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Twenty-five members from the Indian contingent will attend the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics scheduled to be held on Friday at the National Stadium amid the COVID-19 concerns in the Japanese capital.

Australia and New Zealand's decision to pull out of the 2021 Rugby League World Cup over Covid-19 concerns rocked tournament organisers on Thursday.

Indian athletes from seven sports, including shooting, badminton, archery and hockey, will skip the Olympics opening ceremony on Friday because of COVID-19 concerns and competitions lined up the next day

International Olympic Committee vice-president John Coates has sparked a backlash in Australia for "bullying" a female politician to attend the Tokyo Games opening ceremony

Tokyo Olympic opening ceremony show director Kentaro Kobayashi has been fired over a decades-old comedy skit referencing the Holocaust, organisers said on Thursday

Guinea cancelled its participation in the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the west African state's sports minister announced.

Five-time Paralympian shooter Naresh Kumar Sharma moved Delhi High Court against PCI, seeking directions from the court to PCI to include his name in the list for Tokyo Paralympics.

On the occasion of Eid al-Adha, the sports fraternity wished happiness, safety, peace and prosperity for everyone.

Brisbane was awarded the 2032 Olympics on Wednesday, becoming the third Australian city to host the Summer Games after Melbourne and Sydney.

Tokyo Olympics: While the stands will be empty at Olympic venues in Tokyo, ambient crowd sounds -- customised for each sport -- are meant to stop arenas feeling like atmosphere-free shells.

Chilean Taekwondo player Fernanda Aguirre Dutch skateboarder Candy Jacobs are out of Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19.

The head of the Tokyo 2020 organising committee Toshiro Muto has not ruled out the cancellation of the Olympic Games amid the COVID-19 scare.

The Tokyo Olympics sports programme finally opened after a year's pandemic delay with softball in disaster-hit Fukushima on Wednesday

Tokyo Olympics: Czech Republic beach volleyball coach Simon Nausch tested positive for COVID-19 at the Olympic Village in Tokyo.

Tokyo Games: Three athletes have tested positive for coronavirus, with two already staying in the Olympic Village.

Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Saturday gave a formal send-off to India's first batch of the Tokyo Olympic-bound athletes from eight disciplines at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi.

IOC chief Thomas Bach urged the Japanese people to get behind the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday as the first coronavirus case hit the Games Village, prompting fresh jitters about the health risks posed by the giant event.

Para shuttlers Suhas L Yathiraj, Monoj Sarkar qualified for the Tokyo Paralympics as India is set to send a seven-member badminton team.