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Japan placed its bid for the 2020 Olympics (now being held in 2021 thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic) five years after China made its dramatic entry onto the world sporting stage playing host to the Beijing Olympics.

Sanjaya Baru | Games nations play: Sport, geopolitics & the Olympics

Hosting them and securing medals has also been about national pride and geopolitics

26 July 2021 3:56 AM IST

All eyes on Vikas as boxers open Olympic campaign aiming to negotiate...

Vikas will be the lone Indian boxer in action on the opening day of boxing competitions at the Ryogoku Kokugikan arena

23 July 2021 12:21 PM IST

Indian badminton star Sindhu feeling the Tokyo pressure

The 26-year-old world champion, who won silver at the Rio 2016 Games, begins her tilt at gold on Sunday against Israel's...

23 July 2021 12:12 PM IST

Mixed doubles partners Sharath Kamal and Manika batra. (Photo: PTI)

Sharath Kamal, Manika Batra to skip opening ceremony

Instead of 20 athletes, 19 will be seen at the opening ceremony with tennis player Ankita Raina replacing the table...

23 July 2021 12:08 PM IST

Tokyo Olympics. (Photo: AFP)

Tokyo Olympics linked Covid cases go past 100, organisers announce 19...

The total number of cases directly linked to the Games stood at 106 on Friday with 11 of them athletes

23 July 2021 11:55 AM IST

Indias Deepika Kumari competes in the womens individual archery ranking round during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Yumenoshima Park Archery Field in Tokyo on Wednesday. (Photo: AFP)

Archery: Deepika ninth in ranking round; Koreans dominate

The world No.1 finished with 663 points

23 July 2021 11:48 AM IST

Tokyos excellent sporting infrastructure will be offering a level playing field for the athlettes. (Twitter)

AA Edit | Let the Games begin in Tokyo as Covid lingers

No edition since 1896 may have been so fraught with the sheer tensions of a global pandemic

23 July 2021 3:20 AM IST

The Indian Badminton contigent left for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics on July 18, 2021. (Photo: @Media_SAI)

Most Indian athletes opt out of Olympic opening ceremony amid Covid...

About 30 athletes will be attending the event and competitions lined up the next day

22 July 2021 12:41 PM IST

From left, Czech track cyclist Tomas Babek, hammer thrower Katerina Safrankova, rider Miroslav Trunda, artistic gymnast Aneta Holasova and rider Miloslav Prihoda, pose wearing the new olympic uniforms for The Tokyo Olympic Summer Games 2020, in Prague, Czech Republic, Tuesday, June 22, 2021. (Photo: AP)

Let the fashion policing begin on opening day of Tokyo Games

Olympic gear makes for lively social media fodder, starting with the hours-long Parade of Nations

22 July 2021 11:40 AM IST

Tokyo Olympics. (Photo: AFP)

Explainer: How will the virus emergency affects the Olympics?

A look at the state of emergency in Japan and how it will affect the Olympics.

12 July 2021 6:26 PM IST

Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra who qualified for Tokyo Olympics. DC File Photo

Missed the feeling of being in a world class event: Neeraj Chopra

Chopra pulled out of the June 13 Diamond League at Gateshead due to visa issues

11 July 2021 4:56 PM IST

Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike with the Olympic flame during the unveiling ceremony in Tokyo on July 9, 2021. (Photo: AFP)

Olympic flame arrives in Tokyo for no-spectator relay

Tokyo 2020 organisers and government officials on Thursday night announced their decision to bar fans from Olympic...

9 July 2021 9:14 AM IST