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In this file photo International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach (L), Japans Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) president Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah attend the XXIII ANOC General Assembly in Tokyo. AFP Photo

IOC decision on Olympics in four weeks

Turnaround in IOC's stand came after World Athletics president Seb Coe said that holding the Olympics in July is not...

23 March 2020 12:21 PM IST

In this file photo, Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) chief executive officer Matt Carroll (R) and AOC president John Coates address a press conference where they reaffirmed plans to send athletes to Tokyo 2020. AFP Photo

Prepare for 2021 Tokyo Olympics, Australia tells its athletes

Athletes needed certainty, and they must also prioritise their health and that of their families: AOC chief executive...

23 March 2020 12:16 PM IST

Japan¢s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at a parliamentary session in Tokyo Monday. AP Photo

Olympics postponement may be unavoidable, says Japanese PM Shinzo Abe

Abe hoped the IOC will make a decision early if it is postponed, because the process would involve a lot of work and...

23 March 2020 12:11 PM IST

Canadian government continues to take drastic measures one of which was to seal the border with the United States on Sunday. AFP Photo

Canada first country to pull out of Tokyo Games

IOC is of the opinion that the global crisis could have passed by the end of July and that postponing now would be...

23 March 2020 12:06 PM IST

People in a small boat view the Olympic rings in the Odaiba section of Tokyo. AP Photo

Global athletes group calls for postponement of Olympics

This show of solidarity among Olympic hopefuls adds to the dozens of individual athletes who have come out against the...

22 March 2020 3:24 PM IST

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach (L) at the Olympic flame lighting ceremony in ancient Olympia on March 12, along with Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos (C). AFP Photo

IOC asks member countries about coronavirus impact

In a questionaire, IOC asked member countries how the emergency regulations relating to COVID-19 limit the training of...

22 March 2020 9:46 AM IST

Tokyo 2020 Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori (C), flanked by three-time Olympic gold medalists Tadahiro Nomura (L) and Saori Yoshida, carries the Olympic flame during the Flame Arrival Ceremony at Japan Air Self-Defense Force Matsushima Base in Higashimatsushima in Miyagi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Friday. AP Photo

Movement in favour of Tokyo Games' postponement gathering pace

The USOPC leadership has been in agreement with the IOC, that it's too soon to make any decisions regarding postponing...

21 March 2020 7:49 PM IST

Customs and police personnel keep a strict vigil at the countrys border with Sweden in Svinesund, Norway, to control the spread of coronavirus. AP Photo

Norwegians: Olympics must wait until virus 'under control'

NIF asked IOC to provide an "insight on the central milestones'' in the process leading to the final decision on the...

21 March 2020 2:30 PM IST

Mirabai Chanu of RSPB and Jeremy Lalrinnunga of Mizoram with their trophies after they were adjudged as Best Lifters among men and women respectively, in Kolkata, last month. PTI Photo

Mirabai sure-shot for her second Olympics; young Jeremy also set to...

If the IOC ratifies the qualification changes suggested by the world weighlifting body, then both will go to Tokyo

20 March 2020 5:08 PM IST

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach at a press conference recently in Lausanne. AFP Photo

IOC chief says it's 'premature' to postpone Tokyo Olympics

He told New York Times that IOC will act on advice from its own taskforce and the World Health Organization

20 March 2020 9:23 AM 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

Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president Narinder Batra (L) and General Secretary Rajeev Mehta. PTI Photo

IOA confident of on-time Tokyo Games

If the IOC says the Olympics will go on we will have to participate irrespective of any threat: IOA official

19 March 2020 1:26 PM IST