2020 Olympics News

Notably, a total of 11,900 athletes from around the world participated in the Tokyo Olympics 2020, which included 5,704 men and 5,386 female athletes.

Indian wrester Ravi Kumar Dahiya put on a sensational show on Wednesday (August 4) to enter the gold medal final in the 57kg category by defeating Kazakhstan's Nurislam Sanayev in the semifinal. Dahiya became just the second Indian wrester ever to enter the Olympics final after Sushil Kumar back in 2012 London Olympics.

All eyes will be on Indian men’s hockey team on August 3 as they will lock horns with world champion Belgium in the semifinal clash of the Tokyo Olympics. The Men in Blue will aim to secure a place in the Olympic final and assure atleast a silver medal.

Check India's schedule on the seventh day of the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday (July 29).  

Mirabai Chanu had become just the second female athlete from India to win an Olympic Games silver medal.

Check India's schedule on the sixth day of the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday (July 28).    

Check India's schedule on the fifth day of the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday (July 27).  

Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu returned to the country on Monday after her superb silver medal-winning performance at the Tokyo Olympics and was greeted enthusiastically at the airport.

Check India's schedule on the fourth day of the Tokyo Olympics on Monday (July 26).

The Indian men's hockey team was thrashed 1-7 by world no.1 Australia in its second Pool A match of the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday.

Nagal's win was the first for an Indian men's singles tennis player at the Olympics since Leander Paes' bronze medal-winning run at Atlanta 1996.

With the silver in Tokyo, Mirabai has now won medals in the Olympics, Commonwealth Games, Asian Championships, and World Championships. Here's everything you need to know about the ace Indian weightlifter.

Saurabh shot a total of 137.4 in the finals and as a result, he finished at the seventh spot. Riding high from his qualification round, the youngster would have been hopeful of winning a medal, but the final turned out to be a rather disappointing outing.

Aditi Ashok on Tuesday became the first female Indian golfer to qualify for Tokyo Olympics.

Indian shot-putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor has bagged his berth for Tokyo Olympics after shattering his own national record, twice here at the Indian Grand Prix IV, on Monday.

Tokyo Olympics organisers said on Wednesday that neither the Tokyo 2020 organising committee nor the International Olympic Committee was considering postponing or cancelling the 2020 Games despite the spread of coronavirus. Earlier, a member of the organising committee`s executive board had told Reuters that a delay of one or two years would be the "most feasible" option if the Tokyo Olympics cannot be held this summer due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Indian boxing icon Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom pulled no punches as she lambasted critics and challengers after securing her second Olympic appearance, saying those who bring politics into sports should remember that it's the performance that creates a legacy, not big statements.

Japan’s Olympics minister Seiko Hashimoto acknowledged in the country's Parliament on Tuesday (March 3, 2020) that Tokyo’s contract with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) would allow for a postponement of the Olympic Games until the end of the year following the threat of coronavirus which has killed over 3,100 people and has spread to 75 countries.

Concerns are swirling that Japan’s dream of hosting the Tokyo 2020 Olympics could be a fatality of the spread of the new coronavirus, jolting organisers, sponsors, and media firms who have spent billions of dollars in the run-up to the event. International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach said in late January 2020 that the IOC was “fully committed” to holding the July 24-Aug. 9 Games on schedule, and a senior Japanese official told Reuters there was no “Plan B”.

Rahi Sarnobat will be participating in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the 25 meter pistol event.