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  Sania Mirza, Ankita Raina to represent India in women's doubles at Tokyo Olympics

  Tennis | July 02, 2021 8:43 IST

  The 34-year-old Sania will become the first female athlete to represent India at four Olympics when she competes at Tokyo 2020.

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  BWF expresses confidence for top-quality badminton at Tokyo Olympics

  Other Sports | July 02, 2021 7:25 IST

  Various bodies responsible for the preparations including the world governing body of badminton were working very hard to make the Games a success.

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  15 Indian athletes in individual events and two relay teams qualify for Tokyo Olympics, confirms WA

  Other Sports | July 01, 2021 21:43 IST

  Twelve individual athletes, including star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, booked automatic quota for the Olympics by breaching the qualification mark.

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  MP Jabir qualifies for Tokyo Olympics in 400m hurdles

  Other Sports | July 01, 2021 21:03 IST

  When he competes in the Tokyo Olympics, Jabir would be the first Indian male athlete to participate in the 400m hurdles in Olympics.

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  Wrestler Bajrang Punia needs one more week to return to action

  Other Sports | July 01, 2021 19:41 IST

  The 27-year-old 65kg freestyle wrestler has qualified for the Tokyo Olympic Games starting July 23

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  Amit Kumar Saroha set for third Paralympics, Sandeep Chaudhary too qualifies

  Other Sports | July 01, 2021 17:15 IST

  Two-time Paralympian Saroha will be representing the country in the F51 category in discus throw and club throw.

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  Veteran discus thrower Seema Punia qualifies for Tokyo Olympics

  Other Sports | June 29, 2021 21:10 IST

  The 37-year-old Punia, who had won a silver in the 2018 Commonwealth Games and a bronze in the 2018 Asian Games, breached the Olympic qualifying mark of 63.50m.

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  Aditi Ashok qualifies for her second successive Olympics

  Other Sports | June 29, 2021 21:00 IST

  Aditi thus joined Anirban Lahiri and Udayan Mane to make it a team of three to Tokyo.

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  Spain taking six players from Euro 2020 to Tokyo Olympics

  Football | June 29, 2021 20:15 IST

  Spain won the Olympics in men's soccer in 1992 in Barcelona. It won the silver medal in 2000 in Sydney and in 1920 in Antwerp. 

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  Sajan Prakash's Saga: From struggling to execute single butterfly stroke to achieving 'A' cut

  Other Sports | June 29, 2021 18:53 IST

  The 27-year-old clocked 1:56:38 seconds in the men's 200m butterfly event at the Sette Colli Trophy in Rome to make the 'A' cut for the Tokyo Games.

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  Stages of Tokyo Olympics torch relay to be pulled off roads: Report

  Other Sports | June 29, 2021 18:06 IST

  Tokyo is under a quasi-state of emergency until July 11 with COVID-19 cases rising again. 

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  Mary Kom heads to Italy for training to avoid travel restrictions for Tokyo Olympics

  Other Sports | June 29, 2021 14:11 IST

  Mary Kom will take off for Assisi in a day or two to join the eight other Olympic-bound boxers, who are set to leave for Tokyo from there itself.

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  Ash Barty commits to Australia's tennis team for Tokyo Olympics

  Tennis | June 29, 2021 11:24 IST

  The Australian squad was announced Tuesday, hours before Barty’s scheduled first-round match at Wimbledon against Carla Suárez Navarro.

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  Olympic-bound Rahi Sarnobat grabs gold at ISSF Shooting World Cup

  Other Sports | June 28, 2021 16:33 IST

  Sarnobat's gold is India's first in the ongoing edition after the country secured one silver and two bronze medals earlier in the tournament.

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  Watch: Sydney McLaughlin outruns Dalilah to set up new 400m world record

  Other Sports | June 28, 2021 11:33 IST

  On Sunday night at US Olympic track trials, McLaughlin finally outraced former record holder Dalilah Muhammad with a new record time of 51.90 seconds.

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  PM Narendra Modi hails struggles of India's Olympic-bound athletes; urges country to support them

  Other Sports | June 27, 2021 12:57 IST

  More than 100 Indian sportspersons have qualified for the mega-event, which will be held under strict health safety protocols from July 23 to August 8 in the Japanese capital.

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  Mo Farah fails to qualify for Tokyo Olympics

  Other Sports | June 26, 2021 15:17 IST

  The 38-year-old Farah had won a grand double, clinching the 5,000m and 10,000m gold at the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Olympics.

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  Injury scare for Hima Das, runs risk of missing out on Tokyo qualification

  Other Sports | June 26, 2021 15:06 IST

  Hima, who is on the verge of missing out on Tokyo Olympics as she is yet to qualify for the showpiece, did complete the race and finished third in heat 3 with a timing of 12.01 seconds.

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  Kiren Rijiju urges people to extend support to Olympic-bound athletes, announces 'Cheer Up' campaign

  Other Sports | June 26, 2021 14:42 IST

  Over 100 athletes from India have so far qualified for the Games and Rijiju said over 6000 selfie points will be set up in the country for people to show their support.

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  PV Sindhu frontrunner to become one of India's flag-bearers at Tokyo Olympics

  Other Sports | June 25, 2021 21:31 IST

  This time, India will have one male and female athlete as the flag bearer at the opening ceremony. The Olympics begin July 23.