Tokyo Olympics

New Delhi: The Japanese government has imposed stricter regulations on Indian athletes and officials who will be travelling to Tokyo for next month’s Olympic Games, leaving the Indian Olympic Association fuming. Among the stringent…

New Delhi: Hockey India on Thursday announced the 16-member women’s hockey squad for the Tokyo Olympics next month. Deep Grace Ekka (defender) is the only player from Odisha to have been named in the squad that comprises eight veterans and…

New Delhi: The contract of national women’s wrestling coach Andrew Cook has been terminated after he refused to participate in online classes conducted by Sports Authority of India (SAI) during coronavirus-induced lockdown. Cook had joined…

MC Mary Kom secured a berth for the Tokyo Olympics by advancing to the Asian Qualifiers' semi final with a comfortable win over Philippines' Irish Magno in Jordan on Monday.  Six-time world champion and second-seeded Mary Kom, who won a…

Bhubaneswar: India will play its four home matches of the 2020 Men’s Hockey Pro League at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, said the International Hockey Federation (FIH) in a release on Monday. The second edition of the Hockey Pro League to…

Bhubaneswar: The participation of Odisha’s ace weightlifter Katulu Ravi Kumar in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics seems remote as the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) provisionally banned him for four years for alleged violation of anti-doping…