Tag: Olympic
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Tokyo Olympics: Twitter launches customised flag emoji for Team India
Twitter, in a statement, said that India will be one of the only four countries, other than US, UK and Canada, to have a special emoji for its team, i.e., #TeamIndia.
July 22, 2021 -
3 athletes contract Covid-19; two inside Olympic village
Also on Sunday, the first International Olympic Committee member was reported as positive, he was identified as Ryu Seung-min of South Korea
July 18, 2021 -
Never thought of cancelling the Games: Tokyo 2020 spokesman
"I never thought that way," he said. "The postponement was always a shock for anyone. But we all knew it was the right decision. So, all of us involved in the preparation were fully convinced that this was the right decision to postpone it to the next year."
June 23, 2021 -
Tokyo set No-Fun Olympics with many rules, tests
Olympic Minister Tamayo Marukawa indicated financial concerns were at play: Japanese brewer Asahi is one of the sponsors and has kicked millions into the local operating budget.
June 23, 2021 -
Tokyo agrees to allow 10,000 local spectators at venue
Spectators from outside Japan have already been barred from attending the Games.
June 21, 2021 -
Indian women archers aim for bullseye in Olympic qualifiers
The Indian team consists of Deepika Kumari, Komalika Bari, and Ankita Bhakat. Madhu Vedwan is the reserve archer
June 19, 2021 -
Draw inspiration from Federer: Olympic-bound shooter Mairaj
Mairaj, who will be competing in his second Olympics after the 2016 Rio Games, is the oldest shooter in the 15-member shooting contingent.
April 21, 2021 -
109-year-old Kagawa becomes world’s oldest Olympic torch bearer
Tanaka, 117, is recognized by the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest person in the world and was already Japan's senior citizen.
April 13, 2021 -
Olympic collywobbles
Both Japan and the International Olympic Committee agree on this but the come what may note in the determination to kick the Summer Games off on 23 July 2021 could for a lot of people imply shoring up the commercial side of the show after this year's postponement, given that it is music to the ears of the travel, hospitality and some allied industries.
November 2, 2020 -
Show Time
And when the archives of tomorrow will be examined to learn how sport dealt with Covid-19, well might posterity wonder how we came to put the sort of spin we did on learning to live with the virus ~ an idea often propounded like a glib online spiel ~ that so unapologetically threatened human lives.
September 13, 2020 -
Olympic dreams on hold for Japan volunteers, hosts
For many, the delay of the Games came as a personal blow, after sometimes years of preparations and dreaming.
April 10, 2020 -
Kenyan refugee Olympic athlete braves COVID-19
Nathike, 26, has had to adjust her training and by extension her life to try and keep safe and healthy against the global coronavirus epidemic.
April 8, 2020 -
Olympic qualification period suspended until December 1
World Athletics also announced a temporary furlough, effective on Tuesday, for 50 per cent of its headquarter staff. All staff will continue to receive their full salary.
April 8, 2020 -
Dope disclosures
It has been said that there were so many positive tests that, towards the end of the show, they simply closed the sample-verifying facility.
June 2, 2019 -
ISSF WC: Abhishek Verma clinches gold, Olympic quota
With this gold, the 2018 Asian Games bronze medallist also secured a fifth quota for India in shooting for the 2020 Olympic Games to be held in Tokyo.
April 27, 2019 -
Olympic Gold medallist Etienne Stott arrested in London
Stott had retired from the sport in 2016 and since then he has been active on social media on the issue of climate change.
April 22, 2019 -
‘I constantly try to re-invent myself’
Rehan Poncha, the 30-year-old former Olympic swimmer and Arjuna Awardee has been an icon with a long list of wins to his name internationally. Since his retirement from competitive swimming four years ago, Poncha has poured his heart and soul into inspiring the next generation of swimmers. He has recently taken the initiative “Swimsmart with …
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February 25, 2018