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Japanese three-time Olympic Judo gold medallist Tadahiro Nomura (L) and three-time Olympic wrestling gold medallist Saori Yoshida display the flame as they step out of the special aircraft that brought 2020 Tokyo Olympic flame at the Japan Air Self-Defense Force Matsushima Base in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi prefecture, on Friday. AFP Photo

Olympic flame arrives in Japan ahead of Tokyo 2020

It was a muted reception as even some 200 local children who were due to welcome the flame were kept away

20 March 2020 8:54 AM IST

Former Japanese swimmer Imoto Naoko holds the Olympic torch as Hellenic Olympic Committee President Spyros Capralos stands next to her during the Olympic flame handover ceremony for the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, in Athens, on Thursday. AP Photo

Greece hands over Olympic flame to Tokyo 2020

Authorities cancelled the torch relay's Greek leg after a crowd mobbed Hollywood actor Gerard Butler at a cauldron...

19 March 2020 5:40 PM IST

International Athletics Federation president Sebastian Coe at the opening ceremony of 22nd Asian Athletics Championships at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneshwar. PTI Photo

Olympics could be delayed, admits athletics chief Sebastian Coe

'I had a conversation the other day with the IOC and other federations. Nobody is saying we will be going to the Games...

19 March 2020 5:23 PM IST

Gopichand and his two champion women. PTI Photo

Gopichand feels postponement of Olympics is better

'There have been calls to extend the Olympic qualification period, which ends on April 28, but the won't be easy'

19 March 2020 4:45 PM IST

Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) chief executive officer Matt Carroll (R) speaks as AOC president John Coates looks on. AFP Photo

Australia firm on Olympics as ex-official says Games impossible

Things are changing every day and we must adapt: Matt Carroll

19 March 2020 10:02 AM IST

International Olympic Committee (IOC) headquarters in Lausanne. AFP Photo

IOC can't find 'ideal' solution for virus-hit Tokyo Games

The official says that IOC is committed to finding a solution with the least negative impact for the athletes

18 March 2020 5:57 PM IST

A number of qualifying events for swimming are yet to be gone through. AP Photo

With trials looming, IOC could adjust Olympic qualifying

There are still around 4,700 out of nearly 11,000 Olympic spots to be decided; almost all in the headliner sports

18 March 2020 5:51 PM IST

Katerina Stefanidi, of Greece, on the climbdown after clearing the bar during the pole vault competition in the Millrose Games track and field meet in New York in 2018. AP file photo

Athletes fear for their lives after IOC says 'Committed to Olympics'

The IOC wants us to keep risking our health, our family's health and public health to train every day: Katerina...

18 March 2020 12:59 PM IST

Four-time Canadian Olympic gold medalist Hayley Wickenheiser (left) at the United Nations Young Changemakers Conclave, in New Delhi. Also seen is Laxmi Narayan Tripathi, transgender rights activist. PTI Photo

IOC member calls Tokyo Olympics plans 'insensitive, irresponsible'

She says this crisis is bigger than even the Olympics

18 March 2020 10:17 AM IST

Reporters wearing face masks wait for Toshiro Muto, the chief executive officer of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, to attend a press conference in Tokyo on on Tuesday, as the Lausanne-based International Olympic Committee (IOC) is set for emergency talks as doubts grow over whether it remains feasible to hold the Games during the coronavirus emergency. AFP Photo

Time not right for any drastic decisions on Tokyo Olympics: IOC

The Olympic Committee feels any speculation at this moment would be counter-productive

17 March 2020 9:36 PM IST

Large displays set up all over Toyo to promote 2020 Olympics. AP Photo

Is Tokyo heading towards another 'Missing Olympics'?

The 1940 Helsinki Games scrapped because of World War II were also due to be hosted in Tokyo

17 March 2020 1:53 PM IST

Women boxers at the national camp at NIS Patiala. PTI Photo

Only Olympics preparatory camps will run: Kiren Rijiju

Academic training at SAI training centres and all national camps and to stop

17 March 2020 1:48 PM IST