Novak Djokovic to treat Olympics like any other tournament
Novak Djokovic, 32, reminded at a press conference at his tennis courts in Belgrade on Tuesday that the ATP Cup title in January 2020 with the Serbian national team motivated him to win his 8th title at Australian Open on February 2, 2020, which put him above Nadal at the top ATP rankings, reports Xinhua news agency.
Feb 19, 2020, 15:03 PM IST
'United by Emotion' chosen as motto of Tokyo Olympics 2020
`United by Emotion` was revealed as the motto for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics on Monday as organisers look to hammer home the message of diversity and inclusion.
Feb 17, 2020, 14:19 PM IST
USA, Canada secure spots for 2020 Tokyo Olympics football
Sam Mewis brace helps the current world champions to secure a spot for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as they thrash Mexico 4-0.
Feb 08, 2020, 12:49 PM IST
Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch to be lit using hydrogen for first time
Organisers aim to offset all carbon emissions generated during the Games and also use the Olympics to boost awareness of environmental issues in Japan.
Jan 27, 2020, 13:07 PM IST
Was my dream to receive Arjuna Award from President Ram Nath Kovind: Para-shuttler Pramod Bhagat
Bhagat was conferred with Arjuna Award on August 29 from President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhawan.
Aug 31, 2019, 18:50 PM IST
Tokyo 2020 medal designer basks in sudden fame
Kawanishi, a graphic designer from Osaka, won a nationwide competition to design the medals for the Olympics and Paralympics next year.
Jul 25, 2019, 11:08 AM IST
FIH Series Finals: Indian women's hockey team beats Japan 3-1 to clinch title
The Indian women eked put a hard-fought win over the Asian champions at the Hiroshima Hockey Stadium.
Jun 23, 2019, 17:05 PM IST
New Delhi shooting World Cup to offer 16 Olympic quotas
A total of 360 quotas will be distributed in the 15 Olympic shooting events. The tournament in New Delhi, which will be held at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Ranges, will offer two quotas each in both individual men and women's sections for 10 air rifle, 10m air pistol, rifle 3 position and rapid fire pistol.
Mar 20, 2018, 17:34 PM IST
Relief for Tokyo as first new 2020 Olympics venue opens
Tokyo opened its first new permanent venue for the 2020 Olympics Saturday in a welcome public relations boost for the organisers after a series of setbacks.
Nov 25, 2017, 16:22 PM IST
IOC approves new events in gender parity push for 2020 Tokyo Olympics
IOC sports director Kit McConnell said the Tokyo Games would include 321 events, up from 306 at Rio 2016, with a focus on redressing the Olympic movement's long-standing disparity between male and female athletes.
Jun 09, 2017, 22:57 PM IST
Japanese school kids to choose Tokyo 2020 Olympics mascot
The winning designs will be announced in March, with the mascots to be given official names by August 2018.
May 22, 2017, 12:28 PM IST
Biswa Sarma sees India as a badminton superpower by 2020 Olympics
Top Indian shuttlers have given a miss to the National Championship over the last few years and Sarma said he had interacted with the players regarding the issue and they have agreed to participate in one of the events in a year.
May 05, 2017, 21:07 PM IST
Shooting legend Rajmond Debevec hits out at ISSF, Abinav Bindra
According to the International Olympic Association's Agenda 2020, all international sports federations are to make changes to their sport to promote gender equality by the Tokyo Games.
Feb 28, 2017, 18:59 PM IST
Gagan Narang not in favor of mixed-gender events in shooting at Olympics
Abhinav Bindra recommended mixed-gender team events for the Olympic Games
Feb 08, 2017, 16:08 PM IST
Sports Ministry tells federations to find 2020 Olympics prospects by end of November
The Department has further advised NSFs to prepare the programme of training and exposures of the medal prospects for the year 2017.
Nov 02, 2016, 13:04 PM IST
PM Modi announces task force to prepare action plan for next three Olympic Games
Earlier, ace shooter Abhinav Bindra was named the chairman of National Rifle Association of India's committee to review country's shooting debacle in Rio.
Aug 26, 2016, 19:21 PM IST
Rio Olympics 2016: After finishing fourth in vault final, Dipa Karmakar's next goal is to win gold in 2020 Olympics
The 23-year-old Dipa, who had become the first Indian woman gymnast to have qualified for the Olympics, scored an average of 15.066 points, a mere 0.15 less than the eventual bronze winner Giulia Steingruber (15.216) of Switzerland.
Aug 15, 2016, 11:45 AM IST
