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Justin Gatlin of the United States. AP Photo

Justin Gatlin draws inspiration from NFL's Brady, to race in Tokyo

'It won't be that big of a difference from being 38 to 39. But, I always said 'I'm not running till I'm 40'

26 March 2020 8:42 AM IST

President Donald Trump speaks with CEO of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee Sarah Hirshland. AP Photo

President Trump praises Olympics delay, says will attend in 2021

Like the Olympics, Trump's reelection campaign also has been upended by the coronavirus pandemic

25 March 2020 9:23 PM IST

IOC president Thomas Bach at a press conference in Lausanne in Switzerland. AFP Photo

Tokyo Olympics thrown open to spring months too

Without giving any specific new date, the IOC president said "only it would be beyond 2020 but not later than summer...

25 March 2020 5:28 PM IST

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Champion swimmer Michael Phelps worries about athletes' mental health

At this point, all the work is done. Athletes are just fine-tuning. Now it's like, 'Oh ... we're not competing': Phelps

25 March 2020 12:16 PM IST

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach delivers a statement at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne. AFP Photo

Postponement of Olympics will upend other major events

The ripple effect is bound to impact the Big Three -- athletics, swimming and gymnastics

25 March 2020 12:12 PM IST

President of the Indian Olympic Association Narinder Dhruv Batra with president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach. AP Photo

IOA welcomes IOC decision, says athletes are relieved

Athletes are now free from the worry of having to train during the epidemic and perform their best in four months from...

24 March 2020 7:46 PM IST

Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee president Yoshiro Mori (L) and CEO Toshiro Muto at the news conference in Tokyo, Tuesday, where they announced the postponement of the Games until 2021 because of the coronavirus outbreak. AP Photo

IT'S OFFICIAL: TOKYO OLYMPICS POSTPONED

Japan, Olympics chief agree to postpone 2020 Games by one year as the world battles the coronavirus pandemic

24 March 2020 7:04 PM IST

A woman wearing a face mask, amid concerns of the COVID-19 coronavirus, walks past an Olympic rings sculpture. AFP Photo

Shinzo Abe proposes 1-year postponement for Tokyo Olympics

Pressure mounts on IOC as Olympic Committees of Britain, New Zealand and Germany seek postponement

24 March 2020 6:13 PM IST

Anouk Vetter of the Netherlands clears the bar during the high jump event in the womens heptathlon at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, in 2019. AP Photo

World Athletics ready to shift 2021 World Championships for Olympics

If Tokyo Olympics are postponed to 2021, one of the major events it would clash with is World Athletic Championships

24 March 2020 2:18 PM IST

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic flame is displayed outside Fukushima railway station in Fukushima Prefecture. AFP Photo

It'll be 'Olympic torch visits' as there will be no torch, no...

'Torch Relay' or 'Torch Visits' could be a very short event or the longest if it runs into 2021

24 March 2020 2:13 PM IST

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) with Olympic Minister Seiko Hashimoto (L) at a recent cabinet meeting. AP Photo

Shinzo Abe and Thomas Bach to discuss the way forward for Tokyo Games

Tuesday's telephonic call also oncludes Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike, organising committee chief Yoshiro Mori and...

24 March 2020 1:55 PM IST

Senior most member of the International Olympic Committee Dick Pound of Canada. DC File Photo

IOC's Dick Pound: One-year postponement the most likely option for...

According to Pound, big countries are just about overwhelmed by the virus, and it's just starting to take root in Africa

24 March 2020 9:21 AM IST