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Tokyo Olympics: Mandeep Singh has over 150 international caps for India.
22 Jul

Tokyo Olympics: Mandeep Singh has over 150 international caps for India.

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Making his maiden appearance at the Olympic Games, star India striker Mandeep Singh has been enjoying every experience since the team arrived in Tokyo on Sunday. Recounting the moments, Mandeep said, “It has been great so far. Although it took us some time at the airport due to testing and other procedures, ever since we checked into the Games Village it has been incredible. Everything is well-organised and everyone is very careful about all the protocols.” Mandeep also said that the team is quite used to the routine testing and maintaining social distancing and other norms that are mandatory at the…
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Jeff Bezos Offers Skittles To Crew Inside New Shepard Capsule
22 Jul

Jeff Bezos Offers Skittles To Crew Inside New Shepard Capsule

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Tech billionaire Jeff Bezos created history on Tuesday when he and a crew of three others travelled to the edge of space and back. The founder of Amazon made the trip in a spacecraft developed by his company, Blue Origin. The two-decade-old space company developed a spacecraft called the New Shepard. Jeff Bezos was accompanied on the flight by his 53-year-old brother, Mark Bezos, 82-year-old aviation pioneer Wally Funk, and 18-year-old Oliver Daemen. The world was able to witness the historic moments through a live webcast. The spacecraft carried the crew to the Karman Line, which is considered to be…
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Olympics set to begin amid Covid-19 gloom
22 Jul

Olympics set to begin amid Covid-19 gloom

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The Olympic Games, beginning on Friday, is the world’s biggest sporting extravaganza but in the Japanese capital, which is the host city, there is clear lack of enthusiasm. According to media reports, the local public is largely indifferent which is understandable, considering that the Games are being held in the times of the Covid-19 pandemic. “For Tokyo locals, concern has been replaced by indifference.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…
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2nd ODI: Chahar takes India to thrilling 3-wicket win
21 Jul

2nd ODI: Chahar takes India to thrilling 3-wicket win

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Pace bowler Deepak Chahar hammered 69 off 82 deliveries and shared an unbeaten 84-run partnership for the eighth wicket with Bhuvneshwar Kumar to bring India back from the dead and win the second One-day International by three wickets for an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. Sri Lanka had made 275/9 in their 50 overs while India reached the target with five balls to spare. The Indian team looked down and out after left-handed batsman Krunal Pandya was dismissed as the seventh man with the team score on 193. Although there were 89 deliveries to get the remaining 83…
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Member of U.S. women’s gymnastics team tests positive for COVID-19 at Tokyo Olympics
19 Jul

Member of U.S. women’s gymnastics team tests positive for COVID-19 at Tokyo Olympics

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An alternate on the United States women's gymnastics team has tested positive for COVID-19 in a training camp in Japan, the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee said Monday. The USOPC did not say if Olympic champion Simone Biles or any of the other favourites to win the team gold were isolated because of contact tracing. The positive test was the latest in a growing line of daily reports of athletes and others testing positive at the pandemic-delayed Olympics. The unnamed gymnast was the first American. “The health and safety of our athletes, coaches and staff is our top priority.…
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First COVID-19 case found at Olympic Games athletes’ village in Tokyo
18 Jul

First COVID-19 case found at Olympic Games athletes’ village in Tokyo

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Two athletes tested positive at the Olympic Village for Covid-19, Tokyo Olympic organisers said on Sunday, a day after an Olympic Village resident has tested positive. Tokyo Olympics organisers on Sunday reported three new cases of COVID-19 infection among athletes, up from one new case a day earlier, as the population of the athlete’s village swells ahead of the start of the pandemic-hit Games next week. The competitors are the first athletes to return positive tests for the virus while staying at the Village. Another unnamed athlete has also tested positive upon arrival in the Japanese capital, Tokyo 2020 said,…
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Tokyo Olympics: Ugandan athlete missing from training camp in Japan
17 Jul

Tokyo Olympics: Ugandan athlete missing from training camp in Japan

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Local officials are searching for a Ugandan athlete who went missing in western Japan on Friday in a case raising questions over Japanese organizers' oversight of Olympic participants amid local coronavirus concerns. The missing 20-year-old Julius Ssekitoleko was training as part of the nine-member Ugandan team in Izumisano, Osaka prefecture, city officials said. Teammates realized the athlete was absent around noon Friday when his saliva test sample was not delivered and they found his hotel room empty, city officials said. There was no training Friday morning and he was last seen in his room in the early hours of Friday.…
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India All-rounder Shivam Dube Gets Married to Girlfriend Anjum Khan
17 Jul

India All-rounder Shivam Dube Gets Married to Girlfriend Anjum Khan

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romising India all-rounder Shivam Dube on Friday got married to longtime girlfriend Anjum Khan. The RR player took to Instagram to share a few images from his wedding ceremony. “We loved with a love which was more than love," he wrote in his caption. “And now this is where our forever starts." After the announcement, fellow cricketers and fans poured in with congratulatory messages.
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Sania Mirza, Shoaib Malik Granted Golden Visa by UAE Government
16 Jul

Sania Mirza, Shoaib Malik Granted Golden Visa by UAE Government

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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has granted Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her husband and Pakistan cricket star Shoaib Malik the much-coveted 10-year UAE Golden Visa. Mirza, 34, who hails from Hyderabad, and Malik, 39, a native of Sialkot in Pakistan, got married in 2010 and has been a resident of Dubai for several years. The much-loved sports couple has a three-year-old son named Izhaan. The UAE government instituted the Golden Visa in 2019 as a new system for long-term residence visas. It enabled foreigners to live, work, and study in the country without a national sponsor and 100…
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Tokyo 2020: World No 1 Novak Djokovic confirms he will compete at Olympics
16 Jul

Tokyo 2020: World No 1 Novak Djokovic confirms he will compete at Olympics

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World number one Novak Djokovic has confirmed that he will compete at the Tokyo Olympics. Djokovic completed the third leg towards achieving the Golden Slam last weekend when he added the Wimbledon title to his Australian Open and Roland Garros triumphs in 2021. No man has ever won the four slams and an Olympic gold in the same year, with Germany's Steffi Graf the only player to accomplish the feat in 1988. "I booked my flight for Tokyo and will proudly be joining #TeamSerbia for the Olympics," Djokovic said in a tweet. "I am very proud to pack for Tokyo…
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