Tag: 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Bhubaneswar: Odia international Badminton star Rutuparna Panda is eyeing the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after representing India in a doubles event at Badminton Asia Junior Championships 2017 held recently in Jakarta. Rutuparna has earned four titles and stood runners-up twice in doubles and mixed doubles events in national ranking badminton tournaments. She is currently undergoing training […]

New Delhi: For Sania Mirza, becoming a mother has been “the most eventful thing” in her life, but she is now working on getting herself back on the tennis court. The tennis star says playing at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics seems like a realistic goal, but she doesn’t want to put too much pressure on […]

Dubai: Out of action for a long period with a chronic knee injury and now her first pregnancy, ace Indian player Sania Mirza is hopeful of hitting the tennis court for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. In a recent interview to Gulf News, former Doubles World No.1 Sania, who is likely to become a mother in […]

Beijing: India ended their campaign at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup with a total of four medals: three golds and a silver. Divyansh Panwar and Anjum Moudgil had won the first medal for India at the Beijing ISSF World Cup after clinching gold in 10m Air Rifle Mixed event. They defeated the […]

Den Bosch (The Netherlands):  The Indian men’s archery team on Wednesday secured the quota for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics by entering the quarterfinal of the World Championships with a 5-3 win over Canada here. For the first time after the 2012 London Olympics, the Indian men made the cut to secure a team quota. They […]

New Delhi: The Sports Authority of India’s (SAI) Mission Olympic Cell has included four archers — Tarundeep Rai, Atanu Das, Pravin Jadhav and Atul Verma — as part of the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) for 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Rai, Das and Jadhav were part of the Indian men’s recurve team that won a silver […]

New Delhi:  Ace Indian sprinter Dutee Chand feels that the qualification mark of 11.15 seconds for 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the 100m event is very difficult and it will require a monumental effort from her in order to breach that and participate in the prestigious quadrennial event. On July 10, Dutee clocked 11.32 seconds to […]

New Delhi: Footwear and sports equipment producing company ASICS on Wednesday named 800m runner Jinson Johnson and marathoner T. Gopi as their brand athletes. Jinson, who is just a small step away from qualifying for the World Athletics Championships in Doha, will be shifting his base to Colorado in the US to train for the […]

New Delhi: The Sports Authority of India (SAI) Mission Olympic Cell has included 10 boxers in the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The boxers include M.C. Mary Kom (women’s 51 kg), Amit Panghal (men’s 52 kg), Sonia Chahal (women’s 57 kg), Neeraj (women’s 57 kg), Nikhat Zareen (women’s 51 kg), […]

New Delhi: Arjuna Award winner Swapna Barman, who became India’s first heptathlete to win a gold medal at the Asian Games in 2018, is gearing up for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and plans to work on her strategy. “Practice for the Olympics is going on. I will work on strategy and will aim for a […]

Mies (Switzerland): India will be hosting the 3×3 basketball qualifiers for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in March next year, basketball world governing body FIBA has announced. The tournament will feature 40 teams (20 in each gender), the location for which will be announced later. Six tickets (three per gender) to next year Olympics will be […]

Bhubaneswar: Revealing his target to see India finish among the top 10 medal winners in 2028 Olympics, Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju today said that all the players participating in the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympics are best prepared. Rijiju, who was in Bhubaneswar today for the launch of Khelo India University Games 2020’s schedule, logo, […]

Amman (Jordan): Pooja Rani (75kg) on Sunday became the first Indian boxer to secure qualification to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Later, Vikas Krishan (75kg) beat Japanese third seed Sewonrets Okazawa by unanimous decision to qualify for his third Olympics. This was Rani and her Thai opponent Pomnipa Chutee’s first bout at the Asian Olympic qualifiers […]

Tokyo: In view of COVID-19 impact across the world, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics has been postponed. Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe confirmed the postponement after he reached an agreement with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Tuesday to hold the games in 2021. “I proposed to postpone for about a year and President Bach responded […]

Lausanne (Switzerland): The Tokyo Olympics will follow the same competition schedule that was decided initially for its original schedule before it was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Furthermore, organisers said on Thursday at the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) first ever virtual session that all 42 venues that were originally earmarked for the 2020 Olympics […]