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Warm-up gives India game-time and injury headache
The Indian pace bowler, who was representing County Select XI after the English board could not assemble a playing XI and had to ask for players from the Indian camp, was hurt on his thumb by a shot from Hanuma Vihari on the first day. The Board is yet to confirm his availability but it seems that the thumb injury may not heal in time for the Test matches.
Djokovic wary of 'greatest tennis player' debate ahead of Olympics
The world men's No. 1 has swept three Grand Slams so far this year, and is in a good position to achieve a career "Golden Slam" by winning the Olympic gold medal in Tokyo, which would add weight to the argument that the Serbian's greatest tennis player. But Djokovic was reluctant to be involved in the debate.
Olympics: IOA to give Rs 75 lakh to gold winner at Tokyo
"The Advisory Committee of IOA has recommended cash award of Rs 75 lakh for each gold medal winner; Rs. 40 lakh silver and Rs. 25 lakh to the bronze medal winners. It also recommended a sum of Rs. 1 lakh to each athlete representing the country at the Tokyo Olympic Games," the IOA informed in a release on Thursday.
Olympics: Tough draw for Mary Kom in Tokyo boxing competition
Mary Kom will open her campaign with a first round clash with Dominica's Miguelina Hernandez in the women's 51kg category but will face a tough ask in the Round of 16 as she is likely to meet third seed and Rio Olympics bronze medallist Ingrit Valencia of Colombia. If she gets past Ingrit, the 38-year-old veteran, hoping for one last hurrah in the Olympics, is scheduled to face second seed Yuan Chang of China.
Olympics: Richarlison hat-trick helps Brazil beat Germany
Richarlison scored his first goal of the day in the seventh minute. He saw his first shot saved by goalkeeper Florian Mueller. But the ball rebounded perfectly for the striker and he made no mistake the second time around, slotting past Mueller to give Brazil the lead.
Olympics: Be careful in opening match, former stars warn India
So, as Graham Reid's men, hoping to end the four-decade-long gold medal drought, get ready for their opening Pool A match against New Zealand in the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday, former India stars have advised the current lot to be extra careful in the opening encounter -- for that will set the tone for the entire tournament and eventually decide their fate.
India at Tokyo Olympics: Huge expectations, high aspirations
After the glory days of hockey, which produced eight gold medals, one silver, and two bronze from 1928 to 1980 (barring 1976), Abhinav Bindra provided a huge boost to India's aspiration by winning a historic individual gold in 10m air rifle in 2008 Beijing Olympics. With their aspirations fuelled by Bindra's historic gold, and the funds pumped in by the government for their training for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India had its best medal haul in 2012 in London.
Olympics: Tokyo 2020 Games set to begin amid lack of enthusiasm
"For Tokyo locals, concern has been replaced by indifference. A thriving city enthusiastically hosting a global sporting event is a sight to behold. Right now, Tokyo is not one. That is hardly the fault of the Japanese. With about 80% of the population opposed to the Olympics, fans banned from attending events and Covid numbers surging, it is little wonder the streets are not alive with joy. But the silence - and an absence of signage, flags and adornments - is stark," said a report.
Rishabh Pant joins Indian Test squad after recovering from Covid-19
The BCCI, on July 15, announced that both Pant and training assistant Dayanand Garani had tested positive for Covid-19. The Board said that the young wicketkeeper was already into his eighth day of isolation at the time of announcement. Pant, who has now returned negative test results, had been in isolation for two weeks since testing positive.
Olympics: Covid false alarm has IOA officials sweating
As the IOA and the sports ministry had made special arrangements to get all Tokyo-bound Indian athletes vaccinated, it was a matter of concern for IOA president Narinder Batra. What added to the confusion was that while the ‘Infection Control Software' showed three Indians with symptoms on one day, it did not show any cases the next day.
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