02, 2021, at 04:53 am

Tokyo/UNI/SPUTNIK: Eight people related to the Olympic Games have had their accreditation revoked for violating safety regulations, the CEO of the organizing committee, Toshiro Muto, said.

Tokyo Olympics: British cyclist Worthington wins first Olympic BMX freestyle gold

Aug 02, 2021, at 04:41 am

Tokyo/UNI/Xinhua: British cyclist Charlotte Worthington won the gold of the inaugural Olympic BMX freestyle at the Tokyo Olympic Games here on Sunday.

Tokyo Olympics: China's shot putter Gong Lijiao wins her first Olympic gold

Aug 02, 2021, at 04:31 am

Tokyo/UNI/Xinhua: China's Gong Lijiao dominated in women's shot put at Tokyo Olympics on Sunday, winning her first Olympic gold medal. The victory marked China's first Olympic gold in field events.

Olympics: US swimmer Dressel shines at Tokyo 2020 with five golds in six events

Aug 02, 2021, at 04:26 am

Tokyo/UNI/Xinhua: Caeleb Dressel of the United States made himself the most successful swimmer in Tokyo, who pocketed five golds from the six events he featured in as the swimming competitions concluded here on Sunday.

Tokyo Olympics: Venezuela's Yulimar Rojas breaks women's triple jump world record to win gold

Aug 02, 2021, at 04:20 am

Tokyo/UNI/Sputnik: Venezuelan athlete Yulimar Rojas on Sunday won the women's triple jump gold at the Tokyo Olympics, while also breaking the World Record that was set in 1995.

Tokyo Olympics: PV Sindhu clinches bronze medal

Aug 01, 2021, at 11:31 pm

Tokyo: India's badminton star PV Sindhu on Sunday clinched bronze medal by beating China's He Bing Jiao in the high-voltage match.

Tokyo Olympics: Alexander Zverev creates history, beats Karen Khachanov to clinch gold medal 

Aug 01, 2021, at 10:52 pm

Tokyo: Germany's  Alexander Zverev created history as he became the first Tennis star from his country to clinch an Olympics gold medal.

Tokyo Olympics: Israel's Dolgopyat claims men's floor exercise gold

Aug 01, 2021, at 10:00 pm

Tokyo/UNI/Xinhua: Israeli gymnast Artem Dolgopyat won gold in men's floor exercise at the Tokyo Olympic Games on Sunday.

Tokyo Olympics: Indian women enter hockey quarter finals, Kaamalpreet Kaur reaches finals of discus throw

Aug 01, 2021, at 08:44 am

Tokyo/IBNS: Indian women's hockey team entered the quarter finals for the first time and Kamalprees Kaur stormed into the finals of the women's discus throw, while all other Indian competitors either lost their matches or failed to qualify for the finals in another dismal show for India on the ninth day of Olympic games on Saturday.

Tokyo Olympics: China's Lyu crowned in weightlifting 81kg division

Jul 31, 2021, at 10:43 pm

Tokyo/UNI/Xinhua: Chinese veteran weightlifter Lyu Xiaojun claimed the gold medal in men's 81kg division with three new Olympic records at the Tokyo Olympic Games here on Saturday.  

Tokyo Olympics: Russia’s Zykova, Karimova win silver, bronze in women's 50m rifle 3 positions

Jul 31, 2021, at 10:35 pm

Tokyo/UNI/Sputnik: Swiss Nina Christen won a gold medal in the women's 50m rifle 3 positions final with a world record at Tokyo Olympics on Saturday.

Tokyo Olympics: India's PV Sindhu defeated in high-voltage semi-final clash, to fight for bronze tomorrow

Jul 31, 2021, at 10:22 pm

Tokyo: India's hope to clinch a gold medal received a jolt as PV Sindhu lost her semi-final clash against world number one Tai Tzu Ying in the women's singles event here on Saturday.